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Korea Speaker Series promotes discussion of emerging research

There鈥檚 far more to Korea than kimch鈥檌, Gangnam style, or the Kim family cult, says York history Professor Janice Kim, organizer of the 2012-2013 YCAR Korea Speaker Series. The series is designed to introduce students and faculty to recently published and emerging research on North and South Korea and their relations with their Northeast Asian […]

University of Oxford social anthropologist to give Asia Lecture

Xiang Biao, a lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Oxford, will deliver the annual 2012 Asia Lecture in November. Xiang鈥檚 talk, 鈥淭he Intermediary Trap: International Labour Recruitment, Transnational Governance and State-Citizen Relations in China,鈥 will take place Nov. 5 at 519 York Research Tower, Keele campus. A reception will begin at 2:30pm, followed […]

Glendon Campus Project on sustainability launches website tomorrow

Glendon has a rich history, including a forest containing some rare trees 鈥 one of which was brought over from China and once thought to be extinct. Professor Stuart Schoenfeld and聽Helen Psathas,聽senior manager, Environmental Design & Sustainability, will talk campus sustainability tomorrow at the launch of the Glendon Campus Project website. 鈥淓nvironmental History of the […]

Lecture looks at issues surrounding environmental protection in China

Although environmental protection is considered a strategic issue in China today, how it is discussed and perceived can vary from one ethnic minority to another. Nimrod Baranovitch, a lecturer in Chinese culture and society in the Department of East Asian Studies at Haifa University in Israel, will discuss what environmental protection means in China at […]

York Centre for Public Policy and Law leads Canada's delegation at inaugural labour rights forum in Beijing

The York Centre for Public Policy and Law (YCPPL) has been聽chosen by the Government of Canada聽to organize and lead the first ever Canada-China Industrial Relations聽& Labour Rights Forum in Beijing. The forum, which focuses on industrial relations, workplace discrimination and human rights issues, will be held today and tomorrow at the Beijing Conference Centre.聽YCPPL was […]

Professor Ellen Bialystok's report on Alzheimer's and bilingualism makes world headlines

Mastering a second language can pump up your brain in ways that seem to delay getting Alzheimer's disease later on, scientists said Friday, wrote The Associated Press and The Canadian Press Feb. 18 [via sympatico.ca], in a story that was featured in reports by more than 300 newspapers, television stations and radio stations around the […]

Two York Professors part of team creating art for St. Clair streetcar stops

From Yonge Street to Keele Street, 24 original artworks have been installed above the new streetcar shelters as part of Toronto鈥檚 St. Clair Avenue West Transit Improvement Project. Six of these installations 鈥 a quarter of the entire series 鈥 are the work of 快播视频 artists. This massive public art project had four separate […]

Panel examines impact of financial crisis on auto industry January 24

The second panel in 快播视频鈥檚 鈥淎utomobility鈥 series, taking place today, will examine the changing political economy of the global automobile industry. The panel, hosted by York鈥檚 Canadian Centre for German & European Studies (CCGES) and co-sponsored by the International Business Program of the Schulich School of Business, will feature Scott聽Paradise, VP marketing & business […]

Professor Xu Xin of China to speak about Israel through Chinese eyes November 21

Religious studies Professor Xu Xin of Nanjing University in China will present his talk 鈥淚srael Through Chinese Eyes鈥 later this month. The talk, presented by the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York, will take place Sunday, Nov. 21 at 3:30pm in W136 Executive Learning Centre, Seymour Schulich Building, Keele campus. The […]

York signs research and exchange agreement with China's Beihang University with emphasis on science and engineering

快播视频 signed a memorandum of understanding with China鈥檚 Beihang University on Friday. The agreement allows for the exchange of students and faculty across disciplines and offers collaborative opportunities for better research, teaching and faculty development. Above: Standing, from left, Professor聽Tang Wenzhong, director, Institute for Science & Technology, Beihang University; Professor聽Wang Huiwen,聽dean, School of Economics […]

International trade minister speaks at York about opportunities in Asia-Pacific

Peter Van Loan, the federal minister of international trade, delivered the keynote address at a recent breakfast workshop and panel discussion of business leaders and advisers at York. Right: Peter Van Loan speaking at York Van Loan talked about 鈥淐anadian Opportunities in Asia-Pacific鈥 at the event, which was co-hosted by Foreign Affairs & International Trade […]

York signs research collaboration agreement with Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

York will have聽even more聽opportunity to partner with researchers from China after the University signed a collaboration agreement with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Monday. CASS has over 30 research institutes, while York has one of the largest faculties of social sciences and humanities in Canada, which makes this an ideal partnership. 鈥淐ASS is […]

Professor Gregory Chin on TVO's "The Agenda"

On air Professor Gregory Chin, a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and a political scientist in York's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, took part in a panel discussion about China鈥檚 growing economic power in the world, on TVO鈥檚 鈥淭he Agenda鈥 July 19.

Interdisicplinary symposium focuses on education and climate change

Today, the shared experiences of those working in education and climate change is the central theme of a one-day symposium taking place at 快播视频. Organized by the Faculty of Education, the Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair聽for Reorienting Teacher Education聽Towards Sustainability, […]

Video: Professor Ananya Mukherjee-Reed Talks to the Agenda about the G20 and emerging powers

Professor Ananya Mukherjee-Reed in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies' Department of Political Science took part in a panel discussion on the status and responsibilities of the leaders of G20 countries and the emerging powers of India, Brazil and China on TVO鈥檚 鈥淭he Agenda鈥 June 22. The clip runs almost 37 minutes. You […]

York Centre for Asian Research awards six graduate scholarships to fuel innovative research projects

Six York students聽have won聽five awards for their research on Asia or Asian diaspora this year from the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR). Vanessa Lamb (right), a second-year doctoral candidate in geography, is the 2010 Vivienne Poy Asian Research Award recipient. Her research interests include the politics of the environment and development, feminist political ecology […]

LA&PS series on why research matters to feature York's Knowledge Mobilization Program (KMb)

It鈥檚 been a year of research-intensive events and activities in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and one of the most notable initiatives has been the Research Matters series. It attempts to answer the question: 鈥淲hy does research matter?鈥 In particular, it focuses on the ways in which LA&PS researchers 鈥 both faculty […]