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Clarinetist Patricia Wait headlines York U Faculty Recital Series TORONTO, February 9, 2007 -- Clarinetist Patricia Wait will be the featured artist on February 22 in the third concert of the York University Music Department’s Faculty Recital Series. Joining her in a performance of 19th and 20th century European chamber music will be her faculty […]

TORONTO, February 7, 2007 -- The Stratford Festival of Canada, York University and the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) will launch a certificate course in arts education on February 11, 2007. The Richard Rooney and Laura Dinner Artist Training Program is a five-day course for artists who teach elementary and secondary students through the Festival’s Teaching Shakespeare School […]

TORONTO, February 6, 2007 -- Canada’s mission in Afghanistan has been a “tragic mistake” that will continue to claim lives while offering few foreseeable benefits towards the stabilization of the region, says a report issued yesterday by York University political scientist James Laxer.  The 135-page document is especially critical of what Laxer sees as the stifling […]

Will lead Canada’s third-largest university through 50th anniversary in 2009   TORONTO, February 6, 2007 -- The Chair of the Board of Governors of York University, Marshall M. Cohen, today announced the appointment of Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri as York’s 7th President and Vice-Chancellor. The appointment was enthusiastically welcomed this evening at a meeting of the […]

5th annual event offers eclectic mix of food, entertainment and education   TORONTO, January 31, 2007 -- York University’s fifth annual Multicultural Week will bring students together in a ‘global village’ of student clubs grouped into continents, and will showcase stage performances that fuse traditional and modern cultures.   The four-day celebration runs from Monday, […]

Professor Allan Hutchinson is one of ten finalists in TVO's Best Lecturer competition. Voting begins Feb. 10...  TORONTO, January 29, 2007 -- Allan Hutchinson, a professor of law at York's Osgoode Hall Law School, is ready to take on the competition on Saturday, Feb. 10 as a finalist in TV Ontario's 2007 Best Lecturer Competition.  […]

Artist-Curators Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska present From Capital to Enthusiasm at York University   TORONTO, January 26, 2007 --The British artist-curator team of Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska will present the 2007 Goldfarb Lecture in Visual Arts — From Capital to Enthusiasm — at York University on February 2.   Well-known in European art […]