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York University is the leading interdisciplinary research and teaching university in Canada. The third largest university in the country, York is host to a dynamic academic community of 50,000 students and 5,000 faculty and staff, as well as 190,000 alumni worldwide. York’s 11 faculties and 23 research centres and institutes conduct ambitious, groundbreaking research, often cutting across traditional academic boundaries.
YORK’S STRATEGIC RESEARCH FOCUS
York researchers are undertaking visionary research of local, national and international significance. York is a leading force in the development of new knowledge that provides insight into the scientific, economic, social and cultural issues affecting our world. Building on our historic strengths we are expanding our interdisciplinary and collaborative research in four strategic thematic areas – health, the environment and sustainability, culture and entertainment, and international studies. To explore the issues that impact our world in the most strategic and effective way, York Research is committed to the following hallmarks within each of its thematic areas of research:
INTERDISCIPLINARITY - To see with fresh eyes and new perspectives. The vision to break down traditional academic boundaries and pursue truly interdisciplinary research projects, with a particular emphasis on collaborative projects between scientists and social scientists.
COLLABORATION - To develop research in a collaborative way by engaging colleagues from other institutions, industry, NGOs and community groups locally, nationally and internationally
IMPACT - To ensure that research has an impact on and relevance to the world in which we live and to ensure that researchers are engaged outside the institution through knowledge exchange, technology transfer, and community-university partnerships and clusters.
KEY RESEARCH THEMES AT YORK UNIVERSITY
Health Research
York University has a history of excellence in health research. From the biomedical to social determinants of health, from health policy and management to bullying behaviours, York’s interdisciplinary approach to health research is improving the overall health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. York is home to over 250 faculty members working on health research across the full spectrum (for example, from the biomedical, social, environmental, and life sciences to nursing, law, mathematics, business, psychology, policy and informatics) and to a number of research centres and labs engaged in health research at York. York’s unique approach to health research pulls together strategic partners from diverse sectors of society, forging vital new collaborations – often across different disciplines. In the process, York facilitates research and knowledge exchange with community hospitals, government agencies, social service organizations, and other academic institutions to address the most urgent health issues of our time.
A sample of areas of health research strengths at York include:
- Biotechnology, Mass Spectrometry, and Proteomics
- Vision Science
- Determinants of Health
- Infectious and Chronic Diseases
- Gender, Child, and Youth Health
- Health Systems, Policies, and Law
Environmental and Sustainability Research
Since its inception, York University has been a leader in environmental and sustainability research, bringing together renowned researchers from many diverse disciplines to address the most urgent issues facing our world. As we move into the 21st century, environmental and sustainability research continues to be a top priority for York. By stressing the importance of prevention, long-term thinking, sound decision-making, and respect for the environment, sustainability strives to meet the needs of the present without compromising those of the future. The interdisciplinary Faculty of Environmental Studies is York’s largest research-based graduate program, and the Schulich School of Business is ranked among the top three business schools worldwide for its integration of management and sustainability. York’s environmental researchers are active participants in the sustainability of communities, advising governments on pressing environmental issues and helping to formulate policy that matters.
A sample of areas of environmental and sustainability research strengths at York include:
- Air Quality, Atmospheric Science, and Pollution
- Ecology and Protection of Natural Resources and Habitats
- Sustainable Agricultural, Fishing and Energy Industries
- Law and the Environment
- International Development and Sustainability
- Geomatics
YORK UNIVERSITY FACTS
- With 5,000 graduate students, York has the second-largest graduate Faculty in Ontario.
- York is home to the world-renowned Schulich School of Business and Osgoode Hall Law School.
- Since 1999 York has graduated 600+ Doctoral, 6,500+ Master and 45,000+ Bachelor students.
- York has been ranked as Canada’s third most internationally collaborative university in scientific research.
- York University's total impact on the GTA economy is conservatively estimated at over $3.5 billion in 2004.
YORK’S S&T-RELATED FACULTIES
- Faculty of Health
- Faculty of Science & Engineering
- Faculty of Environmental Studies
- Faculty of Graduate Studies
- Osgoode Hall Law School
- Schulich School of Business
YORK’S S&T-RELATED RESEARCH CENTRES & INSTITUTES
York Core Molecular Biology & DNA Sequencing Facility
The York Core Molecular Biology and DNA Sequencing Facility provides extensive service to the academic, biomedical, and biotechnology communities throughout Canada and the USA, offering DNA sequencing and proteomics science.
Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry
The Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry promotes mutually beneficial research collaboration in mass spectrometry both within and outside York University. Mass spectrometry is a very powerful analytical process that is used to identify unknown compounds, to quantify known compounds, and to elucidate the structure and chemical properties of molecules.
Centre for Vision Research
The Centre for Vision Research is an international leader in interdisciplinary studies of vision, ranging from clinical applications, studies of human perception, brain sciences, visual biometrics, and computational vision, to helpful tools for the visually-impaired, visually-guided computer interfaces for the hearing impaired, and visually-guided robots for the physically disabled.
York Institute for Health Research
The York Institute for Health Research promotes interdisciplinary health research. Comprised of faculty from law and the social, health and environmental sciences, YIHR is based upon the assumption that health depends upon many interacting variables - social, political, economic, cultural and historical - and that without attention to these variables, efforts at intervention are likely to fail.
- Director: Marcia Rioux
- Address: 019 Health, Nursing and Environmental Studies Building (HNES)
- Telephone: 416.736.5941
- Fax: 416.736.5986
- Email: yihr@yorku.ca
- Website: www.yorku.ca/yihr
Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science
The Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science serves to enhance and facilitate collaborative, interdisciplinary research on topics including astronomy and astrophysics, atmospheric dynamics, chemical physics, geodynamics, remote sensing, the space environment and robotics. It draws its members from the Departments of Earth and Atmospheric Science, Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Mathematics and Statistics.
Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry
The Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry is comprised of York scientists, working within the Departments of Chemistry and Earth and Atmospheric Science is concerned with relevant issues related to the environment, including: urban and regional oxidant formation, stratospheric ozone depletion, the greenhouse effect, acid precipitation, airborne toxic chemicals, global atmospheric change and arctic pollution.
- Director: Geoff Harris
- Address: 006A Steacie Science Building
- Telephone: 416.736.5410
- Fax: 416.736.5411
- Email: cac@yorku.ca
- Website: www.cac.yorku.ca
Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability
The Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability is an interdisciplinary university-wide institute that is the focal point for sustainability-related research activities by all ten faculties. IRIS brings together and supports York academics and researchers to work across disciplines and collaborate with partners in Canada and internationally.
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Contact Information |
- Dr. Stan M. Shapson, Vice-President Research & Innovation
York University
200 York Lanes
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3 -
- Phone: 416-650-8207
Fax: 416-650-8197
E-Mail: vpri@yorku.ca |
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