Prof receives $1 million from SSHRC for climate change project

Carla Lipsig-Mummé, professor of work and labour studies in York's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and research fellow in York’s Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability, has received $1 million over six years from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Right: Carla Lipsig-Mummé The award will fund an international project to study […]

York University awarded a European Union Centre of Excellence

York University has been awarded a grant to establish a European Union Centre of Excellence(EUCE). Recognized for the excellence, breadth and depth of its European Union (EU) studies and scholarly activities, York will receive funding of $480,000 over three years to integrate the University’s existing research, teaching, outreach and networking activities on Europe and the […]

New ResearchSnapshots get knowledge to the community

York University’s Knowledge Mobilization (KM) Unit has released 40 new ResearchSnapshot summaries and opened two new Community Collaboration Stations. The announcement of the new initiatives was made Dec. 2 during an afternoon research forum hosted at the University by the KM Unit. The summaries are available in a searchable online database located on the KM Unit's […]

Particle physics team looks forward to working with TRIUMF

York particle physicist Sampa Bhadra (below right) has already figured out how she intends to spend her next sabbatical leave when it comes in 2013 – she's hoping to visit British Columbia so she can spend some quality time at a subatomic research facility that’s larger than two city blocks and houses the biggest cyclotron […]

U50: Recipient of President’s Research Excellence Award named

John Tsotsos, Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Faculty of Science & Engineering, has been named the winner of the York University President’s Research Excellence Award. The award, introduced during York’s 50th year, recognizes outstanding research achievement and significant contributions to advance the University’s international reputation for research excellence. Distinguished […]

November is York's first Research Month

November is York’s first Research Month Tuesdays in November will never be the same if the organizers of York University’s first Research Month have their way. They have put together an exciting month of events, interactive research displays and images that document and celebrate just some of the research conducted at York University. The interactive displays, and […]

York scientist elected to the Royal Society of Canada

York Professor K.W. Michael Siu has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the highest honour a Canadian scholar can achieve in the arts, humanities and sciences. This year’s new Fellows will be inducted at a ceremony to be held Nov. 28 in Gatineau, Que. A specialist in mass spectrometry whose work […]

Ottawa renews $1.4-million Canada Research Chair at York

The federal government has renewed a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Law, Communication & Culture at York enabling Professor Rosemary Coombe of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies to advance her research in the field of socio-legal studies. As a Tier 1 CRC, Coombe will receive $1.4 million over seven years. The CRC is part of […]