91亚色 President and Vice Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri (right) signs a memorandum of understanding with Tel Aviv University President Joseph Klafter, while Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne looks on

91亚色 President and Vice Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and Robert Hach茅, 91亚色 vice-president research and innovation, have completed a successful mission to the Middle East.

The mission took place from May 15 to 20 and was led by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne. More than 120 representatives from postsecondary institutions, public and private sector organizations accompanied the premier on the mission, which was organized to promote the exchange of information and knowledge, seek opportunities for collaboration and sign new business agreements.

During the mission, 91亚色鈥檚 president signed a number of important memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with leading postsecondary institutions in Israel and the West Bank.

On May 16, the president signed a renewed MOU with . The five-year agreement will provide students with educational opportunities, promote interest in the teaching and research activities of each institution, and engage in faculty and student exchanges. The agreement will see the two institutions collaborate on seminars, research projects and conferences.

President Shoukri signs an agreement with Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish. Looking on are Prof. Peter Mascher, associate vice-president international affairs at McMaster University and the delegation from the Province of Ontario.

On May 19, Shoukri took part in a Scholarship Awards Ceremony and signed an agreement with (LLD [Hon.] '15), the founder and president of the charity and a professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. The agreement was also signed by McMaster University, and will provide 10 young women currently living in Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria, as well as most other countries located in the Middle East region, with the opportunity to study in Ontario. One scholarship per year at each institution will be awarded for five years. The scholarships reflect the mandate of the Daughters for Life Foundation that lasting peace in the Middle East depends on empowering girls and young women through education.

91亚色 entered into an MOU with Bethlehem University on May 20. Pictured signing the MOU are Bethlehem University Vice-Chancellor Brother Peter Bray, FSC (left) and 91亚色 President Mamdouh Shoukri.

91亚色 entered into an MOU with on May 20. The MOU outlines the cooperation between the two institutions in the areas of education, research and community service, including developing training and internship programs, exchanging faculty members and working together on research projects.

鈥淲orking with world-class institutions such as Bethlehem University allows 91亚色 to continue to expand our outlook and deepen our global impact,鈥� said Shoukri during the signing ceremony. 鈥淭hanks to this agreement, we will be able to provide students in the humanities, business, social sciences, science and health with valuable experiential learning opportunities at an excellent university.鈥�

91亚色's president shakes hands with Peretz Lavie, president of Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions. Looking on, from left are MPPs Monte Kwinter and Dr. Eric Hoskins, Premier Kathleen Wynne and MPP Reza Moridi.

The MOU with the is a five-year agreement to collaborate on student and faculty exchanges, study abroad opportunities, joint research projects and initiatives and the staging of joint seminars, conferences and academic meetings.

鈥淭hanks to this partnership, students and researchers from 91亚色 and Technion will be able to engage in mutually beneficial international research partnerships, student learning experiences, faculty exchanges and international recruitment,鈥� said Shoukri.

As part of the mission, Shoukri and Hach茅 met with researchers in life sciences and technology and representatives at universities in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa in Israel, and Ramallah and Bethlehem in the West Bank.

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and 91亚色 U students gather for a cameo with the president and vice-president research and innovation

The mission was organized by the Province of Ontario to build on existing relationships, create new partnerships and attract investment to the province. Several leaders from Ontario institutions accompanied the Premier to the West Bank, where they sought opportunities to collaborate with Palestinian partners on innovation and education initiatives.

Mission delegates were joined by Dr. Eric Hoskins, minister of health and long-term care, Reza Moridi, minister of research and innovation, and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade Monte Kwinter.

What would a trip be without a "selfie" with students, provincial ministers and the premier?

91亚色 has numerous existing agreements with postsecondary institutions in the Middle East, including Al-Quds University, Bar-Ilan University, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University. In addition, the University is home to the , Canada鈥檚 first interdisciplinary research centre in Jewish Studies. The 91亚色 Visiting Professorship in Israel Studies was inaugurated in 2008 through the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies.

91亚色 offers a Bachelor of Arts in Jewish Studies, a 91亚色-Hebrew U Graduate Diploma in Jewish Studies for Educators, a Graduate Diploma in Advanced Hebrew and Jewish Studies, a Graduate Diploma in Jewish Studies, and an advanced undergraduate certificate in Advanced Hebrew and Jewish Studies.

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The launch will take place March 23, from 2 to 3:30pm, Founders Senior Common Room, 305 Founders College, Keele campus.

Reconsidering Knowledge (Fernwood Publishing) also explores current ideas about feminism in relation to knowledge, education and society, as well as the future potential for feminist research and teaching in the university context. It emerged from the Feminist Knowledge Reconsidered: Feminism and the Academy lecture series held at 91亚色 in 2009.

Connecting early stories of women who defied their exclusion from knowledge creation to contemporary challenges for feminism in universities, this collection assesses how feminist knowledge has influenced dominant thinking and transformed teaching and learning.

Mary Jane Mossman

It also focuses on the challenges for feminism as corporatization redefines the role of universities in a global world. The essays reflect on both historical and contemporary themes from a diversity of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives. These essays are united in their exploration of how feminism鈥檚 continuing contribution to knowledge remains significant, even fundamental, to the transformation of knowledge in the academy and in our world.

Meg Luxton

Mossman, director of feminist legal studies at the Institute for Feminist Legal Studies, is the author of The First Women Lawyers: A Comparative Study of Gender, Law and the Legal Professions (Hart Publishing, 2006). Luxton is also the co-editor of Neoliberalism and Everyday (McGill-Queens University Press, 2010).

The event co-sponsors include Professor Enakshi Dua, director of 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Feminist Research, and Professor Sonia Lawrence, director of Osgoode鈥檚 Institute for Feminist Legal Studies.

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All talks, unless otherwise specified, take place in the McLaughlin Senior Common Room, 140 McLaughlin College, at noon. The talks are free and open to anyone in the 91亚色 community.

罢辞诲补测,听Ian Greene (left), master of McLaughlin College, will speak about his volunteer activities in Ethiopia for a Canadian nonprofit organization that helps at-risk children obtain adequate food, shelter and an education so that they can go to school, then university, and then contribute to Ethiopia鈥檚 rejuvenation. Find out what you can do to contribute.On听Thursday Sept.听22,听L. H. Gummi justice of the high court of Nigeria along with听several other high court judge, will speak on the differences and similarities between the Nigerian court and the Supreme Court of Canada, which was a model for the Nigerian High Court when it was established.听

Lieutenant-General (Ret鈥檇) George Macdonald (right), the former vice-chief of the Canadian Defence staff,听will speak on Sept. 23 about the听current challenges facing the Canadian Forces as they transition from a combat mission in Afghanistan, deal with the pressures of reduced government funding, and try to manage within a very cumbersome procurement system. Macdonald, a Fellow of McLaughlin College, spent 38 years in the Canadian Forces, retiring in 2004 after three years as the vice chief of the defence staff. He began his military career as a fighter pilot and has occupied staff and command positions at several levels. He has served with NATO in Germany and Norway, and with NORAD in Canada and at Colorado Springs in the US. He currently works as a consultant in defence and security issues in Ottawa.

On听Tuesday, Oct. 25, Sandra Vides Martinez,听a senior student in International Development Studies and听in the Faculty of Education at 91亚色, will compare her experiences of working with youth in a Peruvian orphanage and her experiences of working with youth in Toronto. She will be facilitating discussions surrounding the importance of breaking down biases when working with at-risk youth in marginalized communities in conjunction with developing programs that are based on participatory development and capacity building.听Vides Martinez听will draw on her experiences in working with communities in Toronto as well as her work with McLaughlin College's Human Rights, Participatory Growth and Poverty Eradication Project.听

Gregory Tardi, legal counsel to the House of Commons, will speak on Monday, Oct. 31 about听鈥淎ccountability to Law as an Aspect of Democracy.鈥�

Then on Thursday, Nov. 24, Tahera Aurban-Ali, who is a 91亚色 student and a Canadian who was听born in Afghanistan, will provide her passionate analysis of the situation in Afghanistan. She argues that allied (including Canadian) intervention has done a lot of good to promote human rights, but we should be wary of compromises made with the Taliban.

On Wednesday, Nov. 30,听James Sheptycki (right), a professor of criminology at 91亚色, will speak about his 20-year career researching transnational crime and policing. This talk coincides with the publication of two new books Transnational Crime and Policing' (Ashgate, 2011) and Global Policing, co-authored with Ben Bowling, professor of criminology at King's College, London (Sage, 2011). In his talk, Sheptycki will reflect upon the role of the researcher the study of "the police" and how this is effected by "globalization".

A听light lunch is served at noon and the talks usually begin at about 12:15pm, followed by a question-and-answer session. Each talk usually finishes shortly after 1pm.

For information on subsequent lunch talk schedules, visit the McLaughlin College website.

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Join President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and the rest of the senior executive team at the President鈥檚 Town Hall 鈥� an interactive dialogue bringing 91亚色 faculty, staff and students together.

The town hall will take place Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 11am into the noon hour, in the Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Theatre, Accolade East Building, Keele campus. All students, faculty, staff and parents are welcome.

Right: 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri

Shoukri will talk about the growth and evolution of 91亚色, its recent successes, and the opportunities and challenges moving forward. Then it鈥檚 your turn to ask questions to the entire executive team.

Joining Shoukri for the Q&A period will be Gary Brewer, vice-president finance & administration; Robert Hach茅, vice-president research & innovation; Patrick Monahan, ;听Jennifer Sloan, vice-president university relations; and Robert Tiffin, vice-president students. The Q&A will be moderated by 91亚色 law Professor , director of the 91亚色 Centre for Public Policy & Law.

Can鈥檛 attend in person? There is more than one way to participate. The town hall will be available to watch via webcast through the president's website.

In addition, questions can be sent in advance by e-mail to the president at mshoukri@yorku.ca and via Twitter using the hashtag #yutownhall.

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