TORONTO, March 10, 2006 -- More than 200 participants from universities across Canada met at the Internationalizing Canada’s Universities Symposium, held from March 2-3, 2006, on York’s Keele Campus. Rather than focus on the traditional show-and-tell approach, a unique mix of participants – including academics, administrators, staff, policy makers, private-sector representatives and students – undertook a critical […]
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York to gauge effect of Ontario tuition plan, welcomes access measures
York University President & Vice-Chancellor Lorna R. Marsden commented yesterday on the Ontario government's new plan for funding postsecondary education, announced earlier in the day by Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities Chris Bentley. Details of the announcement are available here. “The multi-year tuition policy framework announced by Minister Bentley today is a welcome one," […]
Toronto poverty is highly racialized: York University census study
TORONTO, March 9, 2006 -- Poverty in Toronto is highly racialized, and the economic gap between members of European and non-European ethno-racial groups has been increasing over the last 30 years, a new study reveals. All 20 of the poorest ethno-racial groups in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) are non-European, according to the study, […]
Fine Arts Festival features Findley's Not Wanted on the Voyage
York University Fine Arts Festival Celebrates State-of-the-Art Accolade Project with Theatre @ York’s Not Wanted on the Voyage Richard Rose and D.D. Kugler adaptation of acclaimed novel by Timothy Findley TORONTO, March 8, 2006 – York University and its Faculty of Fine Arts celebrate the official opening of The Accolade Project, York’s outstanding new […]
Fine Arts Festival events inaugurate Student Gallery and Fine Arts Cultural Studies Project Rooms
Fine Arts Festival Celebrates State-of the-Art Accolade Project with Exhibitions, New Media Installation, Public Talks and Interdisciplinary Performances TORONTO, March 7, 2006 – York University and its Faculty of Fine Arts celebrate the official opening of The Accolade Project, York’s outstanding new $107.5 million state-of-the-art teaching, exhibition and performance complex, with a week-long multi-disciplinary […]
During strike at Seneca, York U continues to operate as usual
York University has issued the following statement on the strike at Ontario community colleges: OPSEU, the union which represents the majority of full-time faculty, all librarians and all counsellors at Ontario’s community colleges, is on strike after talks between the union and the College Compensation & Appointments Council for Ontario’s Community Colleges failed to produce […]
In the event of a strike at Seneca, business as usual at York
York University has issued the following statement on a possible strike at Ontario community colleges: Currently, the College Compensation & Appointments Council for Ontario’s Community Colleges is in collective bargaining with OPSEU, the union which represents the majority of full-time faculty, all librarians and all counsellors at Ontario’s community colleges. If there is no settlement […]
