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How Canada is a children’s TV powerhouse, from ‘You Can’t Do That On Television,’ to ‘Paw Patrol’

The children’s show Paw Patrol, launched by Spin Master Entertainment 10 years ago, is broadcast in more than 30 languages across nearly 180 countries and reaches 350 million households. Retail sales of Paw Patrol merchandise have surpassed US$14 billion. Yet, despite its huge international success, it isn’t celebrated as a Canadian success in the same way other Canadian TV shows such as Schitt’s Creek or Murdoch […]

Ontario opts for high-risk nuclear over low-risk energy sources

Looking for cracks in the standard cosmological model

York University and an international team of astrophysicists have made an ambitious attempt to simulate the formation of galaxies and cosmic large-scale structure throughout staggeringly large swaths of space.

York U’s music department offers high school students an exclusive opportunity to study under jazz greats

Fifty high school students will have the rare opportunity of learning from Juno-winning artists at York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD), thanks to a donation from the Nick Nurse Foundation, July 24-28

Water research strength recognized as York University hosts timely UN panel

As academic lead for the Global Water Academy, York hosted a panel for the UN’s High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

Workforce retention strategies that benefit all in the care economy

Transportation apps can help people with disabilities navigate public transit but accessibility lags behind

Smartphone apps have become commonplace tools for travel and navigation. As technology becomes more integrated into transport networks, apps will continue to be indispensable. But many of those apps remain inaccessible to those with various disabilities. Many people with disabilities rely on public transit as many do not have a driver’s licence. Planning trips, getting to and […]

Life on MARS: York U team heads North to look for clues to Martian mystery

Researcher available for interviews for first time from Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, where conditions mimic those on red planet ­TORONTO, July 13, 2023 - A York University astrobiologist and her team have arrived by chartered plane on MARS – an arctic research station situated on a polar desert island in Nunavut where they will study […]

York University leads water sustainability event at United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development to discuss water crisis brought on by extreme climate events

Extreme weather events linked to climate change are affecting water quality, quantity and sustainability for some of the world’s most vulnerable, but the United Nations and York University along with its partners are working toward solutions.

Remembering the Toronto flood of 2013