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Age, previous sports experience, stronger predictors of performance in children than previous concussions, York U study finds 

A new study from York University’s Faculty of Health may offer reassuring news for parents whose children have a history of concussion, but want to get back to playing sports. Researchers from York University’s Faculty of Health spent more than a decade scouting fields, rinks and courts across the Greater Toronto Area for participants with a history of concussion and tested their performance on complex eye-hand coordination tasks, finding that age and previous sports experience were larger factors in cognitive-motor integration than a history of multiple concussions. 

Why seniors’ care should have been on the election agenda

I was hopeful that when the COVID-19 pandemic drew attention to the plight of senior citizens, the attention might result in meaningful change. Instead, seniors seem to be getting blamed for high costs and high living. Let me set some context. The Canada Health Act is a remarkable document. It is simple and clear. Provinces […]

TRCA and York University announce Memorandum of Understanding

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) and York University execute a Memorandum of Understanding to set the stage for future collaboration

Professor Anne Sullivan on leaving Georgia Tech for York University

Professor Robert W. Gehl shares his motivations for relocating to Toronto

'True tales from the brain gain': York profs share their stories with Toronto Life magazine

Professors Anne Sullivan, Robert Gehl and Jack Rozdilsky on why they left Trump's America for Toronto and York

Disaster management professor Jack Rozdilsky on why he left Trump’s America

York University’s blooming Sakura cherry trees offer an alternative to High Park

York’s sprawling Keele Campus is home to more than 100 Sakura trees, a symbol of the long-standing relationship between Japan and Canada and the University’s many cultural and academic ties with Japanese institutions.

Toronto’s most recent car attack was a targeted crime, not a mass attack

On April 15, Toronto once again experienced a soft-target vehicular ramming attack when a passenger vehicle intentionally struck and injured four pedestrians on the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) campus. Almost exactly seven years ago, in the 2018 Toronto van attack, Alek Minassian intentionally drove onto a Yonge Street sidewalk. Motivated by individual extremism with a […]

Women are steadier leaders in times of crisis, but they are still being overlooked

As Canadians prepare to vote in a federal election during a period of global instability marked by trade disruptions, economic uncertainty, and armed conflict, the country’s political leadership remains notably traditional in one key respect: gender. All of Canada’s major political parties are currently led by men, and Canada has never elected a woman as […]