International symposium on infectious diseases features York expertise

The Canadian Centre for Disease Modelling (CCDM) based at York University was one of the co-organizers of a virtual symposium on COVID-19 and other infectious diseases that took place Sept. 14 to 18. The event drew an international cohort of more than 300 researchers, public health experts and students. The CCDM 2021 China-Canada Symposium on Modelling, Prevention and […]

EUC Seminar Series examines treaty relations in Toronto

This year, York University’s Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) Seminar Series is focusing on Assistant Professor Martha Stiegman’s knowledge translation project Polishing the Chain, which leverages research by the Indigenous-led Talking Treaties community arts project of Jumblies Theatre and Arts to enrich public discussion of treaty relations Toronto. Toronto is the traditional territory of the Wendat, Anishnaabeg […]

York announces launch of Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages

York University has launched a new organized research unit (ORU) that is the first at the University to focus on Indigenous and decolonizing scholarship. The Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages (CIKL) is led by inaugural Director Deborah McGregor, an associate professor at York and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice at Osgoode Hall […]

CFI awards more than $1.5M in research infrastructure funding to York University

Researchers at York University will receive more than $1.5 million in funding from the Government of Canada as part of a $77-million investment to support 332 research infrastructure projects at 50 universities across the country. Announced on Aug. 11 by Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, the contribution comes from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) […]

Funding supports York project to advance gender equality in pandemic recovery

A project out of York University that will advance gender equality in the social and economic response to COVID-19 is one of 237 projects to receive funding under Women and Gender Equality Canada’s $100-million Feminist Response and Recovery Fund. “Creating Space: Precarious Status Women Leading Local Pandemic Responses” is a collaborative, two-year project that brings together […]

Conference explores how Hakka perspectives contribute to global change

A conference exploring the ways in which Hakka perspectives and experiences can contribute to addressing world challenges was the topic of the sixth Toronto Hakka Conference, hosted virtually by York University from July 10 and 11. Co-organized by the Hakka community in Toronto and the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR), the “One Heart, One […]

How do we know where things are? New study examines visual stabilization

Our eyes move three times per second. Every time we move our eyes, the world in front of us flies across the retina at the back of our eyes, dramatically shifting the image the eyes send to the brain; yet, as far as we can tell, nothing appears to move. A new study out of […]

Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion adds to its summer workshop lineup

With the recent news of the 215 children found in a mass grave in Kamloops, B.C., and the Islamophobic hate crime in London, Ont., the mourning, loss and injustice can feel paralyzing. For those looking to continue their journey to create a more equitable and inclusive York University, the Centre for Human Rights, Equity and […]

Canada's response to youth homelessness during pandemic is focus of Making the Shift webinar

Making the Shift (MtS), a youth homelessness social innovation lab co-led by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness at York University, will present the fourth webinar of the “In Conversation With...” series on May 28 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Titled "Child Welfare and Youth Homelessness Prevention in Canada," the webinar will examine pandemic responses to homelessness across […]

Focused, hybrid-method survey gives clearer insight into Black experience in Canada

Most Black Canadians regularly experience racism, whether it is in criminal justice, education, employment, health care, or in the recently added COVID-19 pandemic scenario, a York University-led ongoing survey reveals. “This experience is not new, but because Black Canadians are typically classified under the larger visible minority group, their unique challenges have always been undermined,” […]