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York U welcomes six new Schulich Leaders to campuses for the first time
York University is proud to have welcomed a record six Schulich Leaders to campus this September, recipients of Canada’s largest, most prestigious Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) scholarship. The students say they are beyond thrilled to receive the generous scholarship that will allow them to focus on their studies at the Lassonde School of Engineering at York without worrying about financial pressures, and give them the skills they need to apply their technical and creative talents towards positive social change.
Visual art professor and artist Nina Jeffares-Levitt staging 12-hour takeover of Sankofa Square for Nuit Blanche
Experience Disappearing Acts, a DJ event and 12-hour video installation celebrating the city’s once-thriving lesbian and gay nightlife
Award-winning writer and director Nicolás Pereda returns to TIFF with North American premiere of Copper
York-trained auteur offers interviews around the premiere of his latest feature, a surreal docu-fiction tracing a Mexican miner’s quiet unravelling following a haunting discovery
Combined alcohol and cannabis use linked to adverse consequences in young adults, York U led study finds
A new longitudinal study led by York University’s Department of Psychology published today finds that young adults experiencing periods of high stress, anxiety and depressed mood more frequently combined binge drinking with cannabis use in order to get more high and drunk, and were also likely to report more adverse life consequences when combining these substances. Lead author Jeffrey Wardell, Associate Professor in York University’s Faculty of Health, says that since cannabis use among young adults has increased after Canada legalized the drug, understanding why people combine the drug and outcomes when they do is important.
Glendon’s GENIAL Initiative helps former student focus his passion for the game
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Semi-pro player, trainer, coach and York University, Glendon Campus alumnus now runs his own soccer academy for young players thanks to the GENIAL entrepreneurial incubator
Experts from the Department of Cinema & Media Arts available for commentary on TIFF 50
Scholars and filmmakers offer insight on festival programming, Canada’s screen industry, TIFF: The Market, the next wave of talent and more
