The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation will be offering a workshop series on administrative support for large-scale research funding applications. This session is designed for research support staff across the university who work with faculty members to prepare large-scale applications for external funding. Others are welcome to attend. Session 1 – Getting Started […]
York recently hosted an external review of the Organized Research Unit (ORU) landscape. The purpose of the review was to seek feedback on how to best position York’s research centres and institutes for success, as they continue to strengthen and enhance their research profiles. “Building on the foundation of the University’s new ORU policy approved […]
The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation hosted a York Leadership Roundtable on May 8. The event brought together knowledge experts in business, industry, government and academia to discuss eHealth and connected solutions for health care delivery. The roundtable provided a forum for participants to discuss technological advancements, research partnerships and community collaborations for the benefit of […]
The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation (VPRI) is launching a consultation process to seek input from the York University research community on the development of a new strategic research plan for 2013-2018. The launch of the consultation process was announced in Senate on Thursday. VPRI will be advised in the consultation process by a […]
York University will be making its sophomore contribution to a worldwide movement of talks and idea-sharing by hosting TEDxYorkU on March 10 at the Glendon campus. TED, which stands for technology, entertainment and design, is a series of not-for-profit conferences that started in 1984 in Silicon Valley as a way for employees of tech companies to share […]
The York University community is invited to a Research Open House. Meet Robert Haché, the new vice-president research & innovation (VPRI), and learn more about research services at York University. The Research Open House will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, from 1 - 3 p.m., on the 5th Floor of the York Research Tower. […]
Robert Haché, a molecular and cellular biologist and biochemist, will assume the role of vice-president research & innovation at York University for a five-year term, effective July 1, 2011. The announcement of Haché's appointment was made yesterday by York President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. “I am thrilled that Dr. Haché is coming to York University,” said Shoukri. “Dr. […]
Teaching with technology is a good thing, and no one knows it better than Janet Murphy. The York Region District School Board (YRDSB) has awarded Murphy, director of York’s Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) on applied research program in the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, an Outstanding Service Award. Under Murphy’s leadership, ABEL’s team […]
The future of the educational Internet will be the topic as the Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) program hosts its 10th annual ABEL Summer Institute (ASI) this year. Registration is now open for Connected Community Learning: The Next Decade taking place Aug. 22 to 24 on York's Keele campus. Over the past decade the Internet […]
The Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation, is seeking a research communications officer for a limited-term contract. More details, including the salary range, duties, qualifications and instructions for how to apply, are posted on the central York University career website. The description will be posted until the job is filled. Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, […]
Members of Markham council will go on a trade mission to Israel to participate in the Israel Life Science Industry Biomed conference in Tel Aviv, May 20 to 29, wrote YorkRegion.com March 17: The May business mission is a partnership between the Town of Markham, the Regional Municipality of York, York University and Miller Thomson […]
As York University moves forward with implementing the White Paper’s priority directions, the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation (VPRI) has been working with a small group of colleagues across the faculties to identify our highest priority initiatives for research intensification — initiatives to which we are committed to making measurable progress going forward. […]
Are you looking for space to host a research-related event? The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation has several rooms available in the York Research Tower and York Lanes for researchers to use when hosting research-related events. Some restrictions apply. See the Policies and Procedures page in the Research Support section for a full […]
York's scientific community is encouraged to attend a town hall meeting with Dr. Suzanne Fortier, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. This forum provides an tremendous opportunity to meet and speak with Dr. Fortier. The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation encourages all faculty, students and postdoctoral fellows to […]
Marc Bornstein is one of the preeminent developmental researchers in the world and is currently the head of the Child and Family Research program at the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development in the United States. As a researcher, Bronstein has received numerous awards for his research from such organizations as National Institute of Child Health & Human […]
The search committee to appoint a vice-president, research & innovation will soon commence a comprehensive international search for a successor to Professor Stan Shapson. The search committee will be drafting an advertisement to announce the start of the search, which will appear shortly in various publications and websites. In addition, the committee is working on a position profile […]
As York University moves forward with the priority directions outlined in the White Paper, the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation (VPRI) has worked with a small group of colleagues across the faculties to identify our highest-priority initiatives for research intensification. These are initiatives on which we are committed to making measurable progress going […]
Originally the site of some of York’s most memorable hockey moments and reputed to have the best arena ice in the province, the former York University Ice Arena, known as the Ice Palace, is now home to a new kind of dream team. The Keele campus building's transformation from a hockey rink into an innovative new health science research centre […]
There’s a tendency to think that the problems faced by people with precarious status – temporary workers, refugee claimants, failed claimants and people without status – are not Canadian issues, but York sociology Professor Luin Goldring disagrees. To shed light on the emerging body of research in this area, the Research Alliance on Precarious Status, which […]
Professor Jimmy Huang is a very busy man. In addition to the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies appointing him director of the School of Information Technology, he will be helping to host three prestigious international conferences in upcoming weeks. The conferences will focus on research into artificial intelligence, intelligent agent technology, active media […]