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York University receives $7.25M to build network and use AI and big data in fight against infectious diseases

Five-year project aimed at ensuring vulnerable and at-risk populations are included in disease outbreak management and policies TORONTO, Sept. 7, 2022 – At a time when the risk of emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases (ERIDs) is increasing, an international team led by York University successfully competed to receive a CAD7.25 million grant from the International Development Research […]

Researchers develop novel way to prevent waterborne infectious diseases at refugee settlements

Waterborne illness is one of the leading causes of infectious disease outbreaks in refugee and internally displaced persons (IDP) settlements, but a team led by York University has developed a new technique to keep drinking water safe using machine learning, and it could be a game changer.

Mannequins are "bristling with radiation detectors, making sure that the exposure to deep-space radiation that the astronauts are going to experience is within the expected limits," Professor Paul Delaney tells CTV News

Peel police 3.7 times more likely to use force on Black people. Professor Lorne Foster tells the Toronto Star that the current format for collecting data can’t show us all of the excessive and unnecessary use-of-force.

Most countries have anti-trafficking laws, policies and programmes to prevent human trafficking. There are also international treaties to address the problem. Yet it’s still thriving, says Professor Uwafiokun Idemudia in The Conversation Canada

Whose satisfaction is more important in a mixed-gender romantic relationship?

Changes in your relationship satisfaction today are linked to how satisfied you will feel down the road, says York University Psychology Professor Amy Muise, who recently co-authored a study examining man-woman partnerships for satisfaction levels by analyzing daily diaries and other data collected over several years.

The market correction provides an opportunity to rethink the province’s approach to housing, says Professor Mark Winfield in the Toronto Star

Twitter shows lower-to-middle income countries have higher unemployment post pandemic

Lower-to-middle-income countries still struggle with high unemployment rates after COVID-19 lockdowns and economic restrictions, unlike higher-income countries such as Canada, finds a new study led by York University with the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

All about bees: Common misconceptions, helping pollinators and how to actually ‘save the bees’. Professor Sheila Colla explains in the National Geographic

Toronto greenspaces create structural and systemic barriers for racialized residents

Racialized residents could face structural and systemic barriers to accessing, using and navigating Toronto’s greenspaces, say the authors of a new report led by York University