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Employers need to prioritize employee mental health if they want to attract new talent

Canadian employers are currently facing significant challenges in attracting and retaining talent in the workplace, putting the responsibility on employers to attract employees to their organizations. One key way for employers to achieve this is by prioritizing the mental health of their employees. Workplaces are increasingly recognizing that productive employees actively seek out workplaces that prioritize mental well-being and […]

Scientists discover air quality monitoring stations are collecting urgently needed biodiversity data

An international team of researchers has discovered that thousands of ambient air quality monitoring stations around the world are unwittingly recording more than just atmospheric pollutants and dust: they are also likely collecting biodiversity data in the form of environmental DNA (eDNA). Until now it was thought that the infrastructure for monitoring biodiversity and national and global scales does not exist.

Jane-Finch high school students share lived experiences through poetry at high-profile Congress academic conference on creating a better world

Students from high schools in the Jane-Finch area are asking to listen and be heard at Congress 2023.

York University named as one of the world’s leading universities in the 2023 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings

Community commitment to sustainability underpins top 40 global ranking.

York U hosts Congress 2023: Creating a better world through “Reckonings and Re-imaginings”

York University is modeling its commitment to create positive change as host to Congress 2023, the annual red-circle event for social sciences and humanities scholars that kicked off on May 27. Congress 2023 will help shape the important dialogue about building a world that is safe, equitable and sustainable. Over six days, 9,000+ scholars, graduate […]

York University, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Invite Community to Reckon and Re-Imagine at Canada’s Largest Academic Conference this Month

For the first time in four years, Canada’s largest academic gathering – the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences (Congress) – will be held in person from May 27 to June 2 at York University in Toronto. Organized in partnership with the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (the Federation), this 92nd edition […]

York U led Connected Minds explores how new technologies affect our brains, society and the most vulnerable

Canadian financial institutions are fuelling the climate change crisis

Once again, Canada will almost certainly fail to meet its target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent by 2030 in accordance with the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recommendations. This is despite the government’s optimistic spin on the release of its latest emissions inventory report. Jerry DeMarco, the environment commissioner in the Auditor General’s office, has […]

New approach needed to manage systemic risks, such as pandemics, climate catastrophes, financial crises

Controlling systemic risks from things like financial and geopolitical crises, pandemics and natural disasters is vital to protect Canadians, but as Risk and Insurance Studies Centre at York University researchers argue there is an acute need for a fundamental transformation in how people think about and manage that risk.

Urban Bees Are More Stressed Out Than Their Suburban Or Rural Sisters