TORONTO, December 18, 2006 -- York University President and Vice-Chancellor Lorna R. Marsden enthusiastically welcomed today’s decision by the Ontario government and the Ontario Realty Corporation to locate its new Archives of Ontario building at York University’s Keele campus.   This move is a part of a larger project that will bring together two significant […]

TORONTO, December 15, 2006 -- Osgoode law professor Allan Hutchinson has made the ‘top 10’ cut in TVOntario’s competition for Best Lecturer 2007. Producers of the program "Big Ideas" selected Hutchinson from 155 eligible candidates nominated by students and alumni of 19 Ontario colleges and universities. Originally in the ‘top 30’ cut announced in October […]

TORONTO, December 12, 2006 --  The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the business research and intelligence arm of Britain’s The Economist magazine, has ranked the Schulich School of Business at York University in the top tier in the world for both open enrolment and custom executive education programs. The EIU survey is the only major global […]

TORONTO, December 12, 2006 -- Canadian university researchers and private sector organizations that are developing intelligent technology to improve life for seniors and people with disabilities have formed a first-of-its-kind network to increase collaboration in research and development and improve Canada’s competitiveness.   The Intelligent Computational Assistive Science and Technology (ICAST) network, launched last week […]

TORONTO, December 7, 2006 -- A study authored by two York University professors points to tax cuts as the reason Canada is “falling behind” socially and economically. The study, issued yesterday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, found that Canada is lagging significantly behind high-tax Nordic countries in terms of poverty rates, equal income […]

TORONTO, December 7, 2006 -- The federal government today renewed two Canada Research Chairs at York University, a commitment which will enable Professor K. Andrew White to advance  his groundbreaking research on virus infections in plants and Professor Engin Isin to continue his innovative examination of citizenship.   As Tier 2 CRCs, White and Isin will […]