Join Parking & Transportation Services in celebrating June Bike Month on June 5, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of Vari Hall (VH Plaza). Transportation Services is partnering with Bike Share Toronto, Cycle York and Smart Commute to offer the York community a range of resources, including Toronto cycling maps, quick bike repairs […]
We invite you to Keele Campus for the York Circle Lecture Series, presented in collaboration with our Academic Chair, Jennifer Steeves (BA ’94, MA ’96, PhD ’01), Associate Vice-President Research (AVPR). Join us on Nov. 25 and hear from York’s leading faculty members about a variety of topics that touch on some of York’s key […]
Join us for the fourth annual Critical Social Science Perspectives in Global Health (CPGH) Research Workshop on Wednesday, March 29 from 9 a.m. to noon ET at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research. Breakfast and lunch will be served. Critical research often involves the use of critical theory with social justice aims. Critical social science perspectives […]
The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change is celebrating the launch of Professor Stefan Kipfer’s new book, Urban Revolutions: Urbanisation and (Neo-)Colonialism in Transatlantic Context On Jan. 24, from 1 to 2:20 p.m. in HNES 141, Kipfer will be joined by Kanishka Goonewardena, professor of geography and planning at the University of Toronto, and York […]
As York staff, faculty and instructors continue to work together to raise $150,000 for the United Way Greater Toronto as part of the York Cares United Way Campaign; community members are encouraged to challenge their perspective on housing in the GTA. As demand for accessible housing outpaces supply, GTA’s homelessness crisis has worsened over the […]
The Allan I. Carswell observatory at YorkU is featuring Haunted Telescope Tours this Oct 31st (after the Herschel lecture and concert). We will show folks around the domes, view images if clear, and have candy for the small kids… So, get into character and join us for a spooky night! Eventbrite tickets are free but […]
The Allan I. Carswell observatory at YorkU is collaborating with the school of Arts, Media, Performance and Design to present a lecture followed by a concert featuring music of Sir William Herschel. Join Dr. Parandis Tajbakhsh, the observatory crew, and special featured musicians Kay Tozawa, Jesse Tamang, and Yusuf Tajbakhshfor this special event. Eventbrite tickets […]
York University Libraries’ new Media Creation Lab (MCL) is inviting members of the university community to a Launch and Open House event. The event will be highlighted by four interactive stations placed throughout the Scott Library atrium, where attendees will have the opportunity for hands-on access to audio and video recording equipment and virtual reality […]
The ‘ecohealth approach’ or ‘ecosystem approach to health and well-being is an applied approach based on principles of systems thinking, transdisciplinarity, participation, gender and social equity, knowledge-to-action, and sustainability. In this course, participants will move from understanding environment and health relationships to applying these principles in the design of collaborative interventions that produce “co-benefits” – […]
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 […]