Carrying it with Us: Documenting Black Histories for the Future

Join Open Forum curator/moderator Kerry-Ann James in a special conversation with Selwyn Jacob, producer, and director of over 50 National Film Board films, Sylvia D. Hamilton, a Nova Scotian award-winning documentary filmmaker and writer, and Jennifer Holness, a documentary filmmaker, producer, and writer for a motivating discussion on archiving Black life in Canada through documentary […]

FGS presents “Why Black History (Month) Matters” — A Virtual Panel Discussion!

The Faculty of Graduate Studies invites all students, postdocs, faculty, staff and alumni to attend our webinar entitled “Why Black History (Month) Matters” on Tuesday, Feb. 22 from noon to 1:15 p.m. As we honour and celebrate Black History Month, there is importance in continuing the conversation around Black history, cultural and lived experiences. Our […]

CERLAC presents The Michael Baptista Lecture Series 2021-2022

CERLAC presents The Michael Baptista Lecture Series 2021-2022:  Envisioning Emancipatory Horizons in the Caribbean and Latin America: Unsilencing the Unthinkable  A Panel for Black History Month In Silencing the Past (1995), Haitian historian Michel-Rolph Trouillot argued that the unthinkable is “that which one cannot conceive within the range of possible alternatives, that which perverts all answers because […]

Intellectual Property Seminar for York U Researchers

Innovation York is hosting an online Intellectual Property (IP) Seminar for York University researchers. It is open to all York University faculty, research trainees and research students who are interested in building IP literacy. IP Seminar for York U Researchers Join us to learn about IP rights, why they matter, and how IP strategies can […]

McLaughlin College’s Annual Public Policy Lecture welcomes Stephen J. Toope

This year’s McLaughlin College Annual Public Policy Lecture will welcome Stephen J. Toope, vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge, to discuss “Our Age of Anxiety and the Rule of Law.” Many people all around the globe feel uneasy, lost and anxious. A major contributor to our great unease is a widely perceived deficit of political […]

York Circle @ Home | Cycles of inequality and exploitation in nation-building

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?” The series will be held over four sessions throughout […]

STS Graduate Conference 2022 – Undoing the Crisis

The STS Graduate Association will hold an in-person and online hybrid conference entitled “Undoing the Crisis.” Our conference is a call for cautious optimism; a moment to bring together scholars from various disciplines to explore the promises of science and technology in order to halt and/or reverse the numerous on-going planetary crises we face. We […]

2021 L.L. Odette Sculptors in Residence Public Talk

York University’s Department of Visual Arts and Art History cordially invite you to attend a public lecture by BUSH Gallery members Tania Willard and Peter Morin, the 2021 L.L. Odette Sculptors in Residence. Please join us as the artists discuss the work completed while in Residence at the L.L. Odette Sculpture Studio, and in collaboration […]

Dispatches From the World of Foreign Correspondents

Our next edition of the John W. Holmes Memorial Lecture at Glendon will be held on March 1 at noon, featuring Nahlah Ayed, host of CBC Radio One’s Ideas and an award-winning veteran of foreign reporting.At a time when traditional media models are in flux and under sustained attack, when opinions routinely rival fact, what is […]

Celebrating Canadian Women in Jazz featuring Allison Au, Tara Davidson and Amanda Tosoff

York University Department of Music presents: Celebrating Canadian Women in Jazz: A Virtual Roundtable featuring Allison Au, Tara Davidson and Amanda Tosoff Convener and Moderator: Prof. Noam Lemish Thursday, March 10, 2022 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. (Virtual Event on Zoom) REGISTER HERE Award winning Canadian jazz artists Allison Au, Tara Davidson and Amanda Tosoff […]