TORONTO, February 23, 2021 – In a gesture of support for its Juris Doctor (JD) students who are experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University has announced that it will commit $1 to $1.5 million to assist those students over the next 18 months. The Osgoode student relief plan […]
York University’s YSpace hosting fireside chat today with top entrepreneur Vincenzo Guzzo
TORONTO, February 22, 2021 – York University’s entrepreneurship hub YSpace will host Fireside Chat & Rapid Pitching, a virtual event featuring cinema mogul and television personality Vincenzo Guzzo, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. today. “Virtual meetings and events have become today’s standard to connect. Although they somewhat limit interactivity and spontaneity, they allow for a […]
York University joins ARUCC’s MyCreds™ | MesCertif™ to offer students digital access to diplomas
TORONTO, Feb. 11, 2021 –York University has joined the Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC) to deliver students’ documents to them electronically through a secure, centralized credential wallet, enabling them to share them anytime, anywhere. ARUCC’s MyCreds™ | MesCertif™will give students private online access to their records ensuring they alone […]
Anti-Black racism lives just beneath the surface
TORONTO, Feb. 10, 2021 – Canada likes to believe it’s different from its neighbours to the south, that there is less systemic racism, but York University Professor Lorne Foster says the Black experience tells a different story.
Are meat plant employees the most precarious essential workers?
Experts available for interviews on dangerous workplace heath and safety conditions facing racialized workers amid COVID-19 outbreaks TORONTO, February 9, 2021 – COVID-19 outbreaks in several meat processing and packing facilities in Alberta – including the recent second wave in the Cargill Canada plant in High River – highlight the precarious health and safety conditions facing […]
Allan I. Carswell Observatory hosts Perseverance landing party
TORONTO, Feb. 8, 2021 – NASA’s Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter are scheduled to land on the Red Planet on Feb. 18 and York University’s Allan I. Carswell Observatory is hosting a landing party the same day.
New science advisory board strengthens industry and community collaborations
TORONTO, Feb. 3, 2021 – York University’s Faculty of Science launched its inaugural Dean's Special Advisory Board today, strengthening its collaboration with industry and community, and accelerating the success of its students and Faculty.
