The perspectives of recent York students on Canadian ties to a rapidly changing Asia have recently been published on the “Emerging Voices on Asia” blog […]

The newest addition to the YCAR Asia Research Brief series is by Kenneth Cardenas (PhD candidate, Geography). Kenneth’s brief, titled “Retelling the Philippines’ turnaround story”, […]

Thank you to those who participated in the Settlement Challenges, Success Stories and Support for Filipino Youth symposium held on June 23 at York University. […]

Qiang Zha (Education) is quoted in a new article on China’s expansion of vocational education programs. In a bid to reduce the huge number of university […]

Gregory Chin’s (Political Science) comments on ‘China’s New Commitments in Africa’ was published by The Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International […]

Gregory Chin’s (Political Science) comments on ‘China’s New Commitments in Africa’ was published by The Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International […]

Gregory Chin’s (Political Science) comments on ‘China’s New Commitments in Africa’ was published by The Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International […]

Gregory Chin’s (Political Science) comments on ‘China’s New Commitments in Africa’ was published by The Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International […]

Thomas Klassen (Political Science) was interviewed for a 8 June 2014 Toronto Star article, “Why employers prefer retirees who don’t need to work” by Adam Mayers. […]

York University is honouring Schulich School of Business Professor Russell Belk with the title of Distinguished Research Professor. The title is given to active members […]

Ted Goossen (Humanities) will speak at a 20 May 2014 Canada Japan Society event on Japanese literature, and the booming global popularity of Haruki Murakami. […]

A report about why Filipino youth are not completing university, in general, was submitted recently to the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Titled […]

R. Patrick Alcedo (Dance) is the author of the chapter, “How Black Is Black?: The Indigenous Atis Compete at the Ati-atihan Festival”, which was recently […]

Gregory Chin (Political Science) authored a guest post on the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute’s Political Economy blog. The post, “A life of (global) meaning […]

Asian Futures, Old and New is the newest addition to YCAR’s Asia Colloquia Papers series. The paper is available here:  http://ycar.apps01.yorku.ca/publications/asia-colloquia-papers In this keynote address to […]

The South Asia Research Group, based at YCAR, has been invited to participate in Charting Imperial Itineraries, 1914-2014: Unmooring the Komagata Maru” at the University […]

YCAR Research Associate Xuan Thuy Nguyen’s article “Education Reform in Vietnam: A Critical Analysis of Inclusion and Management Discourses” was published in The Journal of […]

YCAR Research Associate Dr. Zahir Sadeque’s chapter,”How Climate Change will Shape the Social Policy Framework,” appears in the third exdition of The Welfare State Reader, edited by […]

YCAR is pleased to welcome Dr. Andrew Song to the Centre as its inaugural YCAR/ABMP Postdoctoral Visitor in Asian Governance. Andrew recently completed his PhD in […]

International Workshop Series: The Emotions of Migration Young People’s Migration Within and Throughout Asia: Managing Emotions, Identities and Relationships (Workshop 2) Date: 19 August 2014 […]

Analyzing Farmer Suicides in India is the latest addition to YCAR’s Asia Research Brief series. It can be accessed here. The Brief, by Raju Das […]

Chinese Women’s History: Local or Global? by Professor Joan Judge (Department of History) is the latest addition to the YCAR Asia Research Briefs series. Dr. Judge’s […]

YCAR Faculty Associate Pietro Giordan (Chair, Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics) is the author of the recently published Drifting Lightly Over the Troubled Waters of Modernity: […]

Philip Kelly (Department of Geography) is the author of “Understanding Intergenerational Social Mobility: Filipino Youth in Canada’, a study published by the Institute for Research […]

YCAR Graduate Associate Vanessa Lamb (Department of Geography), who recently defended her thesis, is the recipient of a 2013-2014 ASEAN-Canada Junior Fellowship, offered by the […]

YCAR Faculty Associate Ilan Kapoor (Faculty Associate, Environmental Studies) will speak as part of the Migration Matters series in a 5 February 2014 seminar on […]

YCAR Associate Director Janice C.H. Kim (Department of History) has been awarded funding from The Korea Foundation to support a lecture series titled ‘Heterogeneity and […]

YCAR Faculty Associate Gregory Chin (Political Science) appeared on ‘The Agenda with Steve Paikin’ on 15 January 2014 to discuss if China poses a risk […]

YCAR invites applications from its York Faculty or Graduate Associates who wish to organize a research workshop in the 2014-2015 academic year. Such workshops will […]

YCAR Research Associate Lynne Milgram (Department of Anthropology, OCADU), will give a talk titled “Remapping the Edge: Informality and Legality in a New Night Street Market, […]

YCAR Graduate Associate Farah Islam (Kinesiology & Health Studies) will discuss health research focusing on South Asians living in Canada as part of a seminar […]

YCAR welcomes applications from its Faculty Associates for the YCAR Research Collaboration Fellowship, which exists to support intensive collaborations between a Faculty Associate of the Centre […]

YCAR offers fieldwork and language training awards open to graduate students at York University. The deadline for applications is 10 February 2014 at 4pm. For […]

YCAR Faculty Associate and Director Philip F. Kelly (Department of Geography) gave a talk titled ‘When the Escalator Gets Stuck: Intergenerational Social Mobility in Canada’s Filipino […]