Since Connected Minds: Neural and Machine Systems for a Healthy, Just Society launched in spring 2023, the $318.4-million project has already achieved several milestones pushing forward the project – and York University – as a leader in socially responsible emerging technology. It’s been over a year since President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda Lenton and Vice-President Research and Innovation Amir Asif announced that […]
Using precise satellite tracking data currently unavailable to smartphone processors, the Lassonde School of Engineering research team reduced tracking errors by upwards of 64 per cent. A considerable feat, given the fact that satellites transmit signals from more than 20,000 kilometres away in space and smartphone reception can be quite weak (a phone’s antenna costs […]
Based out of Osgoode Hall Law School, the first-of-its-kind and now largest intellectual property (IP) legal clinic in Canada has provided pro bono legal support to hundreds of community members. Recently, the clinic partnered with the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation (VPRI) to offer streamlined services and a more efficient pathway for […]
Created by York media artist Mary Bunch, alongside Queen’s interdisciplinary artist Dolleen Tiswaii’ashii Manning, the project combines virtual reality (VR) technology with Anishinaabe philosophy to create an immersive 3D experience where viewers can explore different planets made from microscopic images of water - and contemplate the unseen life within it. “In a single drop of […]
Led by York University’s Stephen Gaetz, a professor in the Faculty of Education, COH is based out of York and is the largest homelessness-dedicated research institute in Canada, and one of the largest in the world. COH estimates around 235,000 Canadians experience homelessness each year, and roughly 35,000 people experience homelessness on any given night. […]
The study, titled “Law, Sanitation, and Sustainability: A Comparative Analysis Between Municipalities in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, and the Province of Ontario, Canada in Light of Sustainable Development Goals 6 and 11,” reveals a stark contrast in sanitation access and quality between the two regions, despite over 99 per cent of the population […]
An intricate beadwork of vibrant blues, brown and green depicts an Arctic shoreline, stretching from the sky down to icy hills and out to the sea, wrapped within a round border of caribou hair. The artwork is personal to award-winning Inuk artist and York University adjunct professor Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, who crafted the scene to resemble […]
In the fall of 2024, York University will embark on an exciting new chapter with the grand opening of Markham Campus. Located in York Region, one of the fastest growing areas in Ontario and a hub for technology and life sciences companies, Markham Campus will embed the University in the heart of one of the […]
Launched in late 2023 at York’s Glendon Campus, the Observatory of Populism in Canada is a first-of-its-kind research endeavour that will work to generate, support and highlight empirical and theoretical research on populism’s role in Canadian society. The Observatory is led by Emily Laxer, an associate professor of sociology at Glendon and York Research Chair in Populism, Rights and […]
“Voice-activated personal assistants (VAPAs) use women’s voices as a default setting, and this gendered technology significantly influences the treatment of women tech experts by male audiences online,” says Stephen J. Neville, who conducted the work alongside Alex Borkowski, both of whom are in the Joint Graduate Program in Communication & Culture at York and Toronto Metropolitan University. […]