TTC and York U make progress toward a transit solution

TORONTO, December 16, 2004 -- Toronto: York University took part in a productive meeting with Toronto Transit Commission officials yesterday.  At the meeting, the extension of the subway and proposals for an interim bus rapid transit route from the Downsview subway station were discussed.      “The University is pleased that the TTC has put forward […]

Buying into the reality TV "mommy wars"

York U prof says “spouse swap” shows perpetuate myth of the “supermom” TORONTO, December 13, 2004 -- As the popularity of reality TV’s “mommy wars” continues to grow, York University professor Andrea O’Reilly wants to know what’s with the mom in pop culture, and more importantly, where’s dad in all of this?  “When you look at […]

TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, Number 12

TORONTO, December 21, 2004 -- The latest issue of TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies presents four critical studies of race and one study of women and the sex industry. Elizabeth Yeoman’s article, Je Me Souviens: About the St. Armand Slave Cemetary, Memory, Counter-Memory and Historic Trauma, discusses the campaign for official recognition of a […]

York U study probes ‘invisible’ student disability: mental illness

TORONTO, December 10, 2004 -- Despite the fact that they often suffer in silence with their illnesses, most students with psychiatric disabilities eventually go on to academic and career success, according to Enid Weiner, the coordinator  of York University’s Psychiatric Dis/Abilities Program. Weiner made her comments in a presentation at a recent conference on the […]

Great holiday reading from York U

York faculty offer up the best in fiction, poetry, memoir TORONTO, December 7, 2004 -- When the holiday rush is over and the hearth is blazing bright, why not cozy up with a book from one of York University’s talented authors?   Susan Swan, What Casanova Told Me (Knopf Canada) York humanities professor Susan Swan […]

York U. hosts Rae Review panel roundtable forum on higher education

TORONTO, December 3, 2004 -- The Ontario Government’s Post-Secondary Education Review panel was at York University today to solicit the views of members of York and the surrounding community during a morning round table session at Founders College.  The panel heard from members of the York community, led by York University President Lorna Marsden, who reiterated […]