Dance – AMPD

We Are Looking for Feedback from IBPOC Students

A student sits in a focus group. York U AMPD Equity and inclusion student focus group

We Are Looking for Feedback from IBPOC Students York U AMPD seeks the feedback of its Racialized students to inform development of new equity policies and initiatives. The KOJO Institute will be running 5 focus groups with AMPD students to gather valuable feedback. Follow the links below to Register on Eventbrite: – Black Undergraduate Students […]

Response to Recent Anti-Asian Violence

Response to Recent Anti-Asian Violence: “Hope is a discipline.” Like many of you, I have read and followed the news of the last week with dismay: eight people killed in Atlanta, seven of whom were women, and six of Asian descent. We recognize the names of those whose lives were cruelly cut short: Delaina Ashley […]

Nominate a Student for the Dean’s Leadership Award!

Students walk through the CIBC Red Lobby

A Message in Honour of Black History Month

The words History, Futures, Conversations stacked on a diagonal

At the start of this February, I write to acknowledge and to celebrate Black History Month, a particularly important time for learning, reflection and action this year. Over the past year, calls to address anti-Black racism and to confront oppression have resonated throughout institutions and industries, invoking many necessary and overdue conversations in these areas […]

Dean Sarah Bay-Cheng Praises AMPD Community on RED FM

Praising AMPD Alumni, Students & Faculty On Thursday December 10 our dean, Sarah Bay-Cheng, appeared as a guest on 88.9 RED FM to discuss the challenges facing art schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design at York University has risen to the challenge. Most notably, she […]

Indigenous Representation in Canadian Dance and ‘Old Habits’

feet stand next to a discarded white robe

Amy Hull (BFA 2020) is a Mi’kmaw and Inuk dancer and choreographer, currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in Dance at York University. As an undergraduate student, she was asked to update the Dance Department’s land acknowledgement with language that speaks truer to the realities of arts-making on lands that have a rich history of storytelling […]

UPDATE: Winter Planning in AMPD

York University's subway station in the winter, covered with snow.

To the AMPD Community: I hope this message finds you healthy and safe as we all continue to endure the challenges of COVID-19. If you’re reading this, you’ve already achieved more than many thought possible. You’ve continued learning or teaching in courses that we might never have envisioned could be offered in online/remote […]

AMPD’s Commitment to Equity

Dear AMPD colleagues, students, alumni, faculty, staff and community partners: I hope this message finds you and your families and communities in good health and spirits during the current circumstances. I know that the conditions necessitated by COVID-19 have lasted much longer than expected and I am grateful for your continued resilience and widespread generosity […]

Congratulations to our 2020 Dora Nominees

We congratulate all of our AMPD community who were nominated at the 2020 Dora Mavor Moore Awards! Theatre Weyni Mengesha (BFA 2005): Artistic Director, Outstanding Production, Outstanding Direction, A Streetcar Named Desire, Soulpepper Theatre Company Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu (BA 2010): Director, Outstanding Production, Outstanding Direction, The Brothers Size, Soulpepper Theatre Company Michael Ayres (BFA 2012): […]

AMPD Celebrates Pride

York Design student Jai Bhatia stands in front of a brick wall with a rainbow overlay.

We are lucky to have a rich LGBT2SQ+ community here at the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design. Ask any Winters College student and they’ll tell you that a sense of community and belonging is one of this school’s greatest strengths. It is a place where students can be themselves and be loved […]