The right-wing attacks on the academic left in India
by Raju Das Raju Das A spectre is haunting the world – the spectre of right-wing or fascistic authoritarianism. All the right-wing groups, small or big, local/national or diasporic, have entered into a holy alliance to promote this spectre in the name of nationalism, tradition, culture, God, the indigenous, et
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‘Canada is not for sale’ — but new Ontario law prioritizes profits over environmental and Indigenous rights
by Martina Jakubchik-Paloheimo Despite province-wide protests, Ontario’s Bill 5 officially became law on June 5. Critics warn of the loss of both environmental protections and Indigenous rights. The law empowers the province to create special economic zones where companies or projects don’t have to comply with provincial regulations or municipal bylaws. Bill 5, also known
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Exploring Toronto’s queer suburbanism
Infrastructure – material and social – enables urban life for some people and not others. Unevenly distributed between centers and peripheries,it affords differential capacities for action and shapes regimes of social reproductive labor. — Alison Bain and B. Wiley Sharp In an article titled Hacking suburban social infrastructure: glitch subjects
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Accessibility audit of York University’s Keele Campus
by Mahtot Gebresselassie with MES Planning students of Transportation Policy and Planning (ENVS 6128), fall 2025 cohort Mahtot Gebresselassie In the social model of disability, it is the built environment that has a disabling effect on individuals with impairment. The built environment includes buildings and roads. Its inaccessibility limits disabled
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Making velomobility possible for a widening range of disabilities
Prof. Emeritus Glen Norcliffe in Semarang, Indonesia. June is Bike Month and to celebrate the event, EUC work-study student Gurneet Singh interviews Professor Emeritus Glen Norcliffe about his current project and its implications for the velomobiles industry in Indonesia as well as the global market. Q: Can you please share
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Ring of Fire conflict reveals gaps in Ontario’s economic nationalist EV battery fantasy
by Isaac Thornley Isaac Thornley As Trump tariffs reignite economic nationalism in Canada, it is necessary to reveal the many ways such rhetoric can be mobilized to justify social and environmental injustice, while getting us nowhere closer to true economic independence. Throughout its history, Canada’s blend of settler-colonial capitalism and
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Non-status citizenship and the paradoxes of immigration regimes in a sanctuary city
by Liette Gilbert and Luisa Sotomayor Liette Gilbert and Luisa Sotomayor Non-status people face a socio-legal precariousness that contradicts the promises of an inclusive city. Marking Toronto’s tenth anniversary of its “sanctuary city” policy, our research assesses the progress and potential of social planning and municipalist agendas to support irregularised
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The Assertion of Water: Inspired by The Petition to the Water Spirits in the Seneca Polytechnic College Courtyard
by L Anders Sandberg Seneca College, or Seneca Polytechnic College as it is now called, is a non-York University entity that set up a branch on the Keele Campus in 1999. It stands out as the perhaps most visible sign of an Indigenous presence on campus. The College’s building on
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Reckoning and resistance: The future of Black hiring commitments on campus
(L-R) Muna-Udbi Ali, Assistant Professor, Black Studies in Geography and Environment, Faculty of Environment and Urban Change, York University; Cornel Grey, Assistant Professor, Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Western University; and Stephanie Latty, Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology, Toronto Metropolitan University. by Muna-Udbi Ali, Cornel Grey and Stephanie
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Alternative Campus Tour: A unique opportunity for exploring and understanding our campus space and community
Laurel Scott by Laurel Scott The Alternative Campus Tour at York University, led by Professor Anders Sandberg, provided a unique perspective of the campus where I have attended university for the past 4 years. It was a fantastic opportunity to see York’s campus through a critical albeit unconventional lens that
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