TORONTO, September 20, 2001 -- Scholars at York University examining the consequences of the terror attacks in the United States can provide commentary on: Canada-U.S. border concerns; Canadian foreign, defence and security policy; the implications of U.S. homeland defence; the Middle-East conflict; the politics of Central and South Asia; international security concerns; intelligence gathering and […]
Globalization and mass global migrations reveal problems of social inequalities worldwide
TORONTO, September 13, 2001 -- The fast and frequent movement of people, money and information around the world that characterizes the new global village brings into sharp relief the differences in social equality among us. Scholars from the four corners of the globe researching these differences will gather at York University on Friday, Sept. 14, to […]
Jane-Finch youth building bridges to university with ‘transformative site’ art installation at York U.
TORONTO, September 10, 2001 -- A group of 25 students from schools in the Jane-Finch community will unveil an eight-piece art installation at York University that they designed and built themselves as part of the bridge-building effort between the community and the university. The ‘transformative site’, a representation of the various artistic mediums, will be unveiled […]
Booker Prize nominee Jane Urquhart, award-winning author David Adams Richards among literary luminaries at York U. Canlit series
TORONTO, September 7, 2001 -- York University students and the public will be treated to readings and musings by 12 Canadian writers, including Booker Prize nominee Jane Urquhart and award-winning author David Adams Richards, during York's Canadian Writers in Person series, which runs from September 2001 through March 2002. Part of York Professor John Unrau's […]
York University announces $250,000 scholarship fund to honour Mississauga Mayor
TORONTO, September 7, 2001 -- York University's Canadian Centre for German and European Studies today announced the creation of The Hazel McCallion Scholarship Endowment Fund to honour Mississauga's long-serving Mayor. The $250,000 Fund recognizes the major role that Mayor McCallion has played in bringing more than 100 German companies to Mississauga. In 1999, McCallion was […]
News at York University in 2001-02: the creative and unconventional
TORONTO, September 6, 2001 -- In keeping with York University’s tradition of fostering creative and unconventional thinking, new and expanded spaces and programs this fall offer students solid foundations and the multiple educational choices they need in a rapidly-changing world. York professors engaged in the latest international, collaborative research in the sciences, social sciences, humanities […]
York U. scientist first to measure traveling waves in the human visual brain Findings may expand study of epilepsy, migraine, and challenge prevailing views about consciousness
TORONTO, August 30, 2001 -- Hugh R. Wilson, professor of biology and a neuroscientist at York University’s Centre for Vision Research, has created a method for measuring traveling waves in visual perception, using the visual phenomenon of "binocular rivalry" to trigger the wave in the brains of human subjects. The technique is based on concepts […]
