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91��ɫ students publish research on workplace gender discrimination

Sanja Begic — Thu, 16 May 2024 13:42:36 +0000

A paper by undergraduate students in 91��ɫ’s School of Human Resource Management, titled “,” was published in the esteemed International Journal of Employment Studies. It examines the pervasive issue of discrimination against women in the workplace, addressing key areas such as gender bias, motherhood and pregnancy discrimination, and the gender pay gap.

Students Nicki Nguyen, Nishana Ganesh and Sarah Versteeg initially began their work in Professor Duygu Biricik Gulseren’s Occupational Health and Safety class, where one of their assignments was to review 10 recent research articles on a workplace health and safety topic of their interest. Gulseren was so impressed with their work, she invited the students to expand their review and collaborate with her.

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Major or Minor in Professional Writing!

Sanja Begic — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 14:41:00 +0000

Join a rich and active community of students, staff, and faculty in Professional Writing for one of the best undergraduate experiences around.

Why Professional Writing?

Professional Writing students, past and present, speak highly of their experience in the program.

They refer to the high-quality professional experience and skill development offered in the program as well as the amazing students, staff, and faculty they get to work with.

Check out our ever expanding repository of student reflections on the Professional Writing program.

Described audio (MP3); described transcript (PDF)

Our students go on to excel in a variety of exciting professional positions. Professional Writing alumni have the following titles:

Digital Marketing Coordinator
Learning Experience Designer
Operations Specialist
Content Management & Development
Web Designer
Social Media Manager
Digital Project Manager
Scientific Writer
Technical Writer
Brand Ambassador
Creative Copywriter
Story Coordinator

Many students also pursue post-graduate degrees and diplomas. Recent graduates have gone into the following programs:

Publishing
Professional Writing
Rhetoric and Communications Design
Communications Studies
Marketing and Advertising
Creative & Digital Public Relations Strategy
Education
Library and Information Studies
Technical and Scientific Communications
Screenwriting

Programs & Degree Pathways

We offer:

a 90-credit (~3 year) BA
a 120-credit (~4 year) Honours BA
a 120-Credit Specialized Honours with English

Explore the differences between these programs.

You can also study Professional Writing as a 30-credit Honours Minor Degree while you major in another subject. Professional Writing complements any BA and will give your resume a powerful boost in a competitive job market.

Develop expertise across the following areas of professional writing:

Writing in industry and organizations. Create clear, concise, effective documents that address issues, build networks and achieve results.
Digital writing. Create visually and sonically rich digital texts with high impact.
Periodical writing. Become a sought-after writer for magazines, blogs, newsletters, and websites.
Editorial processes and publications. Design, coordinate, and edit publications that engage with readers on both textual and visual levels.
Book publishing. Prepare, market and publish fiction, non-fiction, or anthologies of varied works.

Refine your skills through professional experience in our experiential capstone courses!

Our Community

A note from our faculty:

We're so excited to work and learn with you! We're committed to your success in the program and beyond.

We're always thinking of new ways to design courses that are as fun and interesting as they are challenging.

We love the ingenuity and dedication of Professional Writing students! Many of our students have won writing awards, received grants, and gained research assistantships - you can too!

See you in class!

A note from our staff:

We are always here ready to support you! We've got the answers to all of your questions, and we're only a phone call or email away.

We're always refining our communications to make sure you have precisely what you need to successfully navigate the program.

See you in South Ross!

A note from our students:

Join us! We're living it up in the program. We're super active in the Professional Writing Students' Association. Our student webzine, , is an amazing space to get your work published. A lot of us are also working hard on Existere, a literary journal we run with faculty advisors. There's so much for you to do (along with studying). There's never a dull moment!

We're always here for each other, which makes such a big difference at a big school like 91��ɫ.

See you on !

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2023 Spring Convocation

Sanja Begic — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 16:43:21 +0000

Graduating students happily posed for a photo at the LA&PS ceremony earlier this week.

Congratulations!

Eight students pose with the LA&PS flag

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New Religious Studies Course

Sanja Begic — Tue, 30 May 2023 13:28:44 +0000

AP/HUMA 1847 9.00 (crosslisted with AP/RLST 1847 9.00) Sikhs and Sikhi(sm): Texts, Contexts, and Living Traditions

The Religious Studies Program is excited to announce that Professor Julie Vig is offering a new course in Fall/Winter 2023 RLST 1847 9.0 Sikh and Sikhi(ism). Looking for a course on Asian Religions? Or know a friend looking for a great Gen Ed? This will be a great opportunity.

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Religious Studies Essay Prizes

Sanja Begic — Fri, 26 May 2023 19:46:00 +0000

Every year the Religious Studies program awards two prizes for the best essays written in Religious Studies courses in the past year. Now that the semester is over, I want to encourage you to consider submit your work to be considered for the prizes.

The William R. Coleman Prize: This book prize is offered to the student who has written the best essay in a religious studies course offered on the Keele Campus. It is awarded for courses completed in the previous fall/winter and summer session. Established to honour Professor William R. Coleman upon his retirement from the Department of Humanities. An inspired teacher, he served as a model of the interdisciplinary approach highly valued at 91��ɫ. (Required Courses: 3000 or 4000 level Religious Studies course)

The Becky Lee Religion and Gender Essay Prize: This prize is awarded in the Fall term to an outstanding paper on the subject of Religion and Gender submitted for grading in a Religious Studies course in the previous academic year.

The deadline for submitting your essay is July 1st. We will announce the winners at our Religious Studies event in September.

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RESTtalk Lecture Jan. 30 2023

Sanja Begic — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 20:50:41 +0000

RESTtalk lecture with Prof. Tony Burke

The Religious Studies Program presents the first lecture in the second season of the RESTtalks lecture series. Tony Burke, professor of Early Christianity, will speak on "Cursing Jesus." The short talk will be filmed and posted on the Religious Studies website. A Q&A session will follow. The event will take place on January 30 in the Senior Common Room (010 Vanier College), 2:30-3:30 pm. Refreshments will be served.

The RESTtalk series was launched in 2019 but was suspended with the closing of campus in February 2020. Previous lectures in the series can be viewed on the RESTtalks web page.

Future speakers in the series: Marc Herman (February 13), Gurbir Jolly (March 13).

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Congratulations Christopher Bauer and Elaine Slonim

Sanja Begic — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 13:10:40 +0000

Congratulations to Christopher Bauer and Elaine Slonim for winning the LA&PS Writing Prize at both the third- and fourth-year level! At the third-year level, Christopher Bauer won for his essay "When Myth Meets the Moment: How the Ancient Greek Tragedians Constructed the Age of Heroes to Explore Their Contemporary Society". And Elaine Slonim won at the fourth-year level for her essay "Ovid’s Epistulae ex Ponto: Letters as Poems, Poems as Gifts".

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91��ɫ's Programme in Classical Studies Presents: Lysistrata

Sanja Begic — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 14:23:02 +0000

Theatre Auditions

91��ɫ’s Programme in Classical Studies presents Lysistrata, A Greek comedy by Aristophanes

Interested students should attend ONE of the following audition dates:

Monday, October 17th: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM McLaughlin Junior College Room (MC 014)

Tuesday, October 18th: 2 PM - 4 PM McLaughlin Junior College Room (MC 014)

OPEN TO YORK UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ONLY NO ACTING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

ALL MAJORS/MINORS WELCOME | ALL AGES AND GENDERS WELCOME

Several backstage positions are also available; please email Chris Bauer (Director) with a brief outline of your theatre experience (if any; none is required), for more information about applying.

Email Chris Bauer

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Prof. Jelena Zikic discusses career sacrifices as an outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic

Sanja Begic — Tue, 10 May 2022 14:13:32 +0000

SHRM Associate Professor, Jelena Zikic, wrote an article for The Globe and Mail titled, “Career sacrifice, especially during a pandemic, is never easy. Here’s how to make that decision”, discussing how pandemic measures have affected career aspirations and life outside of work.

“Many individuals have had to give up certain aspects of their careers or alter future plans. This conscious decision to give up career goals or to reshape and accommodate for work-life realities is defined as career sacrifice,” Zikic says, in the article.

Read the article in .

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Prof. Souha Ezzedeen featured in article discussing pet-friendly workplaces

Sanja Begic — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:53:13 +0000

SHRM Associate Professor was featured in an article for The Toronto Star, , where she discussed companies creating pet-friendly spaces for employees that are experiencing separation anxiety.

“There are different ways to be pet-friendly. It might not involve dogs at work, but having more flexible hours so owners can take their dogs for walks or maybe having a doggy daycare on site,” Ezzedeen explained, in the article.

Read the in The Toronto Star.

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