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York and United Way Greater Toronto partner to create positive change as communities recover from pandemic, weather high inflation, and cost-of-living crisis
Building on a decades-long partnership to address social issues and community needs, earlier today York University and United Way Greater Toronto (UWGT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance shared goals to benefit the communities they serve across Peel, Toronto and York Region through.
War on bugs can’t be won, York U researchers declare
From a wartime spread of antimicrobial resistant disease in Ukraine, to superbugs in China causing “white lung” pneumonia in children, 2023 brought no shortage of new evidence that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to be a pressing problem globally, and this pattern shows no sign of abating in 2024 unless a radical shift occurs.
The best Canadian nonfiction of 2023
Here are the CBC Books picks for the top Canadian nonfiction of the year!
How ‘benevolent sexism’ undermines Asian women with foreign accents in the workplace
Immigrants are critical to the Canadian economy, but their talents are under-utilized due to language and accent discrimination, as immigrants often come from non-English or French speaking countries. Workers with non-native or foreign accents are often discriminated against at work, yet our understanding of this phenomenon is limited because research on this topic has predominantly focused on […]
The humanitarian horror in Gaza must end
The recent seven-day pause in the Israel-Hamas war, and floods of earnest words from world leaders on how Israel must consider the humanitarian needs of Palestinian civilians, have been seen as progress.
Thinking about God inspires risk-taking for believers, York University study finds
Does thinking about faith make religious people more likely to take leaps? A new study lead by York University’s Faculty of Health says yes, finding that participants were more likely to take risks when thinking about God as a benevolent protector.
Grey water bling: York U and Noventa to explore sustainable solution to heat Glendon
In the future, when Canadian rapper and musician Drake sings “Wasting Time” at “7am on Bridle Path” in his shower, he could inadvertently be doing York University’s Glendon Campus a “Solid” by helping to heat and cool its buildings year-round.