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York experts have got you covered for Paris Olympics

York experts have got you covered for Paris Olympics

July. 26, 2024, TORONTO – While the Olympics are a show of international friendship and athletic excellence, they are also about politics and diplomacy, tourism, social change and spectacle, and sometimes even espionage. York experts are available to give comment to media on everything from nationalism in sport and why the economic pressures on athletes are getting even worse, to branding and tourism opportunities, the evolution of women’s basketball in Canada and how large sporting events intersect with sex tourism and displacement of low-income people, and more.  

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

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

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

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 […]

Concert to celebrate Canadian Jewish composers spanning 115 years

Concert to celebrate Canadian Jewish composers spanning 115 years

TORONTO, March 22, 2023 – York University’s Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies and the Department of Music will present a chamber music recital on Thursday at the Tribute Communities Recital Hall, Keele Campus. This free recital will celebrate Canadian Jewish composers spanning 115 years as part of the performance and lecture series “Sound and Sense: Jewish Music @ […]

Noah "40" Shebib receives honorary doctorate from York University

Noah "40" Shebib receives honorary doctorate from York University

Noah "40" Shebib, accomplished Canadian music producer, speaks with Shaliza Bacchus after receiving an Honorary Doctor of Laws from York University. With Drake and Oliver El-Khatib, he co-founded. Noah "40" Shebib, accomplished Canadian music producer, speaks with Shaliza Bacchus after receiving an Honorary Doctor of Laws from York University. With Drake and Oliver El-Khatib, he […]