“I am extremely honoured to be recognized with this prestigious award along with such respected and accomplished individuals who have contributed so much to Canada. I am proud to accept this on behalf of my colleagues at York University, where we value diversity in every way as a means by which we promote innovation and […]
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York University Celebrates Pride Week 2013
TORONTO, June 19 2013 – The Art Gallery of York University (AGYU), Centre for Human Rights (CHR), York Federation of Students (YFS), TBLGAY, and SexGen York committee will be hosting a series of events encouraging participants to embrace their inner superhero as they get involved with Toronto’s Pride Week from June 24 to 30. The […]
New report says 200,000 Canadians experience homelessness each year
“State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013” released today in Toronto TORONTO, June 19, 2013 – The Canadian Homelessness Research Network (Homeless Hub) and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness released the first extensive Canadian report card on homelessness called State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013 today in Toronto. Highlights of the report include: 200,000 different […]
New Engineering Building about to take shape at York University
TORONTO, June 17, 2013 – York University took a major step toward construction of a new Engineering Building today, with a groundbreaking ceremony for the $85-million project. The new Engineering Building will be home to the Lassonde School of Engineering, which aims to graduate entrepreneurial engineers with a social conscience and a sense of global […]
Envisioning LGBT Struggle for Equality in the Commonwealth
Toronto, June 17, 2013 – Thirty-one organizations on three continents come together in Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights, an international research and documentary film project that examines the legacy of British criminal laws affecting sexual minorities and documents the work of human rights defenders to resist criminalization and to advance LGBT rights. Envisioning is led […]
Land|Slide: Possible Futures
Sneak Peeks: June 20 at Markham Museum & June 26 at 401 Richmond’s Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art Toronto, June 17, 2013 – From the creative curatorial team behind The Leona Drive Project and the Museum for the End of the World comes Land|Slide: Possible Futures, an epic art intervention responding to a world in […]
State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013 to be released June 19, 2013
Toronto, June 17, 2013 – The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness and the Canadian Homelessness Research Network will release the first extensive Canadian report card on homelessness called State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013 this week in Toronto. The State of Homelessness will include information on: · the number of different Canadians […]
