TORONTO, October 16, 2017 – There are close to 700 climate change cases in the courts in the US and Canada today – and companies are feeling the heat. In recent months, Kinder Morgan Canada’s public offering of securities was challenged for using overly optimistic projections for the future demand for oil. Global “oil majors,” […]
TORONTO/OAKVILLE, Thursday, October 12, 2017 - After what will have been a successful 22-year collaboration between two leading post-secondary institutions, York University and Sheridan College will end the York-Sheridan Design program (YSDN) in 2022. The change supports both institutions’ long-term academic goals, while providing current students with many years notice. The existing YSDN program will […]
TORONTO, October 12, 2017 ─ York University has signed agreements with seven Ontario colleges to enable college graduates trained in technology-related fields to earn teaching degrees at York. The pathway agreements allow college students with work experience and three-year advanced diplomas in programs ranging from animation to industrial design to enter York’s Consecutive Bachelor of […]
TORONTO, Wednesday, October 11, 2017 – After receiving an overwhelming, global response to its first-ever call for Science Communicators in Residence, the Faculty of Science at York University has selected two outstanding journalists: Kate Allen, Science & Technology Reporter at the Toronto Star, and Matt McGrath, Environment Correspondent at the BBC in the UK. “We […]
TORONTO, Tuesday, October 10, 2017 – York University scientists will share secrets of the universe, a vast and mysterious place that pushes the boundaries of imagination, at the Faculty of Science and Toronto Public Library speaker series. The series will run from Oct. 11 to Nov. 14 with speakers talking about everything from quasars […]
October 4 , 2017 "It is with great sadness that I inform you that a member of the York University community, a student, died in hospital after being struck by a vehicle near the Keele Campus, late yesterday. Out of respect for the family we are not able to share the student’s name, at this […]
TORONTO, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 – Reports heralding the death of suburbs are greatly exaggerated. Instead, suburbs in North America continue to expand. The fourth in the Towards Suburbia Speaker Series by the Major Collaborative Research Initiative Global Suburbanisms led by York University Research Chair Roger Keil of the Faculty of Environmental Studies will address […]
TORONTO, September 28, 2017 – York University’s Glendon Campus is hosting Canada's Constitutional and Governance Challenges After 150 Years, a conference to explore the development of the country’s constitution in relation to economic stability, social justice and inclusion, globalization and climate change, on September 29 and 30. Scholars, community members and students will engage in […]
TORONTO, September 27, 2017 – Osgoode Hall Law School at York University today announced substantial new investments in financial accessibility to ensure that a greater number of students are able to access legal education. Following on the heels of a $1 million investment in new financial aid funding in 2015 that allowed for the creation […]
TORONTO, September 22, 2017 – York University, one of the host venues of Invictus Games 2017 that get underway this weekend at the York Lions Stadium, has a number of Faculty of Health experts who are available to speak about sports-related topics including injuries and their physical, social and psychological impacts. Joe Baker, Professor, School […]