On the afternoon of Sept. 15, Donald Trump was playing golf at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., when he was the target of an alleged second assassination attempt. Secret Service agents opened fire when an agent noticed someone pointing a rifle in the bushes at the golf course; the suspect fled and was later […]
Presidential debates in the United States are often little more than a platform for candidates to trade insults and repeat claims, true and false, about various political issues. The debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump was no exception. During the debate, Trump repeated multiple debunked claims about migrant crime. Namely, that criminality in the U.S. was […]
While movie premieres and A-list celebrities attract most of the attention at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the future of film is debated in the TIFF Industry conference. As one might expect nearly two years after the public release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, AI in filmmaking has featured among the industry talks. But perhaps more significant have been presenters’ emphases on […]
York University and the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council sign an agreement towards advancing equitable health care as a foundation of the new School of Medicine TORONTO, Sept. 12, 2024 – In a spirit of fostering healing and reconciliation, York University and the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC) signed a relationship agreement today at […]
A long-time York University professor will join the Ivy League this fall, having been awarded a prestigious visiting professorship at Yale University. Dawn Bazely, a University Professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, has been named this year’s recipient of the 2024-25 Fulbright Canada Distinguished Visiting Professorship, the foundation’s top Research Chair. Bazely […]
Africa says it needs an estimated ten million doses of mpox vaccine to control this public health emergency. The situation is particularly concerning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has reported more than 27,000 suspected mpox cases and more than 1,300 deaths so far this year. Europe and the United States have promised to donate mpox vaccines. In an emergency, […]
Donald Trump is under fire for sharing a social media post featuring a misogynist and offensive slur against Vice President Kamala Harris. Prior to Trump’s arrival on the American political stage, such unethical behaviour would have probably immediately disqualified presidential candidates. That’s seemingly no longer the case as the Republican party once again places their hopes in Trump to win the […]
Sport stars like Simone Biles, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Katie Ledecky dazzled fans at the recent Paris Olympic Games with their performances. But off the pitch, many athletes also used the Olympics to draw attention to deeply entrenched inequities and challenges facing girls and women in sport, such as body confidence and support for athletes with small children. A new initiative, Sport Your Period, is […]
York’s Newton tree descendant was the first in Ontario to take root and blossom. It’s now joined by two more seedlings. A thunk to the head, so the myth goes, planted the seed for Sir Isaac Newton’s law of gravity, and while the law bore fruit – Gravity Day is now celebrated every Sept. 8 […]
