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SAS Professor Leblanc weighs in on the importance of term limits for school board trustees

SAS Professor Leblanc weighs in on the importance of term limits for school board trustees

School of Administrative Studies Professor Richard Leblanc was featured in a Hamilton Spectator article titled, “‘It’s time for a change’: Pat Daly finally has some competition in the upcoming municipal election”. The article discusses how there is new competition against long-serving school board trustees in an upcoming municipal election. “There are institutional advantages to long-serving […]

SAS student recipient of Robert J. Tiffin Student Leadership Award

SAS student recipient of Robert J. Tiffin Student Leadership Award

Ten York University students were honoured with the Robert J. Tiffin Student Leadership Award, recognizing their leadership at York University and their contributions to the growth, development and vitality of the York community. School of Administrative Studies student Gurkamal Aujla was among the recipients. Aujla is in the BCom, Marketing Stream. During her time at York, […]

DEM graduate receives 2022 Alumni Award

DEM graduate receives 2022 Alumni Award

The York University Alumni Board recognized four distinguished York students with 2022 Alumni Awards and Scholarships for their academic excellence and leadership. Tiana Putric, a School of Administrative Studies graduate, was among those honoured. Alumni Golden GRADitude Award The Alumni Golden GRADitude Award recognizes graduating students who leave York University a better place thanks to […]

Professors Asgary and Solis co-publish distributed simulation paper addressing COVID-19 in an ICU

Professors Asgary and Solis co-publish distributed simulation paper addressing COVID-19 in an ICU

Two professors of York University’s School of Administrative Studies (SAS), Ali Asgary and Adriano O. Solis, along with Jalal Possik, until recently a postdoctoral research associate at SAS, and a team of co-researchers based in Canada and France, have co-authored a paper entitled “An Agent-Based Modeling and Virtual Reality Application Using Distributed Simulation: Case of […]

Prof. Weitzner discusses the dangers of AI innovation in product development

Prof. Weitzner discusses the dangers of AI innovation in product development

SAS Assistant Professor David Weitzner wrote an article that was published in The Conversation, titled, “Push for AI innovation can create dangerous products”, where he discussed that although AI technology can give companies an edge over competitors, at times flawed products enter the market. “If AI is central to our future, we need to pay […]

Passings: Kenneth James McBey

Passings: Kenneth James McBey

Professor Kenneth James McBey passed away on June 22 at the age of 65. McBey was a faculty member at York University since 1989, first in the School of Administrative Studies, and later cross-appointed as a founding member of the School of Human Resource Management. He taught courses in human resources management, organizational behaviour, pedagogy and emergency […]

Prof. Leblanc discusses nation-wide Rogers outage

Prof. Leblanc discusses nation-wide Rogers outage

Professor Richard Leblanc was recently featured in multiple news stories discussing the July 8 Rogers outage. In the Toronto Star, Leblanc suggested companies such as Rogers be more independently audited for their internal control to minimize the possibility of an outage. In CP24, Leblanc said the situation may have been worse for the entire countray […]

Prof. Spinney featured in article discussing aftermath of Barrie tornado

Prof. Spinney featured in article discussing aftermath of Barrie tornado

DEM Professor Jennifer Spinney was quoted in an article for BayToday.ca, titled “Ontario: A year after tornado, research team returning to Barrie,” discussing how recovery can happen after a natural disaster event. “We want to develop some community informed guidelines, some practical strategies and tips for how communities can build their capacity to rebuild from […]

FW 2022-2023 Welcome and Course Information

FW 2022-2023 Welcome and Course Information

Welcome (back)! The School of Administrative Studies is excited to welcome you (back) for the 2022-2023 Fall/Winter academic year! We hope you take advantage of the diverse range of learning opportunities that we offer. Whether you are starting your first term in September, or returning to continue or complete your studies – it is important […]

BCom student recipient of Governor General Silver Medal

BCom student recipient of Governor General Silver Medal

Three undergraduate students at York University have earned the Governor General’s Silver Medal, an award that recognizes the outstanding scholastic achievements of undergraduate students in Canada. Receiving the medals are changemakers Samuel Isaac Dreyzin (SAS BCom student), Robert Alexander Khatib and Rosie Giannone.  Recipients are selected based on their academic averages. “It is a special […]