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Awards & Recognition

York PhD student earns award for international student advocacy

Vedanth Govi, a doctoral candidate at York University, has been recognized by the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) for research and advocacy advancing international student rights and community. Govi has received the Elizabeth Paterson Award, presented annually by the CBIE to an international student who has made significant contributions to the internationalization of their […]

Grants support York-led innovations in bone healing, cancer recovery

A York University researcher has been awarded more than $645,000 in funding for two projects aimed at advancing bone graft technology and improving post-cancer care. Assistant Professor Razieh (Neda) Salahandish of York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering has secured two major research grants: a $300,000 Ontario Centre of Innovation’s Collaborate 2 Commercialize (OCI-C2C) grant; and a Mitacs Business […]

York professor earns innovator award for equity-focused AI research 

Divya Sharma, assistant professor at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science at York University, has earned the prestigious 2025 Petro-Canada Emerging Innovator Award, recognizing her research in artificial intelligence (AI) for health care and her vision for building more equitable and inclusive systems. The Petro-Canada Emerging Innovator Award, a joint initiative between Petro-Canada (now Suncor […]

FGS celebrates 60 Years of Knowledge Creation!

The Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) celebrated its 60th Anniversary with an alumni panel discussion, commemorative website launch, and grad community get-together as part of its first in-person Faculty Council meeting since March 2020. “Knowledge creation for a better world has always been at the heart of what we do,” Dean MacLachlan said. “We have […]