TORONTO, March 17, 2003 -- The Department of Dance winds up its season this week with Dance Innovations, a celebratory showcase of York University’s emerging dance talent. Headlining the festival is the York Dance Ensemble (YDE), the dance department’s impassioned young repertory company featuring twelve exceptional performers on the cusp of their professional careers. Over […]
Jeanette Lambermont Stages Trojan Women at York U. Theatre @ York’s timely exploration of the terror and displacement of war
TORONTO, March 17, 2003 -- Theatre @ York’s season culminates with a production of Canadian playwright Gwendolyn MacEwen’s masterly adaptation of the classic Greek drama The Trojan Women by Euripides. Award-winning director and York theatre alumna Jeanette Lambermont directs the show, opening March 25 at York University. Trojan Women is an exploration of the ravages […]
Conference to Analyze Supreme Court of Canada's Constitutional Decisions in 2002
TORONTO, March 17, 2003 -- Osgoode Hall Law School's annual Constitutional Cases Conference - the leading national forum for analysis of the Supreme Court of Canada's constitutional decisions - will take place on Friday, April 4, 2003 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Osgoode Professional Development Centre, 1 Dundas Street West, Suite 2602. […]
York U Dance Innovations Choreography Festival A creative flood of works by York dancers and guest artists
TORONTO, March 13, 2003 -- The Dance Department of York University presents Dance Innovations, a four-day festival of choreography spotlighting fresh works by York’s senior dance students and respected guests from the dance community. The festival takes place March 19 to 22 and will also feature three performances by York University’s touring repertory company, the […]
Holocaust scholars examine moral issues for perpetrators and survivors Leonard Wolinsky Lectures on Jewish Life and Education
TORONTO, March 12, 2003 -- The countless moral issues arising out of the Holocaust for both perpetrators and survivors continue to haunt their descendants and civilized society everywhere. With Morality and the Holocaust as the theme of this year’s Leonard Wolinsky Lectures on Jewish Life and Education, the Centre for Jewish Studies at York University […]
Ex-PM Kim Campbell to give lecture at Glendon on Canada's foreign policy
TORONTO, March 7, 2003 -- Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell, Visiting Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University), will give a public lecture at York University's Glendon College on Wednesday, March 12, at 7 p.m. Campbell 's lecture, "The 21st Century - Where is Canadian Diplomat John W. Holmes when we […]
Canadian immigrants and the politics of their transnational ties York U. conference calls for better understanding of cross-border linkages
TORONTO, March 6, 2003 -- Canadian and international scholars are meeting at York University March 7-8, to examine the changing behaviour of immigrant communities in the new global economic order. "Global communications technology has made it possible for immigrants to organize and act across borders, and the scope of transnational social and political activities among […]
