York U researchers awarded $1.3M+ in SSHRC Insight Development Grants

September 17, 2024 Twenty-two projects led by York University researchers have received more than $1.3 million combined from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), announced on Sept. 13 by the Government of Canada for initiatives rooted across six Faculties. SSHRC’s Insight Development Grants support the development of short-term research projects of up to

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York U scholars receive more than $2.8M in SSHRC Insight Grants

September 18, 2024 Twenty-one emerging and established York University scholars have received new funding for research initiatives from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), totalling a combined $2,882,747, announced on Sept. 13 by the federal government. Like the recently announced Insight Development Grants, the SSHRC’s Insight Grants support research projects by emerging and established scholars,

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Nineteen exceptional scholars awarded Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarships

September 4, 2024 Nineteen scholars will advance York University’s growing global health research community as recipients of the 2024-25 Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarships. This scholarship program was created to attract exceptional incoming and continuing domestic and international graduate research students to the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research. Each year the scholarship is granted

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York U students engage in experiential learning in Costa Rica

Author: Chau Nguyen September 3, 2024 York University students are stepping out of the traditional classroom to experience the principles of sustainability and ecology first-hand at the University’s Las Nubes EcoCampus in Costa Rica. This summer, 25 students in the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change (EUC) had the opportunity to visit the EcoCampus, located

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EUC offers summer activities to enhance student, staff well-being

Author: Chau Nguyen August 28, 2024 As exam stress and work demands piled up for students and staff in York University’s Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change (EUC) this summer, a variety of new health and wellness activities were on offer to help them unwind, reconnect with nature and foster a sense of community. Activities

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York University prof advocates for Indigenous rights, climate justice

August 9, 2024 In addition to work focused on the political economy of oil and gas in Alberta, Angele Alook – a professor in York University’s School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies and a member of Bigstone Cree Nation in Treaty 8 territory – has been pursuing interdisciplinary projects that underscore how critical Indigenous Peoples’ rights

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Initiative provides community space for EUC Black students

April 18, 2024 Black students in York University’s Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change (EUC) now have a dedicated community space in the Health, Nursing & Environmental Studies Building (HNES) to use for meetings, workshops and informal gatherings.  The EUC Black Student Caucus spearheaded the initiative to obtain a dedicated community space, says Melissa Theodore, a

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Inaugural fair helps EUC students explore green career possibilities

April 18, 2024 Over 300 interested York University and high-school students attended the inaugural Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change (EUC) Green Career Fair in January.  In partnership with the not-for-profit organization Green Career Centre, the event welcomed students to the Health, Nursing & Environmental Studies Building to explore possibilities for careers that aren’t often well promoted,

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Urban Studies students advance learning with Montreal field trip

April 18, 2024 Living in the Greater Toronto Area, it’s not complicated for students in the Cities, Regions, Planning program at the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change (EUC) to assess Toronto’s strengths and weakness, but an annual field trip to Montreal allows them to apply their analytical skills elsewhere. For five years, Teresa Abbruzzese, an

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Eco Arts Festival to showcase students' environmental art

April 18, 2024 A banana fish is set to be one of the hits of the 2024 Eco Arts Festival, an annual explosion of artistic talent organized by the students in the Environmental Arts and Justice (EAJ) program in York University’s Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change (EUC), which marks its 30th anniversary this year. The

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