Glendon Professor Raymond Mougeon joins $2.5M-project to study North American francophones

The way French is spoken in places as diverse as Gatineau, Shediac and New Orleans can tell us a lot about how francophone communities evolved in North America, and it's the subject of a major study beginning at the University of Ottawa, wrote the Ottawa Citizen March 17: The $2.5-million project is led by Francine […]

York Professors comment on Ontario's hydro rate increases and increased profits for power authorities

Conservative leader Tim Hudak slammed the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) as a wasteful entity, wrote the Ottawa Citizen Sept. 24 in a story about an Ontario Energy Board (OEB) decision to allow electricity distributors to make higher profits: The Conservative leader said that, while the agency has expanded, it has yet to fulfil its central […]

Professor Kathryn Denning part of interdisciplinary TV crew scouring globe for mythic beasts

Like her one-time idol Indiana Jones in the film Raiders of the Lost Ark, York archeology and anthropology Professor Kathryn Denning has embarked on some far-flung adventures to chase down vampire folklore and ideas about communicating with alien life. Her most recent undertaking had her pursuing beasts of lore and legend across the globe for […]

Long-term residential healthcare project covered in Ottawa Sun

Pat Armstrong, professor of sociology in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and an executive member of both the York Institute for Health Research and the Graduate Program in Health Policy & Equity, recently received $2.5 million from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada to lead a study to identify […]