York’s Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Unit, in partnership with the York Region Community Foundation (YRCF), has released its first Living in York Region Vital Signs report. Titled "Living in York Region: Our Community Check-up", the report presents context indicators for 12 issue areas and summarizes the opinions of more than 1,000 York Region residents who attended focus groups […]
Robert Haché, York vice-president research & innovation, has appointed Professors Lisa Philipps and Walter Tholen, as associate vice-presidents research for five-year terms, effective Nov. 1. “I am delighted that Lisa and Walter have accepted the positions,” said Haché. “York is home to exceptional students, staff and faculty in every discipline. Recognizing our strengths in interdisciplinary and collaborative […]
A new study out of York University finds that music-based cognitive training offers dramatic benefits for young children, including improved verbal intelligence. The study, conducted at York and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, appeared online yesterday in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. It looked at children between the […]
Two York academics are finalists for a Heritage Toronto Award for books – one on the city's sculptures, the other an imagined look at the city through the eyes of various writers. A third York professor is involved with the work of the Psychiatric Survivors Archives of Toronto, which was nominated under the Community Heritage Category. York Professor Emeritus John […]
A cross section of creative artists from the Faculty of Fine Arts is on deck for tomorrow's all-night art party. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, which will take place throughout downtown Toronto, features the work of more than 500 local, national and international artists Theatre Professor Shawn Kerwin collaborated with Laurel McDonald to create "Alone Together", an “art-app” for […]
A York University PhD student and a contract faculty member have been awarded Fulbright Awards to do research in the United States. York University will also play host to a distinguished American scholar for the 2011-2012 academic year. David Hugill (right), a PhD candidate at York University, has been granted a Fulbright Student Award to study geography at the […]
A singer-songwriter, poet, musician and spoken-word artist, C.R. Avery will be at York Tuesday as part of the Creative Writing Speaker Series. The event will take place Oct. 4, from noon to 2pm, in the Paul Delaney Gallery, 320 Bethune College. Everyone is welcome. C.R. Avery (right) will perform his music, poetry and spoken-word, as well as […]
Four films will screen as part of the Taiwanese Film Festival at York starting Monday, including the top-selling film of all time in Taiwan. The 2011 Taiwanese Film Festival will take place from Oct. 3 to 7. All films will screen at 3:30pm in the Nat Taylor Cinema, N102 Ross Building. The films will have […]
World-renowned mrdangam virtuoso Trichy Sankaran launches the 2011-2012 Faculty Concert Series of York University’s Music Department with “Rhythms of India”, a showcase performance Oct. 4 at 7:30pm in York’s Tribute Communities Recital Hall. Sankaran is known internationally for his rhythmic dexterity, tonal nuance and consummate mastery of the mrdangam, the traditional double-headed drum of classical […]
York University bee researcher Clement Kent has been awarded the Pollinator Advocate Award for Canada – not for his work in the lab, but his efforts in the garden. Kent, president of the Horticultural Societies of Parkdale and Toronto, founded the Pollinator Garden Project two years ago to teach gardeners, members of the public and […]
The Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies will host a lecture series in 2011-2012 centred around the theme of “Transforming Canada: Histories of Environmental Change.” The series reconsiders the transformation of the northern half of the continent through time as a foundation for sensible engagement with the environmental challenges facing Canadian society in the 21st century. […]
David Phipps, director of York's Research Services and Knowledge Exchange, has been named the most influential knowledge broker in Canada, according to a report by Knowledge Mobilization Works, a consulting and training company based in Ottawa. The Canadian Knowledge Mobilization 100, a survey run by Knowledge Mobilization Works, asked respondents to rank the biggest influences of their […]
York will host Without a Home, a research symposium on contemporary issues in Canadian homelessness, that will bring together top academics next week to discuss some of the latest findings. The symposium will take place Thursday, Oct. 6, from 8:30am to 12:30pm, at 280N York Lanes, Keele campus, followed by lunch from 12:30 to 2pm. The presenters will […]
In the fall of 2010, York's Vice-President Academic & Provost Patrick Monahan announced the establishment of the Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) to provide an investment of $2.5 million in support of innovation and change at the University. Applications were invited for funding to support new initiatives advancing York's strategic priorities. Of the applications received, 39 projects, […]
York students, staff and faculty are invited to a Research Open House on Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 1 to 3pm, on the fifth floor of the York Research Tower. Remarks will begin at 2:30pm. Come out and meet Robert Haché, the new vice-president research & innovation, and learn more about research services at York University. Staff from the Office […]
Six Faculty of Health professors were honoured for their outstanding contributions at a presentation of the 2010-2011 Dean’s Awards for Excellence last week. An award is given to two faculty members, one in the early career category and another in the established career category, in the areas of research, service and teaching. The awards, which […]
The York University community is invited to a Research Open House. Meet Robert Haché, the new vice-president research & innovation (VPRI), and learn more about research services at York University. The Research Open House will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, from 1 - 3 p.m., on the 5th Floor of the York Research Tower. […]
Tricky math and haunting messages accumulate in unresolved poetics this fall at the Art Gallery of York University (AGYU). The AGYU invites you to "surge out there" as it joins with Raqs Media Collective: technological poets for an India in transition, to present their newest exhibit Surjection. Of the current generation of Indian artists, the […]
How does climate change affect those living in a Nunavut community? Talk directly with members of the northern hamlet of Arviat on the western shore of Hudson Bay as part of the Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Film Festival next Tuesday. Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change, by Zacharias Kunuk and Ian Mauro, will screen simultaneously at York and […]
When Ian Dejardin first encountered the Group of Seven in the late 1980s, he was stunned by their visual impact and was determined to learn everything he could about these seminal figures in the history of 20th-century Canadian art, wrote Postmedia News Sept. 20, in a story about a new European tour of the group’s […]