What’s it like to search the universe for new discoveries or practice potentially life-saving nursing skills? Visit the Allan I. Carswell Astronomical Observatory, the Nursing Simulation Centre and the Archives of Ontario at York University’s Keele Campus during Toronto’s Doors Open event to find out.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Washington, D.C., for a high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump as the American president continues his trade war and annexation threats against Canada. “We are meeting as heads of our government,” Carney said at a news conference late last week. “I am not pretending those discussions will be easy.” […]
If the United States imposes 25 per cent tariffs on exports from Canada, nearly all economists agree a recession is inevitable. Estimates are that between 600,000 to 2.4 million jobs are at risk. Based on previous recessions, the unemployment rate could rise to 10 per cent and stay stuck at that level for some time. […]
Getting a timely diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is a major challenge, but new research out of York University shows that how young adults, and potentially children, grasp objects could offer a simpler way to diagnose someone on the autism spectrum.
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.
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 […]
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) and York University execute a Memorandum of Understanding to set the stage for future collaboration
Professors Anne Sullivan, Robert Gehl and Jack Rozdilsky on why they left Trump's America for Toronto and York
