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TORONTO, July 23, 2003 – Members of the Innocence Project at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School welcomed the Ontario Superior Court decision to release Romeo Phillion on bail. Ontario Superior Court Justice David Watt released Phillion, 64, pending a decision from federal Justice Minister Martin Cauchon on whether Phillion's 1972 conviction for the murder of […]

TORONTO, July 22, 2003 -- Thirteen York University students are spending their summer studying ways to teach about the Holocaust and racism. Their studies will take them to Europe for three weeks. There they will join university students from Germany and Poland and will visit several former concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and participate in a […]

TORONTO, July 21, 2003 – Kyoto and Sprawl: Building Cities that Work, a conference at York University’s Glendon College July 25-27, will make recommendations to reduce urban sprawl and the resulting traffic gridlock in the GTA and other Ontario cities leading up to elections this fall. Experts in planning, transportation, economic development, health and conservation […]

TORONTO, July 4, 2003 -- This note contains updated information about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) for York University students, faculty and staff. The University’s summer academic session is proceeding as scheduled.  General Information To date, there are no reported cases of SARS at York. Health officials continue to advise the public to be conscious […]

TORONTO, July 4, 2003 -- The Junior League of Toronto and York University are pleased to announce that Toronto’s finest designers will renovate historic Glendon Hall, at York University’s Glendon College campus, as the seventh Junior League of Toronto Showhouse. As the signature fundraiser for the Junior League, a Showhouse showcases designers, suppliers and sponsors […]

TORONTO, July 2, 2003 -- The Professional Development Program of Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, in conjunction with the Advocates’ Society, has won an international award for outstanding achievement. The International Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) will present an Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Best Program category to Osgoode and the […]

TORONTO, July 2, 2003 -- The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) today awarded $1.4 million over six years to a group of scholars at York University’s Centre for Vision Research to train the next generation of researchers in the interdisciplinary study of human vision health. Led by Prof. Hugh Wilson at York University, the […]