The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has announced the recipients of the November 2025 SSHRC Connection Grants. Ten ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ research projects received funding. Congratulations to the researchers from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) whose innovative projects were selected. These projects span a wide range of disciplines […]
Desirée de Jesús, assistant professor in the Department of Communication & Media Studies, has been awarded funding for the digital media community-engaged project, From Archive to Imagination: Building Canada’s Future with Black Histories, through the Black Research Seed Fund. This project partners with the arts and cultural organization the Black Arts Centre, along with Black […]
A total of nine researchers at York, including four from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), received over $223,000 in funding through the Black Research Seed Fund. The fund supports Black scholars focusing on Black experiences and on projects that challenge systemic barriers while redefining knowledge creation. The four LA&PS recipients are: […]
Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded $5,786,741 in federal funding to ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ researchers as part of the Insight Grants program. The funding supports 34 projects and builds on an additional $1.7M in funding that York researchers recently received through SSHRC Insight Development Grants, supporting scholars in the social sciences and humanities. Half […]
Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded $1.7 million in federal funding to ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ researchers as part of the Insight Development Grants program. The program will provide funding for projects lasting up to two years, supporting a broad range of topics and disciplines as researchers investigate key societal challenges. A number […]
Anne MacLennan, an associate professor in the Department of Communication & Media Studies, has contributed to an article about the graphic artist Lynne Rennie. Rennie has developed a series of illustrations called Drawn to Canada inspired by symbols of Canada. The illustrations include depictions of Mike Myers, Tim Hortons, Much Music, Smarties and other classic […]
Department of Communication & Media Studies professor Robert W. Gehl has contributed to an article by independent online publication 404 Media. In the article, educators discuss how Generative AI (GenAI) platforms like ChatGPT are negatively impacting the education sector, and how they are responding to these challenges. Professor Gehl discusses numerous problems with the way […]
Nathaniel Laywine, assistant professor in the Department of Communication & Media Studies, has collaborated with two other professors, Aram Sinnreich and Victoria Simon, on an article featured in The Conversation discussing inclusivity in the media. The article discusses the professors’ Jewish identities and how they used this as a lens through which to investigate modern […]
Professors Natalie Coulter, Robert Heynen and David Skinner, along with the late Mike Gasher, have published the tenth edition of their book, Media and Communication in Canada: Networks, Culture, Technology, Audience, considered the gold standard textbook in the field. The textbook examines both traditional and new media, deconstructing new media trends and issues. It is […]
Shirley Roburn, assistant professor in the Department of Communication & Media Studies (CMDS), is featured in an interview with the Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada. In the interview, Roburn discusses her work during the Weston Family Boreal Research Fellowship, the importance of grassroots storytelling for keeping environmental movements alive and her current research within CMDS. […]