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快播视频 joins education institutions around the world in celebrating International Education Week (IEW) 2025.  

IEW is an annual celebration of international education and exchange worldwide that鈥痟ighlights the importance of international education, promotes the benefits of education abroad and global engagement and recognizes the contributions of international students in strengthening intercultural understanding.

York-IEW 2025 include global engagement activities and events organized throughout the week detailed below. 

Tuesday, November 18

3:00 to 4:00 pm	Career Ready Conference: Pre-Conference Session Day 1 (Virtual) Understanding On and Off Campus Work Authorization, Co-op Work Permits, and 快播视频 Permit Conditions聽聽聽聽Are you a student navigating the complexities of work opportunities while studying in Canada? This session is designed to help you understand the key regulations surrounding on-campus and off-campus work authorization, co-op work permits, and the conditions attached to your study permit. Learn how to stay compliant with immigration rules, maximize your employment opportunities, and plan effectively for your academic and professional journey.Register for the pre-conference sessions and full day conference at the link below. All pre-conference sessions are free and the full day conference costs $15 to attend.
7:00 to 8:30 pm	Career Ready Conference: Pre-Conference Session Day 1 (Virtual) Industry Panel: Employer Insights on Hiring International Students This virtual panel is designed to support international undergraduate students at 快播视频 in navigating the Canadian job market. Students will hear directly from hiring professionals about what employers look for, how to stand out, and how to approach job searching as an international candidate. You'll get to hear from these incredible companies: TELUS RSM Canada Sanofi  Register for the pre-conference sessions and full day conference at the link below. All pre-conference sessions are free and the full day conference costs $15 to attend.
8:00 pm	You are invited to the Book launch of: edited by University of the Philippines (Baguio) Professors Leah Abayao and Jimmy Fong, and 快播视频 History Professor Carolyn Podruchny. The Book Launch is supported by the Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages, the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR), the Philippine Studies Group (PSG) and York International.

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Now entering its second year, the GRE Fund presents a new stream focused on recruiting exceptional postdoctoral researchers through international collaboration, reinforcing York鈥檚 role as a leader in globally connected, high-impact research. 

鈥淕RE is a testament to the success of York鈥檚 Global Engagement Strategy which strengthened institutional coordination and alignment on strategic international priorities,鈥� says Rhonda Lenton, president and vice-chancellor. 鈥淭he expansion of the Global Research Excellence Fund this year to include the joint recruitment of outstanding postdocs with international partners is another step on our path to ensuring that the best and the brightest come to York to put their talents to work for our students, Canada and the world.鈥� 

A cornerstone of Engaging the World: 快播视频鈥檚 Internationalization and Global Engagement Strategy, the GRE Fund was introduced in 2024 to deepen international research ties, boost global impact and elevate York鈥檚 standing among top-tier research institutions. 

The inaugural call delivered impressive outcomes, reports York International, including increased research income, new partnerships across priority regions and support for emerging research leaders tackling global grand challenges. 

This year鈥檚 expansion is Stream B: Global Post-Doctoral Researcher Award, co-developed with York鈥檚 Faculty of Graduate Studies. This new stream enables York researchers to jointly recruit exceptional postdoctoral talent from Canada and abroad, with international partners.

鈥淵ork has a long history of attracting top globally diverse talent from around the world,鈥� adds Amir Asif, vice-president research and innovation. 鈥淲e believe in fostering global collaboration 鈥� showing that openness to working with the world, even in times of great uncertainty, creates win-win outcomes for all.鈥� 

The GRE program continues to offer Stream A: Strategic Partnership Exploration & Development, providing seed funding for York-led initiatives that build new international research collaborations and expand existing ones. Stream A also supports partnerships with the global South and Indigenous communities overseas. 

鈥淐ontinued investment in GRE reflects York鈥檚 commitment to inclusive, equitable partnerships that deliver impact for Canada and the world. At a time when some countries are stepping back, York is choosing to lead,鈥� says Lisa Philipps, provost and vice-president academic. 

The GRE Fund is managed by the鈥疓lobal Strategic Initiatives team within York International, in close partnership with the offices of the Vice-President Research and Innovation, Provost and President.

Learn how to apply to the GRE Fund. 

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Dr. Proctor holds a PhD in international higher education from the University of Melbourne. He is an honorary fellow of the Melbourne Centre for the 快播视频 of Higher Education (University of Melbourne) and a senior fellow of the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA). He is co-editor of The Future Agenda for Internationalization in Higher Education (Routledge, 2018), offering new perspectives from a younger generation of scholars and practitioners on the future of internationalization in higher education. He continues to publish and present widely on post-secondary education and global engagement.

Dr. Proctor is a global board director for the Climate Action Network for International Educators (CANIE). In 2025-26, he will serve as one of four program faculty for NAFSA's Executive Internationalization Leadership e-Institute, as well as delivering training for the European Association for International Education (EAIE) on strategic planning for internationalization. 

We are thrilled that Douglas will be joining 快播视频 to lead York International at this pivotal moment for global research collaborations, transnational education and support for international students.

Sincerely,

Lisa Philipps
Provost and Vice-President Academic  

Amir Asif
Vice-President Research and Innovation

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Two new research collaborations led by the Humanitarian Water Engineering (HWE) Lab at 快播视频鈥檚 Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research aim to improve health outcomes in crisis-affected communities in Uganda through local partnerships and innovative water-focused interventions.
Syed Imran Ali, Director of the HWE Lab and Fellow at the Dahdaleh Institute, and his team recently travelled to Uganda to launch two new research partnerships aimed at improving public health in communities affected by humanitarian crises.

The first initiative took Ali and his team to Gulu University, where they met with faculty from Gulu's School of Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture and the Environment, and Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies. Together, they defined and formalized a new collaborative research program, marked by the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions.

Located in a region recovering from prolonged civil conflict and home to a large refugee population fleeing unrest in neighbouring countries, Gulu University will work with the HWE Lab on projects addressing communicable disease control, maternal and child health, nutrition, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in emergency contexts.

Supported by York International鈥檚 Global Research Excellence Seed Fund, the first joint projects will focus on water and health in refugee settlements in northern Uganda. Over time, the partnership aims to expand into additional priority areas in humanitarian health and bring in new partner institutions from neighbouring countries, contributing to a broader vision for a humanitarian health research network across the African Great Lakes Region.

Ali and his team also visited the Kyaka II refugee settlement in western Uganda to initiate a second research collaboration with the Nsamizi Training Institute of Social Development. A key implementing partner for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Nsamizi is responsible for delivering WASH services at the settlement.

Supported by a Connected Minds Seed Grant from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, this project will use machine learning to develop predictive tools linking water quality to health outcomes. The goal is to address a long-standing challenge in the humanitarian WASH sector: enabling timely health risk forecasting without relying on costly, large-scale disease surveillance studies.

Over the coming year, the HWE Lab will work with Nsamizi to strengthen water system monitoring, provide technical training, and support the development of proposals for future water and sanitation programs at Kyaka II and other refugee settlements in Uganda.

Together, these two partnerships mark a significant step forward in the HWE Lab鈥檚 mission to deliver practical, innovative solutions to urgent global health challenges through close collaboration with local institutions.

With files from Syed Imran Ali

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快播视频 will offer funding from the highly competitive Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships (QES) program to students and researchers from York, as well as partner universities in Costa Rica, Ghana and the Philippines to tackle issues at the intersection of climate change and human population displacement.

The highly competitive QES program was established in 2012 and is managed through a partnership between Universities Canada, the Rideau Hall Foundation and Canadian post-secondary institutions. To date, more than 2,600 scholars from Canada and around the world have received the award.

York鈥檚 project, titled the , will direct scholarships valued at up to $10,000 to send 12 York students overseas and welcome 10 international scholars to York over the next three years.

Professor Ali Asgary, director of CIFAL and executive director of the Advanced Disaster, Emergency and Rapid Response Simulation Lab, is academic lead for the QES project and says he is hopeful the program will inspire students to continue working in a field that needs fresh ideas and dedication.

鈥淵ork students will have the opportunity to visit places where they can make connections with what they are studying firsthand and get to know the challenges and complexities of these situations. They will be able to network with policymakers and researchers in other countries, and because the focus is interdisciplinary, they will get to know researchers in both climate change and population displacement.鈥�

Additionally, scholars visiting York will provide invaluable insights to the University community on how they address these challenges in their countries, which can help inform how Canadians tackle climate change at home.

With these goals in mind, Asgary and York鈥檚 former assistant vice-president Global Engagement and Partnerships Vinitha Gengatharan, whose team is supporting the QES project, sought expert partners to bring the diverse expertise and perspectives required for this multi-continental project. At York, the new project brings together faculty leaders from York Emergency Mitigation, Engagement, Response and Governance Institute (Y-MERGE), York鈥檚 Las Nubes campus in Costa Rica, the Centre for Refugee Studies, the  and the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research.

International partners were chosen from countries specifically impacted by climate change and displacement, and include the University of Costa Rica, University of Ghana, the University of Cape Coast (Ghana), the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration and the University of the Philippines.

United Nations Institute for Training and Research鈥檚 (UNITAR), CIFAL, the Global Water Academy and Learning for a Sustainable Future, a Toronto-based NGO, are also among the external collaborators.

Amir Asif, vice-president, research and innovation, says the new scholarly exchange reflects York鈥檚 continued focus on advancing partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). York鈥檚 global partners on this project carry out compelling climate and human displacement-related  research which complements the University鈥檚 strengths and Canada鈥檚 climate diplomacy initiatives.

鈥淲e hope that through the QES, we will provide youth from Canada and around the world with unique opportunities to gain new perspectives from beyond their labs,鈥� he says, adding that addressing climate justice is essential to reduce growing social inequities. 鈥淔uture generations will need to have more empathy and stronger cross-cultural understanding. This is important to make difficult compromises and design effective climate policies that garner global consensus. It鈥檚 easy to talk about inequities without understanding what inequity looks like, in a different cultural and geographical context.鈥�

In this project, York students attending the University of Cape Coast will have the opportunity to learn from the legacy of the transatlantic slavery at Cape Coast Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and witness how the industrialized West continues to have an impact on the lives of coastal communities in Africa by contributing to rising sea levels.

Asgary notes the project will help move the global goals forward. 鈥淭his is hugely important for our future. Climate change has introduced a lot of forced or semi-forced displacement and may worsen in years to come," he says.

With files from Suzanne Bowness

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By Alex Huls

A research initiative led by 快播视频 is building lasting partnerships and resources to support community-driven autonomy strategies across Central America and the Caribbean.

In 2024, Prilly Bicknell-Hersco sat on the shaded porch of a house on Colombia鈥檚 San Andr茅s Archipelago, surrounded by seven Raizal women, an Afro-Caribbean ethnic group native to the region.

A PhD student in the聽Faculty of Education, Bicknell-Hersco was there as the senior research assistant for a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)-funded project led by聽Miguel Gonz谩lez, professor in 快播视频鈥檚 Department of Social Science,聽Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies.
The project 鈥� titled 鈥淓mancipatory Horizons for Self-Determination of Indigenous and Afro-Descendant Peoples in Central America鈥� 鈥� is focused on exploring the different forms of autonomous self-governance systems developed by these communities to assert their rights, while strengthening their autonomy strategies and legal capacities throughout the region.

While Bicknell-Hersco was on that porch in her capacity as a researcher, there were no surveys or structured interviews. Just a circle of women 鈥� all mothers 鈥� talking about their hopes for their children, including maintaining their cultural identity and self-determination.

For her, it was a powerful reminder of how the project differs from conventional research 鈥� both in intention, method and planned outcome. 鈥淭hat was very memorable for me: to not just read about a community or assume what I think of a community, but to sit down on their porch and talk,鈥� she says.

That emphasis on collaborative, respectful engagement has shaped the initiative from its outset. The research builds on work Gonz谩lez and his team began in 2021 with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS). At the OAS鈥檚 request, the York team coordinated with regional consultations to support a thematic report on the right to self-determination for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities in the western hemisphere. Through consultations with several organizations across Central America and the Caribbean, they heard a consistent message about research projects that involved the communities.

鈥淭hey told us that they didn't want to see universities or researchers just showing up for research or consultations, but they wanted to see something being done 鈥� something concrete, something tangible,鈥� says Gonz谩lez.

In response, Gonz谩lez and his collaborators co-designed 鈥淓mancipatory Horizons.鈥�

Its research goal was to examine how communities assert territorial rights, preserve languages, maintain governance systems and mobilize international law. It would pursue that goal by involving and benefiting the involved communities, focusing on three case study regions 鈥� the Brunca and Bribri Peoples of Costa Rica, the Guna Peoples of Panama and the Raizal Peoples of Colombia.

Gonz谩lez and his team established three priorities for the project to focus on: self-governance; territorial and maritime tenure rights; and legal capacity building.

Gonz谩lez, Bicknell-Hersco and their team advanced the project in collaboration with those groups and more than a dozen Indigenous and Afro-descendant organizations. 鈥淲e wanted to make sure that the research question, the ideas, the actions of the project, gain the input of these communities and their aspirations,鈥� Gonz谩lez says.

Drawing from what community leaders shared while Gonz谩lez worked on the OAS report, a key part of 鈥淓mancipatory Horizons鈥� includes the development of lasting community resources.

A cornerstone of the initiative is the creation of an Indigenous Data Repository (IDR), which will hold maps, governance documents, demographic data and cultural records 鈥� all accessible to participating communities. Another key component is a series of legal training workshops developed in partnership with community organizations. These sessions are designed to support advocacy in national courts and international human rights forums.

鈥淲e want to give them the tools to use even after this project is done,鈥� says Bicknell-Hersco.

Gonz谩lez and Bicknell-Hersco recently highlighted the project鈥檚 methodologies, early outcomes and community engagement strategies at the annual conference of the Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS), hosted at York. The presentation emphasized the participatory methods and contextual realities at the heart of "Emancipatory Horizons," as well as the knowledge gained during consultations across the region.

Raising awareness of the project and its ambitions has become more urgent as, Gonz谩lez notes, threats to democratic freedoms and land rights are growing across Central America and the Caribbean. In this volatile context, the project鈥檚 commitment to ethical, community-driven research is more than academic 鈥� it鈥檚 a vital act of solidarity and empowerment.

Looking ahead, the research team hopes to equip Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities with the tools and knowledge to claim their rights and safeguard their futures long after the project ends. By building accessible data repositories, delivering legal training and fostering regional collaboration, the project's goal is to turn knowledge into real political power. Centering community voices and lived experiences, this initiative challenges traditional research models and redefines what supporting self-determination means in practice.

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Now an event on May 1, 2025 will highlight York-Germany collaboration success stories, as well as share details on how to access funding from German agencies. York researchers and faculty are to learn more about joint collaborative opportunities from German partners and ask questions to understand if their projects may be a fit.

York has already established many strong relationships with German institutions. The recent delegation visit included several universities such as , , , , , as well as with partners in the 翱苍迟补谤颈辞/叠补诲别苍-奥眉谤迟迟别尘产别谤驳 (OBW) consortium. In 2023-24, 71 international students from Germany attended York and 130 exchange students studied at York. Fifty-six York students have gone to Germany on exchange from 2021 to 2024.

In their visit last year, Asif and his colleagues deepened their knowledge about a wide range of initiatives at German universities. They toured individual university facilities and also met with representatives from German research funding councils like DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and DFG (German Research Foundation), along with high-ranking officials and individual researchers. Some meetings included multiple universities, which meant that the conversations could range across institutions to discuss shared research goals more broadly.

鈥淓ach university has its own research strengths, but there鈥檚 often meaningful overlap,鈥� says Asif, explaining the benefits of this wider dialogue. 鈥淢eeting in person allows us to explore those connections in a much richer way鈥攖ouring labs, asking questions, and having informal conversations that often spark new ideas. These interactions not only deepen our academic relationships but also open doors to collaboration and funding opportunities.鈥�

In some cases, York has already signed official Memorandums of Understanding to formalize research partnerships; for example, York鈥檚 Connected Minds research group signed a cooperation agreement with the University of Konstanz . Many other collaborations exist between individual researchers, for example, in York鈥檚 Health faculty, psychology professor Michaela Hynie works closely with Annette Korntheuer at Munich University of Applied Sciences on issues related to forced migration. Laura Sergio, York Research Chair in Brain Health and Skilled Performance in the School of Kinesiology & Health Science, is working with Dr. Marc Dalecki at DHGS German University of Health and Sports in Berlin. York鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change and J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt have engaged in multiple collaborations, including a graduate student exchange, and summer programs as part of the Global Suburbanisms Project.

In addition to nurturing existing partnerships, York is always on the lookout for new areas compatible for collaboration. At Goethe University Frankfurt, for example, the team pinpointed artificial intelligence as a major area of potential collaboration, as well as feminist research, bees and ecology, and areas in the social sciences and humanities. 鈥淥ur partnerships with German universities are built on shared values of research excellence, equity, and global impact. These collaborations allow us to connect across disciplines and geographies to address complex challenges together. At York, we are committed to growing these relationships, exploring new areas of synergy, and creating opportunities for our students, faculty, and researchers to engage globally,鈥� says Vinitha Gengatharan, York鈥檚 assistant vice-president for Global Engagement and Partnerships.

Asif notes that there are many similarities as well as differences between German and Canadian universities, so in-person visits help to understand the academic landscape. Some German universities such as the Goethe Institute are very research intensive, whereas others are more general, or technically focused, for example on STEM areas. Commonalities include the fact that most European universities are publicly funded, and both countries value academic freedom.

鈥淚 think we have a common culture and connection, the same democratic norms,鈥� says Asif. 鈥淭heir aspirations align closely with ours, including research excellence, social equity, health equity, social justice, and a meaningful contribution to society.鈥� He also sees a shared commitment to multidisciplinary academic programs. 鈥淲e want to prepare graduates who are leaders in their respective fields.鈥�

Asif says he also heard in his conversations a deep respect for Canada, with German universities eager to learn from this country鈥檚 institutions as well, particularly when it comes to multiculturalism. 鈥淭here鈥檚 a real admiration among our German counterparts for how Canada approaches these complex issues,鈥� he says. 鈥淭hey look up to Canada, because we鈥檝e introduced immigration in a way that embraces multiculturalism, and that model is deeply relevant to broader societal discussions鈥攈ow diverse communities can coexist, how public policy can be inclusive, and how social systems can be shaped to reduce inequities.鈥�

That admiration has meant that German institutions are eager to connect with Canada. German universities want to partner with us through faculty exchanges, student exchanges, and joint research,鈥� Asif explains. 鈥淲e all face global challenges that touch on multiple disciplines including climate change, migration, health systems, democratic governance and no single institution or country can solve them alone. That鈥檚 why collaboration is essential.鈥�

He adds that there are practical benefits as well. 鈥淩esearch is expensive, and collaboration allows us to share labs, data, and resources. But just as important is the sharing of ideas, especially in areas where society is evolving rapidly and new policy responses are needed.鈥�

These international connections will be further explored at an upcoming event on May 1, 2025, which will showcase York-Germany collaboration success stories and outline how York researchers can access funding through German agencies, and vice versa. At the May event, attendees will learn about key funding opportunities with German agencies including DAAD, DFG and EURAXESS. They will also hear from faculty members who already collaborate with Germany counterparts, and have the opportunity to ask questions about best practices for similar collaborations. Since each new meeting is an important opportunity to strengthen collaborations, Asif says he sees the May event as an important continuation in terms of building awareness of opportunities to work together. 鈥淚'm really looking forward to exploring how we can deepen our existing partnerships, whether through academic exchange or collaborative research initiatives.鈥�

Register Here for York-Germany Research Collaboration Workshop

1 May 2025 - 9:30am to 12:30pm

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By Alexander Maavara

The inaugural funding call of the Global Research Excellence (GRE) Fund has concluded with York providing over $230,000 to support international research collaboration.

Launched in the spring of 2024, the GRE Fund is a key initiative in support of Engaging the World: 快播视频鈥檚 Internationalization and Global Engagement Strategy, which prioritizes deepening international research collaborations and maximizing global research impact.

Twenty-four projects across 8 York Faculties and a number of York鈥檚 Organized Research Units (ORUs) have been funded. They have received grants of up to $30,000, involving over thirty York faculty and dozens of collaborators from around the world. Projects are deepening international research into sustainable development, climate change adaptation & mitigation, Indigenous pedagogy, AI, disease modelling, critical minerals, LGBTQ+ rights, water sciences, urban infrastructure, migration, and autonomous systems.

GRE-funded collaborations are already advancing York鈥檚 global reach. One project has seen Faculty of Health professors Christo El Morr and Vijay Mago organize an international symposium in March 2025 titled 鈥淪haping the AI Landscape: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Technology, Society and the Future of Marginalized Communities鈥� in partnership with and hosted at IIT Palakkad. Bringing together philosophers, social scientists, and AI researchers, including those from many other leading Indian institutions like IIT Bombay and IISc Bangalore, the symposium was a tremendous success. It generated insights into the social impacts of AI and great potential for further collaboration.

Another notable international research collaboration is with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in astrophysics. Supported by GRE and considerable external funding, Faculty of Science Prof. Rahul Kannan and his MIT collaborator jointly recruited a Postdoctoral fellow from New 快播视频.

More than half of the York faculty members engaged are early-career or mid-career researchers.

鈥淪upporting our emerging research leaders is vital to the long-term success of the institution鈥檚 research enterprise,鈥� states Amir Asif, Vice President of Research and Innovation. 鈥淕RE aligns with 快播视频's Internationalization and Global Engagement Strategy by fostering investigator-driven research internationalization. This approach leverages our faculty鈥檚 expertise, collaborations, and global networks to address pressing global challenges. GRE empowers our investigators to take strategic risks in establishing new or strengthening current partnerships by addressing funding gaps at various stages.鈥�

GRE is supporting projects in 23 countries, with 14 projects engaging Global South or global Indigenous partners. GRE funding is being leveraged to support everything from exploratory discussions and workshops with new partners to grant proposal development and joint personnel training. A key goal of the GRE Fund is to ensure that we facilitate tangible outcomes within a two-year time horizon and partnerships with leading international collaborators. GRE-supported projects have applied for over $16 million in Canadian and international funding opportunities, with over $500,000 in external funding already invested back into the collaborations. GRE projects have facilitated collaborations with top-ranked universities, United Nations agencies, NGOs, media, and arts & cultural organizations in North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

鈥淚nitiatives like GRE signal York鈥檚 global aspirations and vision to partners, peers, governments, and funding bodies that York is committed to supporting collaborations that advance cutting edge and transformational research鈥� says Vinitha Gengatharan, Assistant Vice-President, Global Engagement & Partnerships. 鈥淲e hope to follow up on GRE鈥檚 inaugural success to deepen research ties and build on York鈥檚 global reputation by launching the next iteration of GRE in 2025. I greatly appreciate the Associate Vice-Presidents for Research's efforts to adjudicate and guide the GRE initiative to early success. I thank our faculty community, ADRs, research services teams, and international partners for their invaluable input in developing the GRE fund.鈥�  

GRE is designed and implemented by the Global Strategic Initiatives team, a cross-portfolio unit within York International that works closely with the Office of the VP Research and Innovation and the Office of the President to advance the Global Engagement Strategy's research internationalization and reputation priorities. To learn more about the ground-breaking work being supported by the GRE Fund, Click Here.  

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Symposium on Shell鈥檚 legacy in Niger Delta and what comes next brings diverse group of scholars and activists to 快播视频鈥檚 Keele Campus

April 9, 2025, TORONTO 鈥� With the Shell company having finalized the sale of assets in Nigeria鈥檚 Niger Delta, questions remain for those who fought against decades of human rights and environmental abuses in the region: How do you keep Shell accountable for the damage they鈥檝e done? Will divestment be more than a clever PR ploy for big oil and gas?

These questions bring together a diverse group of scholars, community leaders, activists, legal experts and international advocates to 快播视频 April 10 and 11, for the two-day symposium: From the Niger Delta, Nigeria to the World - Charting a Global Just Transition Agenda.

The legacy of oil pollution and human rights abuses in the Niger Delta are one of the worst, with Shell even being accused of being complicit in the Nigerian state鈥檚 secret sentencing and killing of activists in the 1990s, says Environment and Urban Change Prof. , one of the organizers of the event. 

鈥淎rguably, attention to injustice in the region spurred corporate social responsibility as an industrial movement and was central to creating the environmental justice movement globally. This symposium is an opportunity to take a hard look at this legacy of corporate abuse, resistance, and what comes next,鈥� says Zalik. 

From the earliest days of colonization in Nigeria, the British identified Niger Delta as economically useful for resource extraction, and, for the last 60 years, Shell has been involved in oil and gas extraction in the region. 

Informed by a report put together by the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission, which declares Shell鈥檚 legacy in the region as an environmental genocide, the symposium examines the prospects for a global just transition. 

鈥淲hen the word divestment is used 鈥� Shell for example dumping toxic assets on so-called local companies and shirking their historic responsibility to clean up鈥� what does it really mean? There are questions regarding the limitations of the whole idea of just transition,鈥� says York PhD alum Isaac Asume Osuoka, a former Vanier scholar and one of the authors of the Bayelsa Report who will chair the discussion on the report at the symposium.

鈥淭his聽York conference is an opportunity to address those gaps in terms of how this conversation has been framed in dominant discourses.鈥澛�

The symposium will be held this Thursday and Friday at 快播视频 at 519  at 快播视频鈥檚 Keele Campus, with global environmental justice activist, author, architect, think-tank director and York Honorary Doctorate Nnimmo Bassey giving the keynote speech on Thursday at 3 p.m.  can attend virtually for those unable to make it in person. 

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