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May 6, 2021
N95 masks for guests and workers, HVAC, disinfection of high aerosol areas key to preventing outbreaks in quarantine hotels or isolation areas

May 4, 2021
York announces re-appointment of Rhonda Lenton as President and Vice-Chancellor

April 29, 2021
York launches the 'MCC Community Update' newsletter

April 29, 2021
Black Canadian Studies student earns top honours at 2021 HERA conference

April 27, 2021
York professor awarded prestigious 3-M National Teaching Fellowship

April 27, 2021
York and CAMH launch first-of-its-kind Canadian Guide on Mental Health Literacy for Autism

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Cast in stark concrete and brick, York’s original brutalist architecture is how the University signalled its commitment to all things new and innovative in the 1970s. The style is now back in vogue

#PeopleofYU: "I am hoping that through my movement, I am able to inspire someone to strive for change."

York grad Mark Breslin, the standup comic who founded Yuk Yuk’s, discovered Jim Carrey and wrote jokes for the late Joan Rivers, has been named to the Order of Canada, despite (or because of?) his subversive brand of humour

Professor Rachel Koopmans’ groundbreaking research finds that a stained glass window in the Canterbury Cathedral and depicting a pilgrimage dates to the 1180s, approximately 200 years before Geoffrey Chaucer immortalized the expedition

New student-driven initiative offers a hub for students to take action on the SDGs

How is climate change impacting Northern First Nations communities? Robarts Centre Director and LA&PS
associate professor Gabrielle Slowey explains

Top 30 Changemakers Under 30

Representing every Faculty at the University, these alumni are leaders working and volunteering in a variety of fields, from health and sustainability to the arts and business, and work to bring a uniquely global perspective to help solve societal challenges.

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