Vibrant, interactive website illuminates York University's Academic Plan 2020-2025

Today marks another milestone in the journey to bring the document Building a Better Future: York University Academic Plan 2020-2025 to lifewith the launch of a visually compelling new website. The Building a Better Future: York University Academic Plan 2020-2025 website illuminates the new UAP 2020-2025 and itssix priorities for action with inspirational, interactive content that is rooted in York […]

The Centre for Feminist Research launches multidisciplinary virtual exhibit, Oct. 28

Chapter 2: The Darkroom is a multidisciplinary virtual exhibit curated by Abdullah Qureshi, a visiting researcher and doctoral candidate at York University, which will run Oct. 28 to 31. The exhibit looks at cruising, erotic spaces and practices that are traditionally understood as sexually promiscuous and, as such, are morally rejected or pushed to the peripheries by the dominant heteronormative […]

Study finds promoting adaptability key to student success with online learning

As more and more students move to online learning, experts say those who have a greater ability to adapt to novel situations and uncertainty are better able to learn online.  In a study published in the American Psychological Association’s journal Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, researchers at York University, Hadassah Academic College in Israel and Oakland […]

Do you know your bees? Researchers find Canadians lack bee knowledge

TORONTO, October 28, 2020 – How well do you know your bees? York University researchers have found bee knowledge in Canada lacking with about half of those surveyed thinking honey bees are wild and native to Canada. They’re not. They were brought over from Europe and are managed by beekeepers like other farm animals, such as […]

Schulich faculty, alumni publish multi-stakeholder research paper on sustainability reporting in Canada

A research paper written by a Schulich professor, current students and alumni was recently featured in Accounting Perspectives, a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA). Professor Charles Cho worked with seasoned alumni Kathrin Bohr and Katharine Partridge from Stakeholder Research Associates (SRA), as well as Tony Choi, a current Schulich PhD student, and two MBA 2019 graduates Jhankrut Shah and Ada Swierszcz, to complete […]

How do we help students struggling with online learning? Study finds promoting adaptability is key

Psychology researcher says it’s not just about resilience; students should be encouraged to be adaptable to uncertainty TORONTO, Oct. 22, 2020 – As more and more students move to online learning, experts say those who have a greater ability to adapt to novel situations and uncertainty are better able to learn online.  In a study published this week […]

Spending more time indoors during COVID-19 and why ventilation matters

Mechanical engineering expert available for interviews  TORONTO, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 – Mechanical engineering expert available for interviews  As temperatures start to dip during the second wave of COVID-19, many people may be spending more time indoors. Both heating and humidity indoors can play a role in transmission of viruses but what does “airborne transmission” really mean […]

York University’s ELLA Altitude wins CANIE Award for COVID-19 support initiative

TORONTO, Oct. 21, 2020 – York University’s ELLA Altitude has won the COVID-19 Support Award in the 2020 Canada Innovation and Entrepreneurship Awards, presented in partnership with the Government of Canada’s Trade Commissioner Service.  Also known as the CANIE Awards, the program presented by the Innovators and Entrepreneurs Foundation (IEF), is powered by  Startup Canada. The Awards celebrate the achievements […]

YCAR announces recipients of Canada-China Initiatives Fund

The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) has announced the latest recipients of the Canada-China Initiatives Fund (CCIF). “The call for this third round was adjusted for the summer 2020 deadline to prioritize virtual events and workshops in light of the realities of our new academic landscape. We are pleased to be able to support […]

OSIRIS-REx mission attempting to get sample from Bennu today: York U expert and member of mission science team available to comment

TORONTO, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 – Today, after years of studying the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS-REx mission will make its first attempt to collect and retrieve a sample from its surface. The mission will use a robotic arm and novel sampling device to collect the sample, more than 200 million miles from Earth, in a Touch-And-Go […]