Toronto, June 17, 2013 – Thirty-one organizations on three continents come together in Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights, an international research and documentary film project that examines the legacy of British criminal laws affecting sexual minorities and documents the work of human rights defenders to resist criminalization and to advance LGBT rights. Envisioning is led […]
Land|Slide: Possible Futures
Sneak Peeks: June 20 at Markham Museum & June 26 at 401 Richmond’s Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art Toronto, June 17, 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, an epic art intervention responding to a world in […]
State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013 to be released June 19, 2013
Toronto, June 17, 2013 – The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness and the Canadian Homelessness Research Network will release the first extensive Canadian report card on homelessness called State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013 this week in Toronto. The State of Homelessness will include information on: · the number of different Canadians […]
York University breaking ground on new Engineering Building − Monday
TORONTO, June 14, 2013 – York University will begin construction on Monday of a new building for its Lassonde School of Engineering, designed to encourage collaborative learning for a new type of engineer. Dean Janusz A. Kozinski, of the Lassonde School of Engineering, will oversee the groundbreaking ceremony, which will include remarks by York University […]
Osgoode visiting faculty collaborate with students and put law into action
TORONTO, June 11, 2013 – A Canadian-Croatian visual artist; a lawyer and community advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities; a general counsel to a First Nation community; a lawyer who has served on several high-profile commissions of inquiry; and a law firm partner who has acted on numerous precedent-setting cases will be among […]
Honorary degree at York University Convocation Saturday – Jean-Michel Lacroix
Toronto, June 14, 2013 – Canadian studies pioneer, scholar and educational leader Jean-Michel Lacroix will receive an honorary degree from York University, Glendon campus, on Saturday June 15, and speak to graduating students at their 2:30pm convocation ceremony. Lacroix is an internationally respected scholar and a notable academic leader. Currently Professeur de civilisation nord-américaine at […]
Honorary degrees at York University Convocations Friday – Mary Anne Chambers and Craig Kielburger
Toronto, June 13, 2013 – Former Ontario Cabinet member Mary Anne Chambers will receive an honorary degree from York University on Friday, June 14, 2013 and speak to graduating students at their 10:30am convocation ceremony. Child rights advocate Craig Kielburger, who will also receive an honorary doctorate degree, will address students at the 3:30pm convocation. […]
