In partnership with the Ontario Government, the Archives of Ontario is the largest provincial archives in Canada, with a collection valued at more than $400 million. Its main mission is to preserve the documentary history of the province and acts as a source of research for the police, courts, historians and genealogists.

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Opened in September of 2004 and can accommodate approximately 430 undergraduate students, with two-bedroom suites with shared kitchen and bathroom. It also has a ground floor common room with laundry facilities, lounge furniture, TV, and landscaped courtyard outside. The building is also environmentally friendly with a 1,000 square metre planted roof which will increase thermal insulation and stores ground water, and therefore reducing the need for sewers. It also features the "in-slab radiant heating and cooling" which uses less energy and provides more comfort than conventional forced-air or electric heaters.

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Accolade East houses the Department of Music and the Department of Dance, and features exhibition and performing arts facilities in addition to classrooms and a computer lab serving the University. The Art Gallery of York University has also moved into this location.

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It was renamed to the present name on November 24, 2008 in honour of Avie Bennett who served two terms as chancellor of York University from 1998 to 2004.

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