TORONTO, October 18, 2002 -- The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) today announced funding for health research at York University on a promising new bio-therapy in the treatment of AIDS, and on rehabilitation of movement after brain injury. York professor Katalin Hudak in the department of biology, Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, is studying […]
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Federal gov't funds York research on virtual reality, computer vision, and educational computer games
TORONTO, October 18, 2002 -- The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) today announced funds for research at York University in virtual reality systems, computer vision, and the design of online educational computer games, in the latest round of CFI New Opportunities funding for researchers at universities across Canada. "Attracting and retaining high-caliber researchers to our […]
York gets federal funding to advance revolutionary studies of gravity field
TORONTO, October 18, 2002 -- The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) today announced New Opportunities funding for research at York University in a field that is expected to revolutionize the study of earth, oceans and atmosphere. Geodesy, the science concerned with the mathematical study of the size and shape of the earth and its gravity […]
York U. conference on mothering examines pregnancy, work, childcare and the impact of public policy
TORONTO, October 16, 2002 -- York University's Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) is hosting a conference, Mothering, Law, Politics and Public Policy, examining policies which affect mothers and their children, and the influence that they have in determining policy outcomes, Friday, Oct. 18 to Sunday, Oct. 20. Topics include: child custody and support; maternity […]
Top Leaders Direct Fund Raising for York University
TORONTO, October 15, 2002 -- Some of Toronto and Canada's top business and community leaders meet this month for the first time to form the inaugural Board of Directors for the York University Foundation. Chaired by Timothy Price, Chairman of Brascan Financial Corporation, the Board of Directors of the York University Foundation will provide fund […]
CTV donates $1.5 million to create dowed professorship in broadcast management at York U.
TORONTO, October 10, 2002 -- Recognizing the rapidly-changing landscape of Canadian broadcasting and the need to train business professionals in the field, York University is creating an endowed professorship in broadcast management made possible by a $1.5 million donation from CTV to the York University Foundation. The CTV Professorship in Broadcast Management will begin as […]
Authors say a new Mideast war could trigger global inflation and soaring unemployment
TORONTO, October 8, 2002 -- Authors of a new book on the global economy of Israel say the spectre of another Middle East war is a throwback to the oil and weapons dependence of the past that will severely damage the country and the region’s global integration, and could lead to a world crisis of […]
