TORONTO, March 18, 2014 — York University researchers will help Rwandan women deal with maternal mental health issues through community based intervention, thanks to a recent $269,653 Grand Challenges Canada seed grant. “The well-being of the entire community influences and is influenced by maternal mental health. We would like to establish that if basic social […]
Arrest made in York University food court incident
TORONTO, March 14, 2014 – York University strongly welcomes the news that Toronto Police Service has charged a suspect in the March 6 incident in the food court on our Keele campus, in which a firearm was discharged and two students were injured. The arrest was announced late this morning in a Toronto Police […]
York U astronomer maps out Earth’s place in the universe among ‘Council of Giants’
TORONTO, March 11, 2014 – We live in a galaxy known as the Milky Way – a vast conglomeration of 300 billion stars, planets whizzing around them, and clouds of gas and dust floating in between. Though it has long been known that the Milky Way and its orbiting companion Andromeda are the dominant members […]
President's Message to the Community Regarding Safety and Security
I am pleased to learn and would like to share with you that our two students who were injured March 6th when a firearm was discharged in the Student Centre on our Keele campus are expected to make a full recovery. York University continues to work with the Toronto Police Service in their investigation. In […]
York U Arctic climate researchers on data collection expedition
TORONTO, March 10, 2014 − As many of us head to warmer places this March break to escape a brutal winter, two researchers from York University have camped out just 1,100km from the North Pole. They are part of an eight-member team of university researchers from Southern Ontario on a month-long atmospheric research and data […]
Presidential statement about the incident on campus
The following statement was issued from President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri to the York community. I would like to express my thoughts and concerns for our two students who were injured when a firearm was discharged on the evening of March 6th on our Keele campus. Toronto Police Service was called immediately and York University […]
York U expert available for comment on National Energy Board decision on Line 9
TORONTO, Mar. 6, 2014 – The National Energy Board will issue its decision today on Enbridge Inc.’s proposal to reverse the flow and increase the capacity of the Line 9 pipeline to ship crude oil from western Canada to refineries in the east. Mark Winfield, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University […]
