TORONTO, February 19, 2003 -- Executive Director of CBC Sports, Nancy Lee, is the keynote speaker at the York University Sports Administration Association (YUSAA) 5th annual sports business conference Feb. 27-28 entitled, The Convergence of Sport and Entertainment. The conference will examine current issues in media, marketing and entrepreneurship in both amateur and professional sport. […]
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Collectors bid on rare wines for York U. rainforest conservation program
TORONTO, February 18, 2003 -- Rare wines from the 1983 Bordeaux vintage will be presented for tasting at the second 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 on Wednesday, February 26 at 6 p.m. is […]
Three Distinguished Alumni to Receive Osgoode Award of Excellence
TORONTO, February 17, 2003 -- Osgoode Hall Law School of York University will honour three distinguished Osgoode alumni with its highest award – The Award of Excellence – at a gala dinner on Thursday, February 20, 2003 in downtown Toronto. Austin M. Cooper Q.C. ’53, the Honourable Hilda M. McKinlay ’66, and Arthur R. A. […]
York U. scholars available to comment on John Manley's 1st budget
TORONTO, February 17, 2003 -- On the eve of federal Finance Minister John Manley’s first budget tomorrow, York University scholars, in areas ranging from fiscal to social policy, are available to offer up informed and timely comment. Joanne Magee is a professor of taxation in York's Atkinson School of Administrative Studies. Magee, an expert on […]
Generous Gift Funds Significant Historical Research
TORONTO, February 12, 2003 -- A new research project dealing with the impact of Kristallnacht on public opinion in the English-speaking world has been made possible by a gift of $200,000 by Mr. Milton Harris to the York University Foundation, to support the Department of History (Faculty of Arts), York University. On the night of […]
Federal health spending must include housing and childcare, declare 450 health professionals
TORONTO, February 11, 2003 -- Leading health policy experts, community representatives and health researchers from across Canada have ratified the Toronto Charter for a Healthy Canada. Citing mounting evidence that the root sources of health and the causes of illness are social and economic, they urge funding for social housing and childcare and the creation […]
York prof says Canada could help diffuse tensions with N. Korea
TORONTO, February 11, 2003 -- Yesterday, CBC Radio One carried a Commentary by Erich Weingartner, a researcher with the York Centre for International and Security Studies, who says Canada has missed an opportunity to help diffuse the tension between North Korea and the United States. You can listen to his Commentary or read the transcript […]
