Y-EMERGE In The Media

2024

On Dec 4, 2024, Dr. Yvonne Su told OMNI News the initiative risks harming vulnerable asylum-seekers and damaging Canada's compassionate image. Read More
On Nov 27, 2024, Dr. Eric B. Kennedy co-authored a research article titled The Evolution and Adaptation of Evidence Synthesis During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada, in PLOS ONE. This study explores how evidence synthesis evolved and adapted in response to the rapidly changing demands of the pandemic. Read More
On Nov 22, 2024, Professor Usman Khan is leading a project to improve water safety in Uganda's Kyaka II refugee settlement. This innovative project collaborates with the Nsamizi Training Institute of Social Development and aims to provide a sustainable solution to water safety in humanitarian settings. Read More
On Nov 19, 2024, Prof. Yvonne Su provided insights in an article for the Asian Pacific Post discussing the spike in asylum claims among international students in Canada. The piece examines the challenges faced by international students seeking asylum. Read More
On Nov 13, 2024, Prof. Mark Winfield contributed expert insights to an article in Hakai Magazine on producing hydrogen gas as cleanly as possible. The article explores the concept of "green hydrogen" and the challenges and opportunities it presents for achieving sustainable energy solutions. Read More
On Nov 12, 2024, Prof. Evalyna Bogdan co-authored a research article, Developing a Digital Disaster Documents System for Essential Documents, in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. This study examines decision-makers' perspectives on the Digital Disaster Documents System (D3S). Read more
On Nov 12, 2024, Prof. Jack Rozdilsky shared insights in an article for Toronto.com on how to stay safe during the Taylor Swift concert in Toronto. His advice focused on personal preparedness, navigating large crowds, and ensuring a safe experience for attendees. Read More
On Nov 6, 2024, Prof. Jianhong Wu and his colleagues Sergey Krylov and Derek Wilson received the Synergy Award for Innovation from NSERC. This award honours their work in improving drug and vaccine development through university-industry partnerships. Read More
On Nov 6, 2024, Prof. Yvonne Su published an article in Policy Options exploring the role of institutions in supporting asylum-seeking students. Her work emphasizes the need for accessible education and solid institutional support to help displaced students integrate and succeed. Read More
On Nov 4, 2024, Professor Jose Etcheverry is advancing renewable energy initiatives in Northern Ontario. His research focuses on developing policies to combat climate change through fully utilizing renewable energy sources. Read More
On Nov 1, 2024, Professor Afshin Rezaei-Zare was featured in the Toronto Star, discussing the dual nature of the northern lights. He highlighted that solar storms associated with these phenomena could pose significant risks to society. Read More
On Nov 1, 2024, Professor Jianhong Wu was recognized for being named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. This prestigious honour highlights his significant contributions to mathematics and the impact of his research. Read More
On Oct 31, 2024, Prof. Aijun An, a leading expert in data science at York University, contributed to an article in Devdiscourse discussing the transformative role of blending data and machine learning for early disease outbreak detection. Read More
On Oct 30, 2024, Dr. Jennifer Spinney was featured in The Globe and Mail. The article highlighted her team’s innovative work in developing advanced forecasting models to predict severe weather events more accurately. Read More
On Oct 29, 2024, Professor Jack L. Rozdilsky was quoted in The Week regarding the safest places to shelter during a nuclear attack, highlighting that underground locations, such as basements and blast shelters, provide the best protection. Read more
On Oct 28, 2024, Professor Anna Zalik was mentioned in an article in Premium Times discussing how the federal government is depriving Bayelsa State of revenue from gas flaring. Read more
Oct 24, 2024, Professor Afshin Rezaei-Zare was quoted in the Hamilton Spectator discussing the dangers of geomagnetic storms. Read More
On Oct 29, 2024, Professor Jack L. Rozdilsky was quoted in The Week regarding the safest places to shelter during a nuclear attack, highlighting that underground locations, such as basements and blast shelters, provide the best protection. Read more
Oct 21, 2024, Professor Mark S. Winfield expressed concerns in the Toronto Star regarding allocating public funds for bike lanes on Parkside Drive. Read more
Oct 21, 2024, Professor Jack Rozdilsky published an article titled “Jasper’s Wildfire Recovery is Challenged by its Unique Land Classification and the Approaching Winter” in The Conversation. Read More
Oct 17, 2024, Professor Eric B. Kennedy's work was highlighted in the H-Net Review, which discusses the challenges of managing natural disasters exacerbated by climate change, mainly focusing on the intersections of wildfires and flooding. Read more
Oct 11, 2024, Dr. Eric B. Kennedy, Tricia Corrin and Paul Cairney co-authored a research article titled The Production and Utility of Evidence Synthesis During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada. Published in Policy Press, this study examines the crucial role of evidence synthesis in shaping public health policy throughout the pandemic. Read More
Oct 15, 2024, Professor James Orbinski co-authored an article titled “Evaluation of the Safe Water Optimization Tool to Provide Evidence-Based Chlorination Targets in Surface Waters:...” in Environmental Science & Technology. Read More.
Oct 16, 2024, Professor Hassan Qudrat-Ullah released his latest book, Creativity Loops–Based Decision Making: A Systems Thinking Approach, published by Palgrave Macmillan. Read More.
Oct 17, 2024, York University, led by Professor Ali Asgary, launched a new Emergency Operations Center to enhance its response to increasing extreme weather events. Read more in The Seeker.
Oct 8, 2024, Professor Maleknaz Nayebi will chair the annual Canadian Celebration of Women in Computing Conference in Toronto on October 25 and 26. Read More
Oct 2, 2024, Professor Yvonne Su raised concerns about the recent implementation of stricter international student policies in Canada at CityNews Toronto and The Canadian Parvasi.Read More
Sep 27, 2024, Professor Mark Winfield criticized Premier Doug Ford's plan to legislate limits on new bike lanes, which could remove existing lanes for vehicles. Read More
Sep 23, 2024, several Y-EMERGE members were recognized for outstanding achievements at York University's 2024 Research Awards Celebration. The honoured members included Professors Jianhong Wu, Edward Furman, Jimmy Huang, Roger Keil, Cary Wu, and Woldegebriel "Assefa" Woldegerima. Read more.
Sept 19, 2024: Professor Mojgan Jadidi introduced a virtual reality (VR) program to teach drone piloting in engineering. The program is expected to be incorporated into lab courses after testing. Read more.
On Sep 18, 2024, Professor Hassan Qudrat-Ullah released his latest book, Systems Thinking for Sustainability Education in Business Schools. The book offers practical recommendations and a visionary roadmap for enhancing business school curricula focusing on sustainability. Read more.
Sep 16, 2024, Professor Jack L. Rozdilsky published an op-ed in The Conversation titled "The Second Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump in 64 Days is a Troubling Turn of Events." Read more
Sep 13, 2024: Dr. Yvonne Su published an op-ed in the Toronto Star titled "Donald Trump's Fear-Mongering About Migrant Crime is Fuelling Hate in Canada and the World." Read more.
Sep 13, 2024: Professor Jack Rozdilsky, a Disaster & Emergency Management program faculty member, highlighted the importance of preparing for nuclear hazards. Read more.
Sep 12, 2024: Professor Yvonne Su, director of York University's Centre for Refugee Studies, published an op-ed in The Conversation titled "Beyond the Harris-Trump Debate." Read more
Sep 11, 2024: Professor Jude Dzevela Kong and co-authors released a research paper titled Machine Learning for Early Prediction of Preterm Birth on SSRN. Read more
Sep 6, 2024: Professor Huaiping Zhu, a Y-EMERGE member, was awarded the prestigious 2024 CAIMS-Fields Industrial Prize. Read More
Sept 3, 2024: Professor Carly Rozins, Y-EMERGE Member, co-authored a study in PNAS titled "Climate, Demography, Immunology, and Virology Combine to Drive Two Decades of Dengue Virus Dynamics in Cambodia." Read More
August 30, 2024: Professor Maleknaz Nayebi and her collaborators published the paper Recommending and Release Planning of User-Driven Functionality Deletion for Mobile Apps in Requirements Engineering. The study highlights the importance of user feedback in the continuous development of mobile apps. Read More
Aug 28, 2024: Professor Jack L. Rozdilsky published an article in Canadian Architect, using the St. Anne’s Church fire in Toronto as a cautionary tale. Read More
Aug 21, 2024: Professor Hassan Qudrat-Ullah published his new book Sustainable Energy: A Myth or Reality (Springer, 2024), which explores the critical role of sustainable energy in addressing global challenges such as climate change, energy security, and environmental degradation. Read More
Aug 19, 2024: Professor Jude Kong co-authored a study published on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) titled "Epidemiological Trends and Clinical Features of Polio in Ethiopia: A Preliminary Pooled Data Analysis and Literature Review." Read more
Aug 2, 2024: A review article titled "Inferring enterovirus D68 transmission dynamics from the genomic data of two 2022 North American outbreaks" was published by researchers, including Professor Jianhong Wu, in the Nature Portfolio Journal of Viruses. Read More
Aug 1st, 2024: Professor Jack Rozdilsky published an article in The Conversation Canada. The article examines the film Twisters, highlighting the popularity of disaster movies, the real-life risks of storm chasing, and the impact of extreme weather events. Read More
July 31, 2024: Professor Ali Asgary published an article in The Conversation Canada that highlights how the recent fire in Jasper illustrates the increasing threat of climate change to Canada's national parks and world heritage sites. Read More
July 31, 2024: Professor Jack Rozdilsky published an article in The Conversation Canada. The article examines the film Twisters, highlighting the popularity of disaster movies, the real-life risks of storm chasing, and the impact of extreme weather events. Read More
July 29, 2024: Professor Hassan Qudrat-Ullah was announced as the founding editor of the "Systems Thinking and Sustainable Development" book series. Read More
July 27, 2024: Professor Jude Kong co-authored a paper titled "A Cost-Effective Air Quality Monitoring System for the Global South," published in the Sustainable Technology Journal. Read More
July 27, 2024: Dr. Ali Asgary emphasized the urgent need for Canada to establish a national emergency response agency in an article published in CBC News. Read More
July 26, 2024: In an article on The Conversation, Dr. Eric Kennedy, Assistant Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management at York University, discussed the international collaboration efforts aiding the fight against the Alberta wildfires. Read More
July 24, 2024: Professor Usman Khan, an associate professor of civil engineering, emphasized the urgent need for better flood mitigation in Toronto's Rockcliffe neighbourhood in an article on CBC News. Read More
July 22, 2024: Professor Huaiping Zhu was honored by the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society (CAIMS) with the 2024 CAIMS-Fields Industrial Prize. Read More
July 12, 2024: Professor Anna Zalik led an engaging study abroad course titled "Free Trade, Unfree Labour and Environmental Justice in Continental North America" in Mexico City. Read More
July 3, 2024: Professor Ali Asgary, Executive Director of the ADERSIM Lab and York University's EOC, was interviewed on CBC Toronto. The news segment focused on the Opening of York University's new facility, the ADERSIM Lab. Read More
July 3, 2024: An op-ed by Professor Jack L. Rozdilsky titled "University of Toronto Protesters Dismantle Pro-Palestinian Encampment After Injunction Granted" was published in The Conversation. Read More
July 3, 2024: A review article titled "Avian Influenza: Lessons from Past Outbreaks and Inventory of Data Sources, Mathematical and AI Models, and Early Warning Systems for Forecasting and Hotspot Detection" was published by researchers, including Professor Jude Kong, in the journal SSRN. Read More
June 21, 2024: Professor Jack Rozdilsky was quoted in Canadian Affairs, discussing "Looting during wildfire evacuations: the facts and fiction."Read More
June 20-22, 2024: David Etkin lectured at the International Congress on Disaster Ethics at the University of Oviedo, Spain, on "How the Context of the 21st Century Shifts Moral Positioning,". Read More
June 20, 2024: The book "Sustainable Energy: A Myth or Reality" by Hassan Qudrat-Ullah was published. The book is part of the Springer Series on Sustainable Energy Policy and offers insights for students, researchers, policymakers, and general readers interested in sustainable energy solutions. Read More
June 18, 2024: Professor Jack Rozdilsky was interviewed on CityNews 570 Kitchener's "The Mike Farwell Show" to discuss the one-year anniversary of the Titan submersible implosion. Read More
June 14, 2024: Fifty-four researchers from York University, including Jianhong Wu, Ali Sadeghi-Naini, and Jane Heffernan, collectively received over $3.3 million in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Read More
June 12, 2024: Y-EMERGE established a partnership with the Research & Innovation Centre at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS-RIC) in Rwanda that will bring AIMS PhD students to York University to pursue their research in mathematical modelling as a tool for addressing climate change. Read More
June 12, 2024: Professor Hassan Qudrat-Ullah's study, "Creating Investor-Friendly Renewable Energy Policies: Lessons from Malawi's Solar Farm," received coverage on Devdiscourse, the International Development News website. Read More
June 11, 2024: Three faculty members, including Professor Roger Keil, a Y-EMERGE member, received honorific professorships. Read More
June 11, 2024: Mark Winfield was quoted in the Globe and Mail regarding the competition between two small communities vying to receive Canada’s inventory of nuclear waste. Read More
June 7, 2024: Members of Y-EMERGE published a paper titled "Impact Assessment of Self-Medication on COVID-19 Prevalence in Gauteng, South Africa, Using an Age-Structured Disease Transmission Modelling Framework" in BMC Public Health. Read More
June 5, 2024: Professor Eric Kennedy, co-director of Y-EMERGE, was cited in a CityNews Toronto article titled "‘Absolutely brutal’: Ontario to halt COVID-19 wastewater surveillance program".Read More
June 4, 2024: Tyee referenced York University Professor Mark Winfield in an article, discussing how a hydrogen production deal could potentially aid in revitalizing oceanic dead zones. Read More
May 28, 2024: Dr. Eric B. Kennedy, Associate Professor in Disaster and Emergency Management, was quoted on MSN News discussing the challenges provinces face in hiring firefighting pilots as wildfires burn across Canada. Read More
May 27, 2024: Dr Yvonne Su was quoted in The Guardian article "Starmer's Macho Talk on Asylum Seekers Will Only Lead to More Tragedy. Where is His Humanity?" Read More
May 18, 2024: Professor Afshin Rezaei-Zare, a Y-EMERGE Member, was quoted on cbc.ca in an article titled "The Solar Storm Knocked Out GPS Equipment on Farms – and It Could Happen Again." Read More.
May 18, 2024, Professor Jack Rozdilsky was quoted in Global News in an article titled "Wildfire Evacuations: What to Know in Case You Have to Leave Your Home." Read More
May 11, 2024: Dr. Eric B. Kennedy was quoted in the Seeker, emphasizing the need for communities to move from knowing how to mitigate risk to the rapid and widespread adoption of crucial prevention measures for wildfire readiness. Read More.
May 11, 2024: An op-ed titled "Campus Unrest Today Echoes Student Protests in 1968" by Dr. Jack L. Rozdilsky, Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, was published in the London Free Press. Read More
May 8, 2024: Professors Ali Asgary and Eric Kennedy, Co-Directors of Y-EMERGE, travelled to the Philippines to establish a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the country’s Civil Defense Training Institute (CDTI). Read More
May 8, 2024: Professor Jack Rozdilsky weighed in on the importance of Canada’s national alert system in warning Canadians about emergencies, such as floods and tornadoes, as part of Emergency Preparedness Week. Read more on @CBCNews.
May 8, 2024: Professors Ali Asgary and Eric Kennedy, Co-Directors of Y-EMERGE, have travelled to the Philippines to establish a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the country’s Civil Defense Training Institute (CDTI). Read More
May 8, 2024: York University brings emergency management journal in-house”. The Canadian Journal of Emergency Management, once published independently, has migrated to York Digital Journals (YDJ), and Dr Eric Kennedy is now its new editor-in-chief. Read More
May 7, 2024: Y-EMERGE member Professor Yvonne Su was quoted in The Globe and Mail in an article titled "Federal Program Matching Refugees with Jobs Set to Be Made Permanent." Read More
May 5, 2024: An op-ed co-written by Professors Yvonne Su and her colleagues, titled "Setting the Record Straight on Refugee Claims by International Students," was published in The Conversation. Read More
May 3, 2024: An op-ed titled "History Repeats Itself as Columbia University Cracks Down on Student Protests" by Dr. Jack L. Rozdilsky, Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, was published in The Conversation. Read More
April 19, 2024: Dr. Evalyna Bogdan and her colleagues' paper, "Disaster Awareness and Preparedness Among Older Adults in Canada Regarding Floods, Wildfires, and Earthquakes," was published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. Read More
April 19, 2024: Professor Yvonne Su and her colleague have published their latest paper, "Empty Pantries: The Death of Survival Myths Among Typhoon Haiyan Survivors in Resettlement Sites during COVID-19," in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Read More
April 18, 2024: Professor Jimmy Huang and his colleagues recently their latest paper, "A Survey on Retrieval-Augmented Text Generation for Large Language Models." Published in the LJ Library Journal. Read More
April 9, 2024: In a recently published paper, Professor Usman Khan and Rahma Khalid proposed a promising new model for flood susceptibility mapping (FSM) that incorporates artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning (ML) methods. Read More
April 8, 2024: Dr. Ali Asgary, Dr. Jianhong Wu, Dr. Jude Kong, and Dr. James Orbinski, members of Y-EMERGE, published their paper titled "The Determinants of Under-Estimation of COVID-19 Cases Across Africa" on SSRN. Read More
April 8, 2024: Professor Mark Winfield was quoted in Hakai Magazine, discussing the potential of green hydrogen production to revive oceanic dead zones. Read More
April 6, 2024: Professor Mark Winfield was cited on CTVNews discussing a Federal minister's statement regarding nuclear power's role in the expansion of renewable energy. Read More
April 3, 2024: An op-ed titled 'Niagara pre-emptively declares a state of emergency in anticipation of massive solar eclipse crowds.' by Professor Jack L. Rozdilsky was published in the Conversation. Read More
April 1, 2024, Professor Eric Kennedy and his colleagues released a paper titled "Examining Human Behavior in Wildfire Evacuations" in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. Read More
April 1, 2024:Op-Ed Co-Written by Professor Mark Winfield Warns of 'Nuclear Dinosaurs' in New Brunswick and Ontario Amid Impending 'Jurassic' Partnership, as Published in EnergyMix. Read More
March 31, 2024: As featured in The Globe and Mail, Professor Nirupama Agrawal, a Y-EMERGE member, supports Niagara's pre-emptive emergency declaration ahead of the solar eclipse. Read More
March 31, 2024: Professor Wu and his colleagues' paper titled 'An Advanced Deep Learning Framework for Simulating Information Propagation Dynamics' has been published on SSRN. Read More
March 29, 2024, marked the publication of a paper by Dr. Ali Asgary and his colleagues. The paper, titled "A novel flood/water extraction index (FWEI) for identifying water and flooded areas using Sentinel-2 visible and near-infrared spectral bands," appeared in the Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment journal. Read More
March 28, 2024: Professor Jack L. Rozdilsky's recent article, 'A Human, Environmental, and Economic Emergency Response to the Baltimore Key Bridge Collapse,' was published in The Conversation. Read More
March 26, 2024: Professor Cary Wu, a member of Y-EMERGE, published an article on PHYS.ORG News investigating why women are cited less frequently than men. The article delves into various approaches, explanations, and implications. Read More
March 19, 2024: Professor Wu, a Distinguished Research Professor at York University's Faculty of Science, was highlighted in a professional feature in the Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics publication DSWeb Magazine. Read More
March 19, 2024: The Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council website published an interview with Professor Stephen Gaetz, a Y-EMERGE member, about the state of homelessness in Canada and his related research. Read More
March 13, 2024: Mark Winfield, a member of Y-EMERGE and professor at York University, was cited in CBC News. Read More
March 10, 2024: An op-ed by York University Professor Jack L. Rozdilsky was published in the Conversation. Read More
March 6, 2024: York Academics, including Dr. Jianhong Wu, a University Distinguished Research Professor, is recognized among the top two percent of researchers. Read More
March 4, 2024: Professor Jane Heffernan, co-director of the Canadian Centre for Disease Modelling, was quoted in the National Post. Read More
March 4, 2024: York University Professor Yvonne Su Affirms: Mutual Aid is a Lifeline, as Quoted in Chatelaine. Read More
On March 2, 2024, a paper authored by Professor Ali Asgary and his colleagues, titled "A Survey of the Use of Modeling, Simulation, Visualization, and Mapping in Public Health Emergency Operations Centers during the COVID-19 Pandemic," was published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Read More
February 24, 2024: Professor Yvonne Su has been invited to the University of Oxford to give a presentation on climate mitigation. Read More
February 20, 2024: The Y-EMERGE Member, Professor Iain Moyles, was recognized with the Excellence in Graduate Mentorship Award. Read More
February 6, 2024: Mark Winfield, Professor of Environmental and Urban Change at York University, Publishes Op-Ed in The Globe and Mail. Read More
February 12, 2024: Professor Jimmy Huang, a Y-EMERGE member, co-authors a groundbreaking study on Dependent Task Scheduling Using Parallel Deep Neural Networks in Mobile Edge Computing. Read More
February 1, 2024, Professor Mark Winfield, Co-Chair of the Sustainable Energy Initiative (SEI) at York University, was quoted in the Energy Mix. Read More
January 24, 2024: YEMERGE Director Professor Jianhong Wu, along with five other York faculty members, were elected to the Royal Society of Canada. Read More
January 27, 2024: Dr. Yvonne Su Sheds Light on the Perils of Sinking Pacific Islands in Her New Article: 'Dangerous Shoals and Rescue Efforts. Read More
January 24, 2023: Professor Jack Rozdilsky, an associate professor of disaster and emergency management, wrote in The Conversation about what the Doomsday Clock’s new setting means. Read More
January 24, 2024: Dr. Yvonne, YEMERGE member, Explores: The Australia-Tuvalu deal shows why we need a global framework for climate relocations. Read More
January 20, 2024: Dr. Cary Wu's Study on Political Polarization and the Dynamics between Actual Income and Perceived Income Inequality in the United States, 1987 to 2021, was published in the American Sociological Association Journal. Read More
January 19, 2024: In a recent interview with the National Post, Ehsanullah Amiri talked with Professor Jack Rozdilsky, an associate professor at York University and a member of Y-EMERGE. Read More
January 18, 2024: York postdoctoral fellow Martin Grunnill and an academic-industrial collaborative team, including YEMERGE director Dr. Jianhong Wu, paper on Modelling disease mitigation at mass gatherings: A case study of COVID-19 at the 2022 FIFA World Cup was published. Read More
January 18, 2024: FIFA World Cup ends with a win for Argentina and COVID-19, new research finds. Read More
January 12, 2024: Y-EMERGE Luminary, Professor Hassan Qudrat-Ullah, achieves a remarkable publishing feat: Unveiling Three Groundbreaking Books in the Past November: Spanning Systems Thinking, Supply Chain Mastery, and Sustainable Development. Read More
January 8, 2024: YEMERGE Associate Director Dr. Eric Kennedy Discusses York University's Global Campuses and Future Changemakers. Read More

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December 16, 2022 - Professor Eric B. Kennedy, the Associated Director of Y-EMERGE, appointed member of the Ontario Public Health Emergencies Science Advisory Committee (OPHESAC)
December 16, 2022 - Professor Jianhong Wu, inducted as Fellow to Royal Society of Canada and Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Also, early in July, Professor Wu was inducted to a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Read more here.
December 14, 2022 - York University Professor Hassan Qudrat-Ullah edits a book that explores how COVID-19 has changed business supply chain
November 14, 2022 - Y-EMERGE Member Jack L. Rozdilsky was featured in Yahoo! News Canada Nov. 14.
November 9, 2022 - Canada's 'Don’t Call Me Resilient' podcast features Y-EMERGE member Yvonne Su. Here is the link to listen and the article to read more.

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