On Monday, April 11, the first of two community tree-planting events was held at the Keele Campus. The second event was held on a bright and sunny Earth Day on Friday, April 22 at the Glendon Campus. Students, faculty, staff and partners from Regenesis York worked together to plant trees and create greener campuses.
York University’s Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change and Sustainable Energy Initiative (SEI) presents “Corporate Rules and Big Energy” on Wednesday, May 11 from 12:30 to 2 p.m.
Art exhibit at KPU reveals pandemic impacts in long-term care homesProfessor Megan Davies was quoted in The Runner April 21. The Concrete Jungle is No Place for BumblebeesAssociate Professor Amro Zayed was quoted in Research2Reality April 21. Cardiac Rehab for Heart Patients Saves Lives and Money, So Why Isn’t It Used More?Professor Sherry L. Grace contributes to […]
Following a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, courses at York University’s unique Eco-Campus in Costa Rica are welcoming students back to the rainforest.
In her message to the community, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) Dean, Alice Hovorka, writes that addressing the climate crisis is not a matter of ‘now or never’ but rather ‘now and forever.’ It is within this context that York University’s EUC has been established as a call to action to respond to the pressing challenges facing people and the planet.
Students between the ages of 17 and 24 are invited to apply to participate in the Sustainable on the Go Youth Engagement Program, an initiative to engage youth in discussions on the future of higher education. Applications are due April 30.
In August, York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering announced a new equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) funding initiative to promote a culture of EDI at the School while helping to remove systemic barriers for faculty, students and staff in academia.
A new Media Creation Lab in the Scott Library provides students and faculty with access to new teaching and hands-on learning opportunities that span across disciplines.
The 2022 Wendy Michener Lecture “Facing Human Wrongs and Hospicing Modernity,” will be delivered online by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira Andreotti, a Latinx professor at the University of British Columbia on Thursday, March 31 from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
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