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'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
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 […]
Canada’s federal election doesn’t seem like it’s about climate change, but it actually is
A defining feature of the ongoing federal election campaign has been the apparent marginalization of the environment and climate change as top-of-mind issues due to threats by the United States against Canadian sovereignty, security and trade.
Canada is lagging in innovation, and that’s a problem for funding the programs we care about
As Canadians prepare to vote in another federal election, the country’s economy faces a sobering reality. As the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) notes, productivity is stagnating, our innovation performance lags global peers and high-potential startups often fail to scale.
Inaugural international seed funding initiative successfully advances global research collaborations
The inaugural funding call of the Global Research Excellence (GRE) Fund has concluded with York providing over $225,000 to support international research collaboration.
When big oil pulls out
With the Shell company having finalized the sale of assets in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, questions remain for those who fought against decades of human rights and environmental abuses in the region: How do you keep Shell accountable for the damage they’ve done? Will divestment be more than a clever PR ploy for big oil and gas?