Toronto, July 2, 2013 – York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies will host a symposium July 3-5 examining what steps can be taken in Sudan and South Sudan to bring stability to the region and end human right violations and rising rates of refugees. Prior to gaining independence in 2011, South Sudan was part of […]
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Symposium will link arms together for the rights of Indigenous peoples
TORONTO, June 26, 2013 – Former students of Indian Residential Schools, members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and representatives of the United Nations and human rights organizations will all converge at York University for a symposium aptly titled Linking Arms Together, to join hands in upholding Aboriginal rights, June 28. Speakers will bring […]
Book launch and panel discussion will focus on struggles facing LGBT community
TORONTO, June 25, 2013 – British colonial laws that criminalize sexual minorities, and recent changes to Canadian immigration law that impact LGBT asylum seekers, will be discussed by a panel of experts during Pride Week, at the 519 Church Street Community Centre. The June 26 event, Sexuality, Repression and the Law: Resistance and Asylum, was […]
York University Celebrates Pride Week 2013
TORONTO, June 19 2013 – The Art Gallery of York University (AGYU), Centre for Human Rights (CHR), York Federation of Students (YFS), TBLGAY, and SexGen York committee will be hosting a series of events encouraging participants to embrace their inner superhero as they get involved with Toronto’s Pride Week from June 24 to 30. The […]
Land|Slide: Possible Futures
Sneak Peeks: June 20 at Markham Museum & June 26 at 401 Richmond’s Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art Toronto, June 17, 2013 – From the creative curatorial team behind The Leona Drive Project and the Museum for the End of the World comes Land|Slide: Possible Futures, an epic art intervention responding to a world in […]
State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013 to be released June 19, 2013
Toronto, June 17, 2013 – The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness and the Canadian Homelessness Research Network will release the first extensive Canadian report card on homelessness called State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013 this week in Toronto. The State of Homelessness will include information on: · the number of different Canadians […]
York University breaking ground on new Engineering Building − Monday
TORONTO, June 14, 2013 – York University will begin construction on Monday of a new building for its Lassonde School of Engineering, designed to encourage collaborative learning for a new type of engineer. Dean Janusz A. Kozinski, of the Lassonde School of Engineering, will oversee the groundbreaking ceremony, which will include remarks by York University […]
