York U in the news: pink tax eliminated, grassland carbon and more

Shoppers Drug Mart eliminates ‘pink tax’ on menstrual pain medication following CBC investigation
Ela Veresiu, an associated professor of marketing at the Schulich School of Business at York University, was quoted in CBC News March 24.

Sexual violence in Canadian major junior hockey: Bad faith is not reform
Agnès Whitfield, a professor in the Department of English at York University, was featured in Law360 March 20.

Zellers relaunches 12 stores across Canada today — and nostalgia is the door crasher
Ela Veresiu, an associated professor of marketing at the Schulich School of Business at York University, was quoted in CBC News March 23.

Ending sexual violence enabling: Responsibilities of legal, judicial communities
Agnès Whitfield, a professor in the Department of English at York University, was featured in Law360 March 22.

Grasslands store tons of carbon — and there’s a movement to protect them
Barnali Choudhury, a corporate governance expert and a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, was quoted in CBC News March 23.

Donica Belisle: Canadian sugar industry has a violent past
Mona Oikawa, a professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies at York University, was cited in the Vancouver Sun March 23.

A portable instrument to measure indoor air pollution
Trevor VandenBoer, an assistant professor in Environmental Analytical Chemistry at York University, was featured in Tech Xplore March 23.

Schulich research suggests link between financial literacy and IPO underpricing
Research by Kiridaran Kanagaretnam, a professor and Ron Binns Chair in Financial Reporting, Banking and Governance at York University, was cited in Education News Canada March 24.

Passings: Professor Emeritus Michael Brown
Michael Brown, the founding member of the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University, was memorialized in Education News Canada March 24.

Spring thaw means ice is a no-go
Research by Sapna Sharma, an associate professor in the Faculty of Science at York University, was cited in DiscoverAirdrie March 23.

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