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Canada’s ecological footprint declined during COVID-19, but is it back to pre-pandemic levels?
What is the size of Canada’s ecological footprint, and that of the rest of the world, and how did that change during the global pandemic? Researchers at York University will release the Ecological Foo
April 17, 2023 | 4:03 pm
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Big thinkers – three York University professors join ranks of CIFAR
Three York University professors join other big thinkers as part of two new programs launching today by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) to delve into pressing and challenging ques
April 3, 2023 | 10:41 am
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Video platforms like Zoom can disrupt normal visual communication cues
Visual cues people normally pick up when communicating in-person can become misleading and false over video platforms like Zoom and Skype, making communication not only more difficult, but also exhaus
March 30, 2023 | 11:18 am
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New Donation to Create an Endowed Professorship
TORONTO, March 29, 2023 – A generous $1 million donation made by the Mackenzie-Papineau Memorial Fund will create an endowed professorship that supports scholarship, research and teaching in Mode
March 29, 2023 | 11:58 am
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Media invited to take sneak-peek as budding scientists compete for best STEM project
York University to host elementary and high-school students at the York Region science fair this Saturday, April 1 for first time since COVID-19 TORONTO, March 28, 2023 – Using neural networks to dete
March 28, 2023 | 2:10 pm
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To tackle TB, stigma needs to be erased, language transformed, researchers say
Researchers, including those affected by tuberculosis, say a holistic approach is needed to eradicate illness that still kills more than 1.4 million people a year globally and disproportion
March 23, 2023 | 2:00 pm
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Every breath you take: Is your indoor air as polluted as a big city?
Most people know air pollution exists outside from cars, trucks and industry, but many are unaware their indoor air quality could be worse than that of a big city. Until now, there has been no easy wa
March 22, 2023 | 12:10 pm
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New autonomous ethics board a first for non-Indigenous post-secondary institutions in Canada
York University will launch an autonomous Indigenous Research Ethics Board (IREB) in July, believed to be a first for non-Indigenous post-secondary institutions in Canada, to further work in Indigeniz
March 22, 2023 | 11:20 am
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York University named academic lead in the UN’s new global Water Academy
UNITAR and York University proudly announce the launch of the “Water Academy” in the framework of the UN 2023 Water Conference [1]. Between 22-24 March 2023, The UN 2023 Water Conference reconvenes af
March 22, 2023 | 11:18 am
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Concert to celebrate Canadian Jewish composers spanning 115 years
TORONTO, March 22, 2023 – York University’s Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies and the Department of Music will present a chamber music recital on Thursday at the Tribute Communities
March 22, 2023 | 7:06 am