York governor named as Chair of National Arts Centre

Julia Foster, one of Toronto's most prominent arts activists and a member of York's Board of Governors, has been appointed Chair of the National Arts Centre...

New tax credit for those who use public transit

Transit users who purchase monthly passes can take advantage of a new tax credit which came into effect on July 1...

Governor general attends play about her life by education alumnus

A school play about Michaëlle Jean by York alumnus Terrance Saunders garners some tearful vice-regal attention...

Fame will catch up with the 'father' of home computers, says Stachniak

A York computer historian says Mers Kutt, builder of the first personal computer in 1973, was widely influential...

York alums' musical Secondary Wishes plays at theToronto Fringe Festival

A group of York theatre alumni have pooled their talents to stage a pop rock musical that portrays the Canadian high-school experience...

The fifth Congress of Medieval Latin Studies comes to York

Scholars from universities around the world will arrive for one week in August to talk Latin and present their research...

Video installation artist works on Fringe farm film

York graduate Catherine Grace Howe fell in love with alternative and artistic film-making during her studies in the Faculty of Fine Arts...

York grad begins cross-Canada bike ride for Lung Association

Alumna Raluca Popescu and four other young people are cycling across Canada for clean air...

Avoid heat stroke and other hazards this summer

Enjoy the summer months with some common-sense tips from York's Employee Well-Being Office...

York Italian professor celebrates in Little Italy

The street party that shut down St. Clair West after Italy's semi-final World Cup reminded John Picchione of 1982...