Calls upcoming consultations critical to the future of Ontario universities TORONTO, October 1, 2004 -- York University President and Vice-Chancellor Lorna Marsden welcomed the second phase of the Ontario Government’s Postsecondary Review and congratulated the Honourable Mary Anne Chambers, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, on establishing such an open and transparent consultation process. […]
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York U. prof. says ‘thinspiration effect’ provides positive results for some dieters
TORONTO, October 1, 2004 -- As Thanksgiving and other food-centred holidays approach, dieters may be surprised to learn that those mass media images of idealized female bodies in movies, beauty magazines and the fashion industry can provide them with a temporary but powerful form of encouragement. York University psychology professor Jennifer Mills has dubbed it […]
$1 Million Gift from Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Creates Chair in Business Law at York’s Osgoode Hall Law School
TORONTO, September 29, 2004 -- Two of Canada’s leaders in business law – Osgoode Hall Law School of York University and Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP – today announced the creation of the Osler Chair in Business Law at Osgoode. The Chair is the first endowed Chair at Osgoode and is made possible by Osler’s $1 […]
York U. prof. developing technology to diagnose, treat deadly diseases
Hopes to create diagnostic ‘Swiss Army knife’ for complex diseases TORONTO, September 29, 2004 -- By developing a new technology to analyze proteins in single human cells, York University professor Sergey Krylov hopes to create a diagnostic ‘Swiss Army Knife’ that can eventually help to diagnose and treat a variety of currently incurable diseases like cancer, […]
Ever wonder what it’s like to head one of Canada’s most prestigious law schools?
Osgoode Hall Law School of York University presents "Dean for a Day" TORONTO, September 27, 2004 -- Patrick Monahan, Dean of York University's Osgoode Hall Law School, will trade places with second-year law student Amer Mushtag on Thursday, September 30, 2004. Mushtag, who submitted the winning essay on what he would do as Dean, will assume […]
York and Peking University to sign partnership agreement
Will strengthen higher education ties between Canada and China TORONTO, September 28, 2004 – York University and Peking University, China’s number one ranked university, will sign a partnership agreement on Wednesday, Sept. 29 at 6.p.m., in the Dean's Boardroom (Room North 300) of York’s Schulich School of Business. Vice-President Academic Sheila Embleton will […]
York U. launches Colloquium on the Global South
Internationally renowned activist Pat Mooney to examine impact of new technologies on biodiversity and marginalized groups TORONTO, September 27, 2004 -- As part of a new Colloquium series on the Global South, internationally renowned researcher and activist Pat Mooney will warn about the potential health and environmental risks of bio and nano-technologies in talks he […]
