Osgoode Hall Law School honoured the lawyers with awards for their exceptional contributions to the legal profession and service to the community at the Dean’s Annual Alumni Reception on Wednesday, May 15.

Who should control water? It is as essential for life as air, but also holds deep emotional, social, cultural and spiritual significance, says York’s Glendon College sociology Professor Joanna Robinson.

Tackling Ontario’s Challenges is a series of four public events that will explore how the province can improve the performance of its postsecondary institutions.

Companies are increasingly recruiting MBA graduates on a global basis and a growing number of EMBA graduates are looking to their schools’ career services offices to help them find jobs. That’s why York’s Schulich School of Business has responded to these challenges by introducing a new model of career services for its Career Development Centre, with Rob Hines at the helm.

York Professor Joyce Zemans will receive an honorary doctorate from Concordia University during its Spring Convocation ceremonies in June for her invaluable work in art history and cultural policy in Canada and internationally.

Qendrim Hoti is capping his final year of studies as one of three recipients selected from more than 50 applicants for a Nikon Scholarship to attend the 2013 Toronto Magnum Workshop, a master class for professional and emerging photographers.

Watch the women serve up some great tennis at discounted prices right here on York’s Keele campus during the Rogers Cup this August. YFile readers can save up to 25 per cent on tickets.

Aleksandar Lukac is the director of BEA a new play about assisted suicide that is being presented by the Toronto-based Actors Repertory Company.

At the conference, Darryl Reed, J.J. McMurtry and Ananya Mukherjee Reed presented papers on the role of fair trade, the potential pitfalls of the social and solidarity economy, and the practice of solidarity amongst marginalized women.

The Schulich MBA students’ team video submission, the social enterprise hubble, was among the top 10 videos in the public voting round and will now move on to the final selection round. The winner of the online competition will join regional finalists from Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai and Shanghai to compete for the US$1 million in start-up capital to launch their new social enterprise.