TORONTO, March 25, 2014 – York University Chancellor Roy McMurtry will be the featured speaker at the next Canada Speaks lecture on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, with a lecture titled “The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: A detailed recollection of the events leading to the Constitutional Accord of November 1981”. McMurtry is one of […]
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Professional soccer players find artificial turf riskier: York U study
TORONTO, March 25, 2014 — Professional soccer players report higher risk of injury and longer recovery time from playing on artificial turf, when compared to natural grass fields, a new York University study reveals. They also believed that playing and training on artificial turf posed higher risk of sustaining non-contact injury. “Surface stiffness and friction, […]
Key clinical trial information still inaccessible to Canadian doctors: York U study
TORONTO, March 20, 2014 — Despite increased transparency in Health Canada’s drug approval policy, doctors are still not getting key clinical trial information that will help when prescribing new drugs to their patients, a new York University study has revealed. “Characteristics of the patients participating in clinical trials, and the results of those trials, were […]
Statement from York University
TORONTO, March 20, 2014 – York University became aware of an alleged fraud in October 2012 when a whistleblower came forward with information about suspicious activity. The University immediately contacted Toronto Police Service and we have co-operated with them during the course of their investigation. We engaged an external firm to conduct a forensic audit, […]
York U researchers to help Rwandan women cope with maternal mental health issues
TORONTO, March 18, 2014 — York University researchers will help Rwandan women deal with maternal mental health issues through community based intervention, thanks to a recent $269,653 Grand Challenges Canada seed grant. “The well-being of the entire community influences and is influenced by maternal mental health. We would like to establish that if basic social […]
Arrest made in York University food court incident
TORONTO, March 14, 2014 – York University strongly welcomes the news that Toronto Police Service has charged a suspect in the March 6 incident in the food court on our Keele campus, in which a firearm was discharged and two students were injured. The arrest was announced late this morning in a Toronto Police […]
York U astronomer maps out Earth’s place in the universe among ‘Council of Giants’
TORONTO, March 11, 2014 – We live in a galaxy known as the Milky Way – a vast conglomeration of 300 billion stars, planets whizzing around them, and clouds of gas and dust floating in between. Though it has long been known that the Milky Way and its orbiting companion Andromeda are the dominant members […]
