As cities around the world grapple with mounting waste crises, researchers at the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) are exploring a critical but often overlooked question: who does the work of managing waste and under what conditions?
A recent article in the Toronto Star covered the closure of Filmores Hotel and Gentleman’s Club, a strip club located in downtown Toronto. The club had been in business for 45 years and closed its doors on Jan. 31. The article features quotes from several of the club’s longstanding dancers who reflect positively on several […]
History student Mia Soccio has turned her passion for both hockey and historical storytelling into award-recognized work. During her placement at the Hockey Hall of Fame, she helped design interactive digital experiences – from app-based games to themed museum tours – that bring key moments in the sport’s past to life. Her contributions played a […]
The Black Studies podcast, hosted by John Drabinksi, engages with activists and scholars in the field of Black Studies. In the March 9 episode, Bianca Beauchemin, an assistant professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies, discusses Black Studies in a Canadian context, the role of gender and sexuality within the field, what […]
CIFAL York is part of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) global network and provides innovative approaches to tackling climate challenges, offering training in emergency management and education programs to prepare communities for climate-related disasters. Ari Asgary, CIFAL’s director and a professor of disaster and emergency management in the Faculty of Liberal […]
Following the Covid-19 pandemic, ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ launched a new research cluster titled Overcoming Epidemics in Transnational Black Communities – Response, Recovery and Resilience. The cluster is made up of Black scholars from five York faculties who have been working to understand how structural inequalities influence the way that Black communities experience, respond to and recover […]
A recent study showed that 39% of US employees have cried at work at least once, and other studies have shown that burnout and work-related stress is increasing in the workplace. Parbudyal Singh, professor in the School of Human Resource Management, says that while crying at work is uncommon, organizations should not ignore it, since […]
Rising gas prices in Canada have become a stressor for many employees, especially following the widespread return-to-office mandates. In a recent Canadian HR Reporter article, Parbudyal Singh, a professor in the School of Human Resource Management, discusses whether employers should consider ways of assisting commuting employees – such as gas stipends – and whether such […]
In 2019, Quebec introduced Bill 21, a secularism law that prohibits public-sector employees from wearing religious symbols or attire at work. The provincial government is now hoping to expand the legislation to include more rules and workplaces. Nadia Hasan, a professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies, says that Muslim women are […]
A recent article in ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ Magazine looks at the important work of Tom Hooper (Department of Equity Studies), an academic and educator specializing in queer history and equity studies. Hooper’s scholarship focuses on the history of queer activism and how it has shaped contemporary queer rights. He aims to empower students by sharing the […]