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York researcher traverses tick-infested terrain to beat back insect apocalypse

Posted on 30 July 2024

“I joke that my PhD defence will include a graph that shows the number of cuts and bruises I’ve had to endure for my research,” says the budding entomologist, who is in the fourth year of her PhD in the Department of Biology. Jokes aside, Elsayed’s research into the effects of climate change on […]

New book by York geographer rethinks concept of land claims in B.C.

Posted on 10 August 2023

The book, titled Unstable Properties: Aboriginal Title and the Claim of British Columbia, was co-written with York alumnus David Rossiter, a professor at Western Washington University. Wood and Rossiter’s book reframes the issue of land claims as historical attempts by the Crown in B.C. to acquire Indigenous territory. In a Q&A with graduate student researcher […]