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York University launches first-of-its-kind initiative to address barriers for Black youth across Canada

October 5, 2021anti-racism, Carl James, expert, expert advisory, experts, Faculty of Education, media advisory, RBC, research, students, systemic racism, university, York U, York University, youthlewiskay

National pan-university program backed by $1.2 million from RBC Foundation as part of RBC Future Launch TORONTO, Oct. 5, 2021 – York University is launching a three-year initiative to enhance the representation of Black youth at universities across Canada by supporting upper-year high school students as they plan for their future such as pursuing post-secondary education or work […]

York U expert, only Canadian on massive new international neutrino experiment, available for comment

July 19, 2017DUNE, Faculty of Science, galaxy, neutrinos, universitysandramc

TORONTO, Wednesday, July 19, 2017 – York University physics Professor Scott Menary is the only Canadian on an experiment, involving 30 countries and the excavation of 800,000 tons of rocks, to find out what role neutrinos played in the evolution of the Universe. The groundbreaking to build the particle detectors for the experiment will take […]