York University alumna Randa Qashoa’s journey from the Lassonde School of Engineering to a career advancing space technology highlights the growing impact of women in shaping the future of engineering. Today, Qashoa (BEng ’21, PhD ’25) is a systems engineer at Honeywell Aerospace, where she works on the assembly, integration and testing of quantum communication […]
At the York University Psychology Clinic, however, researchers and graduate students are working from a different premise: that understanding a child means understanding the family around them. Heather Prime, a clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Faculty of Health, is leading that effort with a team of graduate students. PhD candidate Gillian Shoychet’s doctoral […]
When Rick Powless learned that Health Sciences North in Sudbury launched its first Indigenous hospital menu, he felt a shift happen. The third-year doctoral student at York University's Faculty of Education is a Red Seal-certified Indigenous chef, an Ontario College of Teachers-certified educator and a member of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Oneida Nation of the Thames, […]
What if AI could help scientists better understand the mysteries of how the brain allows humans to see – and be fooled by – the world around them? “There’s a lot we don’t understand about how we see the world,” says Richard Murray, a professor in York University’s Faculty of Health and director of the […]
For Professor Mary Goitom, graduate-level teaching is grounded in dialogue, reflection and student voice – a practise recognized with two teaching awards for her impact on graduate education at York University and beyond. In recognition of excellence in teaching and supervision, as well as leadership in program and curriculum development, Goitom has earned the 2025-26 […]
For some PhD students, the prospect of a career outside academia can come with feelings of failure or uncertainty. A new program at York University is trying to change that. Beyond the Academy is a six-week initiative developed by Zachary Spicer, associate professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) and head […]
York University graduate students Martin Barakov, Massimiliano Muci and Sepideh HajiHosseinKhani may have different focus points for their studies, but they will all pursue research in Germany this year as recipients of an academic exchange grant. DAAD, the German Academic Exchange Service, is the world's largest funding organization for international academic exchange. Through its Research […]
Students at York University captured early-morning images of NASA’s Artemis II Orion capsule from the Allan I. Carswell Observatory (AICO), contributing tracking data and a moving image as the spacecraft carried Canada’s first astronaut to fly around the moon. The observation was led by graduate student Sunna Withers and supported by Nakul Sethuram Ramjee, an undergraduate student. Ramjee […]
York University is launching a new fellowship designed to help research-driven inventions and innovations move beyond the lab and into the marketplace. York’s entrepreneurship and innovation hub YSpace and the IP Innovation Clinic, Canada’s largest intellectual property (IP) clinic, are introducing the Inventor to Founder Fellowship, a 13-week program that supports students, researchers, faculty and […]
Research led by York University's Roya Haghiri-Vijeh is embracing Globally Networked Learning (GNL) for nursing collaboration on 2SLGBTQIA+ care. In 2023, a Canadian-wide review of undergraduate nursing programs found that of all 2SLGBTQIA+ topics, gender-affirming care was the least included in the curriculum. Haghiri-Vijehan, assistant professor in the Faculty of Health, was not surprised given her own experience as an educator. The […]