Most lawyers and clients prefer to resolve family law disputes through collaboration rather than in court, and collaboration is less expensive than litigation, a new study shows. The study, by the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family (CRILF) based at the University of Calgary and the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice (CFCJ) based […]
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Study shows benefits of exercise can outweigh health effects of severe obesity
York U research shows you can't judge a person's fitness by weight alone TORONTO, February 12, 2018 — Can you be fit and healthy even if you’re overweight? That’s the question researchers at York University’s Faculty of Health set out to answer in a new study that shows physical activity may be equally and perhaps […]
Sanofi Pasteur and NSERC invest in $2.6 million collaboration at York University to combat infectious diseases with Math
Better analysis of transmission key to targeting flu and childhood diseases TORONTO, Jan. 23, 2018 − A major new research initiative based in the Faculty of Science at York University will develop mathematical techniques to identify populations most susceptible to infectious diseases and enable manufacturers to produce cost-effective vaccines that can be deployed quickly. The […]
York U research explains why global responses to pandemics are too slow
Outbreaks during holiday periods and summer may be deadly TORONTO, Friday, January 19, 2018 – New research shows that political dilly-dallying delays global responses to emerging pandemics more than poor surveillance capacity. Steven J. Hoffman, professor in the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, Faculty of Health and Osgoode Hall Law School and his colleague […]
York University welcomes two new subway stops to Keele campus
TORONTO, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017 ─ With the official opening of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Line 1 extension, York University welcomes two new subway stops: the York University stop in the heart of the Keele Campus, and the Pioneer Village stop which sits at the north side of campus, on Steeles Avenue. The subway […]
