TORONTO, September 6, 2005 -- York University’s Grammy Award-winning ethnomusicologist Rob Bowman joins a cast of music legends in the hilarious mockumentary The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico, which receives its Canadian premiere screening at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sept. 9. Written and directed by Michael Mabbott, the film […]
York VP Research & Innovation appointed acting president of SSHRC
TORONTO, August 31, 2005 -- York University's Vice-President Research & Innovation, Stan Shapson, will serve as acting president of the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) governing council. Shapson will assume these duties on an interim basis while continuing in his primary role as Vice-President Research & Innovation at York. The Honourable […]
York student offers money management tips at orientation
TORONTO, August 30, 2005 -- It makes sense that Deanna Vexler, a third-year student at York University’s Schulich School of Business, is giving advice about money management to first-year students during Orientation Week. “I’ve been there and done that,” says Vexler. “In fact, I’m still there.” Vexler is giving half-hour presentations to first-year York students […]
Four york profs make "top 30" cut in TVO quest for “Ontario’s best lecturer"
TORONTO, August 25, 2005 -- Four of York’s most popular professors have been named among the top 30 in the run-up to a competition to find Ontario’s best lecturers. The four -- Rob Bowman, Dalton Kehoe, Paul Delaney and John Dwyer (see profiles below) -- were nominated by students and then selected by a panel […]
York profs’ new book helps students translate study skills into successful employment
Back-to-school advice: first step to select courses you love, regardless of job market TORONTO, August 23, 2005 -- With a fresh academic year just around the corner, a new book by two York University professors shows students how to turn their studies into skills that will make employers sit up and take notice. Professors Thomas […]
Olympic Spirit Coming to York University
TORONTO, August 19, 2005 -- For a few minutes on Monday, York University’s summer camp will carry the Olympic torch. About 70 campers from the York Youth Connection summer camp will celebrate the Olympic spirit by parading the Torch from the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics around York’s Keele campus. “We think it will […]
York U president welcomes grants for low-income students
The tuition grants package announced this week for low-income college and university students in Ontario is good news for some of the most deserving students in the province, said York University President and Vice-Chancellor Lorna R. Marsden. “This initiative by the McGuinty government and the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation will make a tremendous difference […]
