Lassonde PhD student Shane Ackerley will present Making Space: Signals and Noise at Nuit Blanche Toronto 2026. Drawing on his research with York University’s Nanosatellite Research Laboratory, the interactive installation invites visitors to explore how technology, movement and shared signals shape the way we observe and understand space. In one installation, visitors step into a […]
With generative AI becoming more common in classrooms, four York University disability-in-education scholars explored whether ChatGPT-generated stories about children with disabilities contained bias. What they found was not the overt discrimination some might expect. This raised a question that Katherine Barron, Ryan B. Collis, Aaron J. Richmond and Ellouise Van Berkel, former and current York […]
Two York University alumni are among the 2026 recipients of awards from the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their meaningful contributions to equity, social justice and women’s and gender studies. Perry received her MA (’92) and PhD (’98) from York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. She is the recipient of this […]
Eva Peisachovich, associate professor and graduate program director in the Faculty of Health’s School of Nursing, is leading a team of researchers that are using augmented reality (AR) to reimagine how health care providers learn to care for people living with dementia. After two decades as a registered nurse in geriatrics, medical-surgical nursing and high-acuity […]
More than four decades after helping document Black experiences in Appalachia, York University Professor Emeritus Wilburn Hayden Jr. is part of an award-winning effort to expand that conversation, this time alongside a contributor from the next generation: his son and York alum Donovan Hayden. The pair are part of a writing and editing team to […]
York University welcomed eight new members to its Board of Governors over the spring and summer, strengthening the Board’s role in guiding York’s continued growth and development. The new members bring diverse expertise spanning business, technology, law, health and student leadership. “York University is fortunate to welcome such a talented and diverse group of leaders […]
What began as a project to manage a growing number of funding inquires has transformed into a new service model that expands support for graduate students at York University. The Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) recently launched an AI-powered graduate funding virtual assistant that connects students and staff with information in seconds. Navi provides students […]
Barriers facing Deaf, DeafBlind, blind and partially sighted (DDBBPS) people are well known within those communities, but can be overlooked in health-equity research. A new study by York University PhD candidate Sammy Jo Johnson aims to address that gap by documenting challenges the DDBBPS community faces within the health care system. At York University, Johnson’s […]
York University alumni and faculty members are among this year’s winners of the Women’s Executive Network’s (WXN) Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards, which celebrate women driving change across sectors including technology, health care, law and finance. With more than two decades of board experience, Corinne Boone (MES ’94) has developed expertise in governance […]
Most people have felt dizzy after standing up too quickly. But what if that same change in posture could also affect how well someone thinks, remembers information or makes decisions? A new study by Faculty of Health doctoral student Olivia Ramraj looks for the answer. For Ramraj, the path to exploring that question began during […]