York University is calling on all community members to immediately resume masking indoors as part of provincial efforts to protect children and most vulnerable

York University shares the concern of Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) about Ontario’s overwhelmed children’s hospitals. As such, we are joining him — effective immediately — in calling on the York community to wear masks in all indoor settings except when eating or drinking.

York U announces ambitious new sustainability goals, expansion of sustainability office, and a targeted plan to achieve net-zero, sooner

York University is committed to purposeful words and deeds that demonstrate its longstanding values. Today, President Rhonda Lenton announced that Canada’s third largest university is implementing bold new actions and initiatives that will see York become one of the most sustainable universities in Canada, embracing a holistic approach to sustainability and amping up targeted resources […]

Announcing the 2022 Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowships for Black and Indigenous Scholars

York University has announced Sylvester Aboagye, Landing Badji, Leora Gansworth and Graeme Reed as this year’s recipients of the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowships for Black and Indigenous Scholars.

York U advances to top five spot on Maclean’s annual national comprehensive university ranking

The 2023 Maclean’s University Rankings are out and York is up. The University ranks in the top five comprehensive universities in Canada, moving up one spot from last year. 

New Provostial Fellows engage community to lead on Sustainable Development Goals

Four new Provostial Fellows have taken up their roles this year. Here is a look at what the Fellows will be doing in Fall 2022 through to Spring 2023.

York’s first Provostial Fellows lead on sustainability

In 2021, the inaugural cohort of Provostial Fellows began a series of year-long projects that would take meaningful action on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

York University’s Academic Innovation Fund invests in Biskaabiiyaang: the Indigenous metaverse to develop its Indigenized curriculum

Biskaabiiyaang today announced an investment of $40,000 from York University’s Academic Innovation Fund to support the design of an Indigenous-led metaverse delivering Anishinaabe language and First Nation cultural competency programs within a virtual world.

Academic Accommodation for Students’ Religious Observances | Mesures d’adaptation académiques pour les observances religieuses de la population étudiante

The following message was shared with York faculty and instructors on July 26, 2022: La version française suit la version anglaise. Dear colleagues,   We are writing to share the Senate Policy on Academic Accommodation for Students' Religious Observances (Policy, Guidelines and Procedures) which can be found at the York Secretariat Policies website.     The University […]

York University moves up in world university rankings

As one of two leading Canadian universities to improve in the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, York edged up by two spots, ranking 61st among North American public universities.

Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change Dean, Alice Hovorka, reappointed

Dr. Hovorka has provided outstanding leadership during her first term. She led the 2020 merger of the Faculty of Environmental Studies and the Department of Geography into the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change and inaugurated new governance structures that brought their respective norms and cultures into a new, integrated whole.