TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2014 − Poet Laureate of Toronto George Elliott Clarke will speak at York University on Monday, February 3, 2014, about how the presence of “people of colour” in Northern climes, such as Canada, is perceived as aberrant. A literary writer and respected scholar of African-Canadian studies, Clarke will deliver this year’s Kitty […]
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York U to host Facebook public panel discussion on interactive design
TORONTO, Jan. 27, 2014 – York University will host a panel discussion tonight (Jan. 27, 2014) at 7:30pm on interactive design, featuring Facebook product designers Andy Chung, Robyn Morris and Vivian Wang, along with FB recruiter Josilin Torrano. The panel, titled Designing Facebook, will feature Chung, Morris, Wang and Torrano speaking about their work and […]
York U to host second annual Let's Talk Mental Health day
TORONTO, Jan. 27, 2014 – On January 28, 2014, York University will host its second annual Let’s Talk Mental Health day, part of the University’s ongoing commitment to community engagement and creating a mentally healthy campus. “Mental wellness is integral to the academic success, employee well-being and overall productivity within the university community,” says […]
Leading China Commentator to speak on “Authoritarian Capitalism” at Davies Lecture
China’s outdated business model incompatible with global trading system, author warns TORONTO, January 15, 2014 – American businessman, journalist and author James McGregor will deliver the sixth Davies Business Law Lecture on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 12.30 p.m. in the Robert R. McEwen Auditorium, Schulich School of Business, York University. The lecture is […]
Theatre@York presents The Beggar's Opera
Why are the Laws levelled at us? Are we more dishonest than the rest? - The Beggar’s Opera Theatre @ York embraces the question with edgy production of The Beggar's Opera TORONTO, January 9, 2014 — At its London premiere in 1728, John Gay's rollicking Beggar's Opera caused a sensation. Lampooning the politics and […]
Environmental justice concerns in Jane-Finch, focus of York U student-community symposium
TORONTO, Dec. 4, 2013 – York University students from the Faculty of Environmental Studies have digitally mapped contaminated areas or “brownfields” in the Jane and Finch neighbourhood and have identified potential concerns, as part of their Critical Urban Planning course, held at the YU-TD Community Engagement Centre located in Yorkgate Mall. At a student-community symposium […]
York University’s Centre for Human Rights commemorates National Day of Remembrance at Dec. 5 event
TORONTO, Dec. 4, 2013 – December 6, 2013 marks the 24th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, a tragic act of gender-based violence where fourteen young women were singled out for their gender and murdered on the campus of L’École Polytechnique in Montréal. In 1991, the Parliament of Canada established December 6 as the National Day of […]
