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New book clears up unsolved mystery of iconic painter Tom Thomson’s death
What really happened on Canoe Lake nearly 100 years ago? A new book by a York University instructor about the sudden and mysterious death of Canadian icon and painter Tom Thomson untangles myths from
May 13, 2016 | 10:26 am
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TODAY: Banksy–collaborator Maskull Lasserre works on large scale wood carving at York U
ORONTO, May 12, 2016 – Inventive Canadian sculptor Maskull Lasserre will be working on a large scale wood carving at York University, today, May 12, 2pm to 3:30pm. The currently untitled project, one
May 12, 2016 | 11:14 am
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York University invites community to watch Mercury in transit May 9
TORONTO, May 5, 2016 – Watch Mercury transit across the Sun’s disk at York University on May 9. The last time Mercury made the move was in 2006. Observatory telescopes and a live feed will be in place
May 5, 2016 | 9:37 am
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Role-playing alien game to promote deep learning in new course, says York U instructor
TORONTO, May 4, 2016 – Having students role play characters in a multi-player, online science fiction game is one way to increase their critical thinking skills. That’s the idea behind a new course st
May 4, 2016 | 10:24 am
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New cause of exceptional Greenland melt revealed
TORONTO, April 1, 2016 – A new study by researchers from Denmark and Canada’s York University, published in Geophysical Research Letters, has found that the climate models commonly used to simulate me
March 31, 2016 | 3:57 pm