Wen-Do Self Defence Workshop in partnership with Residence Life

This 2-hour workshop is brought to you by Canada’s oldest self-defence organization, Wen-Do. Wen-Do focuses on women’s safety and empowerment by preparing participants to defend themselves both mentally and physically while giving women the confidence to deal with the range of types of aggression. It covers the fundamentals of women’s self-defence through a feminist, anti-oppression […]

And for the groom a sardine: Sephardic songs from Morocco and Ottoman lands

The Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies and the Department of Music in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design are proud to present Dr. Judith Cohen as part of the year-long performance series “Sound and Sense: Jewish Music @ York”. In “And for the groom a sardine”: Sephardic songs from Morocco and Ottoman […]

Inclusion Week Series March 6-10 2023

Inclusion Week Series March 6-10, 2023 – Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion (yorku.ca) INCLUSION WEEK 2023 – Reclaiming Social Justice in EDI  March 6-10, 2023    CHREI’s annual Inclusion Week is just around the corner, and we want to tell you about our exciting line-up of speakers and events. This year CHREI has partnered across the […]

Centre for Jewish Studies presents: You Were Adam

You Were Adam explores the triumphs and disappointments of divine and human creativity. Drawing on the Bible and Jewish thought, Marina Zilbergerts imagines creation through the lens of relationships – metaphysical, erotic, and devotional. Ranging across spiritual and biographical space, from Zhitomir, Ukraine to the suburbs of Toronto her poems breathe the consciousness of connection […]

Guest Lecture: Marxism and Social Movements in France: Historical Links and Developments

Where & When Verney Room Tuesday, February 28th, 3 to 5 p.m. Refreshments, 5 to 5:30 p.m. Abstract Professor Ducange will present the importance of social movements in contemporary France and how Marxism has helped make them special compared to other countries. The talk will trace the history of Marxism since the 19th century and […]

Film Screening and Q&A: The Changing Face of Iceland

On Thursday, March 9 at 12:30 p.m., join renowned filmmaker Mark Terry, an adjunct professor in York University’s Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC), for a film viewing and Q&A on The Changing Face of Iceland, his latest documentary about the impacts of climate change on the island nation of Iceland. The documentary examines […]

2023 Vico Lecture – Italy and the Black Mediterranean: Race, identity and citizenship

The Vico Lecture, a public event presented by the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), returns this March with Dr. Angelica Pesarini’s special talk, “Italy and the Black Mediterranean: Race, identity and citizenship,” which will focus on the presence of Italy within the Black Mediterranean, considered a racialized physical and symbolic space marked […]

Inclusion Week Series 2023: A Long Overdue Conversation about Oppression and Privilege

This year’s Inclusion Week theme is: Reclaiming the Social Justice Roots of EDI   The Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion, in collaboration with partners across York University invites everyone to be a part of this year’s Inclusion Week series. This year’s events are being led in partnership with Amnesty International YU, Athletics & […]

LEONARD COHEN: Untold Stories: That’s How the Light Gets In

For full event details and registration, click here.   Poet, novelist, singer-songwriter, artist, prophet, icon—there has never been a figure like Leonard Cohen. He was a true giant in contemporary western culture, entertaining and inspiring the world with his work. From his groundbreaking and bestselling novels, The Favourite Game and Beautiful Losers, to timeless songs […]

2023 Kitty Lundy Memorial Lecture – Leading in the Tension: Conundrums of (In)visibility for Black Women Leaders

Paulette Senior, York University alumna and President and CEO of the Canadian Women’s Foundation, has devoted her life and career to breaking down systemic barriers and building gender justice for women, girls, and gender-diverse people. Her personal experiences as a child ignited her interest in social justice, setting her on the path to growing belonging for marginalized […]