TORONTO, Nov. 28, 2013 – York University announces a $1.25 million gift from BMO Financial Group to Glendon College, coinciding with the inauguration of the BMO Financial Group Skyroom, BMO Financial Group Lecture Hall and L. Jacques Ménard – BMO Financial Group classroom on November 28. “We are very grateful to BMO Financial Group for […]
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Government announces expansion of Ontario Bridge Training Program
TORONTO, Nov. 25, 2013 − The provincial and federal governments announced at York University Friday that they were expanding the Ontario Bridge Training Program so that thousands of skilled immigrants could get licensed and find jobs in their fields. Ontario will contribute $63.6 million and Canada will invest $16.6 million over three years to the […]
The space monkey housewife: York U paper examines marketing & gender politics of NASA’s first celebrity primates
TORONTO, Nov. 25, 2013 – NASA pioneer Miss Baker was born in Peru, twice-married, and lived out her retirement in a modest bungalow in Alabama where she answered fan mail in her spare time. She was also a squirrel monkey. Now, more than 50 years after Baker’s rise to fame as one of the first […]
Conference explores how Canada welcomed thousands of ‘Boat People’
TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2013 − As refugees continue to crowd onto tiny, unseaworthy ships to seek asylum in many parts of the world, a major conference at York University will examine how, in 1979, Canada’s government, churches and private citizens stepped up to offer shelter to 60,000 “boat people” and other Indochinese refugees from remote […]
Rational thinking in children, adolescents increases with age: York U-led study
TORONTO, Nov. 12, 2013 – Some types of rational thinking in children and adolescents get better with age and positively correlate with intelligence and executive functioning, according to the findings of a developmental study led by York University Professor Maggie Toplak. “The results are very exciting. Scientifically, they are consistent with what we are finding […]
Where research meets client experience: Toronto Central CCAC partners with York University
November 11, 2013 – Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) and York University have entered into a formal partnership to collaborate on joint research and training opportunities in the home and community care sector that will focus on key priorities such as: Culture of health care Supporting caregivers Managing multiple medications Falls prevention Palliative […]
York U President Mamdouh Shoukri receives Honorary Doctorate from India's Amity University
TORONTO, Nov. 11, 2013 – York University President and Vice Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri received an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from India’s Amity University, Nov. 11, at a special convocation ceremony in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. "It is my great pleasure and privilege to accept this honour from the esteemed Amity University. As someone who has benefitted […]
