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).
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
Dr. Goodyer provided excellent leadership during her first term, in which the Lassonde School of Engineering has grown enrolments, its faculty complement, as well as research and teaching facilities.
Dr. Robinson comes to York from Trent University where, for the past 10 years, she has served as associate vice-president students.
An innovative and comprehensive SDGs-in-the-Classroom Toolkit has just been launched. It has been designed to assist York University faculty with their efforts to infuse the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their teaching and learning activities.
We are a stronger community when we demonstrate how much we care about one another. As such, we are encouraging faculty and instructors to be aware of current events and to be sensitive to colleagues’ and students’ experiences and reactions during this time, which may include heightened emotions or withdrawal.
The 2022 QS World Rankings reinforce York University’s role as a leading North American public university with a global reach to right the future.