Emergency calls during pandemic drop significantly, York research shows

New findings from a research project that studied the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on fire and rescue calls in the city of Vaughan show shifting patterns in the number of emergency incidents. York University professors Adriano O. Solis and Ali Asgary of the School of Administrative Studies (SAS) in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, in […]

Professor receives Citation Classic Award for article

Mark Schwartz (BA '87, MBA '91, JD '91, PhD '99), a professor of law, governance & ethics in York’s School of Administrative Studies, recently received a Citation Classic Award from the Journal of Business Ethics. The journal compiled a list of the 51 most cited articles over its 30-year history, with over 100 volumes published. […]

Financial Planning Standards Council honours four in administrative studies

The Financial Planning Standards Council (FPSC) has honoured four members of the School of Administrative Studies (SAS) in York's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies by naming them among 33 inaugural fellows of the FPSC. Honoured are York Professors Joanne Magee and Chris Robinson, grad Alan Golhar and course director Jury Kopach for their contributions to the financial planning profession […]

Six Faculty of Health professors honoured for excellence

Six Faculty of Health professors were honoured for their outstanding contributions at a presentation of the 2010-2011 Dean’s Awards for Excellence last week. An award is given to two faculty members, one in the early career category and another in the established career category, in the areas of research, service and teaching. The awards, which […]

Ethical thinking: Professor Mark Schwartz shows how can work in business

In the wake of disasters such as the BP oil spill, the term “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) is prevalent. But what does it mean and why is it important? And how does it relate to businesses, stakeholders and the public? In his new book, Corporate Social Responsibility: An Ethical Approach, Professor Mark Schwartz (right) clarifies […]

Professors Richardson and Ezzedeen on rise of telework

If you have caught on to just one technology fad over the last two decades, chances are you have teleworked in some way, be it to check business e-mails from your personal laptop, schedule an interview over your BlackBerry or send that very important presentation via your iPhone, wrote YorkRegion.com March 26: According to Julia […]

Professor Ali Asgary: How the experts calculate the death toll in disasters

The death toll in Japan has continued to climb since last Friday’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami, wrote the National Post blog "Posted" March 16 in a Q&A article: Official estimates suggest 10,000 people have died, although the police chief of the hard-hit Miyagi prefecture said this week he expects the toll to exceed that in […]

Leading researchers discuss BP oil spill and potential for Canadian oil disasters March 9

The risk of a catastrophe on the scale of BP’s offshore Deepwater Horizon disaster happening in Canada poses a real threat to people’s health and the economy. At the Oil: Slick Suits and Sinister Scenarios symposium tomorrow, leading researchers in risk, disaster management, ethics and the environment will provide insights into the murky world of oil and […]

Passings: Professor Delmar McCormack Smyth was former dean of Atkinson

Professor Emeritus Delmar McCormack Smyth, dean of Atkinson College from 1963 to 1969 and past director of the Centre for Continuing Education at York University, died peacefully at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Hamilton on Feb. 21. He was 88. Prof. McCormack Smyth, or simply “Mac” as he was known to his family, colleagues and friends, was […]

Video: York home to Canada's top three business ethics researchers

York ranked first in Canada and seventh in the world in business ethics research among leading academic institutions, according to a recently published study on business ethics research. Ushering the way for York was Professor Mark Schwartz (right) of the School of Administrative Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), who […]