Biography Dr. Byomkesh Talukder is the inaugural Planetary Health Fellow at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, where he works at the intersection of health, sustainable development, climate change and food and agriculture systems. He is currently project co-director in four research projects: (1) Mapping Canada’s Imported Food Supply Chains to Identify Climate Change-Related […]
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Agents of Change: Facing the AnthropoceneCuratorial Presentation & Artist TalkLiz Miller (Feminist Media Studio) , Nina Czegledy (Leonardo) and Jane Tingley (SLOLab, York)March 21 202211am - 12:30 p.m. By Joel Ong, Director of the Sensorium and assistant professor, School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design: There’s a growing realization in this epoch that much of […]
This March, York University's Organized Research Units (ORUs) host the first Climate Change Research Month with more than a dozen events aimed at generating awareness of climate change research and mobilizing the community to take action. Climate Change Research The Work of Art in the Time of Climate Change - Blogpost Café 17 - LinkedIn […]
Arefeh Shamskhany, a PhD student in civil engineering at York University's Lassonde School of Engineering, was awarded the Hydrotechnical Specialty Conference 2021 First Place Best Student Paper Award at the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference held in May 2021. The paper is titled “The Role of Microplastics’ Size and Density on their Vertical […]
What are the mysteries of the 'final frontier?' Four exceptional researchers identify the most pressing questions in space exploration, planetary science and cosmology, once again demonstrating York University's leadership on an international (and perhaps cosmic) scale.
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Professor Kean Birch recently learned that two of his papers were the “Most Cited” and “Most Read” articles at the world’s leading science and technology studies journal, Science, Technology, & Human Values, at the same time. And this got him thinking. Kean Birch What other sorts of metrics are out there […]
A breakthrough discovery by York University researchers shows that children have difficulty suppressing irrelevant visual details when having to resolve other specific details. The purpose of the research was to determine if young children can suppress their visual surroundings when attempting to inspect a specific detail in front of them (i.e. to recognize if someone […]
York University Professor Rob Bowman, from the Department of Music in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, is co-author of a just-published book showcasing Toronto’s vast concert history. Born from the popular Instagram account of the same name, The Flyer Vault: 150 Years of Toronto Concert History serves as a time capsule of Toronto’s most iconic concert […]
The Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation offers seed funding to support events or outreach activities that strengthen the research culture and build the profile and reputation of research at York University. There have been new and improved updates to the guide and applications for Funding for Scholarly Events & Outreach Activities and for Funding for Indigenous […]
The Entrepreneurial Leadership & Learning Alliance (ELLA) program, led by York University in partnership with the Small Business Enterprise Centers of Markham, Richmond Hill, Vaughan and York Region, will launch in 2020 with a mission to reduce the gap of gender inequality in entrepreneurship. The unique program, built for women and by women, is […]
York University Professors Christo El Morr, Farah Ahmed and Paul Ritvo from the School of Health Policy and Management and the School of Kinesiology and Health Science, Faculty of Health, have published a paper discussing the design of a mindfulness virtual community (MVC) for undergraduate students. The paper “Design of a Mindfulness Virtual Community: A […]
From the LGBTQ experience in South Asia to epileptic zebrafish, a range of cutting-edge research was on display at the 2019 Graduate Studies Scholars Reception. Held on Nov. 20 at the Schulich School of Business’s Executive Dining Room, and hosted by the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS), the event was an informal opportunity for FGS […]
A startup company that is significantly lowering the cost of indoor air filtration has taken the top prize in an annual York University competition for entrepreneurs. The three finalist teams in the competition, whose members have all graduated from York University’s LaunchYU Accelerator program, were judged on their ability to take their venture to market […]
Lassonde School of Engineering Professor Mike Daly will be a featured guest at the ROM Connects panel discussion called “Getting to know Bennu: updates on the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission,” taking place Jan. 25. Daly, a professor in Lassonde’s Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering at York University, will be on the panel […]
York University Professor Carla Lipsig-Mummé, of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, has been recognized for excellence in research by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Lipsig-Mummé is the recipient of the SSHRC’s prestigious Impact Award (Partnership Category). The awards were announced Oct. 3 at a special reception at […]
York University researchers will have a prominent presence during the International Sociological Association’s (ISA) world congress. The event runs July 15 to 21 at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto, and attracts more than 5,000 sociologists. It takes place once every four years. This year, the event features a number of contributions from both York University […]
Vice-President Research and Innovation Robert Haché will share a draft of York’s Strategic Research Plan (2018-23) at an open forum on Wednesday, April 18 from 2 to 3:30pm in S802 Ross Building. Robert Haché During the open forum, Haché will report back to the community about the consultations to date. He will review the draft […]
Seven researchers from York University have each received funds through the Ontario government’s Early Researcher Awards (ERA) program. The researchers are Rebecca Bassett-Gunter, Hany Farag, Ryan Hili, Caroline Shenaz Hossein, Amy Muise, Jean-Paul Paluzzi and Christopher Perry. The Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science’s Early Researcher Awards program provides funding to new researchers working at […]
The 2017 Internationalizing Higher Education Symposium: Strategies, Challenges, Trends and Pathways will critically analyze how universities provide students — both international and domestic — with the knowledge and skills to compete in a globalized economy. On Nov. 29, this symposium will assess the capacity of educational institutions to internationalize curricula, as well as create a […]