Chancellor and professors to discuss social justice and human rights January 12

Chancellor Roy McMurtry and three York professors will discuss social justice and human rights on a panel next Wednesday as part of the Research Matters Speakers Series. McMurtry, former attorney general of Ontario, will open with remarks on social justice in Canada. Each panelist will speak about a different aspect of the theme, followed by a […]

Search committee seeks input on criteria for new VP research & innovation

The search committee to appoint a vice-president, research & innovation will soon commence a comprehensive international search for a successor to Professor Stan Shapson. The search committee will be drafting an advertisement to announce the start of the search, which will appear shortly in various publications and websites. In addition, the committee is working on a position profile […]

Graduate students mobilize research to benefit communities through United Way of York Region

When you’re a charitable organization in York Region seeking a research partner to inform your strategic directions and priorities, whom do you turn to? If you’re United Way of York Region (UWYR), you collaborate with York University’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit. This summer, three York University students will gain valuable experience through internships with UWYR’s Community […]

LA&PS series on why research matters to feature York's Knowledge Mobilization Program (KMb)

It’s been a year of research-intensive events and activities in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and one of the most notable initiatives has been the Research Matters series. It attempts to answer the question: “Why does research matter?” In particular, it focuses on the ways in which LA&PS researchers – both faculty […]

Are seniors losing out in the cellphone market?

In February, Barbara Crow will meet with her mother-in-law’s quilting bunch in Peterborough, her mother’s synagogue friends in Toronto and a group of retirees in Duncan, British Columbia. She and co-researcher Kim Sawchuk of Concordia University want to know whether and how seniors use cellphones. Right: Barbara Crow “Many senior citizens use these mobile technologies, […]