November 24, 2020
School of Public Policy and Administration Professor Thomas Klassen from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies worked with Professor Sophia Lee at Chung-Ang University in Seoul, South Korea, to provide undergraduate students in their respective classes with a unique international learning opportunity.
November 24, 2020
The deadline to submit nominations for the President’s Research Awards is Nov. 27. All nominations must be received by 4:30 p.m. Nomination forms and information on the criteria for each award category can be found on the Senate Committee on Awards website.
November 22, 2020
Once a viable COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, demand for inoculations will be high. Researchers at York University have developed an artificial intelligence drive-through mass vaccination simulation application that can help clinics and public health agencies plan for mass vaccinations ahead of time.
November 19, 2020
Welcome to the November 2020 edition of ‘Innovatus,’ a special issue of YFile devoted to teaching and learning innovation at York University. It offers compelling and accessible feature-length stories about York University’s commitment to excellence in teaching, learning, internationalization and the student experience.
November 19, 2020
Rachel Silver, an assistant professor of education at York, with the help of a team of her colleagues in both Toronto and Dadaab, has created a virtual colloquium series, Reciprocal Learning in Times of Crisis, for the Faculty’s Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) program. The series considers the issues arising from the confluence of education, the COVID-19 pandemic and new waves of resistance to anti-Black racism.
November 19, 2020
Lucy Angus and Cristina Delgado Vintimilla, assistant professors new to York and the Faculty of Education, have created a lecture series entitled
Disrupting Early Childhood: Inheritance, Pedagogy, Curriculum to explore new ideas about early childhood education (ECE) and create a space to bring together the innovative research conversations that are changing the field of ECE.
November 18, 2020
York University alumni Irvin Studin and Sam Sasan Shoamanesh are back with a major two-day international conference titled, “The State & Future of the World, Post-Pandemic & Post-U.S. Election.” The conference takes place, virtually, Nov. 27 and 28 and features some of the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners.
November 18, 2020
A new study out of York University looked at drownings in 10 countries and found warming winter air temperatures were a good predictor of the number of drownings. The research examined several decades of data, including 30 years worth for each province and territory in Canada.
November 18, 2020
An Osgoode Hall Law School clinic that provides free access to legal services for vulnerable investors has received an award of $157,750 from a class action settlement approved by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The clinic will use the award to advance further experiential learning opportunities and internships for students.
November 18, 2020
York University Professor Emeritus Joel Lexchin contributed to The Conversation Nov. 17. Read full story. How leading Canadian activist Tzeporah Berman got Facebook, Victoria’s Secret and more companies to go green Tzeporah Berman, and adjunct professor at York University, was mentioned in Jewish Telegraph Agency Nov. 17. Read full story. Toronto’s Racialized and Immigrant Communities […]
