TORONTO, March 26, 2013 – From Toronto’s chief city planner to a Cirque du Soleil choreographer, this year’s TEDxYorkU event on Thursday, March 28, will feature a diverse group of speakers and performers with one thing in common – they’re all trailblazers in their fields, embodying the York University motto of Tentanda Via – the […]
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York U students will convey Earth Hour message through acoustic candlelit concert
TORONTO, March 22, 2013 – York University students are tuning up their acoustic music instruments for a candlelight concert organized during the Earth Hour — 8:30pm-9:30pm — on Saturday, March 23. “The main purpose of the Earth Hour concert at York University is to draw attention to the worsening issue of climate change and to […]
Osgoode conference looks at students’ role in IP invention and commercialization
TORONTO, March 20, 2013 – IP Osgoode, the Intellectual Property Law and Technology Program at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School, and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) will host a day-long conference on “Sparking Innovation with Students” on Friday, March 22 to examine the role that students play in commercializing intellectual property (IP). Osgoode […]
Leading UK Economist to Deliver Davies Lecture
TORONTO, March 19, 2013 – John Kay, one of Britain’s leading economists, will deliver the fifth Davies Lecture on Friday, March 22 at a breakfast meeting at the Toronto Board of Trade. The event is co-sponsored by York University’s Jay and Barbara Hennick Centre for Business and Law and Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. […]
Osgoode Symposium Looks at Law & Revolution in the Middle East
TORONTO, March 13, 2013 – York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School will host a day-long Symposium on Law & Revolution in the Middle East on Friday, March 15 to examine the recent ‘revolutionary’ uprisings in the region through the lens of the law. A number of scholars and practitioners will critically examine a range of […]
Mental health impact on homeless youth to be focus of event in York Region
TORONTO, March 7, 2013 – Researchers, social service providers and government representatives will meet in Aurora on Friday, March 8, to hear about the relationship between homelessness and mental health challenges, and how to address the issue in York Region and elsewhere in Canada. Western University Professor Cheryl Forchuk, who is also the assistant director […]
York U seminar on Elliot Lake mall collapse will look at emergency management lessons
TORONTO, March 7, 2013 – The partial collapse of the roof of the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, Ontario, and the tragedy that followed, may yield valuable lessons for managing major similar disasters on a global scale, according to the organizers of an event that will be held at York University on Friday, March […]
