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AMPD Visual Arts PhD student completes artist residency in Costa Rica
During a month-long artist residency in San José, Costa Rica, Shannon Garden-Smith explored how everyday surfaces can shape artistic research and studio practice. Garden-Smith, a...
Across teaching and research, AMPD professor advances inclusive design
AMPD community earns 22 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations
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Finding Balance Through Our Roots
Sophie Dow (BFA 2019) is a queer and indigenous dance and music artist. Inspired by their Métis-Assiniboine roots, and in dialogue with Elders and Knowledge Keepers, Dow created Medicine Duets, a dance film that will screen at Buddies in Bad Times on J ...

The Space Between Queer Tolerance and Acceptance
Jacob Robert, just completed his 2nd year in the Film Production program at York University. While the pandemic certainly posed us all with challenges for building a portfolio, Robert worked within these confines to create a deeply personal Alternative ...

STAR Leaves York U with a "G.A.Y" Song
Joshua Hughes just finished his 4th year in the York University Theatre program and is graduating in June. For this multifaceted performer, York University is a special place because it is where he started performing as STAR, the drag queen. Recently ...

How We Remember Queer Objects
Jan Ly, a 4th year Design student, created passively, possibly, a downloadable .zip file that publishes a series of crowd-submitted 3D-scanned queer objects onto the user’s desktop. The result is a fascinating glimpse into the memories of varied LGBTQ+ ...

AMPD Celebrates Pride
The School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design has a rich 2SLGBTQIA community. We pride ourselves as a place where students can find their community; where they can express themselves fully, and be loved by their friends, peers and mentors for ...

Theatre Alum Julie Nolke Sweeps the Webby Awards

Dean's Student Leadership Award
Announcing the Dean's Student Leadership Award Recipients The Dean's Student Leadership Award was created in 2021 to recognize exceptional contributions by undergraduate students to the environment and well-being of all students in AMPD. Nominated by t ...

Fall 2021 Gradual Reopening
Gradual Return to Campus We are preparing for all York U AMPD learners to have on-campus, in-person access in the fall and to be fully back in person as early as January 2022. Watch this message from our dean, Sarah Bay-Cheng, to hear about our plans f ...


