While movie premieres and A-list celebrities attract most of the attention at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the future of film is debated in the TIFF Industry conference. As one might expect nearly two years after the public release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, AI in filmmaking has featured among the industry talks. But perhaps more significant have been presenters’ emphases on […]
York experts comment on the new name and logo for the Toronto Sceptres, a possible end to authoritarian populism, labour relations in the travel sector and more.
York University and the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council sign an agreement towards advancing equitable health care as a foundation of the new School of Medicine TORONTO, Sept. 12, 2024 – In a spirit of fostering healing and reconciliation, York University and the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC) signed a relationship agreement today at […]
A long-time York University professor will join the Ivy League this fall, having been awarded a prestigious visiting professorship at Yale University. Dawn Bazely, a University Professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, has been named this year’s recipient of the 2024-25 Fulbright Canada Distinguished Visiting Professorship, the foundation’s top Research Chair. Bazely […]
Students entering the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University were among the 13th cohort of Schulich Leaders, recipients of Canada’s largest, most prestigious Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) scholarship.
Africa says it needs an estimated ten million doses of mpox vaccine to control this public health emergency. The situation is particularly concerning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has reported more than 27,000 suspected mpox cases and more than 1,300 deaths so far this year. Europe and the United States have promised to donate mpox vaccines. In an emergency, […]
York experts are in the media this week for their work on Indigenous health policy, lifelong efforts on behalf of refugees, a new poetry collection and more.
York University’s Newton apple tree has had a storied existence, with lineage that is thought to go back to Sir Isaac Newton’s original discovery of gravity in the 1600s and the apple tree that infamously played muse to the physicist — even if the story about the apple falling on his head isn’t exactly how it really went down.
For commentary on programming and films screening throughout the festival, several distinguished voices from York University's Department of Cinema & Media Arts at the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design are available.
