Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty was at York University on Monday to mark the start of National Nursing Week, and chaired a round-table discussion that included undergraduate nursing students and graduate students in the nurse practitioner program. McGuinty, accompanied by York President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and York West MPP Mario Sergio, began his visit with […]
The York Leadership Roundtable event series connects senior business executives and community leaders in York Region with York University's researchers and senior administrators. Through the roundtable format, participants identify and generate ways to build upon their scientific and social innovation while sharing resources by forming research partnerships. YorkRegion.com covered the most recent event May 6: […]
York University has appointed Janusz Kozinski as dean of the Faculty of Science & Engineering. Kozinski will begin a five-year term at York on July 1. He has been dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan since 2007, but spent much of his career at McGill University. A widely acknowledged expert […]
York University Professor Ellen Bialystok has been awarded the prestigious Killam Prize for outstanding career achievement. Bialystok, a Distinguished Research Professor in York’s Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, is known internationally for her research on language, bilingualism and cognitive development. She received the award this morning from the Canada Council for the Arts, which […]
York University has appointed Professor Lorne Sossin as dean of its Osgoode Hall Law School. Sossin, who most recently taught at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law, will begin a five-year term on July 1. Right: Lorne Sossin Prior to joining the University of Toronto, where he served as associate dean in the Faculty […]
Golda Koschitzky, York benefactor and honorary degree recipient, has died. She was 102. On Nov. 5, 1999, York presented the philanthropist and Jewish education innovator with an honorary doctor of laws. Over 90 years old at the time, she had supported the establishment of a professorship then a Chair in Jewish Teacher Education at York through […]
Performer, composer and educator Ron Westray has been appointed as the Oscar Peterson Chair in Jazz Performance at York University. “We’re excited and honoured to have an artist of Ron Westray’s calibre as the Chair,” said York University President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. “This Chair will enable us to further advance the quality of education for […]