TORONTO, January 18, 2011 - Climate change activists, academics and union representatives will meet Thursday to discuss how to create “green” jobs in Canada and make existing jobs more green as well. The “Green/ing Jobs” panel discussion is part of the Work in a Warming World (W3) project led by York University professor Carla Lipsig-Mummé. […]
President highlights York's latest achievements in new video
TORONTO, January 17, 2011 − A new video from York University President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri offers a welcome back message to students returning for the winter term. Building on the success of his fall welcome message, the president offers a recap of the major milestones and news events of the past term. In the high-definition video filmed […]
Osgoode Hall Law School prof publishes tasty new book: Is Eating People Wrong?
TORONTO, January 17, 2011 − Is snacking on morsels of human flesh wrong? Apparently it is, if it involves murdering the person first – even if you’re stranded at sea without food or water. According to common law, necessity is no defence to murder. This 19th-century case of murder and cannibalism is highlighted in Osgoode Hall […]
Inuit experience of climate change must be part of debate: York U prof’s new book
TORONTO, January 14, 2011 – A York University professor’s new book aims to integrate the Inuit experience of climate change with Western climate research, and includes an Inuktitut companion to the volume, making it accessible across cultures. Climate, Culture, Change: Inuit and Western Dialogues with a Warming North, released this week by University of Ottawa […]
York prof’s book examines archaic attitudes associated with bathrooms
TORONTO, January 14, 2011 − Few people consider the public washrooms they use as bastions of segregation, but for York University sexuality studies Professor Sheila Cavanagh, these places are in fact among the last gender segregated public places in Western countries. In her new book, Queering Bathrooms: Gender Sexuality and the Hygienic Imagination (University of […]
Theatre @ York presents The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
“...what I need you to believe is that if you hate who I love, you do not know me at all. And make no mistake, “Who I Love” is every last one.” – Jesus in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot TORONTO, January 11, 2011 − Theatre @ York presents Stephen Adly Guirgis’ 2005 hit, […]
York ranks third in University of Indonesia survey of green campuses
TORONTO, January 10, 2011 –York University has ranked third in a global campus sustainability survey by the University of Indonesia. The UI Green Metric Ranking of World Universities 2010, rated participating universities based on several factors, including the percentage of green space on their campus, electricity consumption, waste and water management, and the application of […]
