{"id":232209,"date":"2016-06-15T16:33:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T20:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfiledev.uit.yorku.ca\/?p=232209"},"modified":"2025-04-02T10:34:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T14:34:47","slug":"four-young-trans-torontonians-making-a-difference-in-our-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2016\/06\/15\/four-young-trans-torontonians-making-a-difference-in-our-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Four young trans Torontonians making a difference in our city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>York University student <strong>Lee Iskander<\/strong> was profiled on torontoist.com June 14. <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2016\/06\/the-young-trans-torontonians-making-a-difference-in-our-city\/\">Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehalton.com\/news-story\/6722451-dufferin-caledon-federal-liberal-association-facing-criticism-over-event-costs\/\">Dufferin-Caledon Federal Liberal Association facing criticism over event costs<\/a><br \/>\nYork University Professor <strong>Dennis Pilon<\/strong> was mentioned in the <em>Caledon Enterprise<\/em> June 14. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehalton.com\/news-story\/6722451-dufferin-caledon-federal-liberal-association-facing-criticism-over-event-costs\/\">Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canindia.com\/80-art-projects-will-be-part-of-2016-nuit-blanche-toronto\/\">Eighty mega art projects will be part of 2016 Nuit Blanche Toronto<\/a><br \/>\nYork University Professor <strong>Janine Marchessault<\/strong> was mentioned on canindia.com June 14. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canindia.com\/80-art-projects-will-be-part-of-2016-nuit-blanche-toronto\/\">Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycommercialnews.com\/Economic\/News\/2016\/6\/Theres-a-Revolution-Underway-in-Education-1016662W\/\">There\u2019s a revolution underway in education<\/a><br \/>\nYork University\u2019s <strong>Lassonde School of Engineering<\/strong> was mentioned on dailycommercialnews.com June 14. <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycommercialnews.com\/Economic\/News\/2016\/6\/Theres-a-Revolution-Underway-in-Education-1016662W\/\">Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebarrieexaminer.com\/2016\/06\/13\/trains-to-resume-june-25\">Weekend trains to resume in Barrie on June 25<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>York University<\/strong> was mentioned in the <em>Barrie Examiner<\/em> June 13. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebarrieexaminer.com\/2016\/06\/13\/trains-to-resume-june-25\">Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manitoulin.ca\/2016\/06\/15\/wikwemikong-band-member-receives-honourary-doctorate-nipissing\/\">Wikwemikong band member receives honorary doctorate from Nipissing<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>York University<\/strong> was mentioned in the <em>Manitoulin Expositor<\/em> June 15. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manitoulin.ca\/2016\/06\/15\/wikwemikong-band-member-receives-honourary-doctorate-nipissing\/\">Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/the-mea.co.uk\/news\/dubai-school-provide-scholarships-canadian-university\">Dubai school to provide scholarships to Canadian university<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>York University<\/strong> was mentioned on the-mea.co.uk June 14. <a href=\"http:\/\/the-mea.co.uk\/news\/dubai-school-provide-scholarships-canadian-university\">Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>York University student Lee Iskander was profiled on torontoist.com June 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"yfileauthor":[],"qualifier":[],"yfile-author":[],"tags-to-show":[],"workflow":[],"class_list":["post-232209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-york-in-the-media"],"acf":{"internal_publish_date":null,"original_image":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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