
AMPD Launches New Virtual Tour
Prospective students worldwide can now experience AMPD 24/7, 365. The School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) has unveiled a virtual tour resource to showcase its 300,000-square-feet worth of facilities, share student stories and highlight experiential education opportunities.

AMPD to host National Portfolio Day on November 4
For the second year in a row, the York University School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) has been chosen to host the only Ontario event for National Portfolio Day (NPD), which provides artistic high-school students the chance to meet with art and design schools from around the world, receive feedback on their portfolios and get tips on preparing a successful university application.

Eight new faces join the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design
The York University School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) welcomes eight new faculty members this fall.

Royal Canadian Mint selects alum Lily Kao to design minted Year of the Rabbit coin
The Royal Canadian Mint marked the lunar new year with AMPD alum Lily Kao's (BDes ‘14) a new 1 oz. Pure Silver Coin design in honour of the the Year of the Rabbit . The Rabbit Coin follows Kao's Tiger Coin, released last year in honour of the Year of the Tiger, and is the second instalment in a 12-year series contract.

The Inaugural York University Game Jam addresses the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
The first-ever York University Game Jam is happening on November 4 to 6, 2022! York University Game Jam offers students the opportunity to conceptualize, design, and build a functioning game as a team.

Research supports development of inclusive technologies to enhance quality of living
York design Professor Shital Desai combines her expertise in robotics with product design to create innovative solutions that are both inclusive and inspired.

York U hosts Ontario’s only in-person National Portfolio Day event following two-year hiatus
On October 1, representatives from some of the world’s leading post-secondary arts and design institutions will converge on York University’s Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts to participate in National Portfolio Day 2022.

Shital Desai pioneers accessible interaction design as York Research Chair
Eight researchers across York University will join the York Research Chairs (YRC) program – the University’s internal counterpart to the national Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program which recognizes outstanding researchers. Professor Shital Desai was named York Research Chair in Accessible Interaction Design.