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Cinespace partnership expands hands-on filmmaking opportunities for AMPD students
A continued partnership between York University and Cinespace Studios is giving the next generation of filmmakers more space to learn, experiment and bring their ideas...
AMPD students and alumni bring their work to TIFF 2026
Five AMPD researchers receive more than $1M in SSHRC Insight Grant funding
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Highlights in faculty research, creative work & recognition
From exhibitions and celebrated awards to major publications, the 2024-25 year saw AMPD faculty continue to shape conversations in art and culture.
It’s in the air: art, science and engineering merge to light up airborne pollution
AMPD Professor Mark-David Hosale is leading a bold interdisciplinary project that’s turning air pollution into something we can see. As principal investigator of 'SensingChange', he’s collaborating with engineers, scientists, and artists across York to develop wearable tech that lights up in response to black carbon emissions.
Sensorium and Connected Minds Welcomes 2025 Artists-in-Residence
Over the next six months, these artists will develop new research-creation projects, host public talks and workshops, and engage with students and faculty at AMPD.
Aimée Mitchell Receives the 2023 Gary Brewer Emerging Leader Award
Aimée Mitchell, Research Officer at York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD), has been named the recipient of the 2023 Gary Brewer Emerging Leader Award.
Six AMPD faculty members recognized at 2024 York University Research Awards Ceremony
The York University Research Awards Celebration recognizes the outstanding achievements of York’s esteemed faculty members. Six AMPD researchers have been recognized in the 2024 ceremony.
York University AMPD Researchers Awarded Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grants for 2024
Three researchers from York University’s School of the Arts, Media Performance & Design have been awarded Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grants, which support the development of short-term research projects of up to two years by emerging and established scholars.
Beads of change
York U curator champions Inuit food sovereignty through international collaboration
York-Queen’s art project combines VR with Anishinaabe philosophy to explore water’s hidden depths
A collaborative research-creation project between a pair of York University and Queen’s University artists that asks audiences to rethink their relationship to water is making a splash at exhibitions around the world.
AMPD Professor Janine Marchessault builds international alliances among community-led media archives
Janine Marchessault, a York University professor and York Research Chair in Media Arts and Community Engagement who recently received a prestigious Killam Prize, is building alliances between institutional and community-led media archives from around t ...