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York Professor Emerita Evelyn Kallen releases new book on human rights

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A new ebook by York Professor Emerita Evelyn Kallen aims to clear up misconceptions about human rights. “Human Rights for Human Beings: Ethnicity and Human Rights in Canada” provides a basic understanding of human rights for a general audience.

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Four student-athletes to receive 2021 Lions Legacy awards

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Four York University Lions student-athletes have been selected as the recipients of the 2021 Lions Legacy Awards. They will be recognized for their achievements at the online varsity banquet on Thursday, April 8.

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York graduate celebrates winning inaugural McCall MacBain Scholarship

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At the end of a rigorous six-month scholarship application process, York University graduate and future positive changemaker Amanda Sears (BA ’20) learned she was among 20 Canadians chosen as inaugural McCall MacBain Scholars, the country’s first comprehensive leadership-based scholarship that supports master’s and professional studies.

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Global Health students meet and collaborate with European peers through GNL

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Faculty of Health Assistant Professor Mathieu Poirier views the willingness to try innovative pedagogical approaches as “one of the rare silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic.” Poirier and his students in the Global Health program worked with York’s Globally Networked Learning team to collaborate with students and professors at universities in Germany and Romania.

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Three student-athletes nominated for York’s Heart of a Lion award

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Three York University Lions student-athletes have been nominated for York’s Charles Saundercook Memorial Trophy. – also known as the Heart of a Lion award. The winner will be announced at the online varsity banquet on Thursday, April 8.

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Schulich building achieves gold standard in sustainable design

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The Rob and Cheryl McEwen Graduate Study & Research Building, which is part of the University’s Schulich School of Business, received LEED Gold certification – one of the highest standards of sustainability for a building.

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