TORONTO, Ontario, April 19, 2012 – The newly renovated and expanded Ignat Kaneff Building at Osgoode Hall Law School opened officially on Wednesday. The $57-million renovation and expansion of Osgoode Hall Law School’s 43-year-old building by Diamond Schmitt Architects included 192,000 square feet of renovation and 23,000 square feet of new construction. Federal Finance Minister […]

TORONTO, April 16, 2012 – The official opening of the Ignat Kaneff Building at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School will take place on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 from 1 to 2:30pm.  The event, hosted by York President and Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and Osgoode Dean Lorne Sossin, will include a building tour. Among the special […]

TORONTO, April 16, 2012 − Leading guest curators, artists and cultural theorists explore The Real and the Political in York University’s fourth annual Joan & Martin Goldfarb Summer Institute in Visual Arts, running April 24 to May 4. Art-making and contemporary art theory at the nexus of culture and politics are the focus of this […]

TORONTO, April 5, 2012 – A York University professor and his students are delving into Shakespeare’s true identity with a course and an upcoming conference devoted to this controversial topic. “The Shakespeare authorship question is a matter of a faith, rather than fact. There are nearly no facts connecting [the man we know as Shakespeare] […]

York University and the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) worked over the past several months on a partnership agreement that would establish a leading graduate program in international law.   The initiative would establish 10 Chairs and fund 20 graduate students in three important fields of international law. We believe this initiative held tremendous opportunity […]

TORONTO, March 29, 2012 – A new paper by a York University professor finds speaking more than one language has wide-ranging cognitive health benefits for children, adults and seniors. Professor Ellen Bialystok and co-authors reviewed recent studies using behavioral and neuroimaging methods to examine the effects of bilingualism on cognition across the lifespan; their review […]

TORONTO, March 23, 2012 – Two City of Toronto councillors are this year’s recipients of the 2012 York International Award from York University. Councillors Michael Thompson and Josh Colle are the winners of York International’s Internationalization Award for an External Community Member or Group. The award will be presented tonight at a gala hosted by […]