"Shareholder Wealth Maximization – On Steroids: Do the Brakes Still Work in Corporate Governance?" TORONTO, January 11, 2016 – John C. Coffee, Jr., the Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law at Columbia University Law School and director of its Center on Corporate Governance, will deliver the seventh Davies Business Law Lecture at Osgoode Hall Law […]
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York U students to spread warmth to Toronto’s most needy
TORONTO, December 2, 2015 — Even as many of us browse flyers and online ads for bargain deals on winter gear or holiday gifts for friends and family, a group of York University students are getting ready to distribute warming kits to total strangers. On Dec. 5, students who live in York’s Pond Road Residence […]
Leading experts talk environment, energy and climate change on road to Paris
TORONTO, Nov. 25 – In the lead up to the climate change conference in Paris, York University’s Faculty of Environment Studies will host a panel of energy, environment and climate change leaders to discuss the new Trudeau government’s likely direction. On the Road to Paris: The Trudeau Government and the Environment, Energy and Climate Change […]
Below the surface lies a hidden world
TORONTO, Nov. 20 – What’s below the surface of the water? York biology Professor Emeritus Norman Yan has teamed up with artist Lynda Lynn to provide a hint of what can be found in the fresh water lakes of Muskoka. The exhibit, Below the Surface – Our Hidden World, will be on exhibit in Bracebridge […]
York University Dance Innovations premieres 36 works
Thirty-six new works will debut in Dance Innovations: Strong/Light, a choreographic showcase of York University’s Department of Dance, running November 26 to 28. York’s rising young dance artists step into the spotlight with three distinctive programs of original choreography, presented in the McLean Performance Studio, 244 Accolade East Building on York’s Keele campus. Dance Innovations […]
York University celebrates its outstanding alumni at 2015 Bryden Awards
TORONTO, Nov. 17 – York University’s annual Bryden Awards will celebrate four of its outstanding alumni on Thursday, Nov. 19 for achieving the extraordinary and making remarkable contributions to the university and the community. The four recipients are: Bruce Lourie (MES ’87), president, Ivey Foundation; Douglas Bergeron (BA ’83, Hon. LLD ’13), founder, chairman and […]
Two York professors receive prestigious SSHRC Impact Awards
TORONTO, Nov. 16, 2015 – York University Professors Susan McGrath and Stephen Gaetz have been recognized for excellence in research by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. McGrath and Gaetz are the recipients of the SSHRC’s prestigious Impact Awards. The awards were announced Nov. 16 at a special reception in Ottawa. “These […]
