TORONTO, Jan. 10, 2012 – York University has ranked first in a global campus sustainability survey among Canadian universities and 14th in the world. This is the second year in a row that York has ranked number one in Canada. The 2011 UI GreenMetric Ranking of World Universities rated participating universities in 42 countries based […]
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York U expert available to comment on Northern Gateway Pipeline hearings
TORONTO, January 10, 2012 − York University Professor Dayna Nadine Scott is available to media to comment on the hearings which started today into Enbridge’s proposal to build the Northern Gateway Pipeline from Bruderheim, Alberta, to Kitmat, B.C. A federal Joint Review Panel with representatives from the National Energy Board and the Canadian Environmental Assessment […]
Playwrights Guild of Canada and York University’s Theatre Department partner for internship program
TORONTO, January 4, 2011 − Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) and the Department of Theatre in York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts have established a formal internship program to provide undergraduate students with hands-on experience in arts administration in a professional setting. PGC has welcomed student volunteers from York’s theatre department since 2009. Professor Judith […]
York U researcher leads team in 2011 Digging into Data Challenge
TORONTO, January 4, 2012 – A York University research team will comb through digitized 19th century documents to trace the environmental and economic consequences of international commodity trading during the 19th century. Professor Colin Coates' project is expected to cast light on the impacts of an earlier period of economic “globalization,” as a way of […]
York U Faculty Concert Series: Violinist Jacques Israelievitch and pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico perform contemporary Canadiana
TORONTO, January 3, 2012 − Two of Canada’s leading classical performers come together for a thrilling concert featuring contemporary Canadian works on January 17 in the Tribute Communities Recital Hall at York University’s Keele campus. Violinist Jacques Israelievitch and pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico, both professors in York’s Department of Music, offer an evening of repertoire […]
Vitamin D deficiency may increase symptoms of Lou Gehrig’s Disease: York U study
TORONTO, January 3, 2012 – Vitamin D deficiency briefly delays the onset of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s Disease but later increases the severity of the neuromuscular disease and decreases quality of life, according to a York University study. The study, which appears in the international, peer-reviewed journal PLoS One, is the first […]
Building York’s Future: 2011 year in review
TORONTO, Dec. 21, 2011 – Mamdouh Shoukri, president & vice-chancellor of York University, showcases the University’s accomplishments over this past year and looks to the future in the new video Building York’s Future: 2011 Year in Review. See Video Calling 2011 a wonderful year for York University, Shoukri says, "I believe that 2012 will be […]
