TORONTO, April 19, 2007 -- A York University professor’s new book is raising the alarm about an environmental crisis that threatens our forests and our battle against global warming. In Silence of the Songbirds, biologist Bridget Stutchbury argues that songbirds are disappearing from our skies -- an environmental ‘danger’ sign equivalent to canaries in a […]
President extends York’s condolences
TORONTO, April 17, 2007 -- On behalf of the entire York University community, I want to express our deep sense of shock and sadness in the wake of yesterday's tragedy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, in Blacksburg, VA. York's academic community of students, faculty and staff extends its condolences to the families and […]
York prof receives Gates Foundation grant
TORONTO, April 10, 2007 -- Atkinson Professor Joseph Mensah has received a highly prized grant of $170,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study Ghana's national health insurance system. Mensah is lending his expertise to the Global Development Network’s fifth Global Research Project titled “Promoting Innovative Programs from the Developing World: Towards Realizing the […]
York Professor shortlisted for Griffin Poetry Prize
TORONTO, April 5, 2007 -- Priscila Uppal, creative writing professor at York, is one of three Canadian poets shortlisted for the 2007 Griffin Poetry Prize, the richest poetry prize in the world. Uppal’s book Ontological Necessities is up against Ken Babstock’s Airstream Land Yacht and Don McKay’s Strike/Slip for the $50,000 prize going to a […]
Male and female brain patterns differ during reaching: York study
TORONTO, April 2, 2007 -- Men’s and women’s brains “fire” differently when they are planning how to reach for something, so rehabilitation after brain injuries such as strokes may need to be tailored to the sex of the person, says a new study by York University researchers. Associate professor Lauren Sergio and recent PhD graduate […]
Climate Change Symposium at York University Saturday
TORONTO, March 23, 2007 -- The Association of Graduate Students in the Biological Sciences at York University will host the 34th Annual AGSBS Symposium on Global Climate Change. This one-day event, on Saturday, March 24, from 8:30am to 5:30pm will be introduced by York alumna and former UN ambassador for the environment, Karen Kraft Sloan. […]
York U institute opens on anniversary of slave trade abolition
Governor General to receive honorary degree TORONTO, March 21, 2007 -- The history and heritage of African peoples and the stories of their migration around the world – often as slaves – have found a home in a new research institute at York University. Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, […]
