Research led by York University draws attention to inequities in Canada’s public health care system affecting immigrant and racialized families raising children on the autism spectrum. Conducted by a team at York’s Faculty of Health in partnership with the community organization SMILE Canada-Support Services, the research centres on the voices of family caregivers who are often overlooked […]
A new study led by Natalia Balyasnikova, associate professor in the Faculty of Education at York University, is calling for a shift in how healthy aging is understood globally. Published in the Journal of Global Ageing, the study responds to the United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing, an international framework aimed at improving the lives of older adults through […]
The first doctoral graduate of an international partnership at York University, Milipaak Japiong, feels his milestone was a shared achievement. Japiong’s graduation marks a milestone for ASCEND as its first doctoral graduate. His achievement establishes a precedent for future scholars from Ghana and reflects York University’s role in supporting health care education through international collaboration […]
A York University graduate student has earned provincial recognition for research that could reshape how mental health services support youth with complex needs. Jessica Klein, a master’s candidate in the Clinical Developmental Psychology graduate program in the Faculty of Graduate Studies, has received the 2025–2026 Autism Scholars Award. Funded by Ontario’s Ministry of Colleges and […]
A decade ago, few in York Region were concerned about microplastics in their water. Today, these tiny particles are turning up in rivers and even in treated drinking water, raising new questions for municipal water managers. Pharmaceuticals are also slipping through wastewater plants, while heavier rains are pushing flood systems to their limits. York University’s […]
Three York University scholars—Jonathan David, Phil Henderson and Karolina Krzyś—are among this year’s recipients of the prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship for work investigating video game addiction, dysfunctional eye contact and labour studies focused on decolonization and Indigenous land defence. The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program, awarded by the Government of Canada, provides funding to innovative postdoctoral […]
The supervisory relationship is the beating heart of graduate research pedagogy: a partnership that will shape a graduate student’s academic trajectory, the research they undertake and the knowledge they produce, their future career prospects and their lived experience of graduate school. The right supervisor can make all the difference to a struggling master’s or doctoral […]
Graduate health students demonstrating creativity, rigour and real-world impact across diverse areas of health research have been recognized as recipients of this year’s Health Graduate Research Awards. Graduate students from across the Faculty of Health are advancing critical research across a range of health-related disciplines, and had the opportunity to showcase their completed and in-progress […]
York University graduate student Andrea Aternali has received the 2025 Top Science Poster Award by the Canadian Pain Society for her research examining how phantom limb pain affects the lives of individuals with limb loss. Aternali’s research, selected from more than 160 submissions, shows that phantom limb pain—a condition in which pain is perceived in […]
York University researchers are working to make invisible air pollution visible through an innovative project that merges art, science and engineering. Focusing on the threats of airborne black carbon—a pollutant resulting from vehicle exhaust and wildfire smoke—the team will create wearable technology that detects these harmful emissions in real time. With the World Health Organization […]