TORONTO, April 22, 2010 -- What do accountants, disaster specialists and health-care professionals have in common? Each of these occupations struggles daily with the challenge of having to evaluate and manage risk. A Risky Business: Risk and Accountability symposium at York University on Friday, April 30, will focus on the organizational challenges and issues managers […]
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Sexual Assault reported on Murray Ross Pkwy
Security Services Information 21 April 2010 TORONTO – In the early morning hours of Wednesday April 21, 2010, a female York community member reported to Police that she was approached by three males and sexually assaulted off campus near her apartment at 500 Murray Ross Parkway. A 911 call was made to Toronto Police […]
Guns and Global Security: Contemporary Dilemmas in Canadian Security Lecture Series
TORONTO, April 20, 2010 -- The problem that civilian possession of firearms creates for security, both domestically and internationally, will be discussed at a Guns and Global Security forum in Toronto on Thursday, April 22. Canada is a producer and exporter of arms, as well as a recipient of both legal and less than legal transfers […]
York U appoints new dean of Faculty of Science & Engineering
TORONTO, April 20, 2010 -- York University has appointed Janusz Kozinski as dean of the Faculty of Science & Engineering. Kozinski will begin a five-year term at York on July 1, 2010. He has been dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan since 2007 but spent much of his career […]
Reducing footprint about more than being green: York U sustainability report
TORONTO, April 19, 2010 -- In the lead-up to Earth Day 2010, York University is releasing a campus-wide report on sustainability, with a strategy for reducing its ecological footprint that goes beyond conventional approaches to being green. The university will increase its focus on the social aspects of sustainability by building better connections with the […]
3D FLIC - Film and Vision Research – Project Launch Event
TORONTO, April 15, 2010 -- On Friday, April 23 at 2:30pm, the 3D Film Innovation Consortium (3D FLIC) will present research projects in progress and on the horizon, including a demonstration of a state-of-the-art 3D camera rig. 3D FLIC is a two-year academic/industry partnership that will expand capacity for 3D film production in the GTA […]
Canada’s top constitutional law experts analyze 2009 Supreme Court of Canada constitutional decisions
TORONTO, April 14, 2010 -- Canada’s leading constitutional scholars and practitioners will offer practical and thoughtful analysis of noteworthy 2009 Supreme Court of Canada constitutional decisions at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University’s 13th annual Constitutional Cases Conference on Friday, April 16, 2010 from 9am to 4:45pm at Osgoode Professional Development Centre, 1 Dundas […]
