Fall in Love with Data this February 

Celebrate International Love Data Week with the Libraries this February! Not only are we running a series of data-focused workshops, but we’re also accepting submissions for our Data Storytelling Challenge until February 12.   Register today for a Data Workshop:  Data Discovery for your Research: Social Sciences - February 10, 2026, 1pm-2:20pm (Zoom workshop)  Data Discovery for your Research: Health Sciences – February 11, 2026, 2:30pm-3:50pm (Zoom workshop)  Create a Data Management […]

Data Storytelling Challenge

Put your data visualization & creativity skills to the test and enter the very first York University Libraries Data Storytelling Challenge!   As featured in YFile, Celebrate International Love Data Week by participating in the Libraries’ data storytelling challenge. This challenge for undergraduate and graduate students is your opportunity to showcase and grow your data […]

Heritage Singers Canada: A Legacy of Caribbean Folk Music, Culture, and Community

York University Libraries celebrates the Heritage Singers Canada archival donation to the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections by hosting The Heritage Singers Canada: A Legacy of Caribbean Folk Music, Culture, and Community exhibit.  Inspired by the remarkable legacy of The Heritage Singers—a Toronto-based ensemble founded in 1977 by Grace Carter-Henry Lyons—Dr. Debbie Ebanks, Norda […]

Enter the Miinkaanensing: Indigenous Student Art Competition

Co-create the Miikaanensing Indigenous Reading Room with York University Libraries! The Libraries will be hosting a student art competition in Fall 2025 and we invite all Indigenous students to submit a piece of artwork to the competition.  We are accepting art in any traditional or contemporary format.  Flat pieces, such as paintings, poems, and beading, etc., […]

July 10-13: Love Letters to the Past and Future at the Scott Library

York University Libraries is proud to host "Love Letters to the Past and Future," an exhiting exhibit curated by renowned digital media scholar Dene Grigar. This showcase is part of the ELO25 @ 25 festival, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Electronic Literature Organization (ELO), and invites visitors to explore the emotional and technological dimensions of time through digital art […]

4th Annual Black Histories Wikipedia Edit-a-thon taking place at YUL in February

Join us for the fourth annual Black Histories Wikipedia Edit-a-thon! This year’s series of events includes an in-person Edit-a-thon for the York Community on February 6, 2025, from 1pm-3pm and an online edit-a-thon on February 12, 2025, from 12pm–4 pm. The series will also feature a keynote by York alumni Dr. Kisha McPherson, currently Assistant Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Professional Communication, with a focus on media and Black youth, on February 25, 2025, from 1pm-2:30pm.  Representation matters. Not just on […]

$500K boost for York's Portuguese Canadian History Project

By: Jessica Kubin January 3, 2025 New funding worth half-a-million dollars will support a cultural preservation project housed in the Clara Thomas Archives at York University. The Portuguese Canadian History Project (PCHP) has secured $500,000 from members of the Portuguese Canadian community and the Consulate of Portugal in Toronto, which will sustain the project over the next […]

YUL and Yale Library present the annual Women in STEM: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on November 19 from 1-4 pm

York University Libraries team up with Yale University Library for the Annual Women in STEM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon this November 19th from 1-4 pm! Join the annual Women in STEM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon from 1pm to 4pm on Tuesday, November 19th, 2024. This year, the Women in STEM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon is a joint collaboration between York University […]

Scott Library hosts Movimento Perpétuo: The Portuguese Diaspora in Canada exhibition 

The travelling exhibit Movimento Perpétuo: The Portuguese Diaspora in Canada exhibition will be installed in the second-floor atrium of Scott Library, from Tuesday, October 15, 2024 to Friday November 8, 2024. This captivating exhibit will be on display for one month, showcasing the rich history and contributions of the Portuguese community in Canada.  You can find […]

Summer Reads Collection offers literary adventures

Following the vibrant display of colourful butterflies that adorned our walls for Pride Month, we’re looking forward to spending the blistering summer days curled up under the cool shade of an aging, majestic weeping willow with our favourite Summer Reads. The Summer Reads book collection includes titles for fans of all genres, to be enjoyed on the beach, […]