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Leadership project for girls being launched at forum held today

Posted on 29 June 2011

York University is launching a new project aimed at enhancing girls’ leadership potential and engagement in civic life, with a community forum taking place today, from 11am to 2:30pm, in the Vanier College Renaissance Room, 001 Vanier College on the Keele campus. The project, "Engaging Girls, Changing Communities: Examining Girls’ Processes of Civic Engagement and Leadership (EGCC)," […]

York to host conference on Modern Slavery, Human Rights and Development June 26 to 28

Posted on 24 June 2011

Enslavement, slaveholders, international law, wartime abuses and forced marriage are just some of the areas speakers from Canada, the US and the UK will discuss at an upcoming conference on modern slavery. Modern Slavery, Human Rights and Development will take place from June 26 to 28 at York’s Keele campus. The conference is organized by York Professor […]

ACT for Youth Project brings interdisciplinary researchers together, discussing youth in urban communities

Posted on 30 May 2011

The Assets Coming Together (ACT) for Youth Project celebrated its youth researchers with an awards ceremony at the conclusion of a day-long partnership group meeting at Black Creek Pioneer Village. Above: From left, front row, ACT for Youth Project research interns Stephanie Lucas, Stephanie Henry, Aziz Mohammed, Muzna Rehman, Enoruwa Osagie, with youth co-chair Alex […]

Postdoctoral fellow Stuart Henderson's book examines the hip scene in 1960s Yorkville

Posted on 26 May 2011

How is "hip" constructed? Is a culture of dissent ultimately a by-product of prevailing sociopolitical forces? Do countercultural events influence mainstream society? Those questions and more are at the core of Making the Scene: Yorkville and Hip Toronto in the 1960s, a new book by York postdoctoral fellow Stuart Henderson published this month by the University of Toronto Press. The […]

Graduate students to engage with lawyers, political economists and theorists at SSHRC-funded workshop

Posted on 25 May 2011

Some of the top Canadian and international lawyers, political economists, social and development theorists will meet with graduate students this week to analyze and debate the “new constitutionalism”, a central characteristic of the global political economy. It’s another way York students are being given opportunities to engage with the wider community, says York Distinguished Research Professor Stephen […]

Professor Myriam Mongrain's psychology study on kindness attracts media coverage

Posted on 19 May 2011

There is karma in kindness. It seems that the Biblical adage of doing unto others, as you’d have them do unto you, pays off in happiness, reported the Toronto Star May 17: A York University study found that people who performed small acts of kindness – every day for five to 15 minutes for a […]

York's digital media, vision and computer science expertise driving inaugural 3D conference

Posted on 19 May 2011

The Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference, a one-of-a-kind gathering of experts in stereoscopic 3D art and entertainment, takes place in Toronto June 11 to 14. Major figures from the USA, UK, Russia, Germany and Canada will convene at TIFF Bell Lightbox to address and analyze the latest developments in the field. The first of its […]

Professor Myriam Mongrain's study asks: Is there a scientific proof for karma?

Posted on 18 May 2011

Practicing small acts of kindness will make you a happier person, and the boost in mood stays with you for months, according to research out of York University. More than 700 people took part in a study that charted the effects of being nice to others, in small doses, over the course of a week. Researchers […]

Professor Françoise Mougeon, Glendon's associate principal academic & research, steps down

Posted on 6 May 2011

Glendon’s Françoise Mougeon will be stepping down this July after completing her three-year term as the associate principal academic & research. “Françoise Mougeon has made a signal contribution to Glendon through her two tenures as associate principal academic & research,” said Glendon Principal Kenneth McRoberts. “Over these several years, Françoise could always be counted on […]

Glendon Professor Raymond Mougeon co-investigator on $2.5- million francophone project

Posted on 2 May 2011

Linguistics and language studies Professor Raymond Mougeon, director of Glendon’s Centre for Research on Language Contact (CRLC), is a co-investigator on a seven-year, $2.5-million project to examine 400 years of family histories to see how language has shaped communities and cultures. Funded through the Major Collaborative Research Initiatives program of the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of […]