TORONTO, January 20, 2015 — Dangerous driving when dropping children off at schools may put kids at increased risk of getting injured in the vicinity of their schools, a recent York University and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) study indicates. “Though dangerous driving behaviour near schools is often witnessed and reported, such incidents are […]
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A Legal Giant Joins Osgoode
TORONTO, January 7, 2016 – Lorne Sossin, Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, today announced the appointment of The Honourable Marshall Rothstein as a Distinguished Visiting Professor. Rothstein, who has made rich and varied contributions to the law over the past 50 years including serving on the Supreme Court of Canada from […]
New Documentation Guidelines for Accommodating Students with Mental Health Disabilities
Toronto - Navi Dhanota, represented by ARCH Disability Law Centre; York University and the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) have worked together to develop new documentation guidelines to access academic accommodations. The change in guidelines means that students will no longer have to disclose their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) diagnosis to register for mental […]
Climate change altering Greenland ice sheet and accelerating sea level rise, says York U prof
TORONTO, January 4, 2016 – The Greenland ice sheet has traditionally been pictured as a bit of a sponge for glacier meltwater, but new research has found it is rapidly losing the ability to buffer its contribution to rising sea levels, says a York University researcher. York U Professor William Colgan, a co-author on the […]
Maintaining salt balance allows insects to avoid a frosty fate: finding could help with pest control says York U researcher
TORONTO, December 18, 2015 – For humans, getting chilly is a problem that can usually be solved with a hat and mitts, but for insects it’s not so simple. A study led by a York University Postdoctoral Fellow has found that for some insects, the key to cold weather survival is in keeping their salt […]
York U-led laser instrument to help bring home asteroid sample by NASA mission
TORONTO, December 17, 2015 – Michael Daly, a York University researcher, is the lead scientist on a laser altimeter that will map the surface and create a 3D model of the asteroid Bennu during a NASA mission launching in 2016. The instrument will also help to guide the spacecraft on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return […]
Lakes warming at alarming rates, York U-led global study warns
TORONTO, December 16, 2015 — Climate change has led to warming of lakes at a rapid rate, even faster than the air or the oceans, according to York U Biologist Sapna Sharma, a lead author of a new global study. “We found that lakes are warming at an average of 0.34 degrees Celsius each decade […]
