York U’s interdisciplinary capstone team receives award for innovative teaching

The D2L Innovation Award honours the leadership team for its innovative approach to promoting student-centred teaching and learning in post-secondary education York University’s Cross Campus Capstone Course (C4) program, which bridges the gap between classroom education and hands-on problem solving through interdisciplinary experiential education, has won a major award for innovation in teaching. This is […]

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 […]

Canadian trailblazer installed as York U’s first woman chancellor inspired by experience as a York student

Kathleen Taylor, a woman who has blazed a trail as a business executive in Canada, has marked another first when she was installed as York University’s first woman chancellor.

York University leads groundbreaking research to ensure technology revolution leaves no one behind

$318-million Connected Minds initiative to bring equity and inclusion to murky waters of AI April 28, 2023 A massive seven-year interdisciplinary research initiative led by York University – backed by substantial federal research funding — is setting out to tame the unruly world of AI and other disruptive technologies, so humans can benefit equitably from […]

York U drives positive change, empowers individuals to act

The new free microlecture series aims for a more sustainable future.

York’s Andrea Davis says Congress 2023 theme had to be ‘reckonings and re-imaginings’

The time is right to work collaboratively to imagine a more just world.

Drumroll… jazz virtuoso Terri Lyne Carrington this year’s Oscar Peterson Artist-in-Residence at York University

Grammy-winning drummer and educator to offer masterclasses, public performances and workshops geared at mentoring students who will be the future of jazz

York U honours latest major gift at Markham Campus construction milestone celebration

The York University community is celebrating an important phase in the construction of its new Markham Campus, as the final structural I-beam was placed – completing the building’s frame.