Mark your calendar! We’re inviting staff alumni and donors to the York U Spirit Day Campus Alumni and Donor Breakfast presented in collaboration with the new York University Staff Alumni Network. You’ll hear from Julie Lafford, Assistant Vice-President, Alumni Engagement, enjoy a fun activity and join in recognizing two Local Hero Alumni Award recipients for […]
Join the York University Alumni Book Club for a talk with Cheryl Diamond, author of Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood a story about growing up in a family of outlaws. To the young Cheryl Diamond, life felt like one big adventure, whether she was hurtling down the Himalayas in a rickety car […]
Presented by Professor Patricia Perkins, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change Huge potential now exists to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency, adoption of renewables and new energy infrastructures, and the global spread of low-emission technologies and lifestyles which can provide healthy, decent living standards for all. These coordinated energy transition strategies have the […]
Presented by Professor Jen Gilbert, Faculty of Education How will stay-at-home orders, virtual schooling, canceled proms, viral TikTok dances, boredom, and omnipresent doom inspire, or perhaps constrain, new sexual and gender formations? This presentation explores how the experience of living with and through the pandemic has shaped young people’s sense of their genders and sexualities. […]
Join us Wednesday, May 25 at 6:30pm ET for a relevant and engaging talk by Mike Mokhtar (MFAc ’13), owner of Mike Mokhtar Personal Corporation, titled “How to Control an Interview.” Afterwards, audience members will have the opportunity to ask Mike questions and further benefit from his insight. The evening continues in breakout rooms, each […]
Hosted by Dr. Rebecca Pillai Riddell, Academic Chair of The York Circle, this virtual lecture series will showcase York’s leading faculty members engaging in lively panel discussions and Q&A sessions on key themes related to this year’s topic: “Oh Canada! The True North Strong and Free? A historical journey through Canada’s transgressions of individual and community rights.” Registration […]
PLEASE NOTE: The venue for this event has changed! We’re excited to accommodate even more alumni at District Bar and Restaurant on Robson St. Vancouver, it’s been a while. You’re invited to join York University at our Vancouver Alumni Happy Hour Mixer on Thursday, May 19. Meet fellow York alumni in your city and enjoy […]
We are looking forward to welcoming all graduates from 2020 & 2021 back to campus and holding in-person Alumni Convocation ceremonies to celebrate their graduation. To view the full ceremony schedule, please visit the Convocation website.
Karen Krasny, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education The world is witnessing Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine in what is the largest conventional, nation-state to nation-state military attack on a European democracy since the second world war. This presentation will provide attendees with critical insights into the events leading up to the present invasion and what […]
Sheila Colla, Associate Professor, York Research Chair (Tier 2) in Interdisciplinary Conversation Science, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change Amro Zayed, York Research Chair in Genomics and Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Just ahead of World Bee Day on May 20, tune in to hear more about the status of pollinators here in […]