3 weeks, 30+ artists, a landscape in transition TORONTO, Sept. 6, 2013 − From the creative curatorial team behind The Leona Drive Project and the Museum for the End of the World comes Land|Slide: Possible Futures, a large-scale art intervention responding to a world in transition – where past, present and future collide. Over thirty […]
Regular exercise benefits better energy distribution in muscle: York U study
Toronto, Sept. 4, 2013 – Add workouts to your daily routine to become a more energetic person and a better performer of your day-to-day activities, York University muscle health researchers say. “Our recent study shows that exercise leads to expansion of the mitochondrial network and, as a result, energy is distributed to muscle in a […]
York Administrator nominated as finalist for prestigious SSHRC Impact Award
August 30, 2013 – York University administrator David Phipps, executive director of Research and Innovation Services and adjunct professor in the Faculty of Graduate Studies, has been nominated by York University and selected by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) as one of three finalists for the prestigious SSHRC Impact Award, […]
Expert available: York U prof can offer in-depth analysis of crisis in Syria
Toronto, September 3, 2013 – York University International Development Professor Merouan Mekouar is available for media interviews in English, French and Arabic regarding the ongoing turmoil in Syria, including the ramifications of outside military intervention. York University is helping to shape the global thinkers and thinking that will define tomorrow. York U’s unwavering commitment to […]
York U gears up to welcome new students with campus orientation activities
Toronto, Aug. 30, 2013 – York University staff, faculty and student volunteers have joined forces to put together an impressive list of Orientation Week activities to welcome more than 55,000 new and returning students to the campus. The highlight of the week’s programming is a thought-provoking keynote speech, “You Had Me at Consent,” by football […]
Statement from York University President Mamdouh Shoukri on Professor John Greyson
August 29, 2013 -- York University remains extremely concerned about the ongoing detention in Cairo, Egypt of John Greyson, an associate professor at York University and director of York’s graduate program in film, and Tarek Loubani, an emergency medicine physician and professor from London, Ontario. The two men have been held in Cairo without charges […]
York U conference focuses on students’ educational and social well-being through community-school partnerships
TORONTO, Aug. 27, 2013: A two-day conference at York University aiming to strengthen the dialogue between communities and schools to support students’ educational and social well-being will bring together educators, parents, students and community members, Aug. 27 and 28. Community and School Collaborations Supporting Student Educational and Social Well Being, organized by the York Centre […]
