York University’s Centre for Education & Community (YCEC) is pleased to welcome acclaimed author, broadcaster, and social-justice activist Judy Rebick for YCEC’s fourth annual public lecture. Rebick’s talk, “Occupy Education: Towards a Social Justice Approach for Inclusive and Equitable Education,” will take place Thursday, Oct. 24, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at 135 Vanier College, […]
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YORK UNIVERSITY HOSTS CANADA GAIRDNER AWARD WINNER DR. STEPHEN J. ELLEDGE OCT. 23
York University is pleased to host top genetics researcher and 2013 Canada Gairdner Award winner Dr. Stephen J. Elledge as part of Gairdner’s National Program lecture series celebrating biomedical science. Dr. Elledge, an award-winning professor of Genetics and Medicine at Harvard Medical School, will share his first-hand knowledge and expertise on genetic approaches to cancer […]
International scholars will discuss crucial Afghanistan-India relationship
TORONTO, October 17, 2013 -- India and the Peace-building Process in Afghanistan, a joint workshop by the York Centre for Asian Research and the South and Central Asia Project, will explore the relationship between the two Asian countries in the context of the ongoing efforts for political stabilization and socioeconomic recovery in Afghanistan, Oct. 18. […]
York University experts available for comment on the federal Throne Speech
TORONTO, OCTOBER 15, 2013 – With the Legislature resuming for the fall session, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives will set out their agenda leading up to the next federal election in 2015 in tomorrow’s Speech from the Throne. The speech is expected to focus on Canada’s economic future and include a strong focus on consumer […]
York U will confer three honorary degrees at fall Convocation
TORONTO, October 15, 2013 − Three exceptional people will receive honorary degrees from York University at Fall Convocation ceremonies. “In honouring these individuals we pay tribute to the positive difference they make to our global community through academe, entrepreneurism and corporate leadership,” says Mamdouh Shoukri, president and vice chancellor, York University. “We are truly inspired […]
Two-day conference launches new U.S. Studies program at York U
TORONTO, October 9, 2013 – York University launches its new U.S. Studies Program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies with a two-day conference this week focusing on America during another era of boom and discontent: the 1950s and ’60s. With the spotlight firmly fixed on Canada’s neighbour to the south during the […]
York U researcher awarded inaugural Liber Ero conservation fellowship
Toronto, October 9, 2013 – York University researcher Kevin Fraser has been awarded a Liber Ero Fellowship to support his research on migratory songbird decline – making him a member of the first cohort of honourees to receive the prestigious new Canadian award modelled after the longstanding Smith Fellow program in the United States. Fraser’s […]
