This Week @ York

This Week @ York for Week of December 7, 2021

Help SAVY win an award. York’s Student Virtual Assistant (SAVY) has been nominated for the 2021 Gartner Eye on Innovation Award for Higher Education, but needs your help to win! Vote for SAVY by selecting York University under the Student Experience category using your @myyorku.ca email address. Voting ends Friday, Dec. 10. Vote for SAVY today! go.yorku.ca/vote-savy
Help your fellow students and be paid to do it! York’s Care Ambassadors Program is hiring students to work alongside faculty and staff to help transition everyone safely return to our Keele and Glendon campuses. Students will be hired for over six weeks for one to four hour shifts (Monday, Jan. 10 to Friday, Feb. 18). Roles will be paid at $15 per hour with flexible scheduling. Applications will be accepted through the Care Ambassador Interest Form.

Don’t forget that Wednesday, Dec. 8 is Fall Study Day which provides a day off prior to the start of exams.

The SIX Events of Exam Season. Exams are around the corner and it is important to de-stress. Enjoy some stress-free time and get your holiday cheer on with activities like:
- Making holiday beverages: Tuesday, Dec. 7, 8 p.m.
- Holiday movies: Wednesday, Dec. 8, 9:30 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Employer Recruitment Session: ARUP. Are you interested in a career with Arup? Join us for a one-on-one chat with our recruiters. Whatever your technical area of focus or passion, you'll find there's a place for your ideas at Arup. You'll be part of a team that is encouraged and supported to solve challenges and deliver outstanding results for our clients and their businesses. Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1 to 3 p.m. Registration required through Experience York.
Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Virtual Technology Session: The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is hosting a virtual technology career fair. Hiring managers will be participating from: Cyber Operations, Data, IT Project and Transformation management, IT Support & Maintenance, Software Development & Quality Assurance, Server and Storage and Telecommunication. This event is open to anyone interested in a career in technology. .

Workshop on Human Rights and the Environment. This session will look at how human rights intersect with our environment in the context of climate change. Join a conversation, co-hosted by the Office of the College Head, McLaughlin College, and Human Rights Watch (HRW), about HRW's recent work to document how climate change is already impacting human rights in Canada and how they use digital advocacy to spread the word. Thursday, Dec. 9, 5 to 6 p.m. Registration required.
Go Global SDGs in Action Program is hosting information sessions starting this week for all students passionate about sustainability and reducing inequalities! Join these sessions to find out how you can learn more about the UN Sustainable Development Goals, lead your own action project and receive up to $8,000 to support you in studying, researching, or working in the communities of your own SDG project. Application deadline Friday, Dec. 17. Registration required. Information sessions will run until the day before.

2021 Vico Lecture Marx & Vico: Comparing two interpretations of history. The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies is back with the Vico Lecture with leading Marx scholar and York faculty member Dr. Marcello Musto. This special talk will compare the thinking of two giant social theorists: Giambattista Vico and Karl Marx. Friday, Dec. 10, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Registration required.
ITE York U Chapter invites you to the Bikes in Toronto Seminar. A recent study by Deloitte highlighted the important role that bicycles will play to ease traffic congestion, improve urban air quality, and public health. Join the seminar to learn about projects that are promoting the use of bicycles in Toronto. Friday, Dec. 10, 5 to 6 p.m. Registration required.

ACMAPS Peer Mentor drop-in session with Jennifer. Calling all Mature Students! Feeling overwhelmed with coursework? Need help in prepping for exams? Stop by this drop-in session and chat with a mature student peer mentor. Saturday, Dec. 7, 11 a.m. to noon. Registration not required.

eClass is moving. To improve the reliability of eClass, University Information Technology (UIT) will be moving the platform on December 29, to a fully managed cloud solution. The move will not affect the functioning of eClass. This move aims to eliminate the disruptive outages that the community has experienced. For more information and frequently asked questions check out the UIT website or direct any questions to askit@yorku.ca