Featured News & Events

Rachel McAdams (BFA ’01), Academy Award nominated actress and an alumna of York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

A new initiative involving AMPD faculty will strengthen teaching and learning at York University by empowering faculty members to lead innovation in pedagogy across disciplines.

Mazinani will work closely with students, creating opportunities for knowledge exchange across the three Connected Minds pillars of society, neuroscience and behaviour, and intelligent technologies. 

An international research team, including faculty and alumni from AMPD, has found in a new study that the arts may be a critical tool to confront climate-related health challenges.

TIFF has named four former and current AMPD filmmakers to Canada’s Top Ten, recognizing outstanding Canadian feature-length and short films from the past year.

The Elia Scholars program provides multi-year funding to support first-year doctoral students poised to make transformative contributions.

A student-led project brings works from York University’s Inuit sculpture collection to broader audiences through an innovative pairing of physical and virtual exhibitions.

As the 2025 year comes to a close, we’re highlighting alumni from York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD) who continue to make an impact across creative industries.

Professor Jane Tingley has been recognized with the 2025 James Bailey Award for Foresta Inclusive: (ex)tending towards, an interactive and multi-sensory installation that translates real-time data from a living tree into light, sound and scent.