Data’s role in the net zero journey
With Canada committed to a net zero target by 2050 and to a 40-50 per cent reduction by 2030, there needs to be a significant reduction in demand
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Earth Overshoot Day: Humanity using more than Earth can renew
The Earth’s account is once again overdrawn, but rather than money it is natural resources that humanity has used up. Tomorrow is the day that becomes official – Earth Overshoot Day – when the Earth is no longer able to renew what humans have used this year.
York University announces next dean of Osgoode Hall Law School
Access to justice advocate Trevor C.W. Farrow, current associate dean of research and institutional relations and a professor at the law school for more than 20 years, will start his new role on September 1 TORONTO, July 26, 2023 – York University has appointed Professor Trevor C. W. Farrow as the dean of Osgoode Hall Law […]
Grand finale: high-school student ensembles to showcase musical talent honed at York U summer camp
Budding musicians who had a weeklong, rare opportunity to learn under the tutelage of award-winning faculty members will perform with peers at a celebratory event
With Israel in turmoil, its ‘lost boys’ are helping stoke extreme right-wing nationalism
We saw it in the United States on Jan. 6, 2021. We witnessed it during Canada’s so-called Freedom Convoy. The evidence is clear —fascism is on the rise in North America. But ethno-nationalist fascism is growing even faster in the remote areas of occupied Palestine amid widespread protests in Israel about a contentious law that limits the Supreme Court’s […]
York University announces Trevor Farrow as next dean of Osgoode Hall Law School
York University has appointed Professor Trevor C.W. Farrow as the dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, commencing on September 1, 2023. The announcement follows the approval of the appointment by the Board of Governors on July 24, ending a national and international search. “Dr. Farrow has significantly contributed to the legal profession, research and policy […]
k2i breaks down barriers to STEM education with $400K donation from 407 ETR
Lassonde program at York U will put money towards programming that will create talent pipeline in STEM and offer opportunities to underrepresented groups TORONTO, July 25, 2023 – York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering k2i (kindergarten to industry) program is receiving a $400,000 injection of funds from 407 ETR that will help the program reach […]
Visiting the Trinity Site featured in ‘Oppenheimer’ is a sobering reminder of the horror of nuclear weapons
Christopher Nolan’s 2023 film Oppenheimer is a biopic about the theoretical physicist behind the atomic bomb. After watching the film, I was inspired to write about my visit to the actual Trinity Site, where the first atomic bomb was detonated. As part of my research on nuclear weapons and civil defence, I visited the Trinity Site in […]
More algal blooms likely in Lake Erie as deep-water oxygen levels continue to drop
York University researchers take novel approach to look at history of deep-water oxygen in Lake Erie through insect larvae in lake sediment over last 150 years TORONTO, July 25, 2023 – Researchers at York University went searching for the fossilized remains of small insect larvae called chironomids, found in sediment in Lake Erie, to find […]
Media advisory: York U and 407 ETR working to fix leaky pipe in STEM education
Leadership from Lassonde School of Engineering and 407 ETR available for interviews, as well as Jane and Finch area high school students and undergraduate mentors TORONTO, July 24 2023 – Media are invited to campus tomorrow, Tuesday, July 25, for an announcement between York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering k2i (kindergarten to industry) academy and […]