TORONTO, February 26, 2013—The 11th annual celebrations of First Nations themed Knowledge in Sharing Stories is organized at York University by the Aboriginal Students Association and the Centre for Student Services, Feb. 28-March 2. The three-day event, renamed this year Graduation Nation: Celebrating Indigeneity & Academia, will include traditional indigenous singing, dancing and dramatic performances; […]
Research on children’s injuries will push policy: York U project
TORONTO, Feb. 26, 2013 − A new project led by York University Professor Alison Macpherson will move evidence about how to prevent child and youth injuries into action. Macpherson, a professor in the School of Kinesiology & Health Science in York’s Faculty of Health, has been awarded one of six Canadian Institutes of Health Research […]
John Ralston Saul to deliver Osgoode lecture on Aboriginal Peoples and the Law
TORONTO, Feb. 25, 2013 – Award-winning essayist and novelist John Ralston Saul will deliver a lecture on "Aboriginal Peoples and the Law" on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, as part of the Distinguished Speakers’ Series at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School. Declared a “prophet” by TIME magazine, Ralston Saul has made an impact on political and […]
Canadian Premiere of 'The Face of the Ghetto - Pictures by Jewish Photographers from the Lodz Ghetto, 1940-1944': Osgoode exhibition
TORONTO, Feb. 25, 2013 – The Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies and Osgoode Hall Law School at York University are hosting the only exhibition in Canada of photographs taken by Jewish photographers in the Lodz Ghetto between 1940 and 1944. The Face of the Ghetto: Pictures by Jewish Photographers from the Lodz […]
Yale Law School Professor Cristina Rodríguez to discuss immigration and civil rights
TORONTO, Feb. 21, 2013 – Cristina Rodríguez, a professor of law at Yale Law School who served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice for the past two years, will deliver the Pierre Genest Memorial Lecture at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School on Monday, […]
York U panel discussion explores international involvement in Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict resolution
TORONTO, February 13, 2013 – York University’s Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security is hosting a panel discussion, Sri Lanka: Challenge — Implementing human rights & Accountability for human rights violations, with Amnesty International Canada, Feb. 14 at the Osgoode Hall Law School. The discussion will examine the international community’s role in […]
York U prof to study sentiment, concepts and emotions through social media
TORONTO, February 13, 2013 − Nick Cercone, a professor in York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering, has received $294,000 from the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), plus over $217,000 from industrial partnership organizations through monetary and in-kind contributions, over three years, to study the expression of expression of sentiment, affect, influence […]
