TORONTO, March 19, 2007 -- Joseph Lavoie, a political science major at York University’s Glendon College, has won the CBC’s nationwide search for “Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister.” The contest, judged by four former Canadian prime ministers, netted Lavoie $50,000 and a six-month internship with the contest’s sponsors: Magna International, the Dominion Institute and the […]

Dance Illuminations Lights Up the StageReinventing John takes Saturday Night Fever to New Heights  TORONTO, March 12, 2007 --  TORONTO, March 12, 2007…York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts celebrates its resident talent and the next wave of outstanding young visual artists, filmmakers and performers with the York Fine Arts Festival, featuring more than 40 public […]

Chair will lead research into unique needs of at-risk groups TORONTO, March 12, 2007 --Mental health and well-being in low income and immigrant and refugee women, teenage girls, young women, and nurses will be among the areas of focus of an innovative Chair in Women’s Mental Health Research at York University. Gender differences in depression […]

Fine Arts Festival Celebrates THEATRE Les Belles-Soeurs and the Canadian Premiere of The Grapes of Wrath running in Repertory March 18 – 31,  2007   TORONTO, March 08, 2007 --York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts celebrates its resident talent and the next wave of outstanding young visual artists, filmmakers and performers with the York Fine Arts […]

Shorts – The Reel Thing! showcases Festival Favourites Nettie Wild inaugurates Norman Jewison Series  TORONTO, March 08, 2007 --York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts celebrates its resident talent and the next wave of outstanding visual artists, filmmakers and performers with the York Fine Arts Festival, featuring more than 40 public events packed into a three-week […]

TORONTO, March 6, 2007 -- York University applauds the federal government’s investment in a regional transportation network strategy, proposed by the Province of Ontario, that will extend Toronto’s Spadina subway line from Downsview station through York University to the planned Vaughan Corporate Centre. The Ontario government and York Region previously announced their support for the […]

York Fine Arts Festival Celebrates VISUAL ARTS, DESIGN & CULTURAL STUDIES with an Open House, Exhibitions, New Media Installations,  Interdisciplinary Performances and Art History Symposium   TORONTO, March 05, 2007 - York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts celebrates its resident talent and the next wave of outstanding young visual artists and performers with the York Fine […]