TORONTO, May 2, 2001 -- International award-winning writer and filmmaker Deepa Mehta will deliver the 2001 York University Wendy Michener Lecture, the final event in the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies series "The Triumph of Canadian Cinema", at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), on Fri., May 11, 7:30 to 10 p.m. Mehta will discuss […]
York Centre for Refugee Studies Law professor criticizes proposed security procedure reforms in new immigration bill affecting refugees
TORONTO, April 30, 2001 -- Professor of Law and member of the York University Centre for Refugee Studies Sharryn Aiken will testify at public hearings of the parliamentary Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, Thursday, May 3, on the detrimental effects of major changes to security procedures proposed in the federal government’s new Immigration and […]
Concours de Français de l’Université York: Toronto’s top high school French students compete for honours at York U. French contest
TORONTO, April 26, 2001 -- — York University's Department of French Studies will host the Concours de Français de l’Université York (York University French Contest) Tuesday, May 1, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The competition will bring together approximately 100 of the brightest and best high school French students from Toronto’s public, Catholic and independent […]
York U. Psychologist Doug Crawford wins Canada Research Chair in visual functions of the brain
TORONTO, April 25, 2001 -- York University professor of psychology Douglas Crawford has been awarded a Canada Research Chair for ground breaking work into how the brain transforms visual information into behavioural commands. The Chair will help to advance his work at the York Centre for Vision Research. In a series of recent papers published […]
Lies! Damn Lies! Jamaica, the FTAA and the Environment Prominent Jamaican journalist John Maxwell to reflect on his Quebec Summit experience during talk at York U.
TORONTO, April 23, 2001 -- Fresh from the People’s Summit in Quebec, John Maxwell, a prominent Jamaican journalist, will deliver a talk entitled "Lies! Damn Lies! Jamaica, the FTAA and the Environment" at York University on Tuesday, April 24, 4:30 - 6 p.m. Maxwell will offer his perspective of the Quebec Summit and discuss the […]
PhD study of genetic testing for breast cancer in the US and UK illustrates private vs public approach to genetic medicine
TORONTO, April 20, 2001 -- A study comparing the development of genetic testing for breast cancer in the United States and the United Kingdom reveals very different attitudes in the two countries about public access to testing and to the intellectual property that makes testing possible. "As attention turns more and more to the molecular […]
York U. Seminar Series on Violence in Sport: Sports sociologist to discuss alternatives to abusive hazing rituals in sport
TORONTO, April 19, 2001 -- Jay Johnson, a PhD candidate in sociology and equity studies at OISE/UT, will deliver a talk entitled Picking up the Pieces: New Directions for Sport Initiations at York University, Monday, April 23. Johnson will present some of the theories and practices of initiation and hazing rituals in sport and illustrate […]
