Two new research collaborations led by the Humanitarian Water Engineering (HWE) Lab at York University’s Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research aim to improve health outcomes in crisis-affected communities in Uganda through local partnerships and innovative water-focused interventions.Syed Imran Ali, Director of the HWE Lab and Fellow at the Dahdaleh Institute, and his team recently […]
Congolese politician-turned-businessman Eugene Serufuli had a vision that all of his children would attend university abroad, living together and looking out for each other as they earned a degree that would set them up for life. Dating back to 2018, eight of his nine children have travelled the 10,000 kilometres to Canada from the Democratic […]
York University will offer funding from the highly competitive Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships (QES) program to students and researchers from York, as well as partner universities in Costa Rica, Ghana and the Philippines to tackle issues at the intersection of climate change and human population displacement. The highly competitive QES program was […]
By Emina Gamulin Symposium on Shell’s legacy in Niger Delta and what comes next brings diverse group of scholars and activists to York University’s Keele Campus April 9, 2025, TORONTO – With the Shell company having finalized the sale of assets in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, questions remain for those who fought against decades of human rights and […]
Five upper-year York University nursing students will travel to Kumasi, Ghana in March for a three-week clinical placement – a unique opportunity to broaden their understanding and experience in global health. The undergraduate students will take part in clinical outreach and community health programs focusing on chronic diseases and maternal health at Mansa Memorial Hospital, […]
When Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang was sworn in as Ghana’s first female vice-president on Jan. 7, it marked the latest barrier shattered by the York University alumna. Her inauguration is another milestone in her journey from distinguished academic to national leader. Long before entering the political arena, she achieved historic firsts as the first female vice-chancellor of a […]
By Gloria Suhasini New and returning students enjoy a meet and greet with the University president, foreign diplomats and peers “From the very first day I stepped on the York University campus, what I found most appealing was the mix of students from all over the world! This led to new friendships and connections which […]
The York Emergency Mitigation, Engagement, Response & Governance Institute (Y-EMERGE) has established a partnership with the Research & Innovation Centre at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS-RIC) in Rwanda that will bring AIMS PhD students to York University to pursue their research in mathematical modelling as a tool for addressing climate change. The project, […]
By Corey Allen, senior manager, research communications As a world leader in global health research, York University is fully committed to international collaborations across multiple sectors with academic, government, industry and community partners. Among those highlighting the impact of these partnerships is Professor Godfred Boateng. Forging strong relationships beyond geographical boundaries enables the York community to […]
Retired Professor Wenona Giles who broke borders to bring higher education to refugees in Dadaab, Kenya, one of the world’s largest refugee camps, is recognized with Order of Canada “I am both delighted and astonished,” said Senior Scholar and retired Professor Wenona Giles at York University, after she was recently appointed as an Officer to the Order of Canada […]