TORONTO, May 15, 2012 – York University’s Faculty of Environmental Studies will welcome a new dean on August 1, as Noël Sturgeon, a scholar of feminism and environmental justice, begins a five-year term leading the Faculty.
The announcement was made yesterday by York President and Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. The appointment of Sturgeon was made after extensive consultation and was approved by the Board of Governors Executive Committee on May 10.
“The provost and I are pleased to welcome Dr. Noël Sturgeon back to York University,” says Shoukri. “I look forward to working with her in this important portfolio, and I hope all members of the Faculty will join me in congratulating her ...
Will meet southern Ontario’s growing demand for postsecondary offerings in French
TORONTO, May 15, 2012 – York University’s Glendon College today officially opened the Centre of Excellence for French-language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education.
“I am proud that we are able to provide opportunities for the growing Francophone population right here at York’s Glendon Campus,” said Mamdouh Shoukri, President and Vice-Chancellor of York University. “The Centre of Excellence for French-language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education will help to accommodate an increased student base, will attract more international students, and allow York to offer a broad international curriculum so that we can continue to educate Canada’s future leaders.”
The centre will enable Glendon to broaden its ...
TORONTO, May 11, 2012 – York University President and Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and Janusz Kozinski, Dean, Faculty of Science & Engineering, are extremely pleased to announce that Douglas Bergeron and his wife Sandra Bergeron are generously donating $2 million to create The BEST (Bergeron Entrepreneurs in Science & Technology) program at York. The funds will be used to support entrepreneurial programs and initiatives focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) majors.
“We are thrilled to be the recipients of $2 million from Doug and Sandra Bergeron,” said Mamdouh Shoukri, York’s President and Vice-Chancellor. “This generous gift will allow York University to create a unique interdisciplinary program in entrepreneurship that will ...
TORONTO, May 9, 2012 – University Professor Emeritus Ronald Pearlman of York’s Faculty of Science & Engineering has been named president of the prestigious Royal Canadian Institute (RCI) for the Advancement of Science.
Pearlman, currently first-vice-president of the RCI, is the director of York’s Core Molecular Biology/DNA Sequencing Facility and former dean and associate dean of York’s Faculty of Graduate Studies. He will be formally inducted at the institute’s Annual General Meeting on May 10, 2012.
The Royal Canadian Institute (RCI) for the Advancement of Science is the oldest scientific society in Canada, founded in Toronto in 1849 by a small group of civil engineers and surveyors led by Sir Sandford ...
Findings show declining bee populations not caused by loss of genetic diversity
TORONTO, May 8, 2012 – A new study by York University researchers debunks the myth that domestication has reduced genetic diversity in commercial honey bees and led to a decline in their numbers.
Previous studies of commercial honey bees have suggested that, as with other livestock, their populations are characterized by low genetic diversity due to domestication. This apparent loss of diversity has been fingered as a cause for declining numbers of bees in North America and Europe, in what scientists have dubbed “Colony Collapse Disorder.”
“This decline in population is of major concern because bees pollinate up ...
TORONTO, May 8, 2012 – A workshop co-sponsored by York University will delve into the role of African Canadians in the War of 1812 – a topic researchers say is underrepresented in scholarly and popular literature.
“We Stand on Guard for Thee: African Canadians in the War of 1812,”taking place at Brock University May 10-11, 2012, offers a forum for scholars, students, educators, historians and members of the public to explore the important role played by African Canadians in the last war fought on Canadian soil. The workshop will also showcase a new web-based project to help children “virtually” experience the history surrounding the Underground Railroad, the first phase of ...
TORONTO, May 7, 2012 - The ways in which undergraduate students learn – and want to learn – are changing, according to speakers at an upcoming event at York University. On May 9, they will discuss how a number of innovative eLearning, experiential education and first-year transition projects are improving the student experience at York.
The projects range from using Skype to connect with students in a refugee camp to easing first-year students into university with an online enrolment appointment to course-based peer mentoring. In all, 39 projects were funded this year through the Academic Innovation Fund, established by Patrick Monahan, vice-president academic and provost, to improve the student experience through ...
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