Eight of nine children from the Congo attended York University, six are currently at Glendon, while another two have already graduated from the Keele Campus. As they prepare to graduate after five years
Over the last 15 years, more than 1,500 new immigrants from 65 nations have participated in York University's Internationally Educated Professionals (IEP) Bridging Program.
In late 2024, the Ontario legislature passed Bill 212 giving the provincial government significant control over municipal bike lanes. The law requires municipalities to ask the province for its approval to install bike lanes if they would remove a lane for other vehicular traffic. The legislation also allows for the removal of three major bike […]
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has secured a third consecutive majority government for the Progressive Conservative Party. Despite attacks on public sector unions through laws deemed unconstitutional and extensive privatization plans, Ford managed to increase endorsements from labour unions during his campaign. Police and firefighter unions endorsed the Ontario PCs and Ford continued to build support […]
York University Professor Mark Winfield of the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change and co-chair of the faculty’s Sustainable Energy Initiative discusses Doug Ford’s "increasingly grandiose infrastructure proposals" including the proposal to bury Highway 401 lanes at a cost of at least $100 billion
Research led by York University’s Faculty of Health reveals how a specific mutation in a protein called TRAF1 can shut down an overactive immune response, dramatically reducing inflammation in mice. Lead researcher Ali Abdul-Sater says this discovery could pave the way for a new class of drugs to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
Ontarians are headed to the polls after a quick but heated campaign. York University experts are available for commentary on the election results and key issues.
As Canada moves into 2025, its productivity still lags, despite efforts by the federal government to address the issue in the 2024 federal budget. Canada’s productivity has declined in nine of the last 10 quarters. Between 2015 and 2023, Canadian productivity fell by an average of 0.8 per cent per year. This means that, for […]
There have been many conversations around U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal to permanently displace Palestinians from Gaza to neighbouring countries and turn the strip into a luxury resort development. Criticisms of Trump’s comments often focus on the proposal’s illegality, immorality and impracticality. However, little has been discussed from the perspective of post-disaster and post-war […]
The day after the Delta Flight 4819 crash on Feb. 17 at Toronto Pearson International Airport, the damaged aircraft remained on the runway as the crash investigation ramped up. Whether it was due to luck, skill, heroism or aircraft design, the evacuation of passengers took place quickly and everyone aboard the ill-fated flight were able […]