TORONTO, Nov. 25, 2013 − The provincial and federal governments announced at York University Friday that they were expanding the Ontario Bridge Training Program so that thousands of skilled immigrants could get licensed and find jobs in their fields. Ontario will contribute $63.6 million and Canada will invest $16.6 million over three years to the […]
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The space monkey housewife: York U paper examines marketing & gender politics of NASA’s first celebrity primates
TORONTO, Nov. 25, 2013 – NASA pioneer Miss Baker was born in Peru, twice-married, and lived out her retirement in a modest bungalow in Alabama where she answered fan mail in her spare time. She was also a squirrel monkey. Now, more than 50 years after Baker’s rise to fame as one of the first […]
York U to honour five alumni for outstanding achievement
Recipients of this year's Bryden Awards represent the best in business, finance, social justice and politics TORONTO, Nov. 20, 2013 – York University will recognize the achievements of five exceptional alumni at the 2013 Bryden Awards gala this week. “These five York graduates are leaders who have truly distinguished themselves in business, politics, education and the […]
York U to host LGBT Equality Litigation: A Caribbean Primer panel presentation
TORONTO, Nov. 19, 2013 – Same-gender intimacy is still criminalized today in 11 of the 12 Commonwealth countries of the Caribbean under laws introduced by British colonialism. On November 21, 2013, York University will host a panel of Caribbean leaders who are working to advance LGBT rights in the Caribbean. The LGBT Equality Litigation in […]
Dance Innovations: counter/point juxtaposes creative choreography at York University
TORONTO, Nov. 18, 2013 - Juxtapositions create a multifaceted whole in Dance Innovations: counter/point, the latest production of York University’s Department of Dance. York’s rising young dance artists are featured in this choreographic showcase, with two distinctive programs of newl works running Nov. 28 to 30 in the McLean Performance Studio, 244 Accolade East Building […]
York U student, community ecologist, will receive Toronto Botanical Garden’s Aster Awards
TORONTO, Nov. 18, 2013 – York University’s Scott MacIvor will receive one of the three inaugural Aster Awards presented by the Toronto Botanical Garden (TBG), Nov. 21. “I am honoured to receive the Aster Award from the Toronto Botanical Garden. As an ecologist, being recognized for work that provides meaningful opportunities for people to connect […]
Conference explores how Canada welcomed thousands of ‘Boat People’
TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2013 − As refugees continue to crowd onto tiny, unseaworthy ships to seek asylum in many parts of the world, a major conference at York University will examine how, in 1979, Canada’s government, churches and private citizens stepped up to offer shelter to 60,000 “boat people” and other Indochinese refugees from remote […]
