ASPIRE Archive

Six Indigenous scholars at York have received seed funding to pursue research that explores – among other things – language revitalization, land restoration and more.

Four York researchers are set to commercialize innovations that will help advance sustainability in sectors like electronic vehicles and infrastructure.

Professor Godfred Boateng is one of many York professors exemplifying the University's commitments to international collaborations to right the future.

Professor Alidad Amirfazli, along with researchers at Jiangsu University of Technology in China, have led an initiative to create a sustainable ways to de-ice vehicles and infrastructure. 

Using precise satellite tracking data currently unavailable to smartphone processors, York University engineers have developed a new technique that significantly improves the accuracy of global positioning system (GPS) tracking in Android smartphones.

Research Associate Meghan Harlow and Associate Professor Jessica Fraser-Thomas in York University's School of Kinesiology & Health Science are investigating the benefits and risks of organized sports programming for children aged six and under.

York University researchers Mark Bayfield, Elham Dolatabadi, Skye Fitzpatrick, Anthony Scimè and Jeffrey Wardell are leading five projects that have been awarded a combined total of more than $3 million in new funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

York University Professor Ali Abdul-Sater's work on blocking inflammation in gout has been named one of the most significant advancements in arthritis research in 2023 by Arthritis Society Canada.

Phyxable, a virtual physical therapy platform supported by York's YSpace entrepreneurship hub, was selected by the Canadian Space Agency for its Health Beyond Initiative, which aims to develop innovative and sustainable solutions for remote health-care delivery.