York University will celebrate its faculty, students and post-doctoral fellows who have earned honours and achievements for research and creative excellence at its annual York U Research Leaders event on Tuesday, Feb. 25. “This is our second annual event recognizing York’s Research Leaders and we plan to continue carrying forward this tradition,” said Robert Haché, […]
The achievements of two York University professors have been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), which has inducted them as Fellows. Carl E. James, professor, in the Faculty of Education and Director, York Centre for Education & Community, and Norman Yan, professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and a core […]
Eight members of the York University community are among the early recipients of a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in honour of their achievements and significant contributions to Canada. The medals are in celebration of the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne as queen of Canada and some 60,000 Canadians […]
There are many awards for personal achievement, ranging from the most valuable player in an amateur sports team to the Nobel Prize. Such achievements, big or small, rarely happen without the encouragement and assistance of a myriad of people behind the scenes. Researcher, author, educator and academic administrator Barbara Sellers-Young (right) , dean of York's […]