TORONTO, Feb. 25, 2013 – The Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies and Osgoode Hall Law School at York University are hosting the only exhibition in Canada of photographs taken by Jewish photographers in the Lodz Ghetto between 1940 and 1944. The Face of the Ghetto: Pictures by Jewish Photographers from the Lodz […]
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Yale Law School Professor Cristina Rodríguez to discuss immigration and civil rights
TORONTO, Feb. 21, 2013 – Cristina Rodríguez, a professor of law at Yale Law School who served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice for the past two years, will deliver the Pierre Genest Memorial Lecture at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School on Monday, […]
York U panel discussion explores international involvement in Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict resolution
TORONTO, February 13, 2013 – York University’s Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security is hosting a panel discussion, Sri Lanka: Challenge — Implementing human rights & Accountability for human rights violations, with Amnesty International Canada, Feb. 14 at the Osgoode Hall Law School. The discussion will examine the international community’s role in […]
York U prof to study sentiment, concepts and emotions through social media
TORONTO, February 13, 2013 − Nick Cercone, a professor in York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering, has received $294,000 from the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), plus over $217,000 from industrial partnership organizations through monetary and in-kind contributions, over three years, to study the expression of expression of sentiment, affect, influence […]
Satellite shows widespread sea ice thinning in Arctic: York U research
TORONTO, Feb. 13, 2013 – A satellite that monitors Arctic and Antarctic ice cover changes has produced its first validated Arctic ice thickness maps showing widespread sea ice thinning, according to a new study co-authored by York University researchers. The study, “CryoSat-2 estimates of Arctic sea ice thickness and volume”, published in the journal Geophysical […]
York U Let’s Talk! forum to promote mental health dialogue on campus
TORONTO, February 11, 2013 – York University launches York U Let’s Talk Mental Health in conjunction with Bell Let’s Talk Day, Feb. 12, as part of the University’s commitment to creating a mentally healthy campus. “With Health Canada statistics that one in five Canadians will experience a form of mental illness at some point in […]
Speaker series in York Region will focus on changing approach to youth homelessness
United Way York Region and York University putting research into action TORONTO, February 11, 2013 – Researchers, social service providers and government representatives will meet in Markham on Tuesday, Feb. 12, to hear how Niagara is addressing homelessness among youths, and to learn what might work in York Region and elsewhere in Canada. Mike Lethby, […]
