TORONTO, March 19, 2001 -- The future of public broadcasting in Canada and abroad in light of current media trends will be the focus of a forum at York University, featuring Canadian Broadcasting Corporation President and CEO, Robert Rabinovitch, Wednesday, March 21, 2:30 - 5 p.m. Part of York’s The Triumph of Canadian Cinema lecture […]
Champion of Women in Science & Engineering Monique Frize calls for critical mass of women in the field
TORONTO, March 16, 2001 -- Canadian scientist and engineer Monique Frize, holder of the joint NSERC/Nortel Chair for Women in Science and Engineering, says progress has been made, but the breakthrough needed to achieve a critical mass of women in science and engineering will only come with structural social change. Frize will present her latest […]
York U. scholar on women and crime in Canada calls for second welfare state that empowers women
TORONTO, March 15, 2001 -- York University sociologist and feminist theorist Thelma McCormack says women in Canada are at a crucial moment in history and at serious risk of losing the gains achieved in the past two decades. She says it is time for a second Canadian welfare state, and one that incorporates a feminist […]
York U. President’s Task Force on Sustainability Speaker Series: UNESCO chair to assess progress in reorienting teacher education towards sustainability
TORONTO, March 15, 2001 -- Charles Hopkins, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair at York University, will assess the progress and the challenges inherent in reshaping teacher education around the world according to environmental sustainable development principles during a lecture at York University, Monday, March 19, 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. […]
Colombian community leaders’ Canadian tour calls for halt to US-sponsored War on Drugs
TORONTO, March 14, 2001 – Leaders of six Colombian community and union groups on a speaking tour of Canada will visit York University on Tuesday, March 20 to discuss the escalation of violence and forced displacement of families attributed to Plan Colombia -- the US-sponsored war on drugs. The leaders say the US-funded military buildup […]
Award-winning novelist Alistair MacLeod to read at York U.
TORONTO, March 13, 2001 – Cape Breton author Alistair MacLeod, a finalist for the prestigious IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, will read from his award-winning novel No Great Mischief (McClelland & Stewart, 1999) at York University, Thursday, March 15, 7:30 p.m. MacLeod’s novel – a multi-generational story of a Scottish immigrant family whose men travel from […]
York U. historian unearths early sovereigntist leanings of Wilfrid Laurier
TORONTO, March 12, 2001 – If you were in a coma for the next 20 years and woke to find a former separatist leader had become prime minister of Canada, wouldn’t you want to know what happened? York University history professor Paul Stevens might have some answers. Stevens’ work on a new biography of Canada’s […]
