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Academy Award–winning producer reflects on four decades of filmmaking and connections to AMPD
Academy Award–winning producer Niv Fichman reflects on four decades of filmmaking and his work with AMPD alumni helping shape Canadian cinema.
AMPD and industry partners launch first-of-its-kind production design workshop
From AMPD to Sundance, two alumni tie the knot at Film Premiere
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Congress 2023 attendees got a taste of the arts at York
By Elaine Smith York University is known for its vibrant, diverse arts programs and the Arts@Congress Showcase bring Congress 2023 a sampling of this creativity. “The arts are one of our strengths at York,” says Joel Ong, director of Sensoriu ...
Ian Garrett investigates artistic barriers to sustainable futures
Ian Garrett is helping the arts go green with the No Future: Developing Strategic Research Frameworks for Sustainability and the Arts Scholarship. The project will examine Canada's challenges and barriers to Sustainability and the Arts (SATA) research. ...
Eric Armstrong and Noam Lemish win AMPD Teaching Awards
Eric Armstrong - AMPD Senior Teaching Award Winner “The OER we are creating now will serve as models for others to get involved and to show that it can be done. People start to think differently about the nature of teaching, the nature of resources ...
Visualizing Foodways Field School imagines and designs global systems for food security, sovereignty, and justice
Hemispheric Encounters, led by AMPD Associate Dean, Research Laura Levin, and Zoë Heyn-Jones, facilitated a platform for embodied learning and sharing of knowledge of alternative food futures with Visualizing Foodways Field School (VFFS). Players from ...
Jamie Robinson and Marlis Schweitzer challenge the politics of casting practices
Jamie Robinson and Marlis Schweitzer bring together artists, academics, students, and educators to discuss intersectional, inclusive casting practices within Shakespeare with (Re)casting Shakespeare in Canada: A Symposium. “The timing was right to jus ...
Jenna Phoa and Kat Khan on their latest project, GAY MEAN GIRLS
Article by Sydney Ewert for Excalibur. Featuring two York alumni in leading roles, Jenna Phoa and Kat Khan, GAY MEAN GIRLS premiered their second season on Feb. 24 on Youtube. GAY MEAN GIRLS explores the dynamics and challenges of young queer women, no ...
Eric Armstrong and York faculty create Open Educational Resources, advancing UN SDGs
Faculty develop innovative Open Educational Resources (OER) that are aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and reveal the positive impact on teaching and learning. Faculty members who are engaged in the process of crea ...
How "Groundworks" re-stories land through creative reclamation
"Groundworks", produced by AMPD Professor Ian Garrett with Toasterlab for Vision Maker Media, follows four California Native dance professionals as they create "Groundworks", a dance performance on Alcatraz Island for San Francisco’s first official Ind ...
AMPD alumni, students, faculty receive over 20 Dora award nominations
Over 20 AMPD community members were named nominees by Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) at the 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards nomination ceremony on August 29, 2022. The Awards, known as "The Doras," recognize excellence in professio ...