Gail Ferguson, a professor of human development and family studies at the聽University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,聽will聽discuss her research Wednesday on the culture and adjustment of Jamaican youth and parents in the United States, and the implication for Jamaican families in Canada. Ferguson鈥檚 talk will take place Oct. 24, from noon to 2pm, at 163 Behavioural […]
Several international observers were asked to oversee the January Taiwan presidential election to ensure freedom and fairness in what was predicted to be an extremely close race. Susan Henders, director of the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR), was one of them. She鈥檒l be discussing her experience as part of a panel Tuesday. 鈥淭aiwan鈥檚 Super […]
A 快播视频 research team will comb through digitized 19th-century documents to trace the environmental and economic consequences of international commodity trading during the 19th century. Led by Professor Colin Coates (left), Canada Research Chair聽in Canadian Cultural Landscapes and professor of Canadian Studies at Glendon College,聽the聽project is expected to cast light on the impacts of […]
In 1492, Columbus sailed across the Atlantic, determined to secure for Spain a more direct route to the riches of the Indies. Not long after Columbus returned, John Cabot, a failed Venetian bridge contractor on the lam from creditors, turned up in Seville, reinvented himself as an explorer and mounted a rival quest for England.聽 […]
Do workers鈥 rights still matter? That is one of the hot and timely questions the new Conversations on Work and Labour Speakers鈥 Series will be addressing throughout the year. The first conversation, 鈥淭he Future of Public Sector Collective Bargaining,鈥 will take place Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 12:30 to 2pm, 2003 Osgoode Hall Law School, Ignat […]
The Financial Planning Standards Council (FPSC) has honoured four members of the School of Administrative Studies聽(SAS) in York's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies聽by naming them among 33 inaugural fellows of the FPSC. Honoured are聽York Professors Joanne Magee and Chris Robinson,聽grad Alan Golhar and course director聽Jury Kopach for their contributions聽to the financial planning profession […]
Viva聽collaboration! 聽 After five years of transnational research by educators and artists in Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, the United States and Canada,聽the VIVA! Project is launching its new book, iVIVA! Community Arts and Popular Education in the Americas, edited by project lead Deborah Barndt, a professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) and coordinator of […]
Leading investigative journalists, media lawyers and academics from Canada, the US and the UK will gather at Osgoode Hall Law School at 快播视频 on Friday, Oct. 14,聽for a day-long, original program dealing with such hot topics as freedom of the press, defamation law, media accountability, confidentiality of sources and access to information. The conference, […]
A 快播视频聽PhD student and a contract faculty member have been awarded Fulbright Awards to do research in the United States. York聽University will also聽play host to a distinguished American scholar for the 2011-2012 academic year. David Hugill (right), a PhD candidate at 快播视频, has been granted a Fulbright Student Award to study聽geography at the […]
Conference driven by York research in digital media, psychology, vision and computer science The Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference, a one-of-a-kind gathering of experts in stereoscopic 3D art and entertainment, takes place in Toronto June 11 to 14. Major figures from the USA, UK, Russia, Germany and Canada will convene at TIFF Bell Lightbox to […]
The Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference, a one-of-a-kind gathering of experts in stereoscopic 3D art and entertainment, takes place in Toronto June 11 to 14. Major figures from the USA, UK, Russia, Germany and Canada will convene at TIFF Bell Lightbox to address and analyze the latest developments in the field. The first of its […]
An聽upcoming Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) conference at York 鈥 Africa Here; Africa There 鈥 will look not only at Africa of the past, but discuss recent and ongoing issues, especially those in North Africa, says conference co-organizer 聽and York history Professor Jos茅 Curto. The conference will take place Thursday, May 5, from 8am […]
Linguistics and language studies Professor Raymond Mougeon, director of Glendon鈥檚 Centre for Research on Language Contact (CRLC), is a co-investigator on a seven-year, $2.5-million project to examine 400 years of family histories to see how language has shaped communities and cultures. Funded聽through the聽Major Collaborative Research Initiatives program of聽the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of […]
With the West suffering from the after-effects of the financial crisis and revolution in the air in parts of the world, could it possibly be springtime for Marx? wrote The Globe and Mail March 26: "I'm optimistic about the explosion that's happened in Wisconsin," says Leo Panitch, a political science professor at 快播视频 [Faculty […]
The way French is spoken in places as diverse as Gatineau, Shediac and New Orleans can tell us a lot about how francophone communities evolved in North America, and it's the subject of a major study beginning at the University of Ottawa, wrote the Ottawa Citizen March 17: The $2.5-million project is led by Francine […]
The risk of a catastrophe on the scale of BP鈥檚 offshore Deepwater Horizon disaster happening in聽Canada聽poses a real threat to people鈥檚 health and the economy. At the Oil: Slick Suits and Sinister Scenarios symposium tomorrow, leading researchers in risk, disaster management, ethics and the environment will provide insights into the murky world of oil and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Few people consider the public washrooms they use as bastions of segregation, but for 快播视频 sexuality studies Professor Sheila Cavanagh, these places are in fact among the last gender segregated public places in western countries. Right: Sheila Cavanagh In her new book Queering Bathrooms: Gender, Sexuality and the Hygienic Imagination, Cavanagh, a queer theorist, […]
Excessive phosphorus dumps have become a major problem for Canada鈥檚 waterways, says Professor Lewis Molot, an environmental scientist in 快播视频鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental Studies, wrote the National Post Jan. 6 in a story about a little-known move by the federal government banning the substance: The federal government brought in new regulations last July effectively […]