The AMPD team is growing! Please welcome five new AMPD staff members who will use their diverse experiences to fuel positive change on and off campus. Hellos Mercedes Boateng-Graduate Program Assistant, Music A York University Psychology graduate, Mercedes Boateng-Graduate joins AMPD with adept experience working as a Psychology department project coordinator, with past projects including …
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York University and the Art Gallery of York University are celebrating the official groundbreaking for the new Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery of York University (GGYU)
York University and the Art Gallery of York University are celebrating the official groundbreaking for the new Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery of York University (GGYU). Thanks to an original gift of $5M — and a new commitment of an additional $1M — from Joan and Martin Goldfarb, the GGYU is poised to be an …
Corey Ross brings van Gogh to life with immersive exhibitions
When Corey Ross (BA ’95, MBA ’00) was an undergrad, he bought a reproduction of Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night at York University’s annual poster sale. Now van Gogh is advancing Ross’s fortunes beyond his wildest dreams with an animated art show involving dozens of projectors and millions of pixels at a time.
Canadian recording star Sarah Slean prepares at AMPD for tribute concert series
Canadian recording star Sarah Slean is back as a student at York, polishing her composition skills while preparing to tour the country with a series of Joni Mitchell tribute concerts this fall
Deirdre Kelly talks the analogue revolution
When everyone got bored of staring at their screens during the lockdowns, an arts and crafts revival movement took hold – a rebellious reaction to the dominance of the digital in most of our lives.
Theatre @ York gracefully tackles bespoke David Yee play “Love in the Time of Werewolves”
Theatre @ York returns to the traditional way of theatre-making with playwright David Yee’s new play, Love in the Time of Werewolves. Maggie Basset Award-winning director Diana Belshaw led 30 upper-year and 100 first-year crew members alongside 15 Theatre @ York Acting Conservatory students in designing, producing, and realizing the production. Love in the Time …
140 high school students visit AMPD for a day of musical exploration with Music alumni homecoming
On November 22, AMPD Music welcomed 140 high school students to campus for a day of musical exploration and technique workshops for the inaugural We are York! (WAY), a Music alumni homecoming event. The event was a homecoming for three York alumni, now inspiring young minds as teachers in the greater Toronto area, who accompanied …
Philippine consulate general in Toronto and York University sign deed of donation to implement a Philippine studies program
The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto and York University signed a Deed of Donation to implement a Philippine Studies Program. The Philippine Government will donate around $116,000.00 to York University through the Deed of Donation. Consul General Orontes V. Castro signed on behalf of the Philippine Government while Dr. Rhonda L. Lenton, President and Vice-Chancellor …
Embodying climate change: Dance Innovations 2022 showcases inspiring new student work
Dance Innovations 2022: Escalate featured new choreographic works by 23 fourth-year dance BFA students. Performed by students in all years of York’s undergraduate program in dance, this series engages with social justice-oriented themes of resistance and rebellion. “Escalate examines the ways in which we have the capacity to take things into our own hands, individually and …
Prof. Ali Kazimi’s documentary explores little-known struggle of the Sinixt people
Twenty-seven years in the making, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design Film Professor Ali Kazimi’s documentary about an autonomous Indigenous people’s struggle to overturn their legal extinction is set to receive its international premiere. The film poster for Beyond Extinction: Sinixt Resurgence The film, Beyond Extinction: Sinixt Resurgence, is Kazimi’s critically acclaimed, award-winning feature documentary. It recently …
