Professor Seth Feldman: World Cup flags show Canada's openness to multiculturalism

The walls of the Sat Gupta's flag store were once stocked with Canadian paraphernalia, but today, the Canadiana sits in boxes, reported The Canadian Press June 29. Instead, precedence is being given to the flags of 32 nations competing in the World Cup: Spotting the unexpected countries is what Seth Feldman, director of York’s Robarts […]

Author Wayson Choy to deliver Asian Heritage Month Lecture at York on May 25

Acclaimed author Wayson Choy will deliver this year’s Asian Heritage Month Lecture at York next Tuesday. In his lecture, “Asian Identity: Becoming Canadian”, Choy will review his personal insights into life as an in-between citizen, living as a hyphenated Chinese-Canadian for most of his life. Choy – born in Canada in 1939 – will explore how […]

Canada's health policies failing its most vulnerable, researchers find

Dennis Raphael, a professor in York’s School of Health Policy & Management in the Faculty of Health was quoted in the Aurora Banner's May 8 issue about his report, released April 29, that offers Canadians the opportunity to learn how their living conditions will determine whether they stay healthy or become ill: We’re products of […]

York study: Work hard at making a good marriage, not changing your partner

As Canadians continue to live longer, they can expect to spend more years with their life partners, whatever old age brings, wrote The Globe and Mail May 7: In fact, the research suggests that, while there’s no guarantee that sticking it out will lead to happiness, good marriages often get better later in life. “They […]

Researchers' report details how living conditions determine health of Canadians

A report released yesterday by York University researchers offers Canadians the opportunity to learn how their living conditions will determine whether they stay healthy or become ill. Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts shows why these factors are so important for health and documents the state of living conditions in Canada in an accessible […]