We want you to have a smooth transition to university life and have planned this orientation to help you succeed at York. We will introduce you to the academic services, social activities, recreational activities and facilities available to you, both at your college and throughout the university. We want to help you make connections.
Academic Orientation is geared to your major and is offered by the college aligned to your faculty and major:
| Faculty | College | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Studies | Founders | |
| Fine Arts | Winters | |
| Glendon | Glendon | |
| Health | Calumet | Psychology, Health Informatics, Heath Management, Health Policy |
| Stong | Kinesiology & Health Science, Nursing | |
| Lassonde | Bethune | |
| Liberal Arts & Professional Studies |
Bethune | Science & Technology Studies |
| Calumet | Cognitive Science | |
| Founders | Anthropology, Canadian Studies, East Asian Studies,European Studies, French Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, Geography, German Studies, Health and Society, History, Human Rights & Equity Studies, International Development Studies, Italian Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Linguistics, Multicultural and Indigenous Studies, Portuguese Studies, Sexuality Studies, Social Work, South Asian Studies, Spanish, Urban Studies | |
| McLaughlin | Criminology, Global Political Studies, Law & Society, Political Science, Public Administration, Social Science, Sociology, Work and Labour Studies | |
| New | Administrative Studies, Disaster and Emergency Management, Human Resources Management, Information Technology | |
| Stong | English, Creative Writing, Professional Writing | |
| Vanier | Business & Society, Business & Economics, Children's Studies, Classical Studies & Classics, Culture and Expression, Economics, Financial & Business Economics, Hellenic Studies, Humanities, Individualized Studies, Jewish Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Social & Political Thought, undecided LAPS majors | |
| Winters | Communications Studies | |
| Schulich | Calumet | |
| Science | Bethune | |
Social Orientation Along with Academic Orientation, each college, through their student council, offers Social Orientation to new students, to have fun, help students make connections with each other, and start growing into a community. More details will be available on your college's web site later in the summer.
Residence Students Most residence students live in the residence building associated with their academic college. For those students who live in a different residence, we recommend that you attend the Academic Orientation aligned with your major and the Social Orientation aligned with your residence.
Parent and Family Orientation
Please join us for the University Parent & Family Orientation Program on Monday September 2nd, starting at 9:30 am in the Lassonde Building Lecture Hall A (building 19 on the campus map). Learn how you and your son/daughter or family member can smoothly transition into university life. This comprehensive, half-day session will include a welcome from President Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri and provide relevant information about York's student services.
Following the central Parent & Family Orientation, we recommend that parents attend the orientation relating to your son/daughter's College. Lunch will be provided, and parents will receive information on academic services, social activities, recreational activities and facilities related to the College.
To register for both these parent orientations (central and college), click on the relevant college link below. (If you are unsure of which college, check the table above.)
| Register | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Central+Bethune | Monday Sept 2, 12:30 pm | Bethune 320 |
| Central+Calumet | Monday Sept 2, 12:30 pm | Calumet College |
| Founders: Central only | NA | NA |
| Glendon | Monday Sept 2, 10 am or 2 pm | Manor/Glendon Hall |
| Central+McLaughlin | Monday Sept 2, 12:30 pm | McLaughlin 140 |
| Central+New | Monday Sept 2, 12:30 pm | Atkinson 109 |
| Central+Stong | Monday Sept 2, 12:30 pm | Stong JCR |
| Central+Vanier | Monday Sept 2, 12:30 pm | Vanier 001 |
| Central+Winters | Monday Sept 2, 12:30 pm | Winters 001 |
