TORONTO, March 3, 2008 -- York University’s Department of Visual Arts serves up a visual feast this month with Brainstorm, a spectacular open house featuring over 350 works in all media by more than 200 upper-level undergraduate students, and Under Construction, a group exhibition showcasing work by graduate students in the Visual Arts Master of Fine […]
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Theatre @ York transforms the Stage with the Broadway hit Metamorphoses directed by Siminovitch Prizewinner Jillian Keiley
TORONTO, February 28, 2008 -- Theatre @ York caps its season with a theatrical sensation: American playwright Mary Zimmerman’s Tony Award-winning play Metamorphoses, directed by groundbreaking Canadian director Jillian Keiley. The show opens March 18 and runs to March 22 in Burton Auditorium at York University. Hailed by Time magazine as the "theatre event of […]
President's statement on anti-Semitic graffiti found in Scott Library
TORONTO, February 28, 2008 -- Yesterday evening a report was made to York Security of a series of anti-Semitic graffiti discovered in a study booth in York's main library on the Keele campus. This hate incident was immediately reported to Toronto Police Service, who are investigating the incident. We do not know at this point […]
Ontario Government funds expansion of York University's Glendon Campus
TORONTO, February 27, 2008 -- York University’s Glendon Campus will be expanded into a Centre of Excellence for French-Language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education, through funds announced today by the Ontario government. The Government of Ontario will allocate $20 million to Glendon College – Canada’s only bilingual liberal arts university faculty – in the first phase […]
York U’s World Music Festival tours the Globe March 12 to 16
TORONTO, February 26, 2008 -- Got the travel bug but can’t leave town? York University’s World Music Festival offers a sonic tour March 12 to 16, spotlighting musical traditions of five continents. From West African drums and Chinese orchestra to steelpan, flamenco and Klezmer music, you can sample the world’s musical cultures in nine free […]
Meet the arts in the heart of the GTA
2008 Fine Arts Festival at York U March 11 – 31 TORONTO, February 22, 2008: The third annual York Fine Arts Festival, running March 11 to 31, showcases the resident talent in one of North America’s premier centres for professional training in the arts. Like York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts, the festival […]
Fear of pain linked to increased disability in children: York U study
TORONTO, February 20, 2008 -- Children and adolescents with high levels of anxiety sensitivity have a higher fear of pain and this, in turn, is linked to increased pain-related disability, suggests a study by a team of Toronto researchers at York University and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). Adults who are high in […]
