The Children, Childhood & Youth program offers its students a foundation in new & critical understandings of children and youth, their cultures, & their rights.

Joined November 2018
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19 Dec 2025
Want to present? Submit a 200–300 word abstract on your current research a 150 word biography to: cypirn@yorku.ca by Friday Jan 2, 2026. Successful applicants notified: Jan 9, 2026 Roundtable: Jan 30, Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies - Presentation: 11:30–1 - Networking 1–2
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2 Oct 2025
After much deliberation and perusal of some truly impressive essays by our CCY students, we are pleased to announce the names and titles of essays that are the 2024-2025 successful recipients of the Carole Carpenter Awards! Congratulations! Read more: yorku.ca/laps/student-award/…
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23 Sep 2025
A total of 9 researchers at York, including 4 from the faculty of LA&PS, received over $223,000 in funding through the Black Research Seed Fund. Read more to see who the recipients are! yorku.ca/yfile/2025/08/15/yo… @YorkUnews #blackresearch #yorkuniversity
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23 Sep 2025
Alison Halsall, associate professor in the Department of Humanities, has received the Honor Book Award in 2025 Children’s Literature Association Book Awards for Growing Up Graphic: The Comics of Children in Crisis. Read more: yorku.ca/laps/newsroom/2025/… #honorbook
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26 Sep 2024
Huge thanks from Dr. Kael Reid to Teija, Margherita, Vanessa, Veronica, and Ari for collaborating on the presentation, "Using Academic Reading Circles (Seburn, 2016) in the Undergraduate Classroom: Perspectives from Instructors and Students." Awesome. #teachinginfocus
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6 Sep 2024
Hello CCY 2999 students from Dr. Kael Reid! Our first class meeting is on Tues., Sept. 10 at 11:30am (check your schedule for the location). Tutorials also begin that week. We will review important course info and do get-to-know-you activities. Looking forward to meeting you!🌞
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31 Aug 2024
Attention CCY 2999 students! Get a head of the game & get your course texts: Wells, K. (2021). Childhood in a Global Perspective. Polity Press. [York U Bookstore] James, A. & James, A. (2012). Key Concepts in Childhood Studies. Sage. [York U Bookstore or ebook: York U Library].
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27 Aug 2024
Attention all incoming CCY 2999 students for the 2024-2025 year! A hearty welcome from your instructor Dr. Kael Reid. The amazing CCY 299 teaching team of TAs and I are looking forward to meeting you and supporting your success in this course. Stay tuned for more info! 🌞😀
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6 Jun 2024
🌈✨ Celebrating Pride Month with a splash of color and a dash of queerness! ✨🌈 Join our webinar on Queer Representation in Comics and Graphic Novels on June 12th and dive into the world of LGBTQ comics with us! 📚🏳️‍🌈 Click here to join: yorku.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
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3 Jun 2024
Congrats to @S2Fonline for an inspiring 5km run for kids in their reading and running programs! 🏃‍♀️📚 🙌 6 students from @CCYYork's 4900 Placement Course, including Sophia L. and Alyssa R., contributed between 2023-24. 📸 Great job with young people! 🎉 #Start2Finish #CCY
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22 May 2024
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Congratulations to Professor Christina Sharpe on the prestigious honour of receiving the Guggenheim Fellowship! A testament to her remarkable contributions to academia. 🎉 #YUResearch bit.ly/3UmbUqn

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Professor Christina Sharpe, one of the most important contemporary scholars in Black Diaspora Thought and Cultures, is among the winners of this year's Windham-Campbell Prizes literary awards. bit.ly/4aEbyR7 | @hystericalblkns @CBC
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Professor Christina Sharpe, one of the most important contemporary scholars in Black Diaspora Thought and Cultures, is among the eight winners of this year's Windham-Campbell Prizes.
Congratulations to the 2024 #WindhamCampbellPrizes recipients! 🎉 Watch the full announcement video at windhamcampbell.org
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Today we recognize our co-op student, Cadence Crawford. Cadence, a fourth-year student at @yorkuniversity, joined us through the CCY Work Placement Course. We wish you all the best Cadence as you continue on your academic journey and venture into new opportunities! 🌟
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27 Feb 2024
Congratulations to Jessica Campbell (@CCYYork Student) who recently presented her honours research paper at the @southwestpca Conference and was selected as the winner of the highly competitive Heldrich-Dvorak Undergraduate Award!
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#CFP: Taylor Swift, Narrative, Fandom Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2024, send an email to Isabella Fortino and Alison Halsall at TSCollection2024@gmail.com Deadline for full chapters: 15 October 2024 Email: TSCollection2024@gmail.com
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13 Feb 2024
A CCY Graduate, Kate Moo King-Curtis' Research work was featured through an interview in the latest issue of Reflections on Research series presented by Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies. Learn more about the interview below!
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Prof Christina Sharpe @YorkULAPS reflects on the complexities of Black life through a new literary form in her nonfiction Ordinary Notes, which won the 2023 Writers' Trust Hilary Weston Prize and is recommended by @cbcbooks for #BlackHistoryMonth reading. bit.ly/42w0DX9
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