TORONTO, January 12, 2012 – Mamdouh Shoukri, president and vice-chancellor of York University, will deliver a keynote address tonight to the Intercultural Dialogue Institute (IDI) Toronto Annual Dialogue & Friendship Dinner 2012. At the event, whose theme is “Living Together as Neighbours,” President Shoukri will focus on York University’s diversity, its academic excellence and the […]
SECURITY BULLETIN: Inappropriate photographing of female members of the York community
TORONTO, January 11, 2012 – York Security Service and Toronto Police Service (TPS) are requesting assistance from the York community in locating a male suspect photographing female members of the York community in three separate incidents. It was reported that the suspect took pictures of female community members with his camera phone on Friday, January […]
York rated greenest university in Canada
TORONTO, Jan. 10, 2012 – York University has ranked first in a global campus sustainability survey among Canadian universities and 14th in the world. This is the second year in a row that York has ranked number one in Canada. The 2011 UI GreenMetric Ranking of World Universities rated participating universities in 42 countries based […]
York U expert available to comment on Northern Gateway Pipeline hearings
TORONTO, January 10, 2012 − York University Professor Dayna Nadine Scott is available to media to comment on the hearings which started today into Enbridge’s proposal to build the Northern Gateway Pipeline from Bruderheim, Alberta, to Kitmat, B.C. A federal Joint Review Panel with representatives from the National Energy Board and the Canadian Environmental Assessment […]
Playwrights Guild of Canada and York University’s Theatre Department partner for internship program
TORONTO, January 4, 2011 − Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) and the Department of Theatre in York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts have established a formal internship program to provide undergraduate students with hands-on experience in arts administration in a professional setting. PGC has welcomed student volunteers from York’s theatre department since 2009. Professor Judith […]
York U researcher leads team in 2011 Digging into Data Challenge
TORONTO, January 4, 2012 – A York University research team will comb through digitized 19th century documents to trace the environmental and economic consequences of international commodity trading during the 19th century. Professor Colin Coates' project is expected to cast light on the impacts of an earlier period of economic “globalization,” as a way of […]
York U Faculty Concert Series: Violinist Jacques Israelievitch and pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico perform contemporary Canadiana
TORONTO, January 3, 2012 − Two of Canada’s leading classical performers come together for a thrilling concert featuring contemporary Canadian works on January 17 in the Tribute Communities Recital Hall at York University’s Keele campus. Violinist Jacques Israelievitch and pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico, both professors in York’s Department of Music, offer an evening of repertoire […]
