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York U motherhood expert available to discuss cracks in caregiving, women’s rights and gender equality policies
TORONTO, May 3, 2021 — As families get ready to celebrate mothers this Mother’s Day with most COVID-19 pandemic related public health restrictions lifted, one York University motherhood expert says the pandemic has acted as a beacon to expose longstanding...

Richard Leblanc, law and ethics professor at York University, joins BNN Bloomberg. He says when board members have direct ownership in shares, it gives investors confidence in the company. BNN Bloomberg

Federal Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest is promising a “sea change” for health care by directing more public funds to privately delivered care.
In Ontario under Doug Ford this is already happening as his government quietly expands the for-profit share of publicly funded care, co-writes York University Professor Pat Armstrong in the Toronto Star....

York University is joining with IBM in a challenge for students to reduce poverty in Markham using "smart" city technology.
The school’s C4 collaborative project turns its attention to the top UN Sustainable Development Goal (end poverty everywhere in all its forms) in the latest six-week summer version of the interdisciplinary program, which will also act as a test run of...