Lax antitrust legislation and technological disruption are spurring industry consolidation, according to a preliminary research study out of the Schulich School of Business at York University.
Read moreA York University professor researching the “Frosh 15” has found that while the phenomenon of weight gain for first-year students is not new, the notion that males and females respond differently is.
Read moreDepartment of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Professor Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh has received an NSERC Engage Grant for his research project to develop an electronically active nuclear magnetic resonance probe technology.
Read moreAlain-Guy Tachou Sipowo holds a doctorate in law from Laval University where he held various positions including research assistant, clinical project supervisor and instructor. He will hold the Osgoode Catalyst Fellowship for the 2019-20 academic year.
Read moreAn Osgoode PhD student reconsiders a 2015 case in which a Muslim woman challenged federal policy requiring the removal of her niqab during the citizenship oath. The judge blocked several organizations that sought to intervene with feminist perspectives – a decision that could have a “chilling effect” on public interest interventions in Canadian courts, some believe.
Read moreNew research from York University looks at rising mercury levels in predatory fish in Ontario and tries to untangle the web of causation to better assess how changing environments are impacting wildlife and, ultimately, people consuming fish.
Read moreThe Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) is launching consultations to inform the first draft of a made-in-Canada Athena SWAN Charter celebrating higher-education institutions that have implemented practices to support gender equity in the sciences.
Read moreThe program provides students with enhanced interdisciplinary training and research in software engineering for a broad range of Internet of Things (IoT) applications as well as lifelong professional skills trainings and industrial internships.
Read moreJenna Braun, a recent master of science graduate, studied how positive interactions between plants involving pollinators are important to the study of applied ecology. Her work has led to the first published systematic review of positive, pollinator-mediated interactions.
Read moreResearchers warn others in the scientific community that tracking ground-nesting grassland birds using radio transmitters – a common practice – can result in the bird’s entanglement, particularly for fledglings. Two biologists make suggestions for alterations to the apparatus to prevent this.
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