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Asia Research Brief 51 | Technology and its role in building social connections among older adults
Lois Kamenitz (York Centre for Asian Research) examines the role technology played during the COVID-19 pandemic in building social connections among older adults in Toronto, Ontario. Read more in our […]
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Omiwatari screening for World Water Day
Filmmaker Zeesy Powers was attending a Royal Canadian Institute for Science lecture where she first heard about Professor Sapna Sharma’s research on the Omiwatari. Fast forward eight years and the […]
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Canada and China: A Fifty-Year Journey—An appreciation of B. M. Frolic’s work
On January 18, 2023, the Asian Business and Management Program (ABMP), the Department of Politics and the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) hosted a book launch event for Professor […]