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Professors Drummond and MacDermid comment on Liberal Ken Dryden’s defeat in York Centre

After three terms in office, hockey legend Ken Dryden couldn’t save his seat in York Centre on Monday, giving up a riding the Liberals have safely held for almost half a century, wrote The Canadian Press May 3 (via The Record.com): Considered one of the most vulnerable Liberal incumbents heading into the federal election, Dryden […]

York’s youth homelessness report covered by Canadian Press and QMI Agency

A York University report is calling for reform in the approach used to deal with youth homelessness, emphasizing the potential role that family members can still play in supporting youngsters in need, wrote The Canadian Press April 14 (via the Record.com): The report said it’s estimated that roughly 65,000 young people are homeless or living […]

Professor Ellen Bialystok’s report on Alzheimer’s and bilingualism makes world headlines

Mastering a second language can pump up your brain in ways that seem to delay getting Alzheimer’s disease later on, scientists said Friday, wrote The Associated Press and The Canadian Press Feb. 18 [via sympatico.ca], in a story that was featured in reports by more than 300 newspapers, television stations and radio stations around the […]

Professor Pablo Idahosa: Canadian World Cup fans shift allegiances as tournament unfolds

The quadrennial World Cup that kicks off Friday may be the planet’s biggest excuse for a party, and Canadians will be joining in with gusto, wrote The Canadian Press June 10 in a story picked up by the Guelph Mercury, TheSpec.com and the Times & Transcript (Moncton): With its ethnic diversity and soccer-crazy immigrants, cities […]

Professor Gail Fraser: Offshore oil board members lack environmental expertise

A biologist and researcher is asking why none of the six men on the board regulating oil activity off Newfoundland lists environmental expertise as a prime credential , wrote The Canadian Press June 6: The head of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board has stressed that environmental protection is a top goal. But Gail […]