TORONTO, April 7, 2004 -- York University faculty members from the Centre for Refugee studies are available to comment on today’s United Nations’ Day of Reflection marking the 10th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide. The centre will also organize a talk by Esther Mujawayo, a survivor of the 1994 killings on April 15. (For details […]
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Severn Cullis-Suzuki keynote at conference examining youth environmental activism
TORONTO, April 6, 2004 -- Severn Cullis-Suzuki will challenge high school students, youth activists and teachers to keep environmental education alive in the classroom during a day-long series of events organized by York University’s Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) tomorrow, Wednesday, April 7. The day, which is dubbed Change Your World: A Celebration of Youth […]
York U’s Las Nubes coffee available starting this week
TORONTO, April 5, 2004 -- York University’s Las Nubes coffee begins arriving in Timothy’s World Coffee stores across Canada this week. Now, coffee drinkers looking for a quality brew that supports the farmer, the environment and bio-diversity will be able to respect the "triple bottom line" right to the bottom of their cup. York University launched […]
Article in York-based journal TOPIA critiques Bush foreign policy
TORONTO, April 5, 2004 -- In the latest issue of TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, based at York University, Dr. Edward Comor examines the recent policies promoted by the White House and the United States Defense Department. Specifically, Comor examines how the Bush administration's foreign policy, which he calls unilateralist and militaristic, is more disconcerting […]
York U. students claim top prize at National Debating Championships
TORONTO, April 2, 2004 -- York University has claimed top prize at the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate’s (CUSID) annual National Championships recently held in Montreal. Students Emily Cohen and Omar Fairclough, from York’s Debating Society, beat out 70 other university teams from across Canada. This is the first time York has ever won […]
Report reveals bleak situation for abused women on welfare
TORONTO, April 2, 2004 -- A new report on the experiences of abused women in Ontario’s welfare system will be released in the Queen’s Park Media Studio at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 5. The report is the result of research undertaken from the Woman and Abuse Welfare Research Project launched in 2000. It was […]
Organized Crime in Canada
TORONTO, April 2, 2004 -- York University experts on crime and criminology are available to comment on recent events regarding arrests this week of people in the U.S. and Canada for drug trafficking. The Nathanson Centre for the Study of Organized Crime & Corruption at the Osgoode Hall Law School includes specialists in many areas […]
