Faculty of Health Professor Rebecca Pillai Riddell will lead a revolutionary, multi-million dollar research training initiative that will support a more diverse, inclusive, accessible and transdisciplinary approach to mental health research and training.
Four York University researchers were awarded with funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The researchers received a combined total of $677,990 to advance our understanding in areas related to sustainable materials, honeybee behaviour and health approaches to mitigate disease.
York University has announced the four inaugural recipients of its new Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowships for Black and Indigenous Scholars: Godwin Dzah, Don Davies, De-Lawrence Lamptey and Ruth Murambadoro. This two-year award, valued at $70,000 per year, seeks to address underrepresentation in many disciplines and fields.
Students in York Teaching Assistant Noa Yaari's tutorial, which is part of the course Making Money taught by Professor David Koffman, put coloured pens to paper and drew their earliest memories of money. The results surprised both faculty and the students, and the activity represents a new pedagogical adventure.