Funding for one new and two existing Canada Research Chairs TORONTO, April 28, 2006 -- Cancer researcher Samuel Benchimol has been awarded a Canada Research Chair at York University, where he will build on his groundbreaking work on the tumour suppressor gene known as p53. Benchimol is internationally-renowned for studies which indicated that inactivating mutations […]
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Osgoode Hall Law School Launches Global Policy and International Legal Research Initiative for Developing Countries
Osgoode Hall Law School Launches Global Policy and International Legal Research Initiative for Developing Countries TORONTO, April 20, 2006 -- On Thursday, May 11, 2006 Osgoode Hall Law School of York University will officially launch the International Legal Partnership (ILP), the first non-profit, professional and student cooperative organization in Canada to provide systematic global […]
York leads national research project on disability rights research
TORONTO, April 19, 2006 -- A woman in a wheelchair is hit by her caregiver, but the abuse is not reported. She has no way to tell someone else without alerting the abuser, and the woman does not have the power to fire her caregiver. That is just one type of human rights violation […]
York student levy supports Sudanese refugee student
TORONTO, April 18, 2006 -- Simon Thon Kuany says he is grateful to each and every York University student who is supporting his first year of university. Three cents off of the tuition of each course taken by York University students goes into a fund to support the Student Refugee Program operated through World University Service […]
Infants develop faster when mothers socialize with them: York U study
TORONTO, April 17, 2006 -- A study by York University researchers has found that infants between one and three months old develop more rapidly when adults refrain from imitating their noises and facial expressions, and socialize with them instead. “Parents often imitate babies’ cooing and babbling sounds in an attempt to converse on a level […]
Researchers in York’s new Faculty of Health publish critical examination of Canadian health care system
TORONTO, April 7, 2006 -- York University health researchers have joined forces with other leading academics to publish a critical examination of health and health care in Canada, released earlier this week. The book is the first to consider the health of Canadians and the organization of the health care system from four distinct perspectives: […]
Acclaimed director Julia Kwan at York U
TORONTO, April 6, 2006 -- Award-winning Canadian director Julia Kwan will present her film Eve & the Fire Horse on Monday, April 10 as part of The Independents, a monthly series of screenings and discussions on independent Canadian cinema presented by York University’s Department of Film. The only Canadian film in the history of the […]
