York U Professor Carla Lipsig-Mummé recognized with prestigious SSHRC Impact Award

York University Professor Carla Lipsig-Mummé, of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, has been recognized for excellence in research by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Lipsig-Mummé is the recipient of the SSHRC’s prestigious Impact Award (Partnership Category). The awards were announced Oct. 3 at a special reception at […]

York faculty, students share research at International Sociological Association world congress

York University researchers will have a prominent presence during the International Sociological Association’s (ISA) world congress. The event runs July 15 to 21 at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto, and attracts more than 5,000 sociologists. It takes place once every four years. This year, the event features a number of contributions from both York University […]

VPRI will host a Strategic Research Plan Open Forum April 18

Vice-President Research and Innovation Robert Haché will share a draft of York’s Strategic Research Plan (2018-23) at an open forum on Wednesday, April 18 from 2 to 3:30pm in S802 Ross Building. Robert Haché During the open forum, Haché will report back to the community about the consultations to date. He will review the draft […]

Seven York University researchers receive Early Researcher Award

Seven researchers from York University have each received funds through the Ontario government’s Early Researcher Awards (ERA) program. The researchers are Rebecca Bassett-Gunter, Hany Farag, Ryan Hili, Caroline Shenaz Hossein, Amy Muise, Jean-Paul Paluzzi and Christopher Perry. The Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science’s Early Researcher Awards program provides funding to new researchers working at […]

Higher Education Symposium challenges trends in gaining a global education

The 2017 Internationalizing Higher Education Symposium: Strategies, Challenges, Trends and Pathways will critically analyze how universities provide students — both international and domestic — with the knowledge and skills to compete in a globalized economy. On Nov. 29, this symposium will assess the capacity of educational institutions to internationalize curricula, as well as create a […]

Research event raises key issues of funding, productivity and impact

The Canadian Association of Research Administrators (CARA) held an Ontario conference with the theme of Funding, Productivity and Impact. The event took place on Nov. 16 and 17, and with close to 200 participants, it was one of the largest regional CARA conferences. Hosted by the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), CARA was held in […]

York University gains three new Canada Research Chairs and one renewal

TORONTO, Nov. 9, 2017 ─ York University welcomes the appointment of three new Canada Research Chairs in the Faculty of Science and renewal of a CRC in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. The Government of Canada recently announced the Fall 2017 CRC recipients at post-secondary institutions across Canada, who will receive $145.6 […]

Canadian Writers in Person: Mona Awad on writing out emotional experiences

On Sept. 19, York’s Canadian Writers in Person course debuted with Mona Awad reading from her book, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl. York teaching assistant Dana Patrascu-Kingsley sent the following report to YFile. Mona Awad Author Mona Awad opened this year’s Canadian Writers in Person series with a riveting presentation about writing out emotional experiences. An […]

Aird & Berlis LLP stepping up with annual award to help York University startups succeed

Toronto law firm Aird & Berlis LLP, together with its partner Randy Williamson, will support the next high potential venture to come out of York University’s entrepreneurship unit with a generous donation of cash and legal services. Aird & Berlis’s support for Innovation York’s entrepreneurship unit, LaunchYU, was announced at the program’s graduation Sept. 19. […]

Research Ethics Review Processes

Overview York University is committed to the highest standards of integrity in research. All projects involving the use of Human Participants, Animals and Biohazardous Materials are subject to review by the appropriate University committee. York has formulated policies for the conduct of research involving all three of these areas. All research involving humans, animals and/or biological agents/biohazardous materials conducted by […]