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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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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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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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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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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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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April 18, 2024 Welcome to the April 2024 edition of Innovatus, a special issue of YFile devoted to teaching and learning at York University. This month we showcase the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change (EUC), and its latest efforts to advance the creativity, learning, wellbeing, and careers of its students. Innovatus is produced by the Office of the
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March 19, 2024 Two dozen projects led by York University researchers have received more than $1.5 million combined from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council’s Insight Development Grants, announced March 13 by the federal government. The grants support the development of short-term research projects of up to two years by emerging and established scholars.
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March 13, 2024 York University Professor Andil Gosine has curated a new exhibit called The Plural of He, exploring the life and work of the late Colin Robinson (1961-2021), a Trinidadian American poet and social justice advocate. It launches March 15 and will run until July 21 at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in New York City, the world’s only dedicated 2SLGBTQIA+
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February 13, 2024 The late professor David V.J. Bell, former dean of York University’s Faculties of graduate studies and environmental studies, had a passion, commitment and dedication to sustainability and education that left a lasting imprint on policymakers, educators and youth across Canada and abroad. Honouring his legacy, the Annual Dr. David V.J. Bell Memorial Lecture
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