TORONTO, October 3, 2003 -- The following York University experts are available to comment on Paul Martin’s rise to power and the issues he will face as prime minister: James Laxer: One of Canada’s leading political scientists and best-selling authors, Laxer just published The Border: Canada, The U.S. and Dispatches from the 49th Parallel (Doubleday, […]
York U’s James Laxer offers advice to Paul Martin on Canada – U.S. Relations
-- Marijuana laws, fingerprinting Canadians at the border, cheap prescription drugs, military and economic integration should be top concerns for next PM in dealings with Washington -- TORONTO, October 3, 2003 -- York University Political Science professor and best-selling author James Laxer has some advice for Canada’s next prime minister, Paul Martin, in dealing with Washington […]
Cheaper drug testing comes at a cost: York U. professor
Globalization lowers safety standards, increases public health risks TORONTO, October 1, 2003 -- Canada’s cheaper drug-testing procedures put people's health at risk, says York University professor Mary Wiktorowicz in a new study of testing systems in North America and Europe. Prof. Wiktorowicz says Canada's system for vetting new drugs has become more like those used in […]
Life of Pi author Yann Martel headlines York U. Canlit series
TORONTO, September 29, 2003 -- For those wanting get up close and personal with their favourite home-grown authors, York University is presenting its fifth annual "Canadian Writers in Person" reading series, September - April 2003. In addition to award-winning Life of Pi author Yann Martel, the series features 11 leading Canadian novelists and poets – André […]
Toronto headed for bankruptcy: York U. economist
TORONTO, September 26, 2003 -- Toronto's need for improved transit, housing and social services tops the list of election issues this week and it comes as no surprise to Harvey Schwartz, economics professor at York University. "Toronto needs a major transfusion before it goes bankrupt," he says. Schwartz warns that although both the federal and […]
Forbes Magazine Ranks Schulich School of Business at York U. Among World’s 10 Best International MBA Programs
TORONTO, ON - Thursday, September 25, 2003 - The Schulich School of Business at York University was today ranked one of the world’s 10 best MBA programs outside the US and the top school in Canada by Forbes magazine. The Forbes biennial global survey measures the return on investment attained by graduates of MBA programs […]
Renowned Social theorist John Keane says democracy a dying ideal
Annual York U. Davies Memorial Lecture and Scholarship TORONTO, September 26, 2003 -- A rising tide of anti-democratic behaviour and new fears of violence and war are battering democracy’s global "triumph" of a decade ago, says John Keane, founder and director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy in London, U.K. An internationally acclaimed scholar […]
