York University's updated response to a recent, serious student accommodation matter (March 19 12:45 pm) York University is committed to upholding and promoting the values of respect, equity, diversity, and inclusion across our campuses and in our communication. There was a recent communication between a Department of Mathematics & Statistics instructor and a student that […]
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Conversation to action: Urban planning resource to address anti-Black racism in cities
Spurred by the death of George Floyd, York University alumna, author and award-winning placemaker Jay Pitter brings her work in urban planning policy and anti-black racism to the University to create a new resource – Engaging Black People and Power.
Study shows why younger children remember details but struggle with order of events
Findings add to knowledge of children’s eyewitness testimony TORONTO, March 17, 2021 – Children between four and five years old find it more difficult to remember time and the sequence of events than older children, a study by psychology researchers at York University shows. This is expected to be a particularly important finding as more children could […]
Noted international law scholar and human rights practitioner to give Osgoode lecture
NYU Prof Philip Alston to speak on the role of Human Rights Watch in responding to the rise of neoliberal economic policies and the global inequality these produce TORONTO, March 15, 2021 – Philip Alston, John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law at New York University Law School and UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and […]
New report highlights need for emergency planning to increase equity in access to education
York U education expert says COVID-19 pandemic has tested emergency plans for teaching TORONTO, March 10, 2021 – One of the important lessons from the sudden shift to online learning for elementary and secondary students − at the beginning of the pandemic and again this January − is that emergency planning is needed to increase equity […]
How has COVID-19 impacted mothers? Women’s studies scholar available for interviews
TORONTO, March 8, 2021 – A mother’s role is pivotal to the functioning of her family − especially evident during the COVID-19 pandemic − yet her extraordinary efforts are often overlooked, says motherhood expert Professor Andrea O’Reilly in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at York University. “Mothers do the bulk of domestic labour, […]
Researchers at York University receive $9 million in CFI funding
Innovation Fund will support research in fundamental physics, biopharmaceutical development, and 3D tech for space exploration TORONTO, March 3, 2021 –Three major research projects at York University have received more than $9 million in research infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The Right Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced more than $518 million […]
