Elite coaches help combat fear of exercise TORONTO, July 20, 2009 -- A York University sports camp for youth with Type 1 diabetes is offering a groundbreaking approach to helping kids and their families learn to manage the disease. From July 20 to 24, campers aged eight to 17 will focus on one sport […]
Conference at York will celebrate Haydn - His Times and Legacy
TORONTO, July 16, 2009 -- York University’s Department of Music is hosting an international conference and two public concerts in August in commemoration of the bicentenary of the death of the composer Joseph Haydn. Celebrating Hayden – His times and Legacy will take place August 6-9 at York’s Keele campus. Highlights include a performance by the […]
Nurses stung by racism on the job, York U research finds
TORONTO, July 14, 2009 -- Nurses in Ontario experience racism on the job from patients, doctors, nurse managers, and most often from other nurses, research by a York University professor has found. “I would call it a new racism, a subtle but systemic form,” says professor Tania Das Gupta, Chair of the Department of […]
US corporate governance reforms should follow Canada’s lead: York U prof
Canadian prof cited by US regulator believes rule proposals need to go further TORONTO, July 13, 2009 -- The United States remains one of the few Anglo-Saxon economies that does not adequately vet and review the directors of its public companies, despite a recent push for new rules, says a York University expert in corporate […]
Ontario energy conservation policy trails B.C., California: York U study
TORONTO, July 8, 2009 -- A study released today by York University researchers finds that despite its recently adopted Green Energy and Green Economy Act, Ontario is falling behind other leading jurisdictions in Canada and the US in its policies for energy efficiency. “Ontario has set significant energy conservation targets for its electricity system, but […]
York U-led scientists issue Mars-Phoenix findings
TORONTO, July 3, 2009 -- Key findings of the Mars-Phoenix mission’s Canadian science team, led by York U, are published today in Science. During the five-month mission, which concluded in November of last year, the team’s laser instrument detected snow falling from Martian clouds – a first in observations from the surface of the red planet. […]
A message from York’s new vice-president academic & provost
Vice-President Academic & Provost Patrick Monahan, who took office on July 1, has issued this letter to the York community: Dear students, faculty and staff, I write to you today on my first official day as vice-president academic & provost. I regard it as both a privilege and an opportunity to serve […]
