TORONTO, Sept. 11, 2015 – York University experts are available for media interviews on Ontario’s new sex-education curriculum, the issues being debated in the community and the mounting opposition. Professor Jen Gilbert of the Faculty of Education is an expert in sexuality and schooling. Professor Sarah Flicker of the Faculty of Environmental Studies is an […]
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York U experts available to discuss New Horizons approach of Pluto
TORONTO, July 8, 2015 – After more than nine years of cruising through space, the New Horizons spacecraft will encounter Pluto in the closest approach ever on July 14. It is the first investigation of its kind of Pluto, now classified as a Dwarf Planet, and is considered an important milestone. What will scientists see […]
York U sports marketing expert available on FIFA Women’s World Cup
TORONTO, June 5, 2015 – Soccer fans across the country and around the world are getting ready for FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015, kicking off Saturday in Edmonton. This edition is the largest to date with 24 teams (up from 16 in Germany 2011) and 52 matches across six cities. The National Organizing Committee aims […]
York University astronomy expert available on Dawn at Ceres
TORONTO, March 5, 2015 – Tomorrow, March 6, history will be made when NASA spacecraft Dawn enters orbit around dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object in the Main Asteroid Belt. The ion-propelled spacecraft not only will unravel many mysteries of this 1,000 km diameter world, but it will also become the first spacecraft ever to orbit […]
York U expert available to comment on current political crisis in Ukraine
TORONTO, Feb. 21, 2014 – As Ukraine’s president and opposition leaders signed a new deal Friday meant to end the country’s political crisis and violence that has turned its capital, Kiev, into a war zone, it remains to be seen if the proposed agreement will help shift Ukraine’s political future. The months-long crisis, which resulted in […]
York U experts available to comment on federal budget 2014
TORONTO, Feb. 10, 2014 – Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will present the Economic Action Plan 2014 in the House of Commons on February 11. Jobs, growth and long-term prosperity are anticipated to be priorities for the budget and York University experts are available to provide commentary. Thomas Klassen, professor of political science in York’s Faculty […]
York U expert available for comment on proposed Canada Pension Plan reforms
TORONTO, Dec. 17, 2013 – Professor Thomas Klassen of York University’s Department of Political Science and School of Public Policy and Administration, is available to comment on proposed reforms of the Canada Pension Plan. Following yesterday’s federal-provincial meeting on CPP reform and Ontario’s avowal to move ahead with its own mandatory retirement pension, Canadians continue […]
