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CIHR awards professor $1M grant

Faculty of Health Professor David Hood has received more than $1 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to study the role of exercise, sex and age on muscle decline.

York Libraries houses collection by Caribana founding member

The Kenneth Shah archives were transferred to York University Libraries in 2019 and include rare records of the festival originally known as Caribana.

Dan Palermo appointed interim deputy provost, Markham Campus

Professor Dan Palermo has accepted the University's invitation to assume the role of interim deputy provost at the York University Markham Campus, with his term starting on July 1.

York leads team to establish $5.45M national mental health research and training platform

Faculty of Health Professor Rebecca Pillai Riddell will lead a revolutionary, multi-million dollar research training initiative that will support a more diverse, inclusive, accessible and transdisciplinary approach to mental health research and training.

York University researchers receive infrastructure funding from CFI

Four York University researchers were awarded with funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The researchers received a combined total of $677,990 to advance our understanding in areas related to sustainable materials, honeybee behaviour and health approaches to mitigate disease.

Meet the inaugural recipients of the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowships for Black and Indigenous Scholars

York University has announced the four inaugural recipients of its new Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowships for Black and Indigenous Scholars: Godwin Dzah, Don Davies, De-Lawrence Lamptey and Ruth Murambadoro. This two-year award, valued at $70,000 per year, seeks to address underrepresentation in many disciplines and fields.

Drawing childhood memories on money as a teaching tool

Students in York Teaching Assistant Noa Yaari's tutorial, which is part of the course Making Money taught by Professor David Koffman, put coloured pens to paper and drew their earliest memories of money. The results surprised both faculty and the students, and the activity represents a new pedagogical adventure.

York hosts workshop on peace, security in Canadian Arctic and China Sea region

Peggy Mason, former Canadian ambassador and current president of the Rideau Institute, will give the keynote address at the "Geotechnical Politics of Ocean Frontiers: The Canadian North & the Indo-Pacific" workshop on April 28.

Major homelessness prevention project will help young people upgrade education and skills

Canadian youth who are homeless now have hope for a better future thanks to almost $8-million in federal funding for homelessness prevention strategies announced April 25 during a special event at York University. The funding will establish the Skills Link Program to help young people in Ontario and Alberta.

"Infantile History" explores art in creating and communicating historical knowledge

"Infantile History" is a group exhibition at the Department of History that features children's and childlike art as a means to examine core questions faced by the discipline of history. The opening reception for the exhibit will take place on Thursday, March 23, between 12:30 and 2pm, in the History Common Room, 2183 Vari Hall, Keele campus.