TORONTO, October 15, 2013 − Three exceptional people will receive honorary degrees from York University at Fall Convocation ceremonies. “In honouring these individuals we pay tribute to the positive difference they make to our global community through academe, entrepreneurism and corporate leadership,” says Mamdouh Shoukri, president and vice chancellor, York University. “We are truly inspired […]
Two-day conference launches new U.S. Studies program at York U
TORONTO, October 9, 2013 – York University launches its new U.S. Studies Program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies with a two-day conference this week focusing on America during another era of boom and discontent: the 1950s and ’60s. With the spotlight firmly fixed on Canada’s neighbour to the south during the […]
York U researcher awarded inaugural Liber Ero conservation fellowship
Toronto, October 9, 2013 – York University researcher Kevin Fraser has been awarded a Liber Ero Fellowship to support his research on migratory songbird decline – making him a member of the first cohort of honourees to receive the prestigious new Canadian award modelled after the longstanding Smith Fellow program in the United States. Fraser’s […]
Statement from York University President Mamdouh Shoukri on Release of Professor John Greyson
TORONTO, October 6, 2013 − York University is extremely pleased to learn that John Greyson, an associate professor at York University and director of York’s graduate program in film, and Tarek Loubani, an emergency medicine physician from London, Ontario, have been released from detention in Cairo, Egypt. In a statement issued late Saturday, Minister Lynne […]
York University experts available on U.S. government shutdown
Toronto, October 2, 2013 – Given Canada’s close economic and political ties with our neighbour to the south, the current shutdown of the U.S. federal government is an important issue on this side of the border as well, following the suspension of all but essential government services after the U.S. House and Senate failed to […]
Concussion survivor, scholars talk to students over breakfast
TORONTO, September 27, 2013 – As many as 800 first-year students at York University’s School of Kinesiology and Health Science will learn about concussions from a survivor and scholars during Breakfast for your Brain: The 3rd Donald Sanderson memorial Perspectives on Concussion, Sept. 30. “This is a wonderful opportunity for education and engagement of students […]
York U expert available on disaster management priorities for Pakistan, Kenya
Toronto, September 26, 2013 – Emergency preparedness is crucial in this day and age, whether in anticipation of a natural disaster such as the recent earthquake in Pakistan's Balochistan province, or human-made like the siege of an upscale mall in Kenyan capital Nairobi. Professor Ali Asgary of York University’s Emergency Management Program in the Faculty […]
