TORONTO, Jan. 27, 2014 – York University will host a panel discussion tonight (Jan. 27, 2014) at 7:30pm on interactive design, featuring Facebook product designers Andy Chung, Robyn Morris and Vivian Wang, along with FB recruiter Josilin Torrano. The panel, titled Designing Facebook, will feature Chung, Morris, Wang and Torrano speaking about their work and […]
York U to host second annual Let's Talk Mental Health day
TORONTO, Jan. 27, 2014 – On January 28, 2014, York University will host its second annual Let’s Talk Mental Health day, part of the University’s ongoing commitment to community engagement and creating a mentally healthy campus. “Mental wellness is integral to the academic success, employee well-being and overall productivity within the university community,” says […]
York Researcher receives $1 million in funding to build a Global Disability Rights Monitoring System
TORONTO, January 27, 2014 – York University Distinguished Research Professor Marcia Rioux, in the School of Health Policy and Management, has recently received more than $1 million in funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and York University contributions to support the final phase of development of a global disability rights monitoring system. […]
York University's Glendon College to host Canada Prizes gala
TORONTO, Jan. 22, 2014 – York University is pleased to announce a new partnership with The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences that will see York host the 2014 Canada Prizes gala awards ceremony at the university’s Glendon College campus on May 7, 2014. Celebrating the best Canadian scholarly books—not simply within a single academic […]
York U expert available to speak about extreme cold weather alerts and homelessness
TORONTO, Jan. 20, 2014 – York University researcher Tanya Gulliver, project coordinator of the Canadian Homelessness Research Network, is available to speak with media about Toronto’s extreme cold weather alert and how it affects the homeless and vulnerable in our community. York University is helping to shape the global thinkers and thinking that will define […]
Leading China Commentator to speak on “Authoritarian Capitalism” at Davies Lecture
China’s outdated business model incompatible with global trading system, author warns TORONTO, January 15, 2014 – American businessman, journalist and author James McGregor will deliver the sixth Davies Business Law Lecture on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 12.30 p.m. in the Robert R. McEwen Auditorium, Schulich School of Business, York University. The lecture is […]
Statement from York University President Mamdouh Shoukri on Religious Accommodation
Many of you have no doubt seen recent media reports regarding the request of a York University student for religious accommodation in an online course. This issue is obviously of interest to the broader York community and, therefore, I feel it is important to make the University’s position very clear. York is a secular university. […]
