TORONTO, June 18, 2009 -- Professor Michael Jenkin and collaborators from York’s Centre for Vision Research have been awarded $711,696 in funding by the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) New Initiatives Fund (NIF) to create a Canadian Centre for Field Robotics (CCFR) at York University. It is expected that this award will be matched by the […]
York U project will focus on diagnostic tests for head-and-neck cancers
International Science and Technology Partnerships Canada Inc. will finance research TORONTO, June 16, 2009 --York University professor Michael Siu will lead a project using biomarkers that have been discovered and verified in head-and-neck cancers to develop an efficient and effective test for use in diagnosis and prognosis. Siu, director of York’s Centre for […]
Re-telling stories of Aboriginals sheds light on shared history: York U professor
Changing stories taught at school may improve modern relations, says book TORONTO, June 16, 2009 -- Many non-Aboriginal Canadians are bewildered or angered by Aboriginal activism including actions such as blockades because they have been raised with romantic images of Aboriginals as people from the past, says York University professor Susan Dion. As […]
York U-designed space elevator would reach 20 km above Earth
TORONTO, June 15, 2009 -- York University researchers have designed a prototype of a space elevator that would carry equipment and tourists to 20 kilometres above Earth. “For decades, scientists have been grappling to find a more efficient means of getting payloads into space,” says Brendan Quine, associate professor in York’s Department of Earth & […]
Update: World Health Organization declares global H1N1 pandemic
TORONTO, June 11, 2009 -- The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert level to phase 6, indicating that a global pandemic of the H1N1 influenza (human swine flu) is now underway. Human-to-human transmission of H1N1 has now been confirmed in a number of regions around the world. The World Health Organization, however, has […]
York University Foundation VP wins outstanding achievement award
TORONTO, June 11, 2009 -- York University Foundation Vice-President of Operations Cathy Yanosik is the winner of the 2009 Manulife Financial Outstanding Achievement Award from the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE). Yanosik was presented the award this week at CCAE’s annual conference. “One of the things that really stood out about […]
Cardiac rehab info not getting to family docs, study finds
Providing care after cardiac rehabilitation a challenge without reports TORONTO, June 10, 2009 -- Almost 60% of family doctors do not receive basic information about their patient’s health at the end of a cardiac rehabilitation program, making it more difficult to provide good follow-up care, according to a study led by York University and the […]
