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Profs launch teacher training in refugee camp—to improve education for all
published September 6, 2012
Refugee camps are supposed to be temporary shelter in emergency situations. Children aren’t supposed to grow up in them. But they do. Millions of refugees the world over have spent sometimes decades living in camps. The world’s largest refugee settlement, Dadaab in Kenya, is home to over 460,000 refugees in six » more
York study: We super-size Canada’s Food Guide servings
published August 8, 2012
Think you know what one serving of food looks like? You may want to think again, according to a new study from York University. Many people overestimate the size of one serving of food as defined in Canada’s Food Guide, so they may be overeating even if they believe they are » more
Youth not active enough, especially girls, says York researcher
published July 24, 2012
One of the main points coming out of the recently released 2012 Get Active Toronto Report on Physical Activity is that youth are not active enough, especially girls, says one of the report’s researchers and York professor. “There is much we can do to foster a love of physical activity in » 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
Grad students contribute to historic antimatter experiment
published March 21, 2012
A Canadian-led team of scientists, including two York University students, has offered the world its first glimpse of antihydrogen’s properties, in the first experiment ever performed on the anti-atom. Researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in an international collaboration led by Canadians, used microwave spectroscopy—one of the most » more
