TORONTO, August 21, 2002 -- This fall a group of 50 students in one course at York University will be able to view their lectures in a seamless multi-media presentation on the course Web site. The experiment is designed to enhance learning and give students who are working to finance their education greater flexibility in […]
York U. Prof's new book puts human face on the origins of our food
TORONTO, August 20, 2002 -- Where does our food come from? York University environmental studies Prof. Deborah Barndt's new book, Tangled Routes: Women, work and globalization on the tomato trail, documents her five-year hunt for the elusive origins of North America's food. At the root of her analysis is the tomato, which Barndt traces from […]
York University launches Summer Workshops in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies
TORONTO, August 1, 2002 -- York University's Department of Dance is offering four intensive Laban/Bartenieff movement studies workshops running August 6 to 16. Laban is a movement analysis method, devised by renowned dancer, choreographer and movement theorist Rudolph Laban, that enhances our ability to observe and describe movement and to understand its meaning. Bartenieff body […]
Historian Axelrod defines the contemporary university in new book, Values in Conflict
TORONTO, July 9, 2002 -- In an era of volatile change and uncertainty, the contemporary university must be allowed to continue to provide a liberal education in a public system that integrates rather than isolates learning in the arts, the sciences, vocational training and the professions, says York University historian Paul Axelrod in his new […]
York U. wins federal funds for research in health sciences & satellite monitoring of the GTA
TORONTO, July 4, 2002 -- Strategic research at York University got a federal funding boost today from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) in the fields of health science and geographical information technology for satellite monitoring of urban sprawl in the GTA. The CFI and Minister of Industry Allan Rock announced the latest round of […]
York University and Harbourfront Centre Forge New Partnership with Cultural Exchanges
TORONTO, June 28, 2002 -- York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts and Harbourfront Centre are embarking on an exciting new partnership in arts and educational programming with Cultural Exchanges, an innovative series of weekend workshops taking place at Harbourfront in July. Dubbed An Insider’s Guide to Three Rhythms of the World Festivals, the Cultural Exchanges […]
Study urges G-8 leaders in Kananaskis to tackle WTO barriers to development in Africa
TORONTO, Monday, June 24, 2002 -- The Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies at York University today released its second WTO Report Card on Trade and the Social Deficit, calling on the G-8 leaders meeting in Kananaskis to remove barriers to African development at the World Trade Organization. “The legitimacy and effectiveness of the WTO as […]
