The York University community is disappointed to hear about the position taken in the permanent residency application of one of our celebrated academics, Felipe Montoya. Professor Montoya was notified by Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC) that his 13 year old son has been deemed "inadmissible" because he has Down Syndrome. Professor Montoya remains in Canada […]
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York University Professor Priscila Uppal named Fellow to Royal Society of Canada
Toronto, Sept. 9, 2014 − Dubbed “Canada’s coolest poet”, York University English Professor Priscila Uppal has received one of the country’s highest forms of recognition – election as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Uppal has accomplished a great deal in her 39 years. She has published 10 collections of poetry, two […]
Statement from York University President Mamdouh Shoukri on Professor John Greyson
September 16, 2013 -- We at York University wish to express our profound concern about the continued detention in Cairo, Egypt of John Greyson, an associate professor at York University and director of York’s graduate program in film, and Tarek Loubani, an emergency medicine physician and professor from London, Ontario. Greyson and Loubani have been […]
Statement from York University President Mamdouh Shoukri on Professor John Greyson
August 29, 2013 -- York University remains extremely concerned about the ongoing detention in Cairo, Egypt of John Greyson, an associate professor at York University and director of York’s graduate program in film, and Tarek Loubani, an emergency medicine physician and professor from London, Ontario. The two men have been held in Cairo without charges […]
