TORONTO, October 24, 2011 – The Financial Times of London has today ranked the Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA (EMBA) at York University the No. 1 EMBA program in Canada and No. 11 in the world. This is the fifth year that Schulich has been eligible to participate in the Financial Times ranking and the fifth straight […]
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York U Faculty Concert Series features soprano Janet Obermeyer
TORONTO, October 21, 2011 – Soprano Janet Obermeyer steps into the spotlight November 1 with her long-time collaborator, pianist Leslie De’Ath, in a recital of songs by Richard Strauss at York University’s Tribute Communities Recital Hall. This showcase performance is the second event in the 2011-12 Faculty Concert Series of York’s Music Department. Obermeyer has […]
York's Osgoode Hall Law School hosts copyright law conference in nation's capital
TORONTO, October 19, 2011 – Does Canada have anything to learn from Europe? This is the question posed by IP Osgoode’s international conference on European perspectives on copyright law, chaired by Professor Giuseppina D’Agostino, an associate professor and founder and director of IP Osgoode – the Intellectual Property Law and Technology Program at Osgoode Hall […]
York University professor awarded Trudeau Fellowship prize
TORONTO, October 17, 2011 –York University professor Haideh Moghissi has been awarded the prestigious Trudeau Fellowship prize from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. “We were thrilled to learn that professor Haideh Moghissi was a recipient of the Trudeau Fellowship prize,” says Mamdouh Shoukri, York’s president and vice-chancellor. “The Trudeau Fellowship is an incredible honour bestowed […]
Schulich School of Business MBA program ranks among world’s Top 10: The Economist
TORONTO, October 14, 2011 – The Economist magazine has ranked a Canadian school – the Schulich School of Business at York University – among the top 10 MBA programs in the world. The prestigious Economist magazine ranked Schulich 9th overall, up from 10th place the previous year, and Schulich was the only Canadian business school […]
York University gains new Canada Research Chair
TORONTO, October 13, 2011 – York University welcomes the appointment of Georg Zoidl as its new Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. As a Tier 1 CRC, Zoidl will receive $1.4 million over seven years. The CRC is part of a package of CRC appointments announced recently at the University of Guelph […]
Slavery survivors, researchers to speak at York U conference
TORONTO, Oct. 13, 2011 – Slavery survivors, researchers and activists aim to put the issue of modern slavery on the map with a conference at York University on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. The second annual conference, organized by the Alliance Against Modern Slavery, seeks to illuminate lesser known forms of contemporary slavery that are thriving […]
