TORONTO, May 5, 2010 -- Police are investigating an incident that began elsewhere on Wednesday evening but concluded near the north end of the Keele campus, on and around Founders Road. There is no indication at this point that the incident involves any York community members or activities.
York U scientists monitoring pollution from space win Canadian aeronautics award
TORONTO, May 5, 2010 -- York University researchers who designed and built a miniature space-borne pollution monitor are part of a team of Canadians being honoured with a 2010 Alouette Award from the Canadian Aeronautics & Space Institute (CASI). The annual prize, one of the top accolades for the advancement of space technology in Canada, […]
York U health researchers produce public primer on who gets sick and why
TORONTO, April 28, 2010 -- A report released today by York University researchers offers Canadians the opportunity to learn how their living conditions will determine whether they stay healthy or become ill. Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts shows why these factors are so important for health and documents the state of living conditions […]
York U symposium looks at risk and accountability
TORONTO, April 22, 2010 -- What do accountants, disaster specialists and health-care professionals have in common? Each of these occupations struggles daily with the challenge of having to evaluate and manage risk. A Risky Business: Risk and Accountability symposium at York University on Friday, April 30, will focus on the organizational challenges and issues managers […]
Sexual Assault reported on Murray Ross Pkwy
Security Services Information 21 April 2010 TORONTO – In the early morning hours of Wednesday April 21, 2010, a female York community member reported to Police that she was approached by three males and sexually assaulted off campus near her apartment at 500 Murray Ross Parkway. A 911 call was made to Toronto Police […]
York U appoints new dean of Faculty of Science & Engineering
TORONTO, April 20, 2010 -- York University has appointed Janusz Kozinski as dean of the Faculty of Science & Engineering. Kozinski will begin a five-year term at York on July 1, 2010. He has been dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan since 2007 but spent much of his career […]
Guns and Global Security: Contemporary Dilemmas in Canadian Security Lecture Series
TORONTO, April 20, 2010 -- The problem that civilian possession of firearms creates for security, both domestically and internationally, will be discussed at a Guns and Global Security forum in Toronto on Thursday, April 22. Canada is a producer and exporter of arms, as well as a recipient of both legal and less than legal transfers […]