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Students rewrite feminist history on Wikipedia
published May 3, 2012
Although students are usually told to steer clear of Wikipedia that was not the case for those in last term’s seminar course, The Politics of the Canadian Women’s Movement. Instead, the students were charged with rewriting feminist history in the free online encyclopedia. Undergraduate students in the fourth-year political science and » more
Two York profs receive Ontario Early Researcher Awards
published May 1, 2012
York Professors Natasha Myers and Thilo Womelsdorf have been awarded $100,000 each in funding under the Ontario government’s Early Researcher Awards program. Ontario’s Ministry of Economic Development & Innovation announced the awards Monday. York University’s research investment of $50,000 will match the funds for the award. The Early Researcher Awards program helps promising, » more
York beach volleyball duo named Ontario team of the year
published April 23, 2012
Beach volleyball duo and York students, Melissa Humana-Paredes and Victoria Altomare, received top honours from the province, winning the Ontario Sport Award for team of the year. The Ontario government celebrated some of the province’s top amateur sports athletes and coaches Thursday night for their outstanding achievements in amateur sport in » more
York plans to phase out the sale of bottled water
published April 19, 2012
York University is phasing out the sale of bottled water. The move to phase out the sale of bottled water on the Keele and Glendon campuses by September 2015 was announced Tuesday. As part of the announcement, York President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and Vanessa Hunt, president of the York Federation of Students » more
Page turner: Unique class brings scores of literary giants to YorkU
published April 19, 2012
Yann Martel, Alistair MacLeod, Johanna Skibsrud, Lawrence Hill, Elizabeth Hay, David Bergen…the list goes on, and on, and on. In the past 13 years, more than 100 of Canada’s emerging and established literary stars have come to York University to read from their works and answer student questions as part » more