TORONTO, October 29, 2003 -- Media coverage of the SARS outbreak in Toronto helped shape public perceptions about the severity of the crisis say two York U. professors in a study released today. For their study, Media Coverage of the 2003 Toronto SARS Outbreak, Professors Daniel Drache and Seth Feldman looked at 2600 newspaper stories written […]
News conference on SARS and the Media: "Did the media turn the SARS story into a crisis?"
TORONTO, October 28, 2003 -- Researchers at York University to release report on print media coverage of SARS (downtown location) Event: Release of Report: SARS in the Media Media Coverage of the 2003 Toronto SARS Outbreak York University Professors Seth Feldman and Daniel Drache of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies will release a study […]
Beyond graves, ghosts and goblins: York U. Prof. 'unearths' the complex history of Halloween
TORONTO, October 27, 2003 -- If you thought that Halloween was only about Jack-o'-lanterns, trick-or-treating and spooky stories, think again. York University history Prof. Nicholas Rogers chronicles the rich and complex history of this popular night in his book, Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night (Oxford University Press 2002). Rogers traces Halloween from its Celtic […]
Canadian Century Research Infrastructure project at York U. to reveal Canada’s "hidden history"
TORONTO, October 27, 2003 -- York University will officially launch its Canadian Century Research Infrastructure (CCRI) project centre (tomorrow) Tuesday, October 28. York is playing a key role in facilitating the CCRI, a unique and distinctively pan-Canadian, five-year initiative to develop a range of databases from previously unprocessed manuscript census records for 1911-1951 -- viewed by […]
Theatre @ York Embraces "Big Love"
TORONTO, October 24, 2003 -- Theatre @ York launches its season with the Toronto premiere production of Charles Mee’s outrageously hip comedy Big Love. Directed by Ines Buchli with choreography by Paula Thomson, the show opens November 4 at York University. A radical adaptation of one of the oldest surviving dramas in western literature – the […]
Forum at York U. examines ways to encourage full participation of women in engineering
TORONTO, October 24, 2003 -- A forum at York University tomorrow – Saturday, October 25 – will explore the nature and culture of the engineering profession and the role women engineers play in shaping that identity. "We are pleased to host the fall meeting of the Women in Engineering Advisory Committee," said Dr. Gillian Wu, dean […]
Allan King headlines York U. Independents Film Series
TORONTO, October 24, 2003 -- Legendary documentary filmmaker Allan King will be the featured guest on Oct. 30 in The Independents, a monthly series of screenings and discussions on indie Canadian cinema presented by the Department of Film & Video at York University. King will present his latest production, the ‘actuality drama’ Dying at Grace (2003), […]
