This page highlights York's research centres, institutes and projects with an international element. For more about research at York, visit the York Research website.
Research Centres
York University is home over 24 Organized Research Units (ORUs), commonly referred to as research centres or research institutes. Below are listed some of the research centres with international scope. A full list of all research centres can be found on the York Research website.
| Canadian Centre for German and European Studies Allied with similar centres and institutes around the globe, the CCGES, comprised of professors with very diverse interests - from economics to fine arts, aims to educate the next generation of Canadian experts on contemporary Germany and Europe, stimulate and conduct research on Germany and Europe, and promote educated social awareness of German and European issues in Canada. It functions jointly with a Centre at the University of Montreal. Including the The Bridge Project Report on mobility opportunities between Canada and Germany. |
| Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry The Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry (CAC) is comprised of York scientists, working within the Departments of Chemistry and Earth and Atmospheric Science is concerned with relevant issues related to the environment, including: urban and regional oxidant formation, stratospheric ozone depletion, the greenhouse effect, acid precipitation, airborne toxic chemicals, global atmospheric change and arctic pollution. |
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for Feminist Research Comprised of York University faculty, graduate and undergraduate students from the York Women's Studies program, the Centre for Feminist Research (CFR) focuses attention on feminist research, and has sponsored numerous seminars, lectures, and conferences on subjects such as violence against women, gender, migration and health, spirituality, human rights and equity in education. The Centre for Feminist Research also actively collaborates with community organizations and front line workers to investigate areas of common interest. |
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for International and Security Studies The York Centre for International and Security Studies (YCISS) is dedicated to the study of international peace and security issues. YCISS activities range from large collaborative research projects, individual faculty research projects, seminar series, conferences and publications. |
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Comprised of a faculty whose research interests span ancient Israel to contemporary Jewry, the York University Centre facilitates courses, research projects, and community programs related to Jewish learning, and covers a diverse spectrum of topics, from Film to the Holocaust to Women ’s Studies. The Centre also houses Parchment, the Canadian-Jewish literary annual |
| Centre for Public Law and Public Policy The Centre for Public Law and Public Policy encourages research on the role and impact of law in the formation and expression of public policy. More specifically, the Centre focuses on constitutional, institutional and legal aspects of the public policy, as well as the international and transnational dimensions of law and public policy. |
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The Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) is engaged in researching refugee issues, and also informs public discussion as well as policy development and practice innovation by international, governmental, advocacy and service organizations. The Centre is concerned with the displacement of populations and individuals across and within borders, a displacement resulting from persecution, expulsion, violence, violation of fundamental human rights, and loss of essential human security and livelihood. |
| Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean The Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) is an interdisciplinary research unit concerned with the economic development, political and social organization, and cultural contributions of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Centre works to build academic and cultural links between these regions and Canada; to inform researchers, policy advisors, and the public on matters concerning the regions; and to assist in the development of research and teaching institutions that directly benefit the peoples of the regions. |
| Centre for Research on Work and Society The Centre for Research on Work and Society (CRWS) is a university-union-community research centre that exists to respond to the needs of its constituents with research projects of varying length and target audiences. The CRWS deals with issues including labour market regulation and the breakdown of secure employment, industrial relations and the labour process, women and economic restructuring, trade union response in international comparison, and the delivery of training. |
| Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies The mandate of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies from the outset has been to promote and support interdisciplinary and discipline specific research pertinent to the study of Canada. Over the years the Centre has expanded to encompass a theme of "Canada in the World. " |
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The Jack and Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security The Nathanson Centre provides a focus for Osgoode Hall Law School and York University to contribute to deliberations about the control of organized crime and corruption. |
| York Centre for Asian Research The York Centre for Asian Research exists to promote an understanding of Asia. The Centre ’s goal is to raise the profile of scholarship and education about Asia through research, lectures, workshops, and other public events. |
| York Institute for Health Research The York Institute for Health Research (YIHR) promotes interdisciplinary health research. Comprised of faculty from law and the social, health and environmental sciences, YIHR is based upon the assumption that health depends upon many interacting variables - social, political, economic, cultural and historical - and that without attention to these variables, efforts at intervention are likely to fail. |
Centre for Research on Language Contact The Centre for Research on Language Contact (CRLC) serves to enhance and facilitate collaborative, interdisciplinary research on topics such as minority languages variation and maintenance, second or multiple language learning, bilingual or multilingual education, pidgins and creoles, translation, language ecology and language planning in bilingual or multilingual settings. |
York Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability The York Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) is an interdisciplinary university-wide institute that is the focal point for sustainability-related research activities by all ten faculties. IRIS brings together and supports York academics and researchers to work across disciplines and collaborate with partners in Canada and internationally. |
The City Institute at York University The City Institute at York University engages in leading-edge research and critical analyses of the city, in all of its parts and manifestations. In addition to contributing to the knowledge base of academics, policymakers and civil society, the Institute seeks to open new intellectual and political spaces in which counter-discourses may be created to challenge received wisdom as the city of the 21st century takes shape. |
| The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples The Tubman Institute at York University is proud to be part of an international network of research centres committed to overcoming injustice and inequity as a result of slavery. Our leading-edge research focusses on the forced and voluntary movement of African peoples around the world. As a social innovator, the Institute's mandate is to promote a greater understanding of the history of slavery and its legacy. The Institute fosters debate, informs public policy and strives to resolve current social injustices. Digital archiving technology enables the preservation of documents and other materials for easy access to historical records. |
Major Research Projects
York also has a number of high-profile research projects with international scope. A listing of York's major research projects can be found on the York Research website.
