Ecological Economics for Public and Planetary Health: Moving Beyond the Neoclassical Paradigm

The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research is pleased to present the following event: Ecological Economics for Public and Planetary Health: Moving Beyond the Neoclassical Paradigm with Lina Brand Correa Wednesday, November 23 1 to 2 p.m. ET In person and online Register here There are multiple ways in which our economic system influences the […]

Massive Action: Global Health Design

The combination of Bruce Mau’s design vision and the Dahdaleh Institute’s approach to critical problem solving for greater effectiveness, equity, and excellence in global health research is Massive Action: Global Health Design.   In this series of six seminars, Dahdaleh Institute community fellow and visionary designer, author, educator, and artist Bruce Mau will discuss how design methodology […]

The Alchemy Lecture: Borders, Human Itineraries and All Our Relation

The Alchemy Lecture is an annual lecture that will bring together three to four thinkers and practitioners from different disciplines and geographies to think together and in public on the most pressing issues of our times. For our inaugural lecture, our Alchemists will be engaging in a discussion titled Borders, Human Itineraries and All Our Relation.  The […]

Indigenous Lunch Talk

What is this Land Acknowledgement thing? Unpacking those words that are shared as we open spaces The LA&PS Colleges invite you to join Prof. Ruth Green, Special Advisor to the Dean on Indigenous Issues at the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) for a conversation about the importance of Land Acknowledgements (as a […]

Book launch – After Suburbia: Urbanization in the 21st Century

The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change and the City Institute at York University in cooperation with University of Toronto Press and the York University Bookstore invite you to a book launch of After Suburbia: Urbanization in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Roger Keil and Fulong Wu and published by The University of Toronto Press. […]

A Haunted Herschel Halloween Telescope Tour!

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 […]

Halloween Herschel Lecture and Concert

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 Live Tele Tube at Allan I. Carswell Observatory

Join us every Wednesday @ 7:30 pm through the link https://www.youtube.com/user/YorkUObservatory/live to learn more about what we are up to at YorkU observatory. 

York Gairdner Lecture

Please join us for the York Gairdner lectures featuring two of this year’s Canada Gairdner International Laureates:  Dr. John E. Dick and Dr. Katalin Karikó, starting at 1:30pm in the Dr. Robert Everett Senate Chambers, N940 Ross Building, Keele Campus. Dr. Dick,  Senior Scientist and Canada Research Chair in Stem Cell Biology, Princess Margaret Cancer […]

Race & Privilege: An Honest, Overdue Conversation with Ourselves

“If a conversation is hard, it’s probably the one worth having.” Sparked by the 2020 anti-Black racism protests around the world, this interactive session will utilize a conversational toolkit*, wildcards and a series of dialogue-based questions that will help to empower difficult conversations around race and privilege with one another, but most importantly — with […]