TORONTO, June 28, 2019 – The federal government, through the Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS), announced yesterday new funding of $1 million over five years to York University’s bilingual campus, Glendon College, to improve training in French language health services. With this funding, Glendon will establish a new certificate in dementia and cognitive Read More
Professor Emily Laxer explores novel interpretations of public debates over minority religious signs in the public sphere in Quebec and France. A new book by Glendon Campus sociology Professor Emily Laxer explores novel interpretations of public debates over minority religious signs in the public sphere in Quebec and France. A launch event for the book, Read More
A Political Science Professor, Sylvie d’Augerot-Arend was a beloved teacher and colleague, a graduate of York University, whose academic career was at Glendon until her retirement in 2002. York University Associate Professor Emerita of Political Science Sylvie d’Augerot-Arend died peacefully in North York General Hospital on April 8. Professor Stanislav Kirschbaum, Department of International Studies Read More
Professeur Suzanne Legault : Nous avons appris avec une grande tristesse le décès de la professeure Sylvie Arend (née d’Augerot) à North York le 8 avril 2019. Elle laisse dans le deuil ses deux fils Jeffrey et Richard, leurs épouses et ses trois petits-enfants. Née en France en 1935, elle immigra au Canada en 1956. Read More
Executive Chairman of HUB International Ontario, Gregory Belton receives an honorary doctor of laws degree from his alma mater, Glendon, at Convocation on June 7, 2019. The significant and varied contributions by Gregory Scott Belton, businessman and philanthropist, were recognized on Friday, June 7 during York University’s convocation ceremonies for Glendon’s newest graduates. Belton was Read More
A new book by Glendon Psychology Professor James Alcock raises fundamental questions about belief and explains why we hold on to certain convictions, even when they’re self-destructive or harmful. This page-turner will be of interest to those in psychiatric fields, psychology students and members of the public. If you’ve said a prayer, avoided a black Read More
Professor Alejandro Zamora, Chair of Hispanic Studies at Glendon, discovered that teaching a new experiential education course can take him out of his pedagogic comfort zone and into a new and exciting realm of teaching and learning. A lover of poetry, literature and life stories, Professor Alejandro Zamora, an associate professor of Hispanic literature and the Read More
Mark Jurdjevic is among the 168 scholars, artists and writers in Canada and the United States to be awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. The announcement was made April 9, and included Jurdjevic in the Medieval and Renaissance History category. Appointed based on prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were approved by the Board Read More
Congratulations to our 2018-2019 recipients! Celebrating Student Engagement at Glendon The Glendon community is proud to recognize the outstanding students on our campus and all their incredible accomplishments. Our student leaders are critical thinkers, innovators, caring and compassionate people. This year, we recognize many of them for their academic merit, contributions in their community and Read More
March 21, 2019 After a 14-hour train ride, Cassandra Carey and Emma Joo alighted in Métis-sur-Mer, Que., to find a platform empty except for their two suitcases. It was an unusual beginning to their research-based field course in biology – a far cry from the York University campus they had left behind. “We got off the Read More
