TORONTO, Sept. 10, 2003 - Candidates for Mayor of Toronto will debate the issues before students and faculty at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University on Wednesday, September 17, 2003. Organized by the Law School with the assistance of the Osgoode Student Caucus, the debate will feature five candidates: Barbara Hall, Tom Jakobek, David Miller, […]
York U. report urges WTO to address role of trade in poverty Fifth Ministerial meeting of WTO this week in Cancun
Toronto, September 9, 2003 – York University’s Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies today issued a report warning the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Cancun that if it does not address the role of trade in escalating global poverty, it can expect the Doha round of international trade talks to fail. The Great Global Poverty […]
Medical Emergencies and the Law: SARS, Global Epidemics and other crises
TORONTO, September 9, 2003 – A large-scale emergency, such as this year’s SARS outbreak, calls for a quick response from the health care system and individual health facilities. But a quick and efficient response can only occur if legal and ethical issues have been considered in advance, so that health care providers can focus on […]
This Sunday is parents' day at York University
TORONTO, September 5, 2003 -- After a week of orientation for their sons and daughters, it's mum and dad's turn to learn about first-year at York University’s Parents Orientation Day to be held at the Keele campus on Sunday, Sept. 7. York's Office of Student Affairs will hold two sessions for parents, at 10 a.m. and […]
York U. Professor Joel Lexchin Studies Drug Advertising
TORONTO, September 4, 2003 – Prof. Joel Lexchin in York University’s School of Health Policy and Management, Atkinson Faculty, is co-author of a new study in the current issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). The study shows that drug advertising leads to more patient requests for advertised medicines, and more prescriptions of those […]
York U. offers experts on key election issues
TORONTO, September 3, 2003 – Ontario voters will head to the polls on Oct. 2 and York experts are ready to offer their insights into the issues that made news during the past term. York has a wide variety of faculty who can comment on policies, outline the debates and provide background on topics such as education […]
Candidates for mayor to debate at Osgoode Hall
TORONTO, September 2, 2003 – Osgoode Hall Law School of York University will host a debate featuring the city's mayoralty hopefuls on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. The event will take place in Osgoode's Moot Court where the five major candidates will be asked to respond to audience questions on issues in the run-up to November's […]
