York University professors seek judicial review over admissions suspension for 18 programs

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 20, 2025 12:15 PM EDT | Last Updated: 14 minutes ago

Four senators astatine York University and a subordinate of its world readying and probe committee are asking for a judicial reappraisal of the institution's determination to suspend admissions to respective undergraduate programs.

The assemblage has said it is temporarily suspending caller admissions to 18 grade programs successful the autumn of 2025, including Indigenous studies, sex and women's studies and biology biology programs.

Members of the university's legislature and world readying and probe committee person filed an exertion successful the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, asking it to bid York University to rescind its suspension decisions and to travel a collegial process earlier suspending admissions to the world programs.

The applicants are arguing that York University's legislature has jurisdiction implicit world matters and suspending admissions to programs requires the senate's engagement and approval.

A spokesperson for the assemblage says successful a connection that York has conscionable received the judicial reappraisal application, which it volition beryllium reviewing and responding to "in owed course."

The spokesperson says enrolments astatine galore of the suspended programs are low, but the assemblage believes successful the "intellectual value" of the programs and volition enactment module members to revise and update them to pull much students.