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Professor Brandon Vickerd Receives 2023-2024 AMPD Research Award
The School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) at York University has recognized Professor Brandon Vickerd with the AMPD Research Award for 2023-2024. As Professor...
AMPD student and alumni work debuts at 2024 Nuit Blanche
AMPD Professor Rob Bowman discusses taking on co-executive producer role on HBO documentary series: Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.
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Cinema & Media Studies PhD student's research highlighted in recent Radio-Canada article and broadcast
Research by Cinema & Media Studies PhD student Cleo Sallis-Parchet about the 1973 Women & Film International Festival was featured in a recent article and broadcast by Radio-Canada
AMPD Alum Appointed Executive Director of Toronto Fringe
In advance of the 36th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival, the non-profit charitable organization has announced the appointment of York University Theatre Alum Rachel Kennedy as the new Executive Director and co-lead. Rachel Kennedy, Toronto Fringe Executi ...
Shaking Up Shakespeare: New Podcast Examines Shakespeare's Role in Canadian Theatre
In a new initiative set to launch on Monday, January 15, 2024, a ten-episode podcast series titled "Shaking Up Shakespeare" promises to redefine the conversation around William Shakespeare's influence on Canadian theatre. The series, part of the Resett ...
The Art of Collaboration
About this Episode: Artist and entrepreneur, Sophie Brussaux, talks about her unconventional path to a career in the arts and her experience launching a new company with a little help from friends. Throughout she shares her approach to finding your pas ...
AMPD professor Ali Kazimi inducted into the 2023 Royal Society of Canada (RSC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDfgew7eq7A York filmmaker Ali Kazimi elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada 2023 Ali Kazimi, a professor in the Department of Cinema & Media Arts in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Desig ...
York U Motion Media Studio a hub for future creative talent
The York U Motion Media Studio (YUMMS), supported by Cinespace Studios, continues to see growth as it offers courses, workshops, talks and critical hands-on experiential education for those in the York University community looking to become the next ge ...
Hands-on green screen course an AMPD hit
An intensive five-week course called Shooting the Set offered 30 students valuable experience working with a green screen, taking advantage of York University’s Motion Media Studio (YUMMS), which is based at Cinespace Film Studios, the company’s one-mi ...
York University Leads Ontario in Culturally Diverse Performing Arts Education, Study Reveals
Elevating Inclusivity: AMPD's Leading Role in Performing Arts Education. In a new research report conducted by Community Researchers, the York University School of Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) has been ranked the #1 University in Ontari ...
YorkU research team led by Prof. Shital Desai joins forces with Australia’s QUT to bridge generational gaps through Innovative Technology
To help families stay connected through innovative technologies such as mixed reality interactions while making positive impacts on both groups, a team of researchers from York University and Australia’s Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have j ...