Michaela Hynie PSYCHOLOGY OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, 40,000 Syrians fleeing conflict in their home country have resettled in Canada. How well are they adapting to their new life? That’s the key question Psychology Professor Michaela Hynie asks in a study that measures the integration of 1,932 adult Syrian refugees living in Ontario, British Columbia […]
Christine Jonas-Simpson NURSING THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE on entering the Dotsa Bitove Wellness Academy are its softly lit rooms, alive with music and dancing, spiked with riotous colour from paintings and other art projects, with large windows and light, and a feeling of welcome and calm. It is, in the words of Director and York […]
Established in 2015, York University’s Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research is leading change. James Orbinski DAHDALEH INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH DROUGHT, FAMINE, WARFARE and overpopulation: at one time, these problems seemed remote from our daily reality. That is no longer the case. Today, the world is beset by health crises caused by climate change, […]
Learn more about Faculty of Health faculty members who are creating positive change in our communities and the world around us. Lauren Sergio KINESIOLOGY & HEALTH SCIENCE Neuroscientist Lauren Sergio of the School of Kinesiology & Health Science wants to expand concussion research to reflect the impacts on an overlooked demographic, one that comprises the […]