TORONTO, March 7, 2013 – Researchers, social service providers and government representatives will meet in Aurora on Friday, March 8, to hear about the relationship between homelessness and mental health challenges, and how to address the issue in York Region and elsewhere in Canada. Western University Professor Cheryl Forchuk, who is also the assistant director […]
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York U seminar on Elliot Lake mall collapse will look at emergency management lessons
TORONTO, March 7, 2013 – The partial collapse of the roof of the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, Ontario, and the tragedy that followed, may yield valuable lessons for managing major similar disasters on a global scale, according to the organizers of an event that will be held at York University on Friday, March […]
York U research program to shed light on gender influences in senior care work
TORONTO, March 1, 2013 – York University Professor Tamara Daly will lead a research program studying the gendered health impacts of performing paid and unpaid care work for seniors in long-term care (LTC) settings. The professor has been awarded one of nine Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) research chairs in Gender Work and Health. […]
Professor Roger Keil wins York U President’s Research Excellence Award
TORONTO, February 28, 2013 – Professor Roger Keil of the Faculty of Environmental Studies has been named the 2013 President’s Research Excellence Award recipient, for his significant contributions to York University’s research community. “I am deeply honoured to receive this prestigious award. I have been extremely fortunate to work on many research projects with faculty, […]
Graduation Nation event celebrates academia and indigenous peoples at York U
TORONTO, February 26, 2013—The 11th annual celebrations of First Nations themed Knowledge in Sharing Stories is organized at York University by the Aboriginal Students Association and the Centre for Student Services, Feb. 28-March 2. The three-day event, renamed this year Graduation Nation: Celebrating Indigeneity & Academia, will include traditional indigenous singing, dancing and dramatic performances; […]
Research on children’s injuries will push policy: York U project
TORONTO, Feb. 26, 2013 − A new project led by York University Professor Alison Macpherson will move evidence about how to prevent child and youth injuries into action. Macpherson, a professor in the School of Kinesiology & Health Science in York’s Faculty of Health, has been awarded one of six Canadian Institutes of Health Research […]
John Ralston Saul to deliver Osgoode lecture on Aboriginal Peoples and the Law
TORONTO, Feb. 25, 2013 – Award-winning essayist and novelist John Ralston Saul will deliver a lecture on "Aboriginal Peoples and the Law" on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, as part of the Distinguished Speakers’ Series at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School. Declared a “prophet” by TIME magazine, Ralston Saul has made an impact on political and […]
