TORONTO, February 3, 2010 -- York University is looking into an incident that occurred on Monday, Feb. 1 at about 4pm in Vari Hall at the University’s Keele campus.   York Security personnel were summoned to that location, where they found two groups involved in a dispute. Order was restored and both parties indicated that […]

TORONTO, February 2, 2010 -- Bilingualism gives children a distinct cognitive advantage over their monolingual peers, says a study by a York University professor. The study, published in the journal Developmental Psychology, finds that bilingual children outperform monolingual students on tasks involving executive control – the cognitive processes that allow for abstract thinking, planning, initiating […]

TORONTO,  January 29, 2010 -- York University experts will be available to discuss the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games with members of the media.    Olympic Experience   Cindy Hughes, head athletic therapist/manager, Sport Injury Clinic, (416)736-2100 ext. 77232, chughes@yorku.ca Hughes was chief therapist for the Canadian Olympic team at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt […]

TORONTO, January 26, 2010 -- York University will host the prestigious North American Debating Championships from Jan. 29 to 31. The annual event includes top Ivy League schools from the northeastern United States and schools from further afield such as Stanford University and the University of Chicago. The event marks the 25th anniversary of the […]

TORONTO, January 22, 2010 -- York University will receive $400,000 from Ontario’s Ministry of Training, Colleges & Universities (MTCU) to help recruit and expand services for aboriginal learners. The funding will enhance services for current aboriginal students, including peer mentoring and student leadership, writing support, and laptop lending. It will also help attract more aboriginal […]

TORONTO, January 20, 2010 -- The Nathanson Centre at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School will host a Special Forum on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan on Monday, February 8, 2010.   Experts on various aspects of the Afghan detainee transfer issue will “testify” before the Special Forum, which is intended to substitute for testimony […]

Researchers find age-related muscle loss is reversible   TORONTO, January 18, 2010 -- York University will officially launch its Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC) on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 10:30am, the first of its kind in Canada.   “This centre is unique in that we’re zeroing in on skeletal muscle and its relationship to health, […]