TORONTO, June 22, 2010 -- Gay men can recall familiar faces faster and more accurately than their heterosexual counterparts because, like women, they use both sides of their brains, according to a new study by York University researchers. The study, published in the journal, Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, examined the influence of […]
President's Year-End Message
TORONTO, June 21, 2010 Dear Members of the York Community: The balloons and banners have come down, the cake is gone and the candles are put away, but even as we wind down our 50th anniversary, there is still so much to celebrate. I would like to think of us not as 50 years old, […]
Innovative York U program aims to improve refugee services
TORONTO, June 16, 2010 -- A York University certificate program aimed at training front line workers who deal with refugees has graduated its first cohort of students, and is already showing promising results. York’s Certificate in Refugee and Forced Migration Issues, run out of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and the Centre […]
New report from Hennick Centre and Jantzi-Sustainalytics provides recommendations to Minister of Finance to enhance corporate social reporting
TORONTO, June 15, 2010 -- York University’s Jay and Barbara Hennick Centre for Business and Law and Jantzi-Sustainalytics have submitted recommendations to the Minister of Finance on how the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) can begin to improve corporations’ disclosure of their social practices. The report was released at a press conference this morning. In their […]
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York University experts ready to comment on G20/G8 Summits
TORONTO, June 11, 2010 -- York University experts are available to discuss issues surrounding the G8 and G20 summits. Economic concerns Bernie Wolf, professor of economics and international business, Schulich School of Business, (416) 736-2100 ext. 77933, bwolf@yorku.ca. His areas of research include international trade and finance, multinational enterprises, and the causes and consequences […]
Sense of ethnic identity expressed in how English is spoken in Toronto: York study
TORONTO, June 8, 2010 -- Differences in the way Torontonians speak English may have more to do with how people express their ethnic identity than any problems they are having learning to speak Canadian English perfectly, a study from York University suggests. Michol Hoffman and James Walker, professors of sociolinguistics in the Department of […]
