April 27, 2021
Richard Leblanc, graduate program director and professor at York University’s School of Administrative Studies, was quoted in the Globe and Mail April 23. Read full story. The tragic story of the founder of weather forecasting in Victorian England Katharine Anderson, professor in the Department of Humanities, was quoted in the Washington Post April 25. Read […]
April 25, 2021
Canadian poets and graduates of York University’s Creative Writing program Canisia Lubrin and Yusuf Saadi have been shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize, The $65,000-prize is widely considered the most prestigious poetry award in Canada.
April 25, 2021
Magdalena Krol, associate professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Professor Satinder Brar, Department of Civil Engineering, and Marina Friere-Gormaly, assistant professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, are the recipients of the 2021 Lassonde Innovation Awards.
April 22, 2021
Mark Terry, course director in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change and research associate with the Dahdeleh Institute for Global Health Research, has partnered with Whitby’s Beech Street Theatre Company to present a play on climate change. Titled, ‘The Four Seasons,’ it will premiere on Friday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m., for one night only, on Zoom.
April 22, 2021
This year, York has placed 11th in Canada and 67th overall against 1,115 post-secondary institutions from 94 different countries. The THE Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The ranking compares universities on research, stewardship, outreach and teaching across 17 categories.
April 22, 2021
The SDG Student Hub, a new student-driven initiative launched in fall 2020 by York University’s Sustainability Office, is helping students of all disciplines learn about Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and take action to help achieve them.
April 21, 2021
York University’s UNESCO Chair, together with the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens will hold a virtual dialogue on educating future generations. The event will be hosted by the Austrian Cultural Forum at the Austrian Embassy in Ottawa on May 5.
April 21, 2021
York University’s senior leaders hosted a virtual Town Hall for all students on April 14 to provide an update on University-wide plans for 2021-22. The event is now available to view online.
April 20, 2021
The Faculty of Graduate Studies announces the inaugural cohort of the Master of Science in Management Practice (MScMP) degree program developed by the School of Administrative Studies. The fall term deadline for domestic applicants is July 15.
April 18, 2021
Can governments turn underperforming state-owned enterprises into global champions? A research team led by Justin Tan, the Newmont Chair in Business Strategy at York University’s Schulich School of Business, attempted to address this question by investigating the innovative performance of restructured SOEs in China’s high-speed train sector.
