May 12, 2021
A new study co-authored by Schulich Professor Irene Henriques has found that corporate charitable foundations tend to direct health-care funding to richer communities rather than to regions with the greatest health-care needs.
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May 5, 2021
President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda L. Lenton responds to Tuesday’s announcement by Board of Governors Chair Paul Tsaparis regarding her appointment for a second term and the important work still to do in leading the University’s recovery from the pandemic, environmental sustainability and systemic racism.
May 2, 2021
YSpace, York University’s innovation hub, is excited to welcome the 12 participating companies in the third cohort of its Food Accelerator program, which begins this month. The Food Accelerator supports promising food and beverage consumer-packaged goods (CPG) ventures as they build their strategy, grow their network and scale their business.
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 25, 2021
Professor Steven Hoffman, Dahdaleh Distinguished Chair and director of the Global Strategy Lab, was quoted in Vox April 23. Read full story. Earth Day 2021: Canada’s latest budget falls dangerously short on climate action Bruce Campbell, adjunct professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies and Urban Change, published an article in The Conversation April 22. […]
April 22, 2021
‘Sustainable YU,’ a special edition of YFile publishing on selected Fridays of every month during the academic year, showcases sustainability in action at York University. It offers compelling and accessible feature-length stories about the work underway by students, faculty and staff across all Faculties and divisions at York University to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
April 22, 2021
Balancing being green and clean takes dedication and training. When you take into account an institution as large as York University and a global pandemic, the focus needs to be laser sharp.
April 22, 2021
Students in the Bergeron Entrepreneurs in Science & Technology (BEST) program based at the Lassonde School of Engineering, took up the sustainability challenge during a recent hack-a-thon.
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
One of the core values of York University is sustainability. York’s continued dedication and leadership in this space is reflected in the document ‘Building a Better Future: York University Academic Plan 2020-2025,’ which challenges students, faculty and staff to elevate their contributions to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
