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August

• Tradition Of Innovation And Discovery Thrives As York University Set To Begin School Year
• York University Professor Irving Abella Appointed Chair For The Study Of Canadian Jewry
  Inaugural lecture will challenge historical view of Canadian Jewish contribution
• York University Student Appointed To Order Of Canada
• York University Professor's Book Proves Apes Capable Of Language, Not Just Mimicry

July

• Student Advocates For People With Head Injuries, The Environment And The Hungry Coming To York University On $50,000 Canada Trust Scholarships
• York University's "Rock 'N Roll Professor" Rob Bowman Chalks Up Another Award

June

• Award-Winning Stage Designer Phillip Silver Makes New Debut -- As Dean Of Fine Arts At York University
• Theatre @ York Captures Berlin

May

• York University Convocation To Honour Eclectic, Excellent Cast: Computer Pioneer, Peace/Native Activists, Innovative Film Production Co., Celtic Storyteller, Jamaican Literary Legend, Leading Anthologist, International Entrepreneur, French Film Maker
• York University And China Film Archive Collaborate On Canadian Film Retrospective In Beijing
• Scotiabank And The Schulich School Of Business At York U. Team Up To Internationalize Business Education With New Scotiabank Professorship In International Business
• York University Applauds Provincial Budget's Investment In Research, Accessibility; Continues Fight For Improved Student Aid
• York University's Faculty Of Education Celebrates 25 Years -- And 17,700 Teachers; North York Teacher Receives Excellence In Teaching Award For "Making A Difference"

April

• 900 Ontario Students To Test Their Science Savvy During Ontario Science Olympiad At York University
• York University Lands Top Canadian Diplomat As Its New Ambassador/Vice-President (University Advancement)
• Toronto Astronaut Calls Home....From Space (147 Nautical Miles Above Earth)
  Students Dialogue With Orbiting Scientists During CresTech/York Downlink
• Media Advisory -- Quality Of Life In The New Toronto: How does your new City feel?
  York University Institute for Social Research to reveal results of 1st annual survey
• Leading Book Publisher Avie J. Bennett Named 10th Chancellor Of York University
• Media Advisory -- York University/NSERC/MDS Sciex Partnership To Establish $2 Million Chair In Analytical Mass Spectrometry
• Leading Constitutional Expert Peter W. Hogg Appointed New Dean Of Osgoode Hall Law School At York University
• York University "On Board" When Space Shuttle Columbia Blasts Off April 16
• Filmmaker Paul Tana To Discuss His 1992 Film La Sarrasine At A Screening Hosted By York U. And Italian Film Society
• "Is There A Future For Feminism?" Judy Rebick To Give Inaugural Lecture At York University's New School Of Women's Studies
• A Continent In Change: Conference At York University To Explore New Perspectives On German And European Studies

March

• York University's Faculty Of Environmental Studies Launches CD-Rom Pilot Project To Target GTA Students
• York University Centre For Refugee Studies Awarded $300,000 (US) From Mellon Foundation To Conduct Research, Host Conference, Train Judges
• York University, School Boards And Ministry Partnership Develops New Science And Technology Curriculum To Improve Scientific Literacy, Skills Of Ontario Students
• All That Jazz At York U.
• York University Film Series Launches Paul Robeson Centennial Celebration
• Theatre @ York Premieres The Toothbrush
• Theatre @ York Gives Voice To The Love Of The Nightingale
• "Has The Supreme Court Finally Got It Right?" York University's Robarts Chair In Canadian Studies To Tackle Timely Aboriginal Land Claims Issue
• Media Advisory -- Women Writing Men: A Panel Discussion
• Media Advisory -- Peter Gzowski -- In Conversation:
  York University's Atkinson College offers opportunity to question Canada's most celebrated questioner, broadcaster Peter Gzowski, about the state of the nation and his profession
• Try A Little Tenderness (Otis Redding Or Bing Crosby Style): York University's Grammy Award-Winning Musicologist Rob Bowman To Explore Meaning In Music
• John Van Burek Directs Theatre @ York's Telling Of 'The Winter's Tale'
• Renowned Political Scientist And Expert On The American Presidency To Speak At York University On Globalizing Capitalism: Think Globally, Lose Locally
• Festival Of New Choreography Takes Centre Stage At York University
• International Trade Minister To Award Youth Internship Program To York University's Centre For Research On Latin America And The Caribbean
• Media Advisory -- Environmental Decision Making In The New Toronto And Beyond: From Recycling To Global Warming To Downloading

February

• York University Saving Millions With New Cogeneration Facility
• Media Advisory -- Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Stephane Dion To Speak On The 'Quebec Reference'/National Unity Strategy At York University's Osgoode Hall Law School
• The Land And Its Interpreters: York University's Centre For Jewish Studies Welcomes Novelist And Art Expert As Part Of The Leonard Wolinsky Lectures
• York University President Says Federal Budget Means More Access, Less Debt, More Research Support; Calls On Province To Follow Lead
• Students Helping Students: Up-And-Coming Artist's Exhibit Will Raise Money For York University Scholarships
• Sandberg Centennial Celebration At York University
• Graduate Students Wrestle With Hydro Dilemma In York University's 1st National Case Competition In Business And The Environment
• Exhibition By Noted British Sculptor Alison Wilding Comes To The Art Gallery Of York University
• Canadian Astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason And Members Of His Shuttle Crew To Visit York University

January 1998

• Media Advisory -- Panel Discussion At York University Asks "What Is Art Worth?"
• Author Nino Ricci To Kick Off York University Lecture Series Showcasing The Italian-Canadian Imagination, Through Fiction, Film And Poetry
• Creating A Home Away From Home: Residence Leaders From Across North America Share Notes On Changes In Campus Life
• Media Advisory -- York University Expert On Bullying And Childhood Violence Reflects On The Development Of Aggressive Children
• York University's Institute For Social Research Launches 1st Annual Survey Of Quality Of Life In New Toronto; Ice Storm Delays Comparison Of Toronto And Montreal By 1Year
• Come Play With Us! "Play Ground" Offers Theatre Adventures At York University
• York University Experts Provide Context, Analysis On Proposed Changes To Canada's Immigration And Refugee System
• York Dance Ensemble Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Showcase Performance
• Media Advisory -- Lawyer for Bre-X Investors To Speak At York University
• Quebec Artists Headline The York Dance Ensemble's 10th Season
• Art And Remembrance: Panellists To Discuss Role Of Art And Architecture In Commemorating The Holocaust
• Media Advisory -- New Resource Room Opens Door For Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing Community, Honours York Alumnus And Educator Ron Cope
• York University/Seneca College Agreement Means Students Can Earn A Degree And A Diploma In Three Years
• Media Advisory -- York University, Seneca College To Sign Agreement, Launching 1st Joint Three-Year University Degree/College Diploma

December

• York U. Postdoctoral Researcher Wins Prestigious Fellowship To Examine Midwifery's Role In The Health-Care System
• York University's Unique Program In Nonprofit Management & Leadership Lands A $1 Million Professorship, Thanks To The Royal Bank
• York University Centre For Research On Violence & Conflict Resolution To Receive Timely Boost From Brazilian Ball
• York University Study/Survey Tracks The Rise And Fall(out) Of The Privatization Of Canada Post's Admail Service
• York University's Centre For Research On Work And Society To Release Study:
  "When Public Jobs Go Private: A Study of the Termination of Admail Workers by the Canada Post Corporation"

November

• York University President And Executive To Dish Up Breakfast For Co-Workers In Support Of The United Way
• York University Theatre Students Engage In "Questionable Activities"
• Media Advisory -- York University President Dr. Lorna R. Marsden To Speak At York Business Alliance Breakfast On Community, Commerce And Campus: A Winning Collaboration
• York University Tops In Student Services/Most-Educated Faculty
• Media Advisory -- The Future Of Unionism: CAW President "Buzz" Hargrove Talks To Students About Current Issues/Hard Questions
• York University Professor To Appear Today On Oprah To Share Expertise/Advice On Bullying With 20 Million Viewers
• Theatre @ York Premieres Canadian Tartuffe
• Raised In Captivity At York U
• "Now about that Subway to York University..."
  York U. Offers Congratulations, Challenge To Mayor Lastman
• An Itinerant Career: Chief Justice Of Ontario Roy McMurtry To Speak At York University On His Career As A Lawyer, Cabinet Minister And Judge
• Clearing The Air On Climate Change: York University's Centre For Applied Sustainability To Host Timely Briefing
• York University Convocation To Confer 8,000 Degrees On First, Finest

October

• Organized Crime And Corruption: York University's Nathanson Centre To Host Panel Discussion Featuring Top Journalist, Researcher And Defense Lawyer
• Germany's Foremost Social Historian To Dissect Unification During Inaugural Lecture Of Canadian Centre For German And European Studies
• The Death Of Democracy: York University To Host Lecture By Front-Line Researcher On Cambodia
• York University Students Work With Jane/Finch Residents To Grow Community Spirit -- And Food
• The Honourable Hilary Weston To Host Reception Celebrating The World's Largest School Of Women's Studies At York University
• Miscarriage Of Justice: Panel At York University's Osgoode Hall Law School Kicks Off New Course On The Wrongfully Convicted
• Dr. Lorna R. Marsden To Be Installed As York University President
• Students From Across Ontario Test Their Science Savvy In 19th Annual York University Sciene Olympics
• A Bill Of Rights For Britain? Groundbreaking British High Court Justice To Share Insight At York's Osgoode Hall Law School
• York University Launches Premier Lecture Series, Showcasing Eclectic Subjects, Excellent Speakers
• The Discovery Channel And York University To Host TV Debates On Animal Rights And Genetic Engineering
• York University President To Address Canadian Club: "Confessions Of A University President: Reshaping Learning In An Anti-Education Age"

September

• Media Advisory -- York University To Host Lecture On Truth, Reconciliation And The South African Justice System
• International Conference At York University To Explore The Unique Relationship Between Mothers And Daughters
• York U. Seeks Support For Subway From Mayoralty Candidates
• York University's Film Experts Coming Soon To A Film Festival Near You
• York University : Making Innovation A Tradition Back-To-School Stories In The Making

August

• York Professors Awarded Royal Society Of Canada Medals For 'Extraordinary Achievement'
• York Fine Arts Label Releases First Ever Canadian Dance History CD-Rom
• Maurice Elliott Reads Charles Dickens: New CD On York Fine Arts Label Showcases The Art Of The Spoken Word
• York University Artists Strike A Chord In New CD Series
• York Fine Arts Label Launches Double Series, Showcasing York Artists And Academics On Six New CDS/CD-Rom
• York Professors On Hand For Expert Analysis Of The Debate Over Bill 136
• National Study Reveals Most Educators Want To Include Children With Disabilities In Regular Classrooms
• As CNE Hosts Welcome Italia Exhibit, York University Experts Comment On Italian Politics, Culture And Art
• York University Biologist Links Genes With Eating Behaviour In Research To Be Published In International Science Magazine
• York University Welcomes New President Dr. Lorna Marsden To Her First Day On The Job

July

• York University A Contender In Competition To Launch Spacecraft
• Grimsby Native Lands Top York University Award

June

• A High School Dropout-Turned Scholar And An Anti-Racism Activist Win York University's Most Prestigious Entrance Awards
• York University To Be Home To World's Largest School Of Women's Studies
• York University Profs Provide Expert Analysis On Hong Kong Handover
• The Earth Has A Companion: York University Astronomers And Finnish Colleague Announce Major New Discovery
• Blue Jays Manager To Speak At York Business Alliance Breakfast

May

• Justice deCarteret Cory, Ian Scott And Mel Lastman To Receive Honorary Degrees From York University
• York University President Receives Honorary Degree From Universite De Montreal For Scholarship In Quebec History
• New Program To Study Emerging Security Issues In Asia Pacific
• York University Announces New Vice-President (Enrolment And Student Services) To Take Up Challenge And Opportunity On Sept. 1
• Top Canadian Global Performers Reveal Strategies For Success -- York's Schulich School Of Business Hosts Exclusive Panel Discussion On "Outperforming The Market"
• Osgoode Hall Law School Professors Pioneer Pilot Project To Help Steer Poor, Unrepresented Through Family Court System
• York Master's And PhD Graduates Take Home The Gold At Northeastern Graduate School Awards
• York University Co-Hosts Conference On Human Rights And Democracy In Asia
• York Administration And Faculty Union Sign Mediator's Recommendation; Tentative Agreement Reached
• York University Hosts Forum Aimed At Improving School Science
• Senate Postpones Vote On Fate Of Undergraduate Summer School Until May 7 While Talks Set For Weekend
• York University Co-Hosts Canada's First International Conference On Opium In East Asian History
• York University Organizes First Annual Conference On Fathering

April

• UNION DELAYS DECISION ON UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER SESSION AT YORK UNIVERSITY
• YORK UNIVERSITY EXPERTS READY TO WEIGH IN ON THE FEDERAL ELECTION
• NIRVAN BHAVAN AWARDS AT YORK UNIVERSITY PROMOTE STUDIES OF INDIA
• DRAMATIC DECLINE IN SUCCESSFUL COURT CHALLENGES AS CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS TURNS 15 -- REVEALED IN NEW REPORT BY CANADA WATCH
• YORK UNIVERSITY PHYSICISTS PART OF INTERNATIONAL TEAM ON THE BRINK OF FUNDAMENTAL NEW DISCOVERY
• YORK UNIVERSITY FACULTY UNION FORCES BREAK-DOWN OF TALKS TO PROTECT RICHEST RETIREMENT PACKAGE IN THE PROVINCE
• NEW REPORT BY OSGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL PROFS URGES CREATION OF INDEPENDENT AGENCY TO FIX ONTARIO'S LEGAL AID CRISIS
• YORK UNIVERSITY'S OSGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HONOURS THREE OUTSTANDING MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION
• YORK UNIVERSITY CO-HOSTS CONFERENCE ON MISSIONARY'S LEGACY IN CANADA-TAIWAN RELATIONS

March

• YORK'S FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES HOSTS WORLD RENOWNED ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIST
• YORK UNIVERSITY HOSTS ONTARIO SCIENCE OLYMPIAD FOR THE FIRST TIME
• YORK UNIVERSITY'S McLUHAN CONFERENCE PROBES CANADA'S MEDIA GURU
• YORK SEEKS TO AVOID STRIKE AT BARGAINING TABLE TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND INTEGRITY OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
• MEDIA ADVISORY -- WORLD EXPERTS, SOLICITOR GENERAL TO EXPLORE ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION AT OSGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL SYMPOSIUM/DINNER
• CANADA'S FIRST CENTRE FOR STUDY OF ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION TO OPEN AT OSGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL, YORK UNIVERSITY
• CHANGING FACE OF CHINA THE TOPIC OF SYMPOSIUM AT YORK UNIVERSITY'S GLENDON COLLEGE
• FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND CONFERENCE TO FOCUS ON GAYS, LESBIANS AND THE CANADIAN IDENTITY
• GREENSPAN BRINGS HIS "STREET LEGAL" EXPERTISE TO YORK UNIVERSITY
• MEDIA ADVISORY -- A SYMPOSIUM ON "MANAGED CARE"
• YORK UNIVERSITY TO HOST NATIVE ELDERS CONFERENCE
• WHAT WILL CHANGES IN OUR HOSPITALS MEAN TO YOU? YORK UNIVERSITY EXPERTS AVAILABLE ON HEALTH SERVICES RESTRUCTURING COMMISSION REPORT

February

• ALAN TONKS TO SPEAK ON AMALGAMATION AT YORK BUSINESS ALLIANCE BREAKFAST
• YORK UNIVERSITY EXPERTS AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT ON MARTIN BUDGET
• SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ASIA PACIFIC SPEAKS AT YORK UNIVERSITY
• YORK UNIVERSITY TO HOST CANADIAN UNIVERSITY DEBATERS
• YORK UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS PUBLISH BREAKTHROUGH ARTICLE IN U.K.'S NATURE MAGAZINE
• ACCLAIMED AUTHORS TO SPEAK AT YORK ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM, SPORT, CHILDREN, AND HATE
• YORK PROFESSOR WINS PRESTIGIOUS PRIZE FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY BOOK

January 1997

• MOCK THEATRE FESTIVAL TO BE STAGED AT YORK UNIVERSITY
• DR. LORNA R. MARSDEN TO BECOME NEW PRESIDENT OF YORK UNIVERSITY
• YORK UNIVERSITY MBA STUDENTS USE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR COMPETITION
• RENOWNED FEMINIST TO SPEAK ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT YORK UNIVERSITY'S BETCHERMAN LECTURE
• A GLENDON LEGEND TO LEAVE A $1 MILLION LEGACY TO YORK UNIVERSITY
• GERMAN INSTITUTE CHOOSES YORK UNIVERSITY-U. DE MONTREAL TO PIONEER ITS CANADIAN CENTRE FOR GERMAN AND EUROPEAN STUDIES
• YORK AND ALABAMA ASTRONOMERS "SEE THE LIGHT" AFTER UNMASKING OBSCURED GALAXIES
• INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMY TEAM BRINGS STORY OF EXPLODING STAR TO THE SCREEN
• YORK UNIVERSITY TO CO-HOST TORONTO'S OWN "SPACE JAM"

December

• WHAT DOES AMALGAMATION MEAN TO THE ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY, PLANNING AND POLITICS OF OUR CITIES? ASK YORK UNIVERSITY EXPERTS (EXPANDED LIST)

November

• WHAT WILL THE TORONTO MEGACITY MEAN? YORK UNIVERSITY EXPERTS EXAMINE THE ISSUE
• MEDIA ADVISORY
• EXPERTS ON RWANDA AND ZAIRE AVAILABLE AT YORK UNIVERSITY
• ICE GARDENS AT YORK UNIVERSITY BENEFITS UNIVERSITY, COMMUNITY
• UNITED NATIONS NAMES YORK UNIVERSITY OSGOODE HALL LAW PROFESSOR TO LEAD TRIAL ADVOCACY TEAM TO RWANDA
• NEW REPORT FROM YORK UNIVERSITY'S CENTRE FOR HEALTH STUDIES FINDS HEALTH COUNCIL'S WORK ON HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING "DEEPLY FLAWED"
• CONFERENCE TO EXPLORE THE LAW AND LOW-INCOME CANADIANS -- A QUARTER CENTURY AFTER THE OPENING OF ONTARIO'S FIRST COMMUNITY LEGAL CLINIC
• YORK UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR HEALTH STUDIES TO RELEASE ANALYSIS ON "DEEPLY FLAWED" HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING COMMITTEE REPORT
• YORK UNIVERSITY HOSTS BONE MARROW TESTING CLINIC FOR LEUKEMIA PATIENT
• JUST ASK US: YORK UNIVERSITY EXPERTS AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT ON THE AMERICAN ELECTION
• SHAW FESTIVAL DIRECTOR TO GIVE MICHENER LECTURE AT YORK
• YORK CONVOCATION CEREMONIES TO BE HELD THIS WEEKEND

October

• YORK PSYCHOLOGY PROF WINS AWARD FOR RESEARCH ON BULLYING
• YORK UNIVERSITY HAS EXPERTS TO REFLECT ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE REFERENDUM
• PAROLE TO BE EXPLORED DURING PANEL DISCUSSION AT YORK UNIVERSITY'S OSGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL
• YORK UNIVERSITY TO HOST WORLD LEADERS IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
• CONCEPT OF THE HUMAN MIND THE FOCUS OF YORK UNIVERSITY SEMINAR
• WOMEN IN FRONTLINE JOBS FACING HIGH STRESS LEVELS, ACCORDING TO YORK UNIVERSITY SURVEY OF WORKING WOMEN
• WOMEN GRADUATES FROM THE 1930s TO TELL IT LIKE IT WAS DURING PANEL DISCUSSION AT YORK UNIVERSITY
• FUTURE OF JUDAISM EXPLORED IN YORK UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE
• YORK UNIVERSITY V.P. CHOSEN TO HEAD SHERIDAN COLLEGE
• PROVINCE APPROVES SENECA@YORK PROJECT--3,000 STUDENTS TO BENEFIT FROM ENRICHED PROGRAMS
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  RE. NEWS CONFERENCE/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

September

• JOINT YORK UNIVERSITY-SCHOOL BOARD PROJECT RELEASES DRAFT STANDARDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
• RESEARCH ON IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON GTA'S ECONOMY, COMMUNITY, SCHOOLING TO FLOW FROM LAUNCH OF ANNUAL COMPETITION

August

• YORK UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE TACKLES VIOLENCE AT HOME, IN SCHOOL AND ON THE STREET

• YORK TRANSIT PROJECT WILL SAVE MONEY,ENVIRONMENT,PARKING

July

• KOREAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS LEARN ENGLISH AND CANADIAN CULTURE AT YORK UNIVERSITY
• YORK UNIVERSITY'S CENTRE FOR HEALTH STUDIES CHOSEN AS NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH PROGRAM

June

• YORK UNIVERSITY HOSTS LEADER OF FRANCE'S GREEN PARTY
• YORK UNIVERSITY UPGRADING PILOT PROGRAM HELPS PUT FOREIGN-BORN TEACHERS BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM
• YORK UNIVERSITY HOSTS REVOLUTION GIRL-STYLE: YOUNG WOMEN SPEAK OUT
• WHO'S COUNTING: MARILYN WARING ON SEX, LIES AND GLOBAL ECONOMICS
• WRITING THE SELF OUT OF SILENCE
• KOSCHITZKY FAMILY FOUNDATION GRANT ENABLES YORK UNIVERSITY TO APPOINT FIRST JEWISH EDUCATION PROFESSOR IN CANADA

May

• Coming Soon

April

• Coming Soon

March

• Coming Soon

February

• Coming Soon

January

• YORK UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR TO BE HONOURED FOR INTERNATIONAL WORK
• NEW WORKS BY YORK ARTISTS LAUNCHED
• YORK UNIVERSITY HOSTS GORDON ROHLEHR
• YORK UNIVERSITY ADAPTS TO STUDENT NEEDS
• ACCESS AWARENESS WEEK AT YORK UNIVERSITY

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