快播视频 has gained six new Canada Research Chairs and two renewed Canada Research Chairs. The announcement of the Canada Research Chair (CRC) appointments was made by the Minister of Science Kristy Duncan on Feb. 9.

Tier 1 CRCs will receive $1.4 million over seven years and Tier 2 CRCs will receive $500,000 over five years.

In all, the government announced an investment of $260 million to fund the appointment of 305 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 53 Canadian degree-granting postsecondary institutions. In addition, Duncan announced $342 million through the Research Support Fund to cover the indirect costs of research at Canadian institutions, as well as $17 million in infrastructure support for the Canada Research Chairs Program through the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

鈥淵ork is delighted to welcome six new Canada Research Chairs and two successful renewals. The CRC program which helps to support some of the world鈥檚 best researchers in building their innovative research programs continues to make a strong contribution to the development of research at York,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, vice-president research and innovation at 快播视频.

Peter Backx

Peter Backx, professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, is the Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Biology (Tier 1). His research program focuses on atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common arrhythmia, which severely impairs heart function, contributes to heart disease progression and is the major cause of stroke. Although exercise provides enormous cardiovascular benefit, excessive exercise can also induce AF. Backx鈥檚 research program will determine the molecular and genetic mechanisms involved in AF induction by cardiovascular disease, reveal the modulating influences of exercise, and identify novel approaches for treating and preventing AF.

Rosemary Coombe

Rosemary Coombe, professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Social Science, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), is the Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication, and Culture (Tier 1). She will continue to build a larger research program exploring the proliferation of cultural rights in international policy fields that simultaneously enable new forms of informational capital, afford new opportunities for communities to exercise political autonomies on cultural grounds, and enable the revitalization of living and customary law in resource management. While mapping an unexplored transnational political actor network that has institutionalized new understandings of bio-cultural rights and responsibilities, Coombe considers the development of new technologies for community environmental and political self-government.

Christopher Kyriakides

Christopher Kyriakides, associate professor in the Department of Sociology (LA&PS), is Canada Research Chair in Socially Engaged Research in Race and Racialization (Tier 2). Kyriakides' 鈥淩acialized Reception Contexts鈥� research program focuses on configurations of racialization in relation to the meaning of East/West, South/North, and the articulations of racism and nationalism in the reception of refugees in Europe, North America and the Middle East. His research, which is guided by the understanding that racialization, particularly in light of the post-9/11 鈥渨ar on terror,鈥� works with the historical conditions of racism specific to a given national formation, but in a dynamic global context. The initial five-country analysis of Canada, the United States, Italy, Greece and Jordan, will examine the extent to which policy instruments and media discourse related to the global refugee crisis negatively impacts racialized communities in each reception context.

Deborah McGregor

Deborah McGregor, associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and the Faculty of Environmental Studies, is Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice (Tier 2). McGregor is working to advance the theory and practice of environmental justice scholarship by engaging with Indigenous intellectual traditions. McGregor鈥檚 research program seeks to develop a distinctive environmental justice framework based on Indigenous knowledge systems and the lived experience of Indigenous peoples. Her research will provide a much deeper understanding of environmental injustices facing Indigenous peoples, and even more importantly, lead to viable approaches to addressing such challenges.

Doug Van Nort

Doug Van Nort, assistant professor in the Digital Media Program and the Department of Theatre in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD), is Canada Research Chair in Digital Performance (Tier 2). Van Nort鈥檚 research focuses on the exploration of collective expression and creation in digitally mediated performance. His work examines questions of instrumentality, gesture and human/machine agency in the context of envisioning new forms of interdisciplinary creative expression. He develops international cross-disciplinary collaborations as case studies and new software/hardware interactive technologies as support mechanisms in the pursuit of new forms of embodied aesthetic knowledge. Van Nort is the founding director of AMPD鈥檚 new DIStributed PERformance and Sensorial immersion (DisPerSion) Lab, a space featuring reactive, intelligent digital media where researchers and practitioners in experimental music, dance, theatre and computation come together to explore how we sense, process and聽interact with the performing arts in the post/digital age.

Sean Tulin

Sean Tulin, assistant professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science, is Canada Research Chair in Particle Physics and Cosmology (Tier 2). Tulin is interested in the existence of dark matter, which is one of the Universe鈥檚 great mysteries. All stars, planets, and interstellar gas are made from atoms and yet atomic matter represents only 15 per cent of the total matter in the Universe. The remaining 85 per cent is dark matter. Dark matter provides the cosmic foundation for galaxies to form, but its microphysical properties remain unknown. Tulin鈥檚 research provides new directions toward discovering dark matter鈥檚 elusive particle nature. By combining astrophysics, particle theory and cosmology, he is developing new ideas to illuminate dark matter鈥檚 particle dynamics through its effect on cosmic structure.

Graham Wakefield

Graham Wakefield, assistant professor in the Department of Visual Art and Art History and the Digital Media Program (AMPD), is the founding director of the Computational Worldmaking Lab. Wakefield is Canada Research Chair in Interactive Information Visualization (Tier 2). 聽His research will advance content creation and interaction design of immersive experiences in virtual and augmented realities, which are becoming ubiquitous in media, entertainment and the arts, by intensifying dynamic visualization and rich participation in increasingly open-ended worlds. Cutting across work in generative art, computer graphics, human-computer interaction, artificial life, complex systems and compiler technology, Wakefield鈥檚 research program reinforces influential work being done at York in augmented reality, computer vision, stereoscopic cinema and ubiquitous screens, and will result in transferable research, open-source tools and novel creative works.

Jianhong Wu

Jianhong Wu, professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Faculty of Science, and the director of the York Institute for Health Research, is Canada Research Chair in Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Tier 1). Wu鈥檚 research investigates disease modelling through mathematics. His fundamental research is inspired by and applied to real life applications in pattern recognition of complex data, prediction of transmission dynamics and spatial spread of communicable diseases, evaluation of mitigation strategies for controlling disease spread and biological invasion. His research program will incorporate the training of highly qualified personnel into its highly interdisciplinary research projects and outreach activities so that curriculum development, industrial outreach, policy impact, interdisciplinary collaboration and development of fundamental research are well integrated.

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Michael Jenkin

快播视频 is taking part in , a campaign hosted by the Council of Ontario Universities a collaboration among Ontario鈥檚 21 universities, which finds new ways to tell stories about how research is changing lives.

As part of the initiative, Professor Michael Jenkin in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science in the Lassonde School of Engineering, will be participating in a panel presentation held at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection gallery located at 10365 Islington Avenue in Vaughan on April 9.聽Jenkin will discuss 鈥淚s there a robot in your future?鈥�

The event is free to the public and will be held from 6:30 to 9pm.

Research Matters brings together Ontario university researchers to discuss why their research matters to Ontarians on how they live, work, and play. Five researchers will present and there will be a Q & A period for participants to ask questions. Below is a list of the researchers and the questions they will be answering at this event:

• Michael Jenkin from 快播视频 - Is there a robot in your future?
• Irene Gammel from Ryerson University - What is missing from Canada鈥檚 culture?
• Emma Master from University of Toronto - Can plant materials replace plastic?
• Pierre C么t茅 from UOIT - What can be done about a pain in the neck?
• Kathleen Martin Ginis from McMaster University - How can Canadians with physical disabilities live more active, healthy lives?

鈥淢embers of the York community and the general public are welcome to attend and learn more about the important research taking place in Universities across Ontario,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, York鈥檚 vice-president Research & Innovation.

This event is moderated by CBC radio host Piya Chattopadhyay.

Jenkin is a professor of computer science and engineering, and a member of the Centre for Vision Research at 快播视频. Working in the fields of visually guided autonomous robots and virtual reality, he has published more than 150 research papers including co-authoring Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics with Gregory Dudek and a series of co-edited books on human and machine vision with Laurence Harris.

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鈥淎 multi-sectoral approach is necessary. Non-profit organizations, universities, governments and other key stakeholders have to work together to end youth homelessness and move forward with one clear vision,鈥� said keynote speaker Stephen Gaetz, 快播视频 professor and director of the Canadian Homelessness Research Network. 鈥淲e need to reconsider our response to youth homelessness and shift our focus away from an emphasis on emergency supports towards prevention and rapid rehousing.鈥�

Representatives from a variety of sectors gathered at the Markham Convergence Centre to talk about an effective response to youth homelessness in York Region and Canada.

The research forum was organized by聽UWYR in partnership with 快播视频鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Unit through a one-year Public Outreach Grant from the Social Sciences聽& Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

鈥淲e see this event as a great opportunity to invite people to think differently about youth homelessness and learn from other jurisdictions,鈥� said Jane Wedlock, knowledge mobilization officer, UWYR. 鈥淎nd we can consider whether we might explore some of these different approaches.鈥�

Stephen Gaetz

Examples were drawn from different Canadian provinces and other countries that have undertaken some innovative approaches to addressing youth homelessness.

"It was impressive to see York聽research聽at a forum designed to facilitate relationship building, a two-way exchange between academic researchers and practitioners in social service provision, all with one common vision to support positive changes in addressing issues of youth homelessness in York Region," said Michael Johnny, manager of knowledge mobilization at 快播视频.

"Research Forums, such as the one held yesterday, are an important process of effective knowledge mobilization by creating a culture of collaboration and realizing the potential for research to have a direct and positive impact for York Region," said Johnny.

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The MOU puts York researchers in a stronger position to be at the forefront of research in areas of global importance including nanotechnology, advanced materials, bio-informatics, public safety technology and sensors, or any areas where they believe international collaboration will advance their research goals.

The Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister, Dr V.K. Saraswat and the Vice-President Research & Innovation Robert聽Hach茅聽sign an MOU between DRDO and 快播视频 for cooperation in the areas of joint research and development in defence science & technology, in the presence of the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, and the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, in New Delhi on Nov. 06.

The new framework gives York researchers greater opportunity to access funding for international partnerships and benefits research based collaborations by linking York researchers with their potential partners from top tier universities in India.

The MOU was signed by Hach茅 and the Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister and Chief of the Defence Organisation, V.K. Saraswat on Nov. 6, in the presence of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi, India.

鈥淲e recognize the importance of international research collaborations and synergistic partnerships in building and strengthening research capacity, enhancing opportunities for research training and the sharing of global perspectives,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, York鈥檚 Vice-President Research & Innovation. 鈥淭his agreement enhances opportunities for international research collaborations that will provide insight into critical scientific issues impacting individuals in both countries and beyond.鈥�

DRDO has a network of 52 laboratories deeply engaged in research with many prestigious universities and research institutions in India, including the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science. The agreement is the culmination of close collaborative working and relationships established between leading academic researchers from Canada and India.

鈥淭his is a fantastic opportunity for York researchers to forge the type of enduring partnerships that can achieve real results for everyone involved and to work together with international colleagues in developing solutions to some of the greatest challenges we face,鈥� added Janusz Kozinski, dean of the Lassonde School of Engineering.

In 2011, a delegation from 快播视频 took part in a high-level research聽workshop in New Delhi聽co-sponsored by the International Science聽& Technology Partnerships Canada, Global Innovation & Technology Alliance,聽the Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research and India's DRDO during a nine-day partnership building .

At the end of last year, it was York鈥檚 turn to play host to researchers from India at a at the Keele Campus聽where among the topics discussed was 聽鈥楨arly Warning and Advanced Response Network鈥� which concerns detection, identification, quantification and neutralization of harmful substances released in public buildings (e.g., hospitals, schools, shopping malls, airports).

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The event will take place Wednesday, Nov. 7 from 1:30 to 3pm, at 280A York Lanes, Keele campus. Everyone is welcome to attend the event.

Alex Latta

Latta, who co-edited the collection with Hannah Wittman, will draw on the contributions to the book, as well as related literature and his own research, to explore the ways nature becomes constituted as a resource, an object of knowledge, a target of governance and a focus for political struggle in Latin America.

He will look at how human political subjectivities are simultaneously implied, activated, contested and reinvented in these constitutive moments, spaces and processes. Beyond a concern for the rights and responsibilities of 鈥渆nvironmental citizens鈥�, the talk will reach for a conception of citizenship that is fundamentally relational across dynamic assemblages of human and non-human elements.

Latta is a professor in the Department of Global Studies and the Balsillie School of International affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University. His research considers the politics of water, energy and environmental justice in Latin America, with a recent focus on conflicts over hydroelectric development in Chile.

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The important role of basic research for society and how it is funded are at the heart of a special lecture titled, "Funding Basic Research, Promoting Excellence, and Building Trust",聽which will be delivered at 快播视频 by Professor Helmut Schwarz, the president of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and a leading international researcher in the field of molecular chemistry. This special lecture will be presented Oct. 31, from 3 to 4pm in the Senate Chamber, 940 North Ross Building.

Helmut Schwarz聽

Schwarz will argue that publicly financed, fundamental research is neither a luxury nor a subsidy, but a cultural achievement and, as such, marks the starting point of every single value-added chain. In his comments, Schwarz will also reflect on the funding principles and core mission of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 鈥� the funding of individuals rather than projects, the emphasis on individual excellence and academic freedom. He will argue that more campaigning on behalf of the individual researcher is needed to support genuinely high-risk endeavors that are necessary for groundbreaking research.

Schwarz holds a research chair in organic chemistry at the Technische Universit盲t Berlin.

Schwarz鈥檚 visit also marks the 10th anniversary of the opening of York鈥檚 Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry laboratory space on the second floor of the Chemisty Building, which he helped to celebrate 10 years ago at York. 聽A private roundtable discussion will be held in honour of this event and attended by Schwarz and聽the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany Sabine Sparwasser.

York鈥檚 Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry promotes and organizes research collaboration with other universities, hospitals, government institutes, such as , Ontario Centre of Excellence INC, ISTPCanada Incorporated, and the , and industries, such as , YESBiotech聽 and Concept 2 Clinic. Research in mass spectrometry has become an increasingly important and multi-disciplinary scientific activity world-wide.

鈥淵ork is delighted to host 聽Professor Helmut Schwarz, President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Institut f眉r Chemie, Technische Universit盲t Berlin and pleased that Sabine Sparwasser, consul general of the Federal Republic of Germany will also be joining us at this visit to mark this special occasion,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, vice-president research & Innovation. 鈥淲e look forward to the continued development of collaborative research initiatives and to strengthening the ties between 快播视频 and research institutions in Germany.鈥�

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grants research fellowships and research awards to researchers from around the world, allowing them to conduct research with collaborative partners in Germany. All researchers sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation become life-long members of the international 鈥淗umboldt Network鈥�. Support from the foundation enables more than 2,000 researchers from all over the world to spend time researching in Germany. The Humboldt Network numbers more than 25,000 Humboldtians from all disciplines in over 130 countries worldwide - including 49 Nobel Laureates.

This lecture is sponsored by the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation and the Faculty of Science & Engineering. It is free and open to University community members. Seating is limited, so arrive early to avoid disappointment.

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, by York sociology Professor Luin Goldring and University of Toronto sociology Professor Patricia Landolt, was published Tuesday by the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP). Given recent major changes in Canada鈥檚 immigration system, including large increases in the number of temporary foreign workers and new pathways to permanent residence, this finding has important implications, says Goldring.

Luin Goldring

The study authors define precarious work as employment that is insecure and of lower quality. They point out that immigrants with these types of jobs are often exposed to labour practices that 鈥渆rode, violate or evade employment standards.鈥� This is especially of concern in a context where 鈥渁 growing number of newcomers spend time navigating various forms of temporary and probationary legal status before they can apply for permanent residence,鈥� while others remain in a temporary category or stay in Canada without work or residence authorization.

The authors鈥� quantitative and qualitative analyses are based on original data from a sample of 300 Latin American and Caribbean immigrant workers in the Greater Toronto Area. A key finding is that exposure to precarious work during the initial period in Canada had a lasting negative impact on these workers. As they put it, the effects of living with precarious legal status can be 鈥渟ticky鈥�; the transition to secure status 鈥渄oes not put people on par with those who entered with secure status.鈥�

In light of this, Goldring and Landolt identify several ways to mitigate the effects of precarious status on immigrant economic outcomes, including faster transitions to secure legal status and permanent residence, open work permits for temporary migrant workers, improvements in workplace equity and broader access to settlement services.

The Impact of Precarious Legal Status on Immigrants鈥� Economic Outcomes by Goldring and Landolt can be downloaded free of charge from the 鈥檚 website.

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The Connected Health and Wellness Project is a collaborative project led by a partnership of 快播视频, NexJ Systems and McMaster University. All together the project includes 16 Ontario private sector, academic and not-for-profit research partners. In addition to the federal funding, the project has leveraged more than $23 million in private-sector investments.

From left, York President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri; Dr. David Price, chair of the Department of Family Medicine聽at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University; Harvey Skinner, dean of York's Faculty of Health; Gary Goodyear, minister of state for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario; William M. Tatham, CEO of聽NexJ Systems Inc.; and Mark Adler,聽MP for York Centre.聽

This project will involve cloud-based software will allow patients to access and share their health records with their family, friends and care teams, including a health coach, to collaboratively manage their health and wellness. The new profession of health coaches will be trained at York鈥檚 Faculty of Health. This technology will also allow hospitals, physicians and other healthcare professionals to access and update this information on an ongoing basis.

For example, patients with diabetes will be able to track their biometric measurements, such as meals and exercise, using smartphones and share this information easily with their medical teams.

Gary Goodyear, minister of state for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario,聽makes a funding annoucement at York

鈥溈觳ナ悠� is proud to partner with the government of Canada, industry, academic and healthcare providers to deliver a new people-centred, technology-enabled health and wellness model,鈥� said York President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri at the funding announcement at York鈥檚 Life Sciences Building. 鈥淵ork's creation of a training program and professional standards for the new health coach profession is a first inCanadato combine multiple skill sets in health promotion, disease prevention and behaviour change that highlightYork's breadth and depth in health expertise.鈥�

Announced by Gary Goodyear, minister of state for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) and Mark Adler,聽MP for York Centre, the project is a technology platform containing an integrated suite of compatible technologies and apps designed to improve the health of Canadians.

鈥淥ur Government is committed to helping personalize health care for Canadians,鈥� said Goodyear. 鈥淥ur investment will bring integrated health and wellness solutions to market that will provide Canadians with new solutions to better manage their own health using innovative technology developed in our region.鈥�

Harvey Skinner, dean of York's Faculty of Health at the announcement

Goodyear went on to say that we are at the forefront of the next generation in health care management, which will not only reduce costs of delivering health care to our citizens, but it will improve the health care that they receive and ultimately that is what鈥檚 it鈥檚 all about. He also said that the government鈥檚 investment will help 快播视频 and its partners to undertake a collaborative project that may in fact revolutionize health-care delivery, not only in Canada, but ultimately around the world.

As the amount of people with chronic medical conditions grows, along with the need to manage these conditions, the need for this kind of project is clear.

"The combination of mobile technology, electronic health records and behaviour change supported by a health coach will help more people live healthier, longer, and receive timely access to effective health care when needed. This is the essence of people-centred health,鈥� said Harvey Skinner, dean of聽York's Faculty of Health. "This partnership is an important step forward for transforming and sustaining health-care and wellness systems in Canada and globally.鈥�

More than five billion people globally now have access to mobile technology and that presents a huge opportunity to reach out to people in poorer and remote communities, said Skinner.

The project will help create the conditions to make southern Ontario鈥檚 businesses and not-for-profit institutions global leaders in the development and delivery of integrated electronic health-care software. It is also positioning the region as a leader in advancing health coaching, which is intended to help Canada and other countries around the world find new ways to decrease health-care costs.

Mamdouh Shoukri talks with Gary Goodyear following the announcement at York

Other partners in the project include:

Academic: George Brown College, Seneca College and Centennial College

Industry: RIM; Rogers; Tyze Personal Networks; OSCAR Service Providers; PryLynx Corporation and Trivaris

Healthcare providers: Southlake Regional Health Centre; North York General Hospital; Centre for Global eHealth Innovation (University Health Network) and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center of Harvard Medical School

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Carl E. James, professor, in the Faculty of Education and Director, York Centre for Education & Community, and Norman Yan, professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and a core faculty member of the Institute for Research in Innovation & Sustainability, have been inducted into the society as Fellows.

鈥淥n behalf of the 快播视频 community, I would like to offer our sincere congratulations to two of our faculty members, Carl James and Norman Yan, on being named as Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada,鈥� said 快播视频 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. 鈥淭his prestigious recognition is well-deserved as Drs. James and Yan are leading scholars who have made outstanding contributions in research in their fields.鈥�

The society has elected 71 new Fellows, including one Foreign Fellow and one Honourary Fellow, to its ranks for 2012. The newly elected Fellows will be officially inducted on Saturday, November 14, 2012 during a ceremony held at The Ottawa Convention Centre. Election to the academies of the Royal Society of Canada is one of the highest honours a Canadian scholar can achieve in the Arts, Humanities and Sciences.

Carl E. James (left) is professor in the Faculty of Education and director of York Centre for Education and Community.聽 He is also cross-appointed in the graduate programs in Sociology and Social Work. Over the years, he has conducted research聽that examines the schooling, educational, social and athletic experiences of marginalized and racialized youth. Long concerned with issues of equity, in his work, James seeks to address the problems and concerns that account for the representation and outcomes of racialized people in institutions and society generally.聽 In 2006, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University, Sweden for his contribution to social equity and anti-racism education.

Norman Yan (right) is professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science.聽 His long-term professional goals are to identify the separate and interactive effects of climate change, acid and metal pollution, and invading species on the life of Canadian lakes, and to determine the key factors that regulate the recovery of these lakes from historical damage, once the stressors are removed.聽Much of his field work is executed in partnerships with Ontario government scientists at their laboratories near Dorset and Sudbury. After working for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for 25 years, Yan joined 快播视频 in 2000. He now splits his time between the Ontario Ministry of the Environment鈥檚 Dorset Environmental Science Centre and 快播视频.

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Washington State University (WSU) Professor No毛l Sturgeon will be the next dean of the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) at 快播视频. Sturgeon will take up a five-year term as dean, starting August 1.

The announcement was made yesterday by York President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. The appointment of Sturgeon was made after extensive consultation and was approved by the Board of Governors Executive Committee on May 10.

鈥淭he Provost and I are pleased to welcome Dr. No毛l Sturgeon back to 快播视频,鈥� said Shoukri. 鈥淚 look forward to working with her in this important portfolio, and I hope all members of the Faculty will join me in congratulating her and welcoming her.鈥�

No毛l Sturgeon

Sturgeon is a professor of Women鈥檚 Studies in the Department of Critical Culture, Gender & Race Studies at WSU. She is also a member of the University鈥檚 Graduate Faculty in American Studies. In 2010-2011, she spent a term at 快播视频 in the Faculty of Environmental Studies as a Fulbright-快播视频 Chair. She has also held visiting appointments at the JFK Institute for North American Studies, Freie Universit盲t, Berlin; Murdoch University, Perth, Australia; the University of California, Santa Cruz; and Rutgers University.

From 1998 to 2008, Sturgeon served as chair of Women鈥檚 Studies at WSU, enhancing the curriculum and building the unit from a program to a department with majors and minors, the only online women鈥檚 studies major in the United States and a graduate program. Following her term as chair, she was engaged in planning for the merger of the Women鈥檚 Studies Department with the Comparative Ethnic Studies Department and the American Studies Program to create the Department of Critical Culture, Gender & Race Studies. She also founded and directed two research units, the Centre for Social and Environmental Justice and Gendering Research Across the Campuses, and has been involved in several international collaborations. Sturgeon has been deeply involved in a number of university efforts to promote diversity, environmental research, women鈥檚 programs and interdisciplinary research efforts at WSU.

"I am thrilled to be joining FES and 快播视频, and honored by the confidence expressed in me by the President, Provost and search committee,鈥� said Sturgeon. 鈥淚've long admired the excellent work being done by FES and look forward to future accomplishments together."

Sturgeon holds a PhD in History of Consciousness (Politics) from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has a strong scholarly record and enjoys an international reputation as an interdisciplinary feminist scholar, specializing in environmental justice cultural studies, feminist theory, social movements, and anti-racist and environmental movements. Her work has focused on questions of social change, cultural representation and policy shifts arising from multi-issue movements such as anti-militarist and anti-nuclear direct action, ecofeminism and environmental justice, in a range of cultural and historical contexts.

In making the announcement, Shoukri thanked Barbara Rahder, outgoing dean, for her dedication and service to York.

鈥淚 would like to thank Barbara for her outstanding leadership and friendship,鈥� Shoukri said. 鈥淒uring her time at York, she was instrumental in developing York鈥檚 environmental vision and advancing environmental knowledge and social change.鈥�

Added Shoukri: 鈥淚 am grateful to Barbara for all that she has achieved over the years at York and wish her well in all of her future endeavours.鈥�

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