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.

Canada’s leading tax law graduate program celebrates 30 years with a debate about a wealth tax

Should Canada impose a wealth tax on its richest one per cent? One of the country’s best-known journalists and a leading tax expert will debate that question May 25 at an event celebrating the 30th anniversary of Canada’s foremost graduate program in tax law.

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 University leads $318.4M first-of-kind inclusive next-gen technology research initiative

Together with Queen’s University, the cross-disciplinary work is backed by $105.7M in federal funding through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund TORONTO, April 28, 2023 — Is an equitable world that includes humans and machines possible? York University researchers believe it must be and have set out to make it so through a first of its kind interdisciplinary […]

International report explores community legal services for better access to justice

Community legal clinics, paralegal services, social workers and others assisting those who cannot easily access legal help, are a few ways of narrowing the gap in accessing justice that’s prevalent across the globe, says York University legal expert Professor Trevor Farrow.

Current laws don't bar directors from holding roles at pension funds and companies in the oil and gas sector, says corporate governance expert and Osgoode law Prof Barnali Choudhury

Legal experts available on how the emerging metaverse impacts human rights

According to York University experts at Osgoode Hall Law School, as the metaverse grows fast and furious with major companies investing in this cyberspace, legal issues are emerging at the same pace.

Osgoode alumni give back by establishing $1.2-million Davies Fellows Award to create positive change in the legal profession

York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School receives transformative contribution to its No Barriers campaign from alumni working at leading Canadian law firm Davies TORONTO, March 1, 2023 – York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School and Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, one of Canada’s leading law firms, jointly announced today a $1.2-million Davies Fellows Award […]

Multidisciplinary York U team tackles the widening digital divide

While new technologies offer obvious benefits to humanity, concerns over who gets left behind as our world transforms need to be addressed, researchers warn

Global spotlight on AI’s impact on health care, law and urban development

Innovative York University conference to focus on how interdisciplinary collaborations can help shape a more just, equitable, healthy and sustainable future