The Canadian Association of Research Administrators (CARA) held an Ontario conference with the theme of Funding, Productivity and Impact. The event took place on Nov. 16 and 17, and with close to 200 participants, it was one of the largest regional CARA conferences. Hosted by the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), CARA was held in […]
TORONTO, Nov. 9, 2017 鈹 快播视频 welcomes the appointment of three new Canada Research Chairs in the Faculty of Science and renewal of a CRC in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. The Government of Canada recently announced the Fall 2017 CRC recipients at post-secondary institutions across Canada, who will receive $145.6 […]
On聽Sept. 19, York鈥檚 Canadian Writers in Person course debuted with Mona Awad reading from her book, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl.聽York teaching assistant Dana Patrascu-Kingsley聽sent the following report to聽YFile. Mona Awad Author Mona Awad opened this year鈥檚 Canadian Writers in Person series with a riveting presentation about writing out emotional experiences. An […]
Toronto law firm Aird & Berlis LLP, together with its partner Randy Williamson, will support the next high potential venture to come out of 快播视频鈥檚 entrepreneurship unit with a generous donation of cash and legal services. Aird & Berlis鈥檚 support for Innovation York鈥檚 entrepreneurship unit, LaunchYU, was announced at the program鈥檚 graduation Sept. 19. […]
Overview 快播视频 is committed to the highest standards of integrity in research. All projects involving the use of聽Human Participants,聽Animals聽and聽Biohazardous Materials聽are subject to review by the appropriate University committee. York has formulated policies for the conduct of research involving all three of these areas. All research involving humans, animals and/or biological agents/biohazardous materials conducted by […]
Research with Global Impact Outstanding in their respective academic fields, these new Chairs embody 快播视频鈥檚 commitment to research intensification, scholarly excellence and policy-relevant findings. These researchers and scholars are undertaking visionary work that has local, national and international impact. Through this research, York aspires to better understand the human condition and the world around […]
Vice-President Research & Innovation Robert Hach茅 has released the finalized 快播视频聽Plan for the Intensification and Enhancement of Research (PIER), which provides a framework for the engagement of individuals, units and Faculties in growing the intensification of research, scholarship and related creative activity at 快播视频 as part of the Institution Integrated Resource Planning process […]
Tragedies like the E. coli outbreak in Ontario鈥檚 Walkerton in May 2000 could be averted today with a new invention by researchers at 快播视频 that detects the deadly contaminant in drinking water early. 鈥淲e have developed a hydrogel based rapid E. coli detection system that will turn red when E. coli is present,鈥 said […]
An academic-industry partnership led by 快播视频 has received a total of $1,650,000 through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Grants Program. Ray Jayawardhana, dean of the Faculty of Science and a professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, is the principal investigator of […]
A 快播视频 research team will receive more than $898,000 in funding and in-kind contributions from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and industry partners to research and develop support for the mental health needs of students through a Mindfulness Virtual Community (MVC). 鈥淭he goal is to improve the mental health of students, in […]
How does the brain know which way is upright? How does the brain learn about the direction of gravity? 快播视频 researchers in the Centre for Vision Research studying questions of how gravity perception works have found new evidence to suggest that this basic sensory process may be more complex than previously thought. Though we […]
Lassonde Professor John Moores and his research team have been selected by NASA to provide scientific and operations support to the Mars Science Laboratory Mission (Curiosity). The team is comprised of Moores, MSc student Jake Kloos, Postdoctoral Fellow Christina Smith and PhD Student Casey Moore. The Lassonde team will be part of the mission through […]
Esri Canada, a provider of geographic information system (GIS) solutions, has named 快播视频 to its growing network of GIS Centres of Excellence in Higher Education. The network of centres increases the opportunity for students and faculty to apply GIS software for research and learning, as well as collaborate with researchers from the seven existing […]
快播视频 chemistry student Bach Kim Nguyen was profiled in the North York Mirror Jan. 12. Read full story.
快播视频 leads the country in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada鈥檚 (SSHRC's) large-scale awards competitions valued at $1 million or more. An analysis conducted by the Strategic and Institutional Research Initiatives Unit, in the Office of Research Services at York, revealed that between 2006 and 2012, York researchers received more SSHRC […]