York University will be phasing out the sale of bottled water by September 2015. York's president and the president of the York Federation of Students (YFS) signed a pledge to improve free access to clean, safe drinking water on campus. » More
The first new building since the campus was founded in 1966, the Centre of Excellence for French-language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education allows Glendon College to better serve the growing francophone population. » More
No car? No problem. Self-proclaimed travel freaks Boris Issaev (BA '08) and Alex Berlyand (iBA '09) founded Parkbus, a non-profit providing transport from Toronto to campgrounds and backcountry access points across Ontario including Algonquin Provincial Park, Killarney, Bruce Peninsula and Grundy Lake. » More
Students in the fourth-year "The Politics of the Canadian Women's Movement" course contributed to Wikipedia articles on Canadian feminism—and tackled the Wikipedia gender gap. » More
Douglas Bergeron (BA Spec. Hons. ’83) and his wife Sandra together donated $2 million to create the Bergeron Entrepreneurs in Science & Technology (BEST) Program at York University. » More
Shirley Perry (MBA ’84) spent the most frigid days of the Cold War behind the Iron Curtain—working as an undercover CIA operative in Soviet-occupied Vienna, Austria. » More
Unconventional University Change is afoot at YorkU. The ways in which undergraduate students learn—and want to learn—are changing. York University faculty, staff and students are leading the way with innovative experiential learning projects. » Watch Video