TORONTO, Thursday, February 26, 2004 -- York University’s Black Student Alliance will celebrate Black History Month by holding an International Black Student Conference and gala social event March 5-7 at the Keele Campus. Titled "Black Voices 2004," the event will include workshops, plenary sessions and performances culminating in a gala dinner and dance, YUBSA’s fifth annual […]
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‘Right to Play’ highlights York U. Sports Business Conference
TORONTO, February 26, 2004 -- Athletes helping children around the world will be the focus of the keynote address at the 6th Annual Sport Business Conference being held this weekend at York University. The 2004 conference theme is "The Globalization of Sport."Sarah Clappison, spokesperson for Right to Play, an athletes’ group committed to improving the lives […]
York U. profs available to comment on U.S. proposal to ban same-sex marriages
TORONTO, February 25, 2004 -- In the lead up to November’s Presidential elections, U.S. President George W. Bush is urging Congress to promptly pass a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. The following York University professors are available to comment on what promised to be a highly charged and divisive political debate south of the […]
York U’s law school hosts lecture examining same-sex marriage in Canada and U.S.
TORONTO, February 24, 2004 -- Two of North America’s foremost constitutional law experts – one an American, the other a Canadian – will discuss recent developments in relation to same-sex marriage in both countries on Thursday, February 26. Peter W. Hogg, former Dean of York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School and lead counsel for the […]
art@suite500 Showcases York U’s Creative Partnership between Art and Business
TORONTO, February 24, 2004 — art@suite500, a collaborative project of York University’s Graduate Program in Visual Arts and the Schulich School of Business, opens February 28 at Schulich’s downtown campus, the Miles S. Nadal Management Centre in the TD Centre. Now in its eighth year, art@suite500 is an annual juried exhibition featuring recent works by […]
Rare Spanish wines featured at York U. rainforest wine auction
TORONTO, February 23, 2004 -- Rare wines from Vega Sicilia, Spain’s most renowned wine estate, will be presented for tasting at the third annual Las Nubes Fine Wine Tasting and Auction to raise funds for research and conservation projects at York University’s Las Nubes Rainforest in Costa Rica. The event will be held Wednesday, […]
Sudz Sutherland & Jennifer Holness Headline Sneak Peek at Love, Sex & Eating the Bones
TORONTO, February 23, 2004 -- They met at York University as students and the rest is happy history for award-winning director David "Sudz" Sutherland and producer Jennifer Holness, the featured guests on February 26 at The Independents, a monthly series of screenings and discussions on independent Canadian cinema presented by York University’s Department of Film & […]