Sustainability
York U launches powerful resource to inspire action towards a greener future
New microlecture series features world-renowned academic experts
Drumroll… jazz virtuoso Terri Lyne Carrington this year’s Oscar Peterson Artist-in-Residence at York University
Grammy-winning drummer and educator to offer masterclasses, public performances and workshops geared at mentoring students who will be the future of jazz
That sinking feeling: Are ice roads holding up under January’s unseasonable warmth?
Vital winter ice road infrastructure may be cracking and sinking under the load of an unseasonably warm start to the new year across Europe and North America, a trend York University Associate Professor Sapna Sharma and team has detailed in a recent study.
York U advances contributions to UN SDGs with $4.05 million toward interdisciplinary research
Research projects to advance knowledge in areas ranging from water remediation, management of infectious disease through technological innovation, the effects of climate change on ecosystems and human populations, visual neuroscience, and understanding the pathway from colonial genocide to building just relationships York University is funding groundbreaking research through the Catalyzing Interdisciplinary Research Clusters (CIRC) program, […]
2022 YEAR IN REVIEW: York U announces ambitious new sustainability goals
Canada’s third largest university is implementing bold new actions and initiatives that will see York become one of the most sustainable universities in Canada, embracing a holistic approach to sustainability and amping up targeted resources in support of a plan that will get York to net-zero.
2022 YEAR IN REVIEW: York U a 'living lab' for auto magnate Frank Stronach's prototype electric cars
What if York U’s campus became a "living lab" to test the prototype SARIT (Safe, Affordable, Reliable, Innovative Transit) vehicles the billionaire Magna International founder hoped was the future of sustainable commuter transportation?
Putting sustainability at the heart of strategy
Canada’s York University rose 34 places in this year’s THE Impact Rankings, thanks in part to the way it embeds the UN Sustainable Development Goals into its campus operations, curricula, research and partnerships.
New, portable device detects glow emitted by plants to measure their health
When plants are healthy, they emit red light that is nearly impossible to see with the naked eye, but with a new instrument developed at York University, it's now possible to measure that light whether in a lab or out in the field.
Teaching youth how to change their world
How do you empower today’s youth to change the dial on climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation? You invite more than 800 students from some 30 Ontario high schools to York University’s Change Your World conference.