Globalization lowers safety standards, increases public health risks TORONTO, October 1, 2003 -- Canada’s cheaper drug-testing procedures put people's health at risk, says York University professor Mary Wiktorowicz in a new study of testing systems in North America and Europe. Prof. Wiktorowicz says Canada's system for vetting new drugs has become more like those used in […]
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Life of Pi author Yann Martel headlines York U. Canlit series
TORONTO, September 29, 2003 -- For those wanting get up close and personal with their favourite home-grown authors, York University is presenting its fifth annual "Canadian Writers in Person" reading series, September - April 2003. In addition to award-winning Life of Pi author Yann Martel, the series features 11 leading Canadian novelists and poets – André […]
Toronto headed for bankruptcy: York U. economist
TORONTO, September 26, 2003 -- Toronto's need for improved transit, housing and social services tops the list of election issues this week and it comes as no surprise to Harvey Schwartz, economics professor at York University. "Toronto needs a major transfusion before it goes bankrupt," he says. Schwartz warns that although both the federal and […]
Renowned Social theorist John Keane says democracy a dying ideal
Annual York U. Davies Memorial Lecture and Scholarship TORONTO, September 26, 2003 -- A rising tide of anti-democratic behaviour and new fears of violence and war are battering democracy’s global "triumph" of a decade ago, says John Keane, founder and director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy in London, U.K. An internationally acclaimed scholar […]
Forbes Magazine Ranks Schulich School of Business at York U. Among World’s 10 Best International MBA Programs
TORONTO, ON - Thursday, September 25, 2003 - The Schulich School of Business at York University was today ranked one of the world’s 10 best MBA programs outside the US and the top school in Canada by Forbes magazine. The Forbes biennial global survey measures the return on investment attained by graduates of MBA programs […]
York U. research shows growing labour market insecurity
TORONTO, September 23, 2003 -- As opposition parties in the Ontario election call for a rise in the minimum wage, new research on the Canadian labour market shows continued growth in insecure or so-called "precarious" employment that is expected to reshape analysis of employment trends in Canada. The York University-based research contradicts earlier conclusions that growth […]
New glossy YorkU a bold approach to university magazines
TORONTO, September 24, 2003 -- The new magazine of Canada’s third largest university, YorkU, is on newsstands today. It is a glossy reflection of the pace of change at universities in Canada and reader demands for greater sophistication in image and tone as well as content in university news. "The audience for university news is highly […]
