New art works to be unveiled at York University WHO: Internationally renowned sculptor, Kunlun Zhang will unveil his latest piece at the AKASA gallery in the York University Student Centre. The 63 year old art professor and former Amnesty International “Prisoner of Conscience” made news headlines as the first Falun Gong practitioner released from […]
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TTC Proposed Bus Route will Disrupt Classes at York
Edward Spence, Senior Policy Advisor to Lorna Marsden, President and Vice-Chancellor of York University, issued the following official statement on behalf of the University: (*See Map Below) York University has championed the concept of a subway to York’s campus and into York region as well as a new rapid bus transit route to the campus, […]
Probing McLuhan: Understanding Media Culture
TOPIA presents panel at Probe 2004: The McLuhan International Festival of the Future TORONTO, October 14, 2004 -- As an academic partner of Probe 2004: the McLuhan International Festival of the Future, TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies presents a public panel on current work in McLuhan scholarship. Four leading scholars in contemporary media […]
York U. researcher probes origins of Canadian Thanksgiving
TORONTO, October 6, 2004 – Canada’s Thanksgiving –first celebrated in 1859 -- has little to do with Pilgrims, nor did it take place aboard Martin Frobisher’s ship on a visit to Baffin Island in 1578, according to research conducted by York University researcher Peter Stevens. Stevens, a Ph.D. candidate in the History Department at […]
York U. scholars offer up comment on the Sudan crisis
Complex situation offers no easy solutions TORONTO, October 6, 2004 -- With no end in sight to the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan -- which has resulted in more than a million refuges fleeing ethnic cleansing carried out by local militias -- western nations, including Canada, are considering stepping up sanctions against […]
York U. researcher studies children's hockey injuries
Numbers highest in Pee Wee and Atom TORONTO, October 6, 2004 -- The issue of body checking in youth hockey requires ongoing research, says Alison Macpherson, an epidemiologist with York University’s School of Kinesiology and Health Science, who specializes in childhood injury research and prevention. Macpherson, who will release her own study shortly on […]
New study by York U. prof. shows music downloaders are undeterred by prosecution
TORONTO, October 5, 2004 -- Music downloaders are not being deterred by the fear of lawsuits or criminal prosecution, according to the findings of a new, four-year consumer study carried out by Markus Giesler, an Assistant Professor of Marketing at York University’s Schulich School of Business and an expert in entertainment marketing. “People who download […]
