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Professor Keira Loughran debuts documentary at the Reel Asian Film Festival

Professor Keira Loughran debuts documentary at the Reel Asian Film Festival

This November, Keira Loughran, assistant professor in the Theatre program at York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD), will make her cinematic directorial debut in a documentary film with the premiere of Exclusion: Beyond the Silence, at the Reel Asian Film Festival.

AMPD community takes the stage at Prague Quadrennial’s 2024 Technology Symposium

AMPD community takes the stage at Prague Quadrennial’s 2024 Technology Symposium

York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) had a notable presence at the Prague Quadrennia’s 2024 Technology Symposium, an international event that bought together performance designers, scenographers, artists and researchers from across the globe.

Embodying the Body Electric

Embodying the Body Electric

When Amanda Cordner (BA ’11) wasn’t in class at York earning a degree in theatre, the actor-playwright-director-singer-dancer had a rousing side hustle. Cordner energized stadiums as a varsity event host, building skills that would later fuel a bold and dynamic career.

AMPD Summer course teaches cultural understanding through movement

AMPD Summer course teaches cultural understanding through movement

Professor Patrick Alcedo’s Summer 2024 course, Philippine Folk Dance and Culture, immersed the students in the world of Philippine dance for three weeks, bringing them into contact with students and faculty from five universities, as well as a national dance troupe, as they learned new steps and movement sequences.

York University receives largest-ever research funding grant

York University receives largest-ever research funding grant

We are thrilled to share with you all that York University – in partnership with Queen’s University – has been awarded a monumental grant of nearly $105.7 million from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF). The funding from the Government of Canada is the largest single federal grant ever awarded to York and is in support of Connected Minds: Neural and Machine Systems for a Healthy, Just Society.

2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject: AMPD Performing Arts Among Top 150 Globally

2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject: AMPD Performing Arts Among Top 150 Globally

Every year, the QS World University Rankings by Subject identifies the world's strongest universities in 55 individual subject areas, grouped into five subject areas: Arts and Humanities; Engineering and Technology; Life Sciences and Medicine; Natural Sciences; and Social Sciences and Management. In the 2024 publication of the rankings, York University experienced notable changes in its […]

40+ AMPD Alum among 2024 Canadian Screen Award Nominees

40+ AMPD Alum among 2024 Canadian Screen Award Nominees

On March 6, 2024, The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced the nominees for this year's Canadian Screen Awards. Among the nominees are over 40 York University School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD) alums in diverse categories, from Best Motion Picture and Best Cinematography to Best Writing, Documentary.  The Academy of Canadian […]