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Professors question assumptions in immigrant mental health research

Posted on 10 February 2012

Migration is a complex phenomenon that can have important consequence on mental health, say two York professors who will talk about some of the assumptions made in conducting research on immigrant mental health at the upcoming Multicultural Mental Health Promotion. Michaela Hynie (left), associate director of the York Institute for Health Research and a York psychology professor, and […]

Three York profs nominated for Heritage Toronto Awards

Posted on 4 October 2011

Two York academics are finalists for a Heritage Toronto Award for books – one on the city's sculptures, the other an imagined look at the city through the eyes of various writers. A third York professor is involved with the work of the Psychiatric Survivors Archives of Toronto, which was nominated under the Community Heritage Category. York Professor Emeritus John […]

Research Jobs: CIV-DDD seeking project manager and new details on YIHR's administrative clerk posting

Posted on 25 February 2011

The York Institute for Health Research (YIHR) is seeking an administrative clerk for a one-year contract. Applications are due by Tuesday, March 1, 2011. The position has been reposted with new details. The Centre for Innovation in Information Visualization and Data-Driven Design (CIV-DDD) is seeking a project manager for a one-year contract. The position will […]

YIHR hiring administrative clerk; Knowledge Mobilization seeking five graduate interns for climate change projects

Posted on 22 February 2011

The York Institute for Health Research (YIHR) is seeking an administrative clerk for a one-year contract. Applications are due by Tuesday, March 1, 2011. The Knowledge Mobilization unit it also seeking five graduate interns (students enrolled in master's or PhD programs) for placement with a variety of municipal partners in the GTA. There are several […]

Three research centres to host open house in TEL building January 13 from 2:30 to 5 pm

Posted on 11 January 2011

The LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence & Conflict Resolution, the Institute for Social Research (ISR) and the York Institute for Health Research (YIHR) are holding a research open house Thursday to highlight some of the excellence in research within each of the three units. The event will take place Jan. 13, from 2:30 to […]

Professor, Canada Research Chair, and mathematician Jianhong Wu wins 2010 Award of Merit

Posted on 6 December 2010

What do math and the flu epidemic have in common? Just ask York Department of Mathematics & Statistics Professor Jianhong Wu, who studies disease progression and infection using math. Wu, a Canada Research Chair in Industrial and Applied Mathematics, is leading two prominent Canadian teams on modelling and geo-stimulation of disease spread, and coordinates a […]

November is Research Month: York celebrates with a series of events

Posted on 28 October 2010

Research Month celebrates the achievements and diversity of York University’s research community. Throughout November, the Vari Hall Rotunda will play host to displays and demonstrations featuring our faculty and graduate researchers. Drop by between 10 am and 2 pm each Wednesday to learn what York's researchers are doing. The Research Month index on York's Research […]

Researchers creating international global rights-monitoring network for persons with disabilities

Posted on 29 September 2010

Disability Rights Promotion International provides innovative response to UN’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities If you pass a law to prevent discrimination against persons with disabilities, how do you know whether it’s being enforced, let alone making a difference? Marcia Rioux (right), director of the York Institute for Health Research (YIHR) and […]

Passings: Professor Gina Feldberg led the York Centre for Health Studies

Posted on 14 July 2010

Professor Gina Feldberg, a faculty member in the Health & Society Program in the Department of Social Science in York's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, died on Saturday, July 10, after a long illness. She was 54 years old. Prof. Feldberg made a significant mark at York University. She spent a decade at Harvard, first as […]

Professor Pat Armstrong's long-term residential healthcare study looks to improve national and international conditions

Posted on 10 June 2010

In Sweden, long-term care workers often have time to take patients outside for a walk. In Canada, having a patient shuffle from their room down the corridor to the dining hall is frequently considered “a walk”. It is this kind of difference in the nature of long-term care facilities from one country to the next that has […]