A proposal submitted to the Bank of Canada by a team of academic researchers from Osgoode Hall Law School and the University of Toronto on what a central bank digital currency framework could look like in Canada has been selected as one of three proposals to be developed by the bank into a full report.
Read moreNew studies published in the February 2021 issue of the “Journal of Consumer Research” explore how a subtle aspect of how people talk – known as linguistic concreteness – can have an important impact on customers’ attitudes, purchase intentions, and even their actual purchases.
Read moreA new study by York University researchers found that testing is effective in controlling COVID-19 infections in schools as long as it’s done frequently, and the tests are processed quickly.
Read moreA professor in the Disaster & Emergency Management Program who studies flood risk management, identifies a gap between public beliefs and data-informed reality. She proposes a community-based solution to bolster disaster resilience – a timely example of how research can create positive change for communities and the world.
Read moreA new study out of York University’s Schulich School of Business shows that biopharma companies might be ‘pulling the plug’ too late on research and development projects that show few signs of succeeding.
Read morePeter Vandergeest, Philip F. Kelly, Peter Duker and Mallory MacDonnell, and their co-researchers in the University of Ottawa and the United States, are members of Work at Sea, a research project exploring working conditions among migrant workers on the industrial fishing vessels industry.
Read moreWhat feels like up may actually be some other direction depending on how our brains process our orientation, according to a new study from psychology researchers at York University’s Faculty of Health.
Read moreA new study, led by researchers in the Faculty of Health and VISTA (Vision Science to Applications), finds that our ability to recognize faces is severely impaired by masks, and this decreased face perception is impacting our social interactions with others.
Read moreSchulich Associate Professor Theodore J. Noseworthy has co-authored new study that shows that consumers underestimate the impact to their waistlines, and their health, when eating sharing-size meals and other food products.
Read morePrior to the pandemic, Asian Americans reported low levels of harassment, threats and insults, and fewer mental health issues than their white counterparts, but that has changed, says a new study out of York University.
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