TORONTO, November 8, 2006 --  Theatre @ York’s season opener is the North American premiere of “The Comedy of Vanity” by Nobel laureate Elias Canetti, directed by Ines Buchli in a translation by Gitta Honegger. The production previews November 12 and 13, opens November 14 and runs to November 18 at York University.   Originally […]

York among four Canadian universities recognized for excellence in internationalization TORONTO, November 3, 2006 -- York University has won the 2006 Scotiabank-Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Award (AUCC) for Excellence in Internationalization for its international internship program.  The program has placed undergraduate and graduate students from York in non-credit internships around the world for […]

Instructors introducing online posting and editing for assignments TORONTO, November 1, 2006 -- Instructors in a handful of courses at York University have been quietly replacing paper-based assignments and course materials with a potentially more powerful teaching tool. That tool is “wiki,” a type of website that allows for collaborative posting and editing, best known in […]

Annual survey gives York high marks in core areas TORONTO, October 31, 2006 -- Today the Globe & Mail released its fifth annual survey of student satisfaction – the University Report Card. In the survey – which grades universities rather than arbitrarily ranking disparate ones – York scored high marks in core areas:   Faculty knowledge                    […]

More media coverage... York professor Ben Quine interviewed by the Toronto Star about York's new space test lab:Read story York lecturer Diance Zorn and student Laurie Foley speak with CTV's Tom Hayes: Watch interview York student Laurie Foley and lecturer Diane Zorn interviewed by the Toronto Sun about "university on an iPod": Read story Professor Debra Pepler speaks to Canada […]

TORONTO, October 30, 2006 -- York dance professor Darcey Callison and friends are presenting a brilliant palette of choreographic works in this year’s Dance Independent Project, running November 8 - 10 at York University. The program offers fresh works by some of Canada’s leading independent dance artists.   The evening opens with Night Vision – Nyx by […]

TORONTO, October 26, 2006 -- Six York professors have made the ‘top 30’ cut in TVOntario’s competition for Best Lecturer 2007. Producers of "Big Ideas" have selected humanities Prof. Andrea Davis; theatre Prof. Robert Fothergill; law Prof. Allan Hutchinson; education Prof. Heather Lotherington; political science Prof. Stephen Newman; and law Prof. Alan Young. They are […]