TORONTO, Nov. 1, 2013 – A century ago, the average Canadian lifespan was 60 – today, we can expect to live 20 years longer than that. Just as the influence of the baby boom generation has transformed society, so will it transform the choices and challenges associated with retirement. York University professor Thomas R. Klassen […]
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Leading policy expert will discuss at York U event on what’s next for Sri Lanka
TORONTO, October 25, 2013 – York University Centre for Human Rights is hosting ‘What’s Next for Sri Lanka?’, a discussion presented by The Mosaic Institute, Oct. 28. “The discussion is timely, as Sri Lanka prepares to host the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in its capital Colombo,” says Prof. Jennifer Hyndman in the Faculty […]
Two-day conference launches new U.S. Studies program at York U
TORONTO, October 9, 2013 – York University launches its new U.S. Studies Program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies with a two-day conference this week focusing on America during another era of boom and discontent: the 1950s and ’60s. With the spotlight firmly fixed on Canada’s neighbour to the south during the […]
York University experts available on U.S. government shutdown
Toronto, October 2, 2013 – Given Canada’s close economic and political ties with our neighbour to the south, the current shutdown of the U.S. federal government is an important issue on this side of the border as well, following the suspension of all but essential government services after the U.S. House and Senate failed to […]
York U expert available on disaster management priorities for Pakistan, Kenya
Toronto, September 26, 2013 – Emergency preparedness is crucial in this day and age, whether in anticipation of a natural disaster such as the recent earthquake in Pakistan's Balochistan province, or human-made like the siege of an upscale mall in Kenyan capital Nairobi. Professor Ali Asgary of York University’s Emergency Management Program in the Faculty […]
Symposium will link arms together for the rights of Indigenous peoples
TORONTO, June 26, 2013 – Former students of Indian Residential Schools, members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and representatives of the United Nations and human rights organizations will all converge at York University for a symposium aptly titled Linking Arms Together, to join hands in upholding Aboriginal rights, June 28. Speakers will bring […]
