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Collaboration gives Black entrepreneurs support and funding for success
There are huge obstacles to starting a new business, but when it’s a Black-led venture, the barriers multiply. That’s why the Black Entrepreneurship Alliance and partners, including York University, a
February 13, 2024 | 1:48 pm
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Walking the path with Harriet Tubman at York University
Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist, a freedom fighter, a spy, nurse and conductor on the Underground Railroad and although there is a lot written about her movements in the United States, tracing her
February 12, 2024 | 12:01 pm
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My love language is peer-reviewed research
From the Five Love Languages to the concept of “Happy Wife, Happy Life,” popular culture is riddled with ideas of how sex and relationships are supposed to work, but does the science back these ideas
February 1, 2024 | 9:00 am
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FIFA World Cup ends with win for Argentina and COVID-19, new research finds
The 2022 FIFA World Cup ended with a tight win for Argentina over France on penalties, but it was also a triumph for SARS-CoV-2 with a significant jump in the number of cases, some of which York Unive
January 18, 2024 | 2:00 pm
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York prof leads new study finding Toronto police data underreports cyclist and pedestrian injuries
Cycling and pedestrian injuries are severely underrepresented by police data, particularly those not involving a motor vehicle, according to new research believed to be the first of its kind in Canada
January 15, 2024 | 11:00 am
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York U and United Way Greater Toronto partner to create positive change as communities recover from pandemic, weather high inflation, and cost-of-living crisis
Building on a decades-long partnership to address social issues and community needs, earlier today York University and United Way Greater Toronto (UWGT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to a
January 10, 2024 | 3:44 pm
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War on bugs can’t be won, York U researchers declare
From a wartime spread of antimicrobial resistant disease in Ukraine, to superbugs in China causing “white lung” pneumonia in children, 2023 brought no shortage of new evidence that antimicrobial resis
January 9, 2024 | 10:00 am
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Thinking about God inspires risk-taking for believers, York University study finds
Does thinking about faith make religious people more likely to take leaps? A new study lead by York University’s Faculty of Health says yes, finding that participants were more likely to take risks wh
December 14, 2023 | 10:10 am
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Grey water bling: York U and Noventa to explore sustainable solution to heat Glendon
In the future, when Canadian rapper and musician Drake sings “Wasting Time” at “7am on Bridle Path” in his shower, he could inadvertently be doing York University’s Glendon Campus a “Solid” by helping
December 14, 2023 | 9:06 am
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York U and Southlake partner to create positive change in health care across northern York Region and southern Simcoe County
By signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today, York University and Southlake Regional Health Centre agree to leverage their collective strengths in health care and research to address pressing
December 11, 2023 | 3:44 pm