TORONTO, October 31, 2001 -- York University will recognize the dedication and contributions of its alumni and friends during the second annual Bruce Bryden Alumni Recognition Awards dinner to be held Monday, November 5. Those being honoured are the late Carol Anne Letheren, former CEO/Secretary General of the Canadian Olympic Association, former Ontario Finance Minister Ernie […]
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York University hosts Ralph Nader, Founder of the modern consumer movement
TORONTO, October 31, 2001 -- Ralph Nader, the crusading U.S. attorney whose public advocacy has brought us safer vehicles, more sanitary food production, greater access to government information, and many more of the consumer protections we now take for granted, will speak at York University on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m. on The Corporatization of North […]
York U. to award honorary degrees to journalist Haroon Siddiqui, TVO Chair Isabel Bassett, archivist Ian Wilson, atmospheric scientist Colin Hines
TORONTO, October 24, 2001 -- York University will confer honorary degrees on Toronto Star columnist Haroon Siddiqui, TVOntario Chair Isabel Bassett, National Archivist of Canada Ian E. Wilson and atmospheric scientist Dr. Colin Hines during its fall convocation ceremonies Fri., Nov. 2 and Sat., Nov. 3. "One of the great pleasures of convocation is recognizing the […]
York U. Fine Arts and Moving Pictures Festival body/machine conference at York: a new state of the art of dance
TORONTO, October 23, 2001 - International artists and scholars will gather at York University's Centre for Fine Arts and other venues around Toronto this weekend, Oct. 26 - 28, to demonstrate and define a new state-of-the-art in the world of dance in collision with technology. body/machine: a conference on body/technology interface, co-presented by the Faculty of […]
York’s WINDII satellite project celebrates 10th anniversary in space: Scientists lobby NASA to extend research on ozone layer
TORONTO, October 19, 2001 -- One of Canada’s major contributions to international space research, the Wind Imaging Interferometer (WINDII), and its inventors and operators at York University, are celebrating their 10th anniversary this year as part of NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) project. Scientists around the world are lobbying NASA to postpone its planned shutdown […]
Theatre @ York Flouts Fall with Betty’s Summer Vacation
TORONTO, October 18, 2001 -- Theatre @ York launches its season with Christopher Durang’s black comedy, Betty’s Summer Vacation, directed by Dawn Naser, opening Oct. 30 at York University. Who are we becoming in the face of television? What has television become due to our desire for tabloid news? This biting satire offers some answers as […]
Award-winning novelist David Adams Richards to read at York U.
TORONTO, October 18, 2001 -- David Adams Richards, one of Canada’s most distinguished writers, will read from his Giller Prize-winning novel Mercy Among the Children (Doubleday, 2000) at York University, Thursday, October 25, 7:30 p.m. Richards’ novel, set in his native New Brunswick, tells the story of Sydney Henderson and his son Lyle. When Sydney is […]
