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Centre for Feminist Research is hiring a centre coordinator

The Centre for Feminist Research invites applications for its centre coordinator position. Details about the posting are available in Research Jobs. Applications are due by Wednesday, January 12, 2011. Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications officer.

Video: Graduate students benefitting from space in York’s Research Tower

The 10-storey York Research Tower provides new facilities purposely designed to help graduate students be more effective researchers on floors six, seven and eight. Professor Susan Henders, director of the York Centre for Asian Research, spoke about the new facilities during a recent research celebration. Her remarks are available on the Research Web site’s multimedia […]

Osgoode professor launches book on imbalances in globalized governance

A Perilous Imbalance: The Globalization of Canadian Law and Governance, a new book co-authored by Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Stepan Wood, shines an urgent light on the dangerous imbalances in contemporary forms of globalized governance. The book will launch Wednesday, April 7, from 12:30 to 2pm in the Private Dining Room of the Executive […]

Osgoode-York Working Paper Series in Policy Research seeks submissions

The Osgoode-York Working Paper Series in Policy Research publishes research that has been presented as part of the Osgoode-York Seminar Series in Policy Research, although authors who have not presented their work in the seminar series may still submit papers for consideration, provided that they relate to public policy themes, more broadly. With the assistance […]

IRIS wants nominations for volunteers to serve on its executive board

The Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) at York University is accepting nominations for volunteers to serve on its executive board. Nominations are open to students, staff and faculty and are due by March 3. IRIS promotes practical sustainability solutions that encompass environmental, social and economic considerations at local, regional and global scales. Operating as a […]

Cutting calories may accelerate ALS, York researchers suggest

Cutting calories may speed the progression of the fatal neuromuscular disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) because of changes that occur at the molecular level, a study from York University has found. The research, which looked at the effects of caloric restriction in a mouse model of ALS, found that restricting caloric intake to 60 per […]

Music, artists and film festival featured during Black History Month

A series of films, concerts, workshops, artist talks and community events will usher in Black History Month this February, under the title Performing Diaspora 2010: Celebrating Black History Month through Expressive Culture – Afro Diasporic Women in Focus. Produced by York’s Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples, Performing Diaspora 2010 is designed to serve as a catalyst […]

York University opens Canada’s first Muscle Health Research Centre

York University officially opened the Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC), the first of its kind in Canada, at 10:30 today. “This centre is unique in that we’re zeroing in on skeletal muscle and its relationship to health, with a strong focus on what exercise can do,” says Professor David Hood, the centre’s founding director. “We’re looking for new discoveries […]