TORONTO, Nov. 28, 2013 – York University announces a $1.25 million gift from BMO Financial Group to Glendon College, coinciding with the inauguration of the BMO Financial Group Skyroom, BMO Financial Group Lecture Hall and L. Jacques Ménard – BMO Financial Group classroom on November 28. “We are very grateful to BMO Financial Group for […]
Work in a Warming World Conference: Labour, Climate Change and Social Struggle
TORONTO, Nov. 27, 2013 – Climate change is already affecting the jobs people do around the world, forcing them to adapt to new ways of supporting themselves in a unpredictable environment. The Work in a Warming World Community-University Research Alliance (W3) is holding a three-day international conference Nov. 29 to Dec.1 that will bring labour […]
York University Astronomy expert available for comment on the meteor speculation
TORONTO, Nov. 27, 2013 – York University Astrophysics and Astronomy expert Professor Paul Delaney is available for comment on the sound of a booming explosion, possibly due to a meteorite strike, heard in Quebec-Ontario border region, Tuesday, Nov. 26 night. York University is helping to shape the global thinkers and thinking that will define tomorrow. […]
Government announces expansion of Ontario Bridge Training Program
TORONTO, Nov. 25, 2013 − The provincial and federal governments announced at York University Friday that they were expanding the Ontario Bridge Training Program so that thousands of skilled immigrants could get licensed and find jobs in their fields. Ontario will contribute $63.6 million and Canada will invest $16.6 million over three years to the […]
The space monkey housewife: York U paper examines marketing & gender politics of NASA’s first celebrity primates
TORONTO, Nov. 25, 2013 – NASA pioneer Miss Baker was born in Peru, twice-married, and lived out her retirement in a modest bungalow in Alabama where she answered fan mail in her spare time. She was also a squirrel monkey. Now, more than 50 years after Baker’s rise to fame as one of the first […]
York U to honour five alumni for outstanding achievement
Recipients of this year's Bryden Awards represent the best in business, finance, social justice and politics TORONTO, Nov. 20, 2013 – York University will recognize the achievements of five exceptional alumni at the 2013 Bryden Awards gala this week. “These five York graduates are leaders who have truly distinguished themselves in business, politics, education and the […]
York U to host LGBT Equality Litigation: A Caribbean Primer panel presentation
TORONTO, Nov. 19, 2013 – Same-gender intimacy is still criminalized today in 11 of the 12 Commonwealth countries of the Caribbean under laws introduced by British colonialism. On November 21, 2013, York University will host a panel of Caribbean leaders who are working to advance LGBT rights in the Caribbean. The LGBT Equality Litigation in […]
