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Professor Stan Shapson to continue term as Vice-President Research & Innovation into 2011

Posted on 9 July 2010

President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri has issued this message to the York community: I am pleased to announce that Stan Shapson has agreed to an extension of his term as vice-president, research & innovation, for 2010-2011. Over his two five-year terms, VP Shapson has been instrumental in advancing York’s research and innovation mandate, as well […]

Four things you need to know about SSHRC's streamlined program architecture

Posted on 8 July 2010

Over the past year, the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has reviewed the way its funding programs are structured to provide researchers with a simpler, more flexible and more effective system of application and assessment. SSHRC president Chad Gaffield addressed this process during a town hall meeting held with faculty and students […]

Developing a budget for a research project? Get some guidelines first

Posted on 22 June 2010

Donna Smith, senior executive officer in the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, has made her presentation on how to develop a research budget available to the York community. You'll find the PowerPoint file under Presentations in the Documents and Forms section. Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications officer.

Ontario Centre of Excellence's Discovery 2010 was now, not next

Posted on 15 June 2010

Discovery 2010, the Ontario Centre of Excellence’s annual conference to showcase and celebrate Ontario innovation, is one of Ontario’s flagship programs that supports and promotes research at Ontario’s universities, colleges, research institutions and companies. Held May 17 and 18, Discovery 2010 was billed as “Where next Happens” for Clean Tech, Health Tech, High Tech and […]

Video: Graduate students benefitting from space in York's Research Tower

Posted on 1 June 2010

The 10-storey York Research Tower provides new facilities purposely designed to help graduate students be more effective researchers on floors six, seven and eight. Professor Susan Henders, director of the York Centre for Asian Research, spoke about the new facilities during a recent research celebration. Her remarks are available on the Research Web site's multimedia […]

For York profs, it's science on-demand at Royal Canadian Institute gala dinner

Posted on 8 April 2010

Have you ever wanted to have dinner with a scientist? Ask questions about Canada’s laser radar on NASA's 2007 Phoenix mission to Mars, the role of human genomes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, the consequences of dwindling fossil fuels or perhaps how biochemical pathways affect obesity? The Royal Canadian Institute (RCI) for the […]