The federal government’s decision to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February is an important first step in their resettlement but following their progress over the next five years may be more crucial to ensuring they successfully establish themselves in Canada, say researchers at York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS). “Integration […]
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York U’s Rhonda Lenton wins Top 100 Most Powerful Women award
York University top executive joins community of Canada’s most iconic women leaders TORONTO, Nov. 25 – York University’s Rhonda Lenton, vice-president academic & provost, has been named one of this year’s top 100 most powerful women in Canada by the Women's Executive Network (WXN). Launched in 2003, the Top 100 Awards celebrate the incredible accomplishments […]
Why do galaxies spin? York U researcher earns award for groundbreaking discovery
TORONTO, Nov. 24 – An up-and-coming York University astrophysics researcher will receive an award today in Ottawa for furthering the understanding of the universe, including the discovery of outer-lying groupings of galaxies similar to ours and the reason why they spin. A PhD student in physics and astronomy at York University George Conidis has identified […]
York U Associate VP Research named AAAS Fellow
TORONTO, Nov. 23 – Associate Vice-President Research Sushanta Mitra has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. Each year the Council elects members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its […]
Celebrated interdisciplinary performer, scholar Padma Subrahmanyam is the 2015 Shan & Jaya Chandrasekar Visiting Artist at York University
Internationally acclaimed South Asian classical dance artist and musician Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam is the 2015 Shan and Jaya Chandrasekar Visiting Artist/Scholar at York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design. A dancer, choreographer, composer, singer, teacher, researcher, writer and Indologist, Subrahmanyam is one of India’s foremost artist-scholars. With a legendary performance career spanning […]
York University Partners with Government of Ontario: Project Aims to Enhance Data-Informed Decision Making
York University is partnering with the Government of Ontario to conduct leading-edge research with the potential to transform educational programming and inform targeted approaches to addressing the needs of students. This research will take the form of a feasibility study into collecting additional province-wide data to further inform understanding of student populations and school communities, […]
York U physicist on winning team for Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
York University physics Professor Sampa Bhadra, and her group, are on the Tokai to Kamioka (T2K) team that received the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics on Sunday. The prize is "for the fundamental discovery of neutrino oscillations, revealing a new frontier beyond, and possibly far beyond, the standard model of particle physics”. The $ […]
