TORONTO, Feb. 3, 2014 – Canadian scientists who were part of an international collaboration that narrowed the gap between sci-fi legend and reality, including York University Professor Scott Menary, will be receiving a prestigious national award at a ceremony in Ottawa today. For their work in creating, capturing, and characterizing the antihydrogen atom, the ALPHA-Canada Team are being presented with the […]
Unraveling Darwin’s ‘special difficulty’: York U study finds evidence of natural selection on sterile workers in honey bees
TORONTO, Feb. 3, 2014 – A bee colony’s health depends largely on the diligent efforts of its sterile worker bees, who perform essential tasks such as gathering nectar, building honeycombs, feeding larvae, regulating temperature and sacrificially defending their hive. But how did these amazing behaviours evolve when honey bee workers cannot leave any offspring of […]
Parkdale Community Legal Services marks million-dollar milestone in helping ‘precarious’ workers
TORONTO, January 31, 2014 – Although precarious employment grows in Ontario, many workers in these poorly paid, insecure and unprotected jobs do fight back. Parkdale Community Legal Services (PCLS), which was established in 1971 and was the first community-based legal aid clinic in Ontario, has been fortunate enough to work with some of these […]
York U expert available to speak about Trudeau expelling all senators from Liberal caucus
TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2014 – York University Political Science Professor Dennis Pilon is available to speak to media regarding today’s announcement that Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has expelled all Liberal senators from his caucus. Pilon can cover what this will mean for Senate, what effect this will have on other political parties, and what advantages […]
George Elliott Clarke to speak at York University about ‘The Great Black North’
TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2014 − Poet Laureate of Toronto George Elliott Clarke will speak at York University on Monday, February 3, 2014, about how the presence of “people of colour” in Northern climes, such as Canada, is perceived as aberrant. A literary writer and respected scholar of African-Canadian studies, Clarke will deliver this year’s Kitty […]
Study warns about safety concerns with new drugs
TORONTO, Jan. 28, 2014 – A York University study of drug safety shows that new drugs are often on the market in Canada for more than three years before they are withdrawn as unsafe, raising concerns about turning to the newest drugs available. The study by Joel Lexchin, an emergency room physician and professor of […]
York University experts available to comment on Olympic Games
TORONTO, Jan. 27, 2014 – As the XXII Olympic Winter Games kick off next week in Sochi, Russia, the following experts from York University are available to comment on various aspects of the Olympics and can be reached directly or through Media Relations. Olympic Experience Frances Flint, Associate Professor, School of Kinesiology & Health Science, fflint@yorku.ca Flint […]
