TORONTO, July 4, 2013 – Medical students are potentially often exposed to biased, industry sponsored and commercially driven information due to inadequate conflict of interest policies at schools, York University researchers say. “We evaluated the conflict of interest policies of all the 17 medical schools in Canada and found that only one had relatively stringent […]
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New report says 200,000 Canadians experience homelessness each year
“State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013” released today in Toronto TORONTO, June 19, 2013 – The Canadian Homelessness Research Network (Homeless Hub) and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness released the first extensive Canadian report card on homelessness called State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013 today in Toronto. Highlights of the report include: 200,000 different […]
New Engineering Building about to take shape at York University
TORONTO, June 17, 2013 – York University took a major step toward construction of a new Engineering Building today, with a groundbreaking ceremony for the $85-million project. The new Engineering Building will be home to the Lassonde School of Engineering, which aims to graduate entrepreneurial engineers with a social conscience and a sense of global […]
Envisioning LGBT Struggle for Equality in the Commonwealth
Toronto, June 17, 2013 – Thirty-one organizations on three continents come together in Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights, an international research and documentary film project that examines the legacy of British criminal laws affecting sexual minorities and documents the work of human rights defenders to resist criminalization and to advance LGBT rights. Envisioning is led […]
Osgoode visiting faculty collaborate with students and put law into action
TORONTO, June 11, 2013 – A Canadian-Croatian visual artist; a lawyer and community advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities; a general counsel to a First Nation community; a lawyer who has served on several high-profile commissions of inquiry; and a law firm partner who has acted on numerous precedent-setting cases will be among […]
More than $19.5 million awarded to York-led research projects by SSHRC and partners, and to support York graduate students
York University addresses major societal challenges and leads the country in the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada’s (SSHRC’s) large-scale awards competitions valued at $1 million or more. TORONTO, June 4, 2013 − Five York-led research partnerships have received a total of almost $14.3 million through the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada’s […]
No early birds getting the worms: York U study finds songbirds risk missing peak food supply
Toronto, June 3, 2013 – A mismatch between the departure schedules of songbirds and higher spring temperatures at their breeding sites is putting them at risk, according to a new study out of York University. The study, “A Trans-Hemispheric Migratory Songbird Does Not Advance Spring Schedules or Increase Migration Rate in Response to Record-Setting Temperatures […]
