May 27, 2020
The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) received a $500,000 donation from Canadian philanthropist, author and business woman Vivienne Poy to create an endowment to support student engagement in Hakka research and scholarship.
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May 27, 2020
York University Vice-President of Equity, People and Culture Sheila Cote-Meek answers 10 questions about the book “Critical Reflections and Politics on Advancing Women in the Academy.” The book will be launched May 28 with a free webinar.
May 24, 2020
A new book focused on the importance of women in the Academy will be virtually launched on Thursday, May 28 with a free webinar. The book, “Critical Reflections and Politics on Advancing Women in the Academy” (ICI Global 2020) was co-edited by Laurentian University Professor Taima Moeke-Pickering, York University Vice-President of Equity, People and Culture Sheila Cote-Meek and Laurentian University Professor Ann Pegoraro.
May 24, 2020
Despite the ongoing pandemic and the resulting restrictions to school and research facilities, the Lassonde School of Engineering will welcome 57 undergraduate student researchers to its virtual campus for the 6th annual Lassonde Undergraduate Research Awards and Undergraduate Student Research Awards programs.
May 22, 2020
Rachel Silver, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education, has won the 2019-20 Gail P. Kelly Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation from the Comparative & International Education Society for her paper “Sex, Schooling, and Moral Triage in Malawi.”
May 20, 2020
In a message to the University community, President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda Lenton provides an update on the fall term and campus operations.
May 20, 2020
Glendon College’s Department of French Studies and Programme in Linguistics and Language Studies are mourning the passing of Professor Dorin Uritescu, who died on April 15.
May 20, 2020
An international environmental agreement to regulate the use of chemicals depleting the ozone layer may have inadvertently allowed higher levels of other harmful chemicals to flourish, new research co-led by York University and Environment and Climate Change Canada has found.
May 6, 2020
York researchers will undertake 10 new projects related to COVID-19 over the next year with special funding from the University. Researchers will study the human and public health impacts of the pandemic with a broad goal to find unique responses to the challenges of COVID-19.
May 6, 2020
Gordon Flett, a professor at York University, was featured in a Winnipeg Free Press story on May 6. Read full story. Flattening the coronavirus curve: How Canada compares with other countries York University Professor Steven Hoffman appeared in a Global News story on May 5. Read full story. They said there was no playbook for dealing […]
