StudentMoveTO, a collaboration between Toronto’s four universities to address student transportation needs, found that students in the GTA are spending too much time commuting to and from classes each day. The findings are the result of a joint survey conducted by the four universities. It is the largest survey of its kind in the region, […]
York U resident dog to offer therapy to stressed students
TORONTO, April 6, 2016 – Meet York U’s own resident therapy dog Barnaby. The St. John’s Ambulance certified ‘therapist’ will begin helping students relieve stress starting tomorrow, April 7. Barnaby will be hanging out at the Scott Library Atrium in the afternoon. The session, organized during winter examination period, is sponsored by York University Libraries […]
Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence official opening and tours
TORONTO, April 6, 2016 – The grand opening of the Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence at York University will celebrate innovation and creativity on Friday, April 8. The Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence building, which houses the Lassonde School of Engineering, has created quite a buzz for its architecture and flexible, inspired learning spaces. Tour […]
Examining 2015 Supreme Court of Canada constitutional decisions and their implications
TORONTO, April 4, 2016 – Canada’s foremost constitutional law scholars and practitioners will gather at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School on Friday, April 8, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to analyze noteworthy 2015 Supreme Court of Canada constitutional decisions and their implications. Osgoode’s Constitutional Cases Conference, now in its 19th successful year, […]
TODAY: York U hosts panel discussion on sex education in school curriculum
TORONTO, April 4, 2016 – One year after the introduction of a controversial health and physical education curriculum in Ontario public schools, York University has organized an event to discuss how the curriculum has been incorporated into teaching. The panel discussion, Lessons from the field: sex education goes to school, is organized by the Graduate […]
New cause of exceptional Greenland melt revealed
TORONTO, April 1, 2016 – A new study by researchers from Denmark and Canada's York University, published in Geophysical Research Letters, has found that the climate models commonly used to simulate melting of the Greenland ice sheet tend to underestimate the impact of exceptionally warm weather episodes on the ice sheet. The study investigated the […]
Youth learn how to change their world: York U conference
TORONTO, March 31, 2016 – More than 800 students from 21 Ontario secondary schools will learn about renewable energy, climate change, filmmaking, oil spills and more at the Change Your World Conference on Tuesday, April 5 at York University as part of Earth Month. Hosted by York U’s Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES), the goal […]
