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{{Infobox_University
|name = '''York University'''
|image_name = Yorkucrest.png
|image_size = 160px
|motto = ''Tentanda via''<br\>(The way must be tried)
|tagline = Redefine the possible
|established = 1959
|type = [[Public university|Public]]
|endowment = [[Canadian dollar|$]]306 million (CAD) <ref>[http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=92cb135f-b6b5-4697-b5dd-a98c7cca77b6&k=13850 Well-schooled trusts<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|president = [[Mamdouh Shoukri]]
|chancellor = [[Roy McMurtry]]
|city = [[Toronto]]
|state = [[Ontario|ON]]
|country = [[Canada]]
|undergrad = 39,100
|postgrad = 3,300
|staff = 7,000
|campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]/[[Suburb]]an, 2.17km²
|colours = Red and white {{color box|#FF1908}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
|publictransit= (Keele Campus)<br />
[[106 York University (TTC)|106]], [[107 Keele North (TTC)|107]], [[196 York University Rocket (TTC)|196]], [[Viva Orange]] from [[Downsview (TTC)|Downsview]]<br /><small>[[York University#Transit|Other routes]]</small><br />
(Glendon Campus)<br />[[Toronto Transit Commission|TTC]]: [[124 Sunnybrook (TTC)|124]], [[162 Lawrence-Donway (TTC)|162]] from [[Lawrence (TTC)|Lawrence]]
|free_label = Sports teams
|free = [[York Lions]]
|mascot =
|affiliations = [[Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada|AUCC]], [[International Association of Universities|IAU]], [[Council of Ontario Universities|COU]], [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport|CIS]], [[Ontario University Athletics|OUA]], [[Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate|CUSID]]
|website= [http://www.yorku.ca/ yorku.ca]
|logo=[[Image:YorkU Logo.png|150px|center]]}}
'''York University''' ([[French language|French]]: ''Université York''), located in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], is [[Canada]]'s third largest university and has produced several of the country's top leaders in the fields of law, politics, literature, philosophy, journalism, management, meteorological, chemical, and space sciences, and fine arts including film, theatre, jazz and experimental music, dance, digital media, and cultural studies.
York supports a student population of approximately 50,000 and staff of 7,000, as well as 200,000 alumni worldwide. It is home to 11 faculties, including the [[Schulich School of Business]], [[Osgoode Hall Law School]], [[Glendon College]], Faculty of Fine Arts and the [[Faculty of Environmental Studies]], as well as 24 research centres.
Relatively new in the history of universities, York has gained international recognition in several fields, most notably law and management as reflected by the joint degrees it now has with [[New York University]] and [[Northwestern University]] respectively. York University has always enjoyed a strong participation in the [[Canadian Space Program]]. The Faculty of Science and Engineering is Canada's primary research facility into Martian exploration and has designed several space research instruments and applications currently used by [[NASA]].<ref>[http://www.yorku.ca/mediar/archive/Release.asp?Release=1270 Experiment aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour]. York U press release. Retrieved 2008-05-22].</ref><ref>[http://www.yorku.ca/mediar/archive/Release.asp?Release=1269 NASA Phoenix Mission to Mars]. York U press release. Retrieved 2008-05-22.</ref>
==History==
York University, a non-denominational institution in [[Toronto, Ontario]] was founded in 1959, by virtue of the ''York Act'', which received [[Royal Assent]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] on [[March 26]] of that year. <ref>http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008242</ref> Its first class was held on September 1960, <ref>http://*www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003753</ref>
in Falconer Hall on the [[University of Toronto]] campus with a total of 76 students.
The policy of university education initiated in the 1960s responded to population pressure and the belief that higher education was a key to social justice and economic productivity for individuals and for society.<ref>http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008242</ref> The governance was modelled on the provincial University of Toronto Act of 1906 which established a bicameral system of university government consisting of a senate (faculty), responsible for academic policy, and a board of governors (citizens) exercising exclusive control over financial policy and having formal authority in all other matters. The president, appointed by the board, was to provide a link between the 2 bodies and to perform institutional leadership. <ref>http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008242</ref>
In the fall of 1961, York moved to its first campus, [[Glendon College]], and began to emphasize liberal arts and part-time adult education. <ref>http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008242</ref>
It became independent in 1965 after an initial period of affiliation with the [[University of Toronto]]. Its main campus on the northern outskirts of Toronto opened in 1965.
<ref>http://*www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003753</ref>
Murray Ross, who continues to be honoured today at the University in several ways, was still vice-president of the [[University of Toronto]] (UofT) when approached to become York U's new president. At the time, York U was envisioned as a feeder campus to UofT, until Ross's powerful vision led it to become a completely separate institution.<ref>Ross 1992</ref>
In 1965, the university opened a second campus on Toronto's northern outskirts. The [[Glendon College|Glendon]] campus became a [[bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]] [[liberal arts college]] led by [[Escott Reid]], who envisioned it as a national institution to educate Canada's future leaders, a vision shared by Prime Minister [[Lester Pearson]], who formally opened Glendon College in 1966.<ref>[http://www.yorku.ca/ycom/gazette/past/archive/031198.htm#gen3 York University Gazette Online<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[https://www.library.yorku.ca/dspace/handle/123456789/701 YorkSpace: Item 123456789/701<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Its bilingual mandate and focus on the liberal arts continue to shape Glendon's special status within York U.<ref>[http://www.yorku.ca/ycom/profiles/past/aug00/current/features/article1.htm Profiles Online - August 2000 - Features: GUIDING PRINCIPALS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The new [[Keele Campus (York University)|Keele campus]] was regarded as somewhat isolated, in a generally industrialized part of the city. Petrol storage facilities are still located across the street. Some of the early architecture was unpopular with many, not only for the [[brutalism|brutalist]] designs, but the vast expanse between buildings, which was not viewed as suitable for the climate. In the last two decades, the campus has been intensified with new buildings, including a dedicated student centre and new fine arts, computer science and business administration buildings, as well as a small shopping mall, and [[Beatrice Ice Gardens|hockey arena]]. The [[Rexall Centre]] tennis stadium, built in 2004, is a perennial host of the [[Canada Masters]] tennis tournament. As Toronto has spread further out, York has found itself in a relatively central location within the built-up [[Greater Toronto Area]] (GTA), and in particular, near the [[Jane and Finch]] neighbourhood. Its master plan envisions a denser on-campus environment commensurate with that location.
York University offers part-time and full-time undergraduate and graduate degree programs and non-degree courses. <ref>http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?
PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003753 </ref>
==Academics==
[[Image:Canada-toronto-york-university-01.jpg|thumb|230px|View from Vari Hall]]
York University attracts and grooms some of the most promising students of Canada and has produced the current directors and [[CEO]]s of almost all the major banks in Canada ([[Royal Bank of Canada]], [[Bank of Nova Scotia]], [[TD Bank]], [[Bank of Montreal]]), the largest and most prominent media networks in Canada ([[CTV Television Network]], [[Rogers Communications]], [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]), and numerous judges, [[diplomats]], and senior politicians including the current [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Federal Court of Appeal]] of Canada, the [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Minister of Finance]] of Canada, the [[Attorney General of Ontario]], the President of the [[Privy Council of Canada]] and the [[Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations]]. Astronaut [[Steven MacLean (astronaut)|Steve MacLean]] was educated at York University in the [[physics]] department and later taught there before going to work at [[NASA]]. Canada's youngest billionaire, [[Alex Shnaider]], is also a graduate of York University.
York's approximately 2,450 full-time faculty and academic [[librarians]] are represented by the [http://www.yufa.org/ York University Faculty Association.] Contract faculty, teaching assistants, and graduate assistants are represented by [http://www.cupe3903.tao.ca/ CUPE Local 3903.]
===Faculties===
York University has eleven faculties. Several of these faculties' programs overlap. The Faculties of [[Arts]] (which is merging with the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal & professional Studies to form the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies in July 2009), [[Science]] & [[Engineering]], Liberal & Professional Studies (Atkinson), and [[Glendon College]], for instance, each house separate mathematics departments, although some of these are being merged; the [[Schulich School of Business]] (which ranked [[1st]] among Canadian business schools in 2006 by ''The Economist'', ''The Financial Times'', and ''Forbes''magazines and third in the world in a global ranking of [[Master of Business Administration]] programs conducted by the Aspen and World Resources Institutes, two US think tanks; first in Canada according to ''Forbes'' and ''Wall Street Journal'' 2007) offers undergraduate and graduate International Business Administration programmes, but the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies' School of Administrative Studies acts as a completely separate business school, nevertheless both Atkinson and Schulich share many full time professors any many of Atkinson accounting courses "shadow" those of their Schulich counterpart. Also, Atkinson, Glendon, and Schulich units are offering or are in the processing of preparing to offer degrees in public policy and administration. The University administration has, however, taken steps in some cases to unify departments in separate faculties, in part to support York's efforts to brand itself as a university focused on interdisciplinarity. For example, the Faculty of Health, opened on 1 July 2006, houses the School of Health Policy & Management, School of [[Kinesiology]] and Health Science, School of Nursing, and the Department of [[Psychology]] (one of the largest in North America).
The [[Osgoode Hall Law School]] is one of Canada's oldest and most prestigious law schools, having moved from a downtown location to the York campus in 1969 following the requirement that every law school affiliate with a university. The law school is a top tier internationally recognized institution with several flexible degrees available including the Osgoode-NYU JD/LLB degree in conjunction with [[New York University School of Law]]. Osgoode Hall Law School of York University has been ranked the Number One law school in Canada in Canadian Lawyer magazine’s 2008 Law School Survey.
York University offers the first and largest [[Graphic Design]] program in [[Ontario]] (Bachelor of Design Honours degree)[http://design.yorku.ca]. It is a four-year University degree delivered jointly by the two leading educational institutions of design in Canada, York University and [[Sheridan College]] and recognized throughout North America for maintaining the highest academic and professional standards. The alumni demonstrate the excellence of the program through their placements into top design firms, national and international graduate study programs and their high rate of self-employment. The student’s talent and dedication reflects itself at every opportunity. Students have received much recognition in regional, national and international competitions, and with private and government agencies in Canada, the USA and Europe. Retention is the highest in the university, in the mid 90s. Many students have received multiple offers to the leading graduate programs throughout the world in the fields of [[Design]], [[Architecture]], [[Business]], [[Law]], [[Environmental Studies]] and [[Education]].
York University's Faculty of [[Graduate Studies]] offers graduate degrees in a variety of disciplines, and there are several joint graduate programs with the [[University of Toronto]] and [[Ryerson University]]. It is the second largest graduate school in the Province of Ontario.
The [[Ph.D.]] program at York in Social and Political Thought (http://www.yorku.ca/spt/index.htm) consistently ranks as one of Canada's best PhD programs as reflected by the number of times York U students in this program have won the award for best PhD thesis in Canada.
The [http://www.arts.yorku.ca/wmst School of Women's Studies at York University] offers a large array of courses in the field, some of which are offered in French.
The [http://www.ccges.yorku.ca/ Canadian Centre for Germanic and European Studies]is co-housed at York University and Université de Montréal. The Centre is funded by the [[German Academic Exchange Service]].
====Research centres & institutes====
* Canadian Centre for German and European Studies
* Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry
* [[Centre for Feminist Research]]
* Centre for International and Security Studies
* [[Centre for Jewish Studies]]
* Centre for Practical Ethics
* [[Centre for Public Law and Public Policy]]
* Centre for Refugee Studies
* [[Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science]]
* Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry
* Centre for Atmospheric chemistry.
* Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean
* Centre for Research on Work and Society
* Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability
* Institute for Research on Learning Technologies
* [[York Institute for Social Research]]
* The Jack and Mae Nathanson Centre for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption
* LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution
* [[Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies]]
* York Centre for Asian Research
* York Centre for Vision Research
* York Institute for Health Research
York is the only university in Canada to make [[Fine Arts]] its own faculty and has a world class art gallery ([[Art Gallery of York University]] at www.yorku.ca/agyu).The [http://www.yorku.ca/finearts Faculty of Fine Arts] is one of the most competitive in Canada, offering programs such as [[ethnomusicology]], [[cultural studies]], visual arts, music, dance, and theatre. York's [[jazz]] department is particularly well-reputed and was once overseen by jazz great [[Oscar Peterson]]. York also has a joint Bachelor of Design program with [[Sheridan College]]. York's Departments of Film, Theatre and Creative Writing (which is not officially affiliated with the Faculty of Fine Arts) offer highly competitive programs in [[film]] production/directing, acting, and writing respectively, producing many award-winning graduates. The founders of Toronto's critically acclaimed [[Hot Docs]] International Documentary Film Festival and [[CineACTION]] film theory magazine were graduates of York's Faculty of Fine Arts.
York's Dance department is highly reputed and competitive and was founded by [[National Ballet of Canada]]'s first choreographer [[Grant Strate]].
York offers a Space & Communication Sciences undergraduate degree. York’s [[Centre for Vision Research]] has developed a ‘[[virtual reality]] room’ called IVY (Immersive Virtual Environment at York) in order to study spatial orientation and [[perception]] of [[gravity]] and [[motion (physics)|motion]]. The [[Canadian Space Agency]] and National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) use this room to strengthen astronauts’ sense of ‘up’ and ‘down’ in zero-gravity environments. The room is a six-sided immersive environment made of the glass used in the [[CN Tower]]’s observation deck and includes walls, ceiling, and a floor comprised of computer-generated [[pixel]] maps. York's Faculty of Science and Engineering most recently took part in the 2007 [[NASA]] [[Phoenix (spacecraft)]] Mars Mission.
York is also the only university in Canada with specialized programs in [[meteorological]] sciences at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
===Libraries===
[[Image:Archives of ontario at yorku Jan 2008 construction.jpg|thumb|right|The Archives of Ontario under construction at York University]]
York's [http://www.library.yorku.ca six libraries] contain more than six-and-a-half million items including more than two million books and subscriptions to over 13,000 electronic journals. Scott Library is the largest of these and houses collections in the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts. Science-related items are at the Steacie Science Library, while the [[Osgoode Hall Law School]] houses the largest law library in the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]]. The Leslie Frost library is located at [[Glendon College]] and houses collections in all disciplines with a significant proportion of research materials in the French language. The Peter F. Bronfman Business Library, in addition to print materials, gives access to dozens of e-resources such as the [[Bloomberg Terminal]]. Finally, the [http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/ArchivesSpecialCollections/index.htm Clara Thomas Archives] contains the literary and personal papers of many notable Canadian cultural figures such as [[Margaret Laurence]], [[Rohinton Mistry]], [[Adele Wiseman]], [[bill bissett]], [http://archeion-aao.fis.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/ifetch?DBRootName=ON&RecordKey=669529307131&FieldKey=F&FilePath=ON00370f/ON00370-f0000389.xml Wayne Ray] and others.
The [[Government of Ontario]] announced in December 2006 that it would relocate the [[Archives of Ontario]] from rented facilities on Grenville Street to the Keele campus. A new building will house the archives and provide room for university researchers. The building is currently under construction and is scheduled for completion in 2009.
==Newspapers and other publications==
''Excalibur'' has been the university's autonomous student newspaper since 1967. It has been described as "muck-raking" and "feisty" in several major Toronto newspapers.
Colleges and some programs also have individual newpapers or zines. They include: ''The Flying Walrus'' (Stong College), ''MacMedia'' (McLaughlin College), ''The Pipe'' (Calumet College), ''Winters Free Press'' (Winters College), ''SOFA'' (Spotlight On Fine Arts), ''The Lexicon'' (Norman Bethune College), ''The Vandoo'' (Vanier College), ''Obiter Dicta'' (Osgoode Law School), ''Pro Tem'' (Glendon College), ''The Insider'' (Schulich School of Business), ''The Phoenix'' (Founders College), and ''The Atkinson Beat'' (Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies).
''[[Existere]] - Journal of Arts and Literature'' (est. 1978) is a national publication with local and international contributors. It is financed by Vanier College Council. The journal publishes short fiction, poetry, non-fiction and art from novices and seasoned veterans. Several major writers got their early start in Existere.
''YorkU Magazine'' (est. 2003) is the official magazine of York University. It publishes five times per year in hard copy and digital editions.
''e-MAGINED'' (est. 2007) is The Canadian electronic-Magazine of International Education. It is produced three times yearly by York International.
==Athletics==
[[Image:PinkyJRT4 wb.jpg|thumb|230px|A dog sporting a York University dog t-shirt]]
The University is represented in [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport]] by the [[York Lions]]. Beginning in 1968 York's sporting teams were known as the "[[Yeomen]]", after the [[Yeomen Warders]], the guardians of the fortress and palace at the [[Tower of London]], otherwise known as Beefeaters. Later, the name "Yeowomen" was introduced to encourage women to participate in sports, as "Yeomen" was deemed to be gender-specific. Popular sentiment ran against this name scheme, however, as many students were fond of noting that a "Yeowoman" was fictitious, neither a real word nor having any historical merit. In 2003, after conducting an extensive internal study, the University replaced both names with the "Lions", as part of a larger re-branding effort, and a new logo, now a white and red lion, was brought into line with the university's new visual scheme. The name change also brought York University in line with the 92% of other Canadian universities which use a single name for both genders' sports teams. Ironically, students often refer to the female Lions teams as the "York Lionesses", despite the fact that the name "Lion" is intended to apply to both genders. [http://www.universitysport.ca/e/story_detail.cfm?id=397]
[[Image:YorkLions.jpg|thumb|right|Logo of the York Lions]]
SportYork offers 29 interuniversity sport teams, 12 sport clubs, 35 intramural sport leagues, special events and 10 pick-up sport activities offered daily.
York U has several athletic facilities, some of which are used for major tournaments. These include a football stadium, 4 gymnasia, 5 sport playing fields, 4 softball fields, 9 outdoor tennis courts, 5 squash courts, 3 dance/aerobic studios, an ice arena, a swimming pool, an expanding fitness centre and the new [[Rexall Centre]] (home of the [[Canada Masters|Rogers Tennis Cup]]).
In 2005, plans were made to build a new football and soccer stadium to host the [[Toronto Argonauts]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] as well as future football tournaments. These plans were scuttled, however, when a deal was signed by the Argos to remain at the [[Rogers Centre]]. York's proximity to many of Toronto's cricket-playing communities and role as host of an annual "[http://www.yorku.ca/yorkisu York is U]" cricket tournament has led to speculation that the university might act as a permanent home for [[Canadian cricket team|Canada's cricket program]].{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
==Campuses==
===Keele Campus===
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York's primary campus ("The Keele Campus") is located in the former municipality of [[North York, Ontario|North York]]. Most of the University's faculties reside here, including Arts, Fine Arts, Environmental Studies, Science and Engineering, Education, and Health. Altogether, nearly 50 000 students attend classes on the Keele campus.
===Glendon===
[[Glendon College]], a bilingual liberal arts faculty which conducts its own recruitment and admissions and hosts its own academic programs, is also housed on its own campus on Bayview Avenue in North Toronto. Glendon is the only university-level institution in Southern Ontario that offers university courses in both [[French language|French]] and [[English language|English]]; others elsewhere in Ontario include the [[University of Ottawa]] and [[Laurentian University]] in [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]]. A shuttle bus runs regularly between the Glendon and the Keele campuses. Glendon students are generally free to take courses at the Keele campus (and vice-versa), but the difficulty of getting from one campus to the other reduces the attractiveness of this option.
===Schulich & Osgoode Hall===
[[Image:Seymour Schulich Building York University Jan08.jpg|thumb|right|Seymour Schulich Building at York's Keele Campus]]
While most of the Schulich School of Business and Osgoode Hall programs are offered at the Keele Campus, both of them maintain satellite facilities in downtown Toronto. Schulich operates the Miles S. Nadal Management Centre, while Osgoode Hall teaches some professional development courses at a facility on Dupont street.
==Fraternities and sororities==
Prior to 1989, membership in a [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity or sorority]] at York University was forbidden. In 1989, the related senate resolution was revoked and replaced with [http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/policies/document.php?document=111 Presidential Regulation Number 5] which does not forbid membership but rather denies official status to fraternities and sororities at York University. The reasons given in this regulation are that fraternities and sororities deflect students from participation in the College system, that their commitment to exclusivity is in conflict with York's principles of inclusivity (no student club is allowed to deny membership except on the grounds of major, for those organisations with representation to their department), and are often associated with inappropriate conduct. Over the years, however, four fraternities and three sororities have operated, unofficially, on campus:
''Fraternities:''
* [[Alpha Epsilon Pi]] (ΑΕΠ) - [http://www.aepiyorku.ca (Eta Pi Chapter - York University)]
* [[Phi Delta Theta]] (ΦΔΘ) - [http://www.ontariodelta.com (Ontario Delta Chapter - York University)]
* [[Phi Kappa Pi]] (ΦΚΠ) - [http://www.phikappapi.ca (Sigma Pi Chapter - York University)]
* [[Sigma Alpha Mu]] (ΣΑΜ) - [http://www.sam.org (Gamma Omicron Chapter - York University)]
''Sororities:''
* [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] (ΑΚΑ) - [http://www.black-pearls.org]
* Delta Pi (ΔΠ) - [http://www.deltapisorority.ca (Local)]
* [[Sigma Delta Tau]] (ΣΔΤ) - Gamma Omicron Chapter (inactive)
[[Phi Delta Phi]] (ΦΔΦ) international legal fraternity, at [[Osgoode Law School]], was given special dispensation when the law school became part of the university, as the fraternity's history with the law school dated back to 1896, and is recognized at York.
==Students==
York has more than 50,000 students enrolled. Many students come from the Greater Toronto Area, but there is a sizeable population of students from across Canada and abroad, making York one of the most international universities in Canada. To serve this large population, there are 225 student clubs and organisations; six student-run publications and three broadcast programs; six art galleries; 33 on-campus eateries; and a retail mall. Undergraduate students at York are represented by the [[York Federation of Students]], a student-elected body that sponsors most of the clubs and engages in lobbying with the university administration and the [[Government of Ontario|provincial]] and [[Government of Canada|federal]] governments. While the YFS is one of the largest student associations in Canada (by virtue of York's large undergraduate population), it has often come under fire for being too political rather than focusing on student specific issues.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
===Colleges===
[[Image:Vanier Residence York University Jan08 fixed.jpg|thumb|right|Vanier College]]
[[Image:Bethune College entrance.jpg|thumb|right|The entrance area of Bethune College. The main floor was recently redesigned.]]
[[Image:Atkinson Residence York University Jan08.jpg|thumb|right|The Pond Road Residence]]
York has nine undergraduate [[residential college]]s:
{| border="1"
| align="center" valign="center" style="background-color:#CE1126; font-weight:bold; color:#F2CE68; font-size:130%;" colspan="5" | Colleges of York University (Arts)
|-
| align="center" valign="center" | <span style="font-weight:bold;">Name</span>
(Founded)
| align="center" valign="center" | <span style="font-weight:bold;">Motto/Mandate</span>
| align="center" valign="center" | <span style="font-weight:bold;">Academic Affiliations</span>
| align="center" valign="center" | <span style="font-weight:bold;">Undergrad Population</span>
| align="center" valign="center" | <span style="font-weight:bold;">Namesake</span>
|-
| align="center" valign="center" | <span style="font-weight:bold;">Calumet</span>
(1970)
| align="center" valign="center" | "Technology and the Arts"
| align="center" valign="center" | [[Schulich School of Business]], [[Economics]], [[Geography]], [[Business and society]], [[Cognitive science]], [[Communication studies]], [[Urban studies]]
| align="center" valign="center" | 4806
| align="center" valign="center" | French word for a type of rock.
|-
| align="center" valign="center" | <span style="font-weight:bold;">Founders</span>
(1965)
| align="center" valign="center" | "Self, Culture & Society"
| align="center" valign="center" | [[Anthropology]], [[French language|French]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[History]], [[African studies]], [[East Asian studies]], [[Latin American and Caribbean studies]], [[South Asian studies]], [[International Development]], [[Women's studies]]
| align="center" valign="center" | 4185
| align="center" valign="center" | Those who founded York University and are not otherwise recognized.
|-
| align="center" valign="center" | <span style="font-weight:bold;">McLaughlin</span>
(1968)
| align="center" valign="center" | Public Policy & Social Sciences
| align="center" valign="center" | [[Political science]], [[Sociology]], [[Law and society]], [[Criminology]], [[Public policy]], [[Health and society]], [[Labour studies]]
| align="center" valign="center" | 5128
| align="center" valign="center" | Colonel [[Samuel McLaughlin]], businessman and philanthropist.
|-
| align="center" valign="center" | <span style="font-weight:bold;">Norman Bethune</span>
(1972)
| align="center" valign="center" | "Science and its Place in the World"
| align="center" valign="center" | [[Science]], [[Engineering]], [[Environmental Studies]], [[Science and society]]
| align="center" valign="center" | 6261
| align="center" valign="center" | Dr. [[Norman Bethune]], Canadian doctor and Chinese hero.
|-
| align="center" valign="center" | <span style="font-weight:bold;">Stong</span>
(1969)
| align="center" valign="center" | Language and Sport
| align="center" valign="center" | [[English language|English]] and other [[Languages]], [[Kinesiology]], [[Health science]]
| align="center" valign="center" | 4336
| align="center" valign="center" | The Stong family lived for 130 years on the land now occupied by the Keele campus.
|-
| align="center" valign="center" | <span style="font-weight:bold;">Vanier</span>
(1965)
| align="center" valign="center" | Humanities
| align="center" valign="center" | [[Classics]], [[Creative writing]], [[Humanities]], [[Education]], [[Philosophy]], [[Psychology]], [[Theology]]
| align="center" valign="center" | 4667
| align="center" valign="center" | [[Georges Vanier]], Governor-General of Canada.
|-
| align="center" valign="center" | <span style="font-weight:bold;">Winters</span>
(1967)
| align="center" valign="center" | Fine Arts
| align="center" valign="center" | [[Fine Arts]]
| align="center" valign="center" | 2574
| align="center" valign="center" | [[Robert Winters]], Canadian Cabinet Minister and York's first chairman.
|-
| align="center" valign="center" colspan="5" | <span style="font-weight:bold;">Atkinson College</span> and <span style="font-weight:bold;">Glendon College</span> operate their own internal systems,<br>and are not included in this table.
|}
--Also, for a bit of trivia, the different houses that make up Founders Residence are actually named after the Group of Seven (Varley House, Harris House, etc.), or as the plaque at the building says, 'The Founders of Canadian Art."
[[Pond Road Residence]]
[[The Village at York University]]
The Village at York off campus student housing area has become quite a popular area of accommodation for many upper year and post-grad students, and the area has had a large amount of attention particularly for large parties hosted by students, including the annual Battle of the Village kegger held in March. There have also been many reports of the level of noise pollution from late night parties from students living in the area.<ref>[http://www.thestar.com/SpecialSections/SchoolsGuide/article/257819 TheStar.com | Schools Guide | York University: The city within a city<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
York University has also begun to extend the Village, with more housing nearer to the campus gates, and an urban market place at Pond and Sentinel Roads, that will have several restaurants, bars, student shops and a mini grocery.
==Rankings==
===Global rankings===
{{see also|Canadian University Rankings|Schulich School of Business}}
*The Times 2007 ([[THES - QS World University Rankings|THES]]) World Rankings placed York University at 248th out of the top 400 universities<ref>[http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/overall_rankings/top_400_universities/ THES/QS Top 400 Universities.] Retrieved 2008-05-22. </ref> The same survey ranked York 41st best social science university in the world <ref>[http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/subject_rankings/social_sciences/ THES/QS Top 50 Social Sciences]. Retrieved 2008-05-22.</ref>
*The [[Shanghai Jiao Tong University]] 2007 [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] placed York in the range of 403-510 of the universities surveyed.<ref>[http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2007/ARWU2007FullListByRank.pdf Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Rankings]. Retrieved 2008-05-22.</ref>
*The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2008, which conducts an annual ranking of the World's Top 4000 Universities, placed York at 115 out of 4000.<ref>[http://www.webometrics.info/top4000.asp?offset=100 World Universities' ranking on the Web: top 4000 World Ranking<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
===Canada===
*[[Maclean's]] 2007 Reputational Survey ranked York 25<sup>th</sup> overall, in its survey of over 11,000 qualified individuals.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.macleans.ca/education/universities/article.jsp?content=20071107_121930_6812
| title = Reputational Survey| publisher = [[Macleans Magazine]]| accessdate = 2008-01-16}}</ref> The same survey ranked York 8<sup>th</sup> in its "comprehensive" university category. <ref>[http://www.macleans.ca/education/universities/acomprehensive.pdf Maclean's OnCampus]. 2007 Comprehensive ranking. Retrieved 2008-05-22.</ref>
*In the [[Globe and Mail]] 2007 University Report Card, based on student feedback surveys York's "grade" was 'B'.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.theglobeandmail.com/series/urc/wrap.html#urcSearch4| title = University Report Card 2007| publisher = [[The Globe & Mail]]| accessdate = 2008-01-31}}</ref>
== Faculties and abbreviations ==
* Arts (AS)[http://www.arts.yorku.ca]
* [[Atkinson Faculty of Liberal & Professional Studies]] (AK)[http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca]
* Education (ED)
* Environmental Studies (ES)[http://www.fes.yorku.ca]
* [[Fine Arts]] (FA)[http://www.finearts.yorku.ca]
* [[Glendon College]] (GL)
* Graduate Studies (GS)
* Health (HH)[http://www.health.yorku.ca]
* [[Osgoode Hall Law School]] (OS)
* [[Schulich School of Business]] (SB)
* [[Science and Engineering]] (SC)[http://www.science.yorku.ca]
* [[York University]] & [[Sheridan College]] Bachelors of Design Honours (YSDN)[http://design.yorku.ca]
===Seneca@York===
The Keele campus is host to a satellite facility of [[Seneca College]], [http://www.senecac.on.ca/home/campuses/yorku.html Seneca@York], and York University offers a number of joint programs with Seneca College:
* School of Communication Arts
* Computer Studies
* Biological Science and Applied Chemistry
* Corporate and Technical Communications
==Transit==<!-- This section is linked from [[York University]] -->
{{main|York University (YRT)|York University GO Station|York University (TTC)}}
[[Image:TTC York University night jan08.jpg|thumb|right|TTC bus at York]]
York University is sometimes referred to as a "commuter school". Over 65% of the students and staff have home addresses in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), particularly in the York Region and downtown Toronto. For students that do live at home commute by car or transit, although many students are opting for public transit due to York's inflated parking fees. York intends to increase the fees for parking for the 2009/10 academic year to combat the congestion around the campus and to assist the fight for making Toronto more environmentally friendly{{Fact|date=February 2007}}.
Close to fourteen hundred buses move people through the campus each day; a proposed [[Toronto subway and RT#Plans for future expansion|extension of the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line]] would help alleviate this problem. It would run directly under the campus, creating new stations at Keele and Finch ([[Finch West (TTC)|Finch West]]), at the centre of campus ([[York University (TTC)|York University]]), and at Steeles Avenue, interfacing with York Region Transit ([[Steeles West (TTC)|Steeles West]]).
York University's Glendon and Keele campuses are served by the [[Toronto Transit Commission]]. The Keele site is also served by [[York Region Transit]] buses (both regular and [[Viva (bus rapid transit)|Viva]]) from the immediate north, [[GO Transit]] express buses from several other Toronto suburbs and [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound buses]] for regional transportation. The department of Security, Parking and Transportation Services operates a shuttle service to GO Transit's York University train station on its Bradford corridor.
==Security services==
'''York University Security Service''' provides security services on the university's campuses. York Security Services provide uniformed security officers, campus liaison officers (community services unit) and the Investigative Unit which works closely with the [[Toronto Police]] service. Patrols are conducted on foot, bicycle and vehicle. The security service is a member of the Ontario Association of College and University Security Administrators (OACUSA) and the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA).
==Controversies==
[[Image:York University anti racism protest student centre Jan08 04.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Anti-racism rally held in the York Student Centre]]
A tradition of activist politics on campus has resulted in vocal demonstrations, particularly concerning issues relating to the [[Middle East]] and economic [[globalization]]. There have been criticisms of both activist groups by the administration and media, for disrupting classes and provoking confrontations between students, and of the university administration for its response to demonstrators and activists, including expulsion and alleged police misconduct against activists.
As well, a controversy arose in 2005 regarding the sale of university land for a nearby townhouse development, and whether the developer, Tribute Communities, paid the full market price for the land. York University maintained that it was the best overall proposal. An independent investigation conducted by retired judge Edward Saunders verified that there had been no misconduct.
In October 2005, Professor [[David F. Noble]], in opposition to York's practice of cancelling classes on the Jewish [[High Holidays]], which originated in 1974 in deference to the university's large proportion of Jewish students and faculty members at that time, applied to the university's [http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/senate/ senate body] for review of the policy. Upon the York senate's affirmation of the policy, he pledged that he would teach on those days anyway, but later decided to instead poll students in his courses, asking if they wished future classes to be cancelled out of respect for other religious holidays.
On [[March 31]], [[2006]], in the case of [[Freeman-Maloy v. Marsden]], the [[Ontario Court of Appeal]] ruled that the University, and its President Dr. [[Lorna Marsden]] could be sued by plaintiff Daniel Freeman-Maloy for "misfeasance in public office."[http://www.ourtrent.com/news/archives/2006/04/university_pres_1.shtml]
Additional controversies are published in the official memoir of Murray Ross, the university's first president. (See 'References' section below.)
[[Image:Yorkulogo.png|thumb|right|Logo of the university]]
==Presidents==
* [[Murray G. Ross]] 1959-1970
* [[David W. Slater|David Slater]] 1970-1973
* [[H. Ian Macdonald]] 1973-1984
* [[Harry Arthurs|Harry W. Arthurs]] 1985-1992
* [[Susan Mann]] 1993-1997
* [[Lorna Marsden]] 1997 - 2007
* [[Mamdouh Shoukri]] 2007 - present<ref>[http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=7871 Y-File: McMaster's Mamdouh Shoukri chosen as next president of York]</ref>
==Chancellors==
* [[Wilfred Curtis|Wilfred A. Curtis]], RCAF air marshal, 1959-1968
* [[Floyd Chalmers|Floyd S. Chalmers]], publisher, 1968-1973
* [[Walter L. Gordon]], federal cabinet minister, 1973-1977
* [[John P. Robarts]], premier of Ontario, 1977-1982
* [[John S. Proctor]], banker, 1982-1983
* [[John Tuzo Wilson|J. Tuzo Wilson]], geophysicist, 1983-1986
* [[Larry Clarke]], founder of [[SPAR Aerospace]], 1986-1991
* [[Oscar Peterson]], jazz piano great, 1991-1994
* [[Arden Haynes]], businessman, 1994-1998
* [[Avie Bennett|Avie J. Bennett]], businessman, 1998-2004
* [[Peter Cory|Peter deCarteret Cory]], jurist, 2004-2008
* [[Roy McMurtry]], politician and judge, 2008-Present
== Noted alumni ==
{{Unreferencedsection|date=September 2007}}
This list includes graduates of Osgoode Hall Law School prior to its affiliation with York University.
=== Nobel Laureates ===
* [[Roger Pulwarty]] - atmospheric scientist and environmentalist
=== Politicians ===
* [[John Black Aird]] - former [[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]] and Canadian Senator
* [[Lincoln Alexander]] - former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
* [[Maurizio Bevilacqua]] - former federal Minister and [[Secretary of State]] for Canada
* [[Marion Boyd]] - former [[Attorney General of Ontario]]
* [[Michael Bryant]] - Attorney-General of Ontario
* [[Aileen Carroll]] - former [[Minister for International Cooperation]]
* [[Carme Chacon]] - [[Minister of Defence]] for the present Government of Spain
* [[Joseph Clarke]] - former mayor of Edmonton, Alberta
* [[Marshall A. Cohen]] - former President and CEO of Molson, member of the [[Trilateral Commission]]
* [[David Collenette]] - former senior federal cabinet minister
* [[Deborah Coyne]] - prominent legal scholar, former girlfriend of ex-Prime Minister [[Pierre Trudeau]]
* [[George A. Drew|George Drew]] - 14th [[Premier of Ontario]]
* [[Bill Davis]] - 18th Premier of Ontario
* [[Ernie Eves]] - 23rd Premier of Ontario
* [[J. S. Ewart]] [[QC]], advocate of Canadian independence
* [[Gordon O'Connor]] - Former [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Minister of National Defence]] of Canada
* [[Martha Hall Findlay]] - Member of Parliament and active member of the Liberal Party of Canada
* [[Jim Flaherty]] - [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Minister of Finance]] of Canada
* [[Leslie Frost]] - 16th Premier of Ontario
* [[Herb Gray]] - former [[Deputy Prime Minister]] of Canada, former [[Solicitor General of Canada]]
* [[Barbara Hall]] - former Mayor of Toronto, current Chief Commissioner of the [[Ontario Human Rights Commission]]
* [[Carol Hansell]] - Board of Directors, [[Bank of Canada]]
* [[Charles Harnick]] - former Attorney General of Ontario
* [[Ron Irwin]] - former Federal Cabinet Minister, former Ambassador to Ireland, current Consul to Boston
* [[James Kelleher]], former member of the [[Canadian Senate]]
* [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]], former [[Prime Minister]] of Canada
* [[Peter Kormos]] - former Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations, [[House Leader]] for the Ontario NDP Caucus
* [[Zahir Lalani]] - Consul and Senior Representative for New York at the [[Bank of Canada]]
* [[Jack Layton]] - Leader of the federal [[New Democratic Party]]
* [[Floyd Laughren]] - former Ontario NDP MPP and finance minister
* [[William Ross Macdonald]] - former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
* [[Paul Martin Sr.]] - longtime MP and celebrated Canadian politician
* [[John Matheson]] - former MP, retired judge, and founder of the [[Canadian Flag]]
* [[Roy McMurtry]] - former Attorney General of Ontario
* [[John McNee]] - Canadian [[ambassador]] to [[United Nations]]
* [[Arthur Meighen]] - former Prime Minister of Canada
* [[James O'Reilly]] - Federal politician
* [[John Robarts]] - 17th Premier of Ontario
* [[Ian Scott]] - former Attorney General of Ontario
* [[Karen Kraft Sloan]] - former [[United Nations]] Ambassador of the environment
* [[Greg Sorbara]] - [[Ontario Minister of Finance]]
* [[John Tory]] - Leader of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario]]
* [[Peter Van Loan]] - [[President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada]], Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
* [[Robert Stanley Welch]] - former Deputy Premier of Ontario, Former Attorney General of Ontario
* [[George Stanley White]], [[Speaker of the Canadian Senate]]
* [[David Young (Ontario politician)|David Young]] - former Attorney General of Ontario
=== Judges ===
* [[Archie Campbell (jurist)]] - legal giant, led inquiry into SARS
* [[Kim Carter]] - former Chief Military Judge of the Canadian Forces, current Ombudsmen of British Columbia.<ref>[http://osgoode.yorku.ca/media2.nsf/83303ffe5af03ed585256ae6005379c9/9a72a82c0bfee23d8525715d005737d6!OpenDocument Osgoode Hall website.] Kim Carter appointment.</ref>
* [[John Robert Cartwright]] - former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
* [[Peter Cory]] - former puisne judge of the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] and current Chancellor of the university
* [[Frank Joseph Hughes]] - Supreme Court Judge.
* [[Wilfred Judson]] - former puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada
* [[Patrick Kerwin]] - former [[Chief Justice of Canada]]
* [[Harry S. Laforme]] - Ont. Court of Appeal, head of Aboriginal Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
* [[Bora Laskin]] - former Chief Justice of Canada
* [[Claire L'Heureux-Dube]] former judge of the Supreme Court of Canada (LLD)
* [[Allen Linden]] - Federal Court of Appeal judge
* [[Goldwyn Arthur Martin]], [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] - former Justice of the [[Ontario Court of Appeal]], prominent criminal law scholar.
* [[Roy McMurtry]] - former Chief Justice of Ontario
* [[Dennis O'Connor (judge)|Dennis O'Connor]] - of the [[Ontario Court of Appeal]] and Associate Chief Justice of Ontario
* [[James O'Reilly (judge)|James O'Reilly]] - Federal Court of Canada.<ref>[http://cas-ncr-nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/fc_cf_en/O'Reilly Federal Court website]. James O'Reilly biography.</ref>
* [[John D. Richard]] - Chief Justice of the [[Federal Court of Appeal]] of Canada
* [[Wishart Spence]] - former puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada
* [[Warren Winkler]] - [[Chief Justice of Ontario]]
=== Business leaders ===
* [[Isabel Bassett]] - former [[Member of Provincial Parliament|MPP]] and [[Chief Executive Officer]] of [[TVOntario]]
* Sir [[Edward Wentworth Beatty]]- President of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]
* [[Douglas G. Bergeron]] - billionaire, President and CEO of [[Verifone]].
* [[George Butterfield (businessman)|George Butterfield]] - co-founder of luxury active travel company Butterfield & Robinson
* [[Bernd Christmas]] - Board of Directors, [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]
* [[Ivan Fecan]] - President and [[Chief Executive Officer]], [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]
* [[Gordon Lownds]] - co-founder of [[Sleep Country Canada]]
* [[Rob McEwen]] - President and CEO of [[US Gold Corporation]]
* [[Sergio Marchionne]] - President and CEO of [[Fiat]]
* [[Larry Organ]] - Chief Executive Officer, [[ConsumerBase LLC]], Founder of [[FastWeb]] and JobsOnline
* [[Edward Samuel Rogers]] - business tycoon, President and CEO [[Rogers Communications]]
* [[Alex Shnaider]] - Chairman of Royal Laser Corp. and co-founder of Midland Group [[Midland Group]], Canada's youngest billionaire
* [[Richard E. Waugh]] - President and Chief Executive Officer, [[Scotiabank]]
=== Artists and Entertainers ===
* [[Murat Akser]] - film director, cultural historian
* [[Will Beauchamp]] - award winning filmmaker, Warner Bros. Canada representative
* [[Mark Bluvshtein]], chess grandmaster
* [[Christian Bök]] - acclaimed poet, professor at University of Calgary
* [[Arthur Bourinot]] - Governor General's Award for Poetry
* [[Elizabeth Bradely]] - Chair of Drama at the Tisch School of the Arts at [[New York University]]
* [[Shannon Bramer]] - poet
* [[Natalie Brown]] - star of Sophie on [[CBC Television|CBC]]
* [[Amanda Brugel]] - co-star on MVP: The Secret Lives of Hockey Wives on [[CBC Television|CBC]]
* [[Gerry Dee]] - comedian ([[Last Comic Standing]])
* [[Robert Duncan (composer)|Robert Duncan]] - composer
* deMarco DeCiccio- a vocalist with the contemporary Christian and music duo [[Jason and deMarco]]
* [[Melyssa Ford]] - model and actress, on-air personality for [[Sirius Satellite Radio]]
* [[Thea Gill]] - actress ([[Queer as Folk (North American TV series)|''Queer as Folk'']])
* [[Douglas Glover]] - acclaimed writer, [[Governor General's Award]] for Fiction
* [[Katherine Govier]] - novelist, winner of [[Marian Engel Award]]
* [[Larysa Harapyn]] - entertainment reporter for [[CityTV]]
* [[Mark Irwin]] - cinematographer ([[Me, Myself & Irene]], [[Scream (film)|Scream]], [[There's Something About Mary]])
* [[Kardinal Offishall]] - [[Canadian]] Musician
* [[Vikas Kohli]] - producer and founder of [[Fatlabs]]
* [[Bruce LaBruce]] - Underground Filmmaker and icon of the gay arts community (JD's, Vinyl)
* [[Ringo Lam]] - [[Hong Kong]] action director, inspired [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s [[Reservoir Dogs]]
* [[Jerry Levitan]] - producer and star of [[Oscar Award]] nominated animated short "I Met the Walrus"
* [[Orville Lloyd Douglas]] - poet/writer
* [[Peter Lynch]] - filmmaker ([[Project Grizzly]])
* [[Rachel McAdams]] - actress ([[Mean Girls]], [[Wedding Crashers]], [[The Notebook]])
* [[Steve McCaffery]] - poet
* [[Annemarie Morais]] - internationally acclaimed award winning filmmaker (How She Move)
* [[Mike Murley]] - jazz musician, recipient of [[Juno Award]]
* [[Steven Page]] - musician, lead singer for the [[Barenaked Ladies]]
* [[Mark Penney]] - film director
* [[Ramona Pringle]] - actor ([[Shoot 'Em Up]])
* [[Dina Pugliese]] - Television Personality, Co-Host of [[CityTV]]'s [[Breakfast Television]]
* [[Michael Redhill]] - award winning poet, playwright and novelist, editorial board of Coach House Press
* [[Nino Ricci]] - writer, [[Governor General's Award]] for Fiction
* [[Spencer Rice]] - actor/director ([[Kenny vs. Spenny]])
* [[Peter Robinson (novelist)|Peter Robinson]] - [[England|English]]-born Canadian-based detective novelist
* [[Don Ross]] - noted fingerstyle guitar champion, lauded by [[Bruce Cockburn]]
* [[Albert Schultz]] - actor
* [[Eddie Schwartz]] - legendary songwriter/producer (ex. The Doobie Bros, Pat Benetar)
* [[Sarah Slean]] - singer-songwriter
* [[Ron Sparks]] - comedian/actor/writer, ([[Video on Trial]])
* [[Priya Thomas]] - musician
* [[Raymond Thompson]] - Creator of hit New Zealand teen/sci-fi television series, [[The Tribe (TV series)|The Tribe]]
* [[Scott Thompson]] - comedian/actor, ([[The Kids in the Hall]], [[The Larry Sanders Show]], [[My Fabulous Gay Wedding]])
* [[Larry Towell]] - celebrated photographer
* [[Maurice Dean Wint]] - actor, nominated for a [[Dora Award]]
=== Scientists ===
* [[Nigel Lockyer]] - Director of [[TRIUMF]], Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics located at the [[University of British Columbia]]. Dr. Lockyer who graduated from York University's physics department was formerly a Professor of Physics at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].
* [[Steven MacLean (astronaut)|Steve MacLean]] - astronaut
* [[Helen Rodd]] - award-winning zoologist
=== Athletes ===
* [[Karen Cockburn]] - [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medallist, trampoline (Silver in 2004, Bronze in 2000)
* [[Jeff Johnson (football player)|Jeff Johnson]] - Professional Football Player (Currently playing for the CFL's [[Toronto Argonauts]])
* [[Carlos Newton]] - Mixed Martial Artist (Former [[UFC]] Welterweight Champion)
* [[Trish Stratus]] - Former professional wrestler
* [[Mathieu Turgeon]] - Olympic medallist, trampoline (Bronze in 2000)
=== Broadcasters ===
* [[Zuraidah Alman]] - Canada News Anchor for Global News
* [[Barbara Budd]] - award-winning senior journalist with the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]
* [[Nick Czernkovich]] - meteorologist for [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]
* [[Ken Daniels]] - former [[Hockey Night in Canada]] host, current [[Detroit Red Wings]] commentator on [[FSN Detroit]]
* [[Melissa DiMarco]] - TV personality and actress. has her own show and a role on [[Degrassi]]
* [[Nancy Durham]] - [[journalist]] and foreign correspondent for the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], married to Oxford philosopher Bill Newton-Smith
* [[Jian Ghomeshi]] - [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] host, musician, writer and producer
* [[Michael Harris]] - Ottawa Sun columnist, Woodrow Wilson Scholar
* [[Chantal Hebert]] - award-winning [[journalist]] for The Toronto Star as well as Le Devoir and National Post among others, and commentator on Canadian politics, appears often on [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]
* [[Michael Hirsh (producer)|Michael Hirsh]] - co-founder of [[Nelvana]] international animation company based in Toronto ([[Babar]], [[Hergé's Adventures of Tintin]], [[Bob and Margaret]])
* [[Patrick Loubert]] - co-founder of [[Nelvana]]
* [[Hazel Mae]], news anchor and personality on [[NESN]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
* [[Brian Milner]] - senior columnist for the [[Globe and Mail]]
* [[Jacquie Perrin]] - host of [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]'s Saturday Report, accomplished pilot.
* [[Beatrice Politi]] - political specialist on [[CP24]] in [[Ottawa]]
* [[B.W. Powe]] - writer and columnist for [[The Globe and Mail]]
* [[Dina Pugliese]] - co-host of [[Breakfast Television]] on [[CityTV]] in Toronto
* [[Natasha Ramsahai]] - chief meteorologist for [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] Canada
* [[Sandie Rinaldo]] - award-winning [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] news anchor for all of Canada
* [[Paula Todd]] - award-winning [[journalist]] and host of [[TVOntario]]'s ''Person to Person'' and [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]'s The Verdict
* [[Zain Verjee]] - CNN writer and producer, anchor of Situation Room on CNN
=== Other ===
* [[Gord Ash]] - Former [[Toronto Blue Jays]] [[General Manager]] (1995-2001) and current [[Milwaukee Brewers]] assistant to the General Manager.
* [[Harry Black]] - humanitarian, former Executive Director of [[United Nations Children's Fund|UNICEF]] Canada.
* [[Gwen Boniface]] former Commissioner of the [[Ontario Provincial Police]].
* [[Marlys Edwardh]] - civil rights lawyer who repesented [[Maher Arar]].
* [[Ward P.D. Elcock]] - former Director of the [[Canadian Security Intelligence Service]].
* [[Susan Eng]] - former chair of the [[Toronto Police Services Board]], Director of [[Canadian Civil Liberties Association]].
* [[Melyssa Ford]] - model and [[BET]] personality.
* [[George N. Farr]] - computer scientist at [[IBM Toronto Software Lab]], author and speaker on programming.
* [[Cecil Foster]] - novelist, essayist and sociologist.
* [[Edward Greenspan]] - criminal defense [[lawyer]] (clients include [[Conrad Black]] among others).
* [[Edmund Ho]] - Chief Executive of [[Macau]].
* [[Sheldon Levy]] - President & Vice-Chancellor of [[Ryerson University]]
* [[Deborah McCawley]] - former Chief Executive Officer for the Law Society of Manitoba, currently sitting as a [[Manitoba]] judge.
* [[Gavin MacKenzie]] - Treasurer (the head) of the [[Law Society of Upper Canada]]
* [[James MacKinnon]] - head of the Economics department at [[Queen's University]]
* [[Julian Porter]] - former Commissioner of the [[Toronto Transit Commission]] and President of the [[Canadian National Exhibition]]
* [[Victoria Pratt]] - actress, fitness model, fitness writer
* [[Pat Quinn]] - former coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs NHL hockey team
* [[David Rocco]] - celebrity chef, actor and producer
* [[Clayton Ruby]] - criminal defense lawyer
* [[Tom Traves]] - President & Vice-Chancellor of [[Dalhousie University]]
* [[Lorne Waldman]] - renowned Canadian immigration lawyer
* [[Tom Wright (CFL)]] - former commissioner of the [[Canadian Football League]], former President of [[Adidas]] Canada
* [[Alan Young]] - renowned Canadian constitutional lawyer and civil rights activist
== Noted faculty ==
* [[Irving Abella]], history
* [[William Phillips]], Professor of Economics, notable for his contribution in Economics with the [[Phillips Curve]]
* [[Louise Arbour]], Professor of Law, currently [[UN High Commissioner for Human Rights]]
* [[Harry Arthurs]], [[law]] and former President of York University
* [[Paul Axelrod]], [[education]]
* [[Joel Bakan]], law, author of [[The Corporation]]
* [[Richard Wellen]], Business and Society
* [[Shannon Bell]], performance philosopher, political scientist, feminist
* [[Heather Monroe-Blum]], currently the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of [[McGill University]]
* [[Hédi Bouraoui]], [[French literature|French]] and [[English literature]]
* [[Rob Bowman (music writer)|Rob Bowman]], [[ethnomusicology]]
* [[Ed Broadbent]] (1960s) - former leader of the federal [[New Democratic Party]]
* [[Jean-Gabriel Castel]] - Professor Emeritus of Law
* [[Jerome Ch'en]] - Professor Emeritus of History
* [[G. Ramsay Cook]] - Professor Emeritus of History
* [[Neil Leon Rudenstine]], Professor Emeritus of Political Science, former president of [[Harvard University]]
* [[Andrea Davis]] - Professor of Humanities, Latin American Caribbean Studies, History, English
* [[Christopher Dewdney]] - author, Professor of English Literature
* [[Barbara Godard]] - Professor of English and the Avie Bennett Historica Chair in Canadian Literature.
* [[Jack Granatstein]] - Professor Emeritus of History
* [[Leslie Green (philosopher)|Leslie Green]], Professor, Law, Philosophy, and Social and Political Thought, permanent Chair in Jurisprudence at the [[University of Oxford]]
* [[Chris Green (professor)|Christopher D. Green]], Professor of Psychology and Philosophy, President-elect of the [[Society for the History of Psychology]] ([[American Psychological Association|APA]] Division 26)
* [[John Greyson]] - film director
* [[Peter Hogg]] - Professor Emeritus of Law , constitutional expert, former Dean of Osgoode
* [[Michiel Horn]] - Professor Emeritus of History, University Historian
* [[Ali Kazimi]] - filmmaker
* [[Gabriel Kolko]] - Professor Emeritus of History
* [[Paul Laurendeau]] - Professor, Department of French Studies, linguist and language philosopher
* [[James Laxer]] - author, columnist and commentator, Professor of Canadian Politics
* [[Irving Layton]] - poet
* [[Jack Layton]] - leader of the [[New Democratic Party]]
* [[Lee Lorch]] - Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, civil rights activist, member of [[Cuban Academy of Sciences]]
* [[Edelgard Mahant]], political science
* [[Patrick J. Monahan]] - Professor of Law
* [[Jonathan Nitzan]] - Professor of Political Economy
* [[David F. Noble]] - Historian of Technology
* [[Michael Ondaatje]] - author and filmmaker, Professor of English Literature
* [[Leo Panitch]] - Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science (Canada Research Chair in Political Economy), editor of the [[Socialist Register]]
* [[Andreas Papandreou]] - Greek Prime Minister, Economics Professor (1969-1974)
* [[Sergei M. Plekhanov]] - Professor of Political Science, member of [[Soviet Academy of Sciences]]
* [[B. W. Powe]] - Professor of English
* [[John Ridpath]] - Objectivist philosopher and retired Associate Professor of Economics and Intellectual History
* [[Paul Roazen]] - Professor Emeritus of Social and Political Science, founder of meta-psychotherapy
* [[J.T. Saywell]] - Professor Emeritus of History
* [[David N. Stamos]] - Professor of Philosophy
* [[Grant Strate]] - founder of York's Dance department and first resident choreographer of [[National Ballet of Canada]]
* [[Orest Subtelny]] Professor of History
* [[Priscilla Uppal]] - professor of creative writing nominated for Griffin Poetry Prize
* [[Ellen Meiksins Wood|Ellen Wood]] - historian and critic of political theory
* [[Neal Wood]] - historian
* [[Robin Wood (film critic)|Robin Wood]] - Professor Emeritus of Film and Video, famous film critic
* [[James Alcock]] - Psychology Professor, author, and noted parapsychology skeptic
==See also==
* [[York University Observatory]]
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* [http://www.library.yorku.ca/ York U Library]
* [http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/jsp/homepage.jsp York U Library (catalogue-web)]
* [http://www.aucc.ca/can_uni/our_universities/york_e.html Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada profile]
== References ==
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===Histories of the University===
* Paul Axelrod 'Scholars and Dollars: Politics, Economics, and the Universities of Ontario 1945-1980' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, September 1, 1982)
*Dr. Michael Horn, History of York University@ 50 (York University Press © 2009) in progress
*Professor Brian McKillop, 'Matters of Mind: The University in Ontario, 1791-1951' (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press ©1951)
* Ross, Murray. "The Way Must be Tried: Memoirs of A University Man." Toronto: Stoddart Publishing Company, 1992.
* John T. Saywell 'Someone to Teach Them: York and the Great University Explosion, 1960?1973' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, May 24, 2008)
* York University. "York Campus Master Plan." IBI BIA Group, 1998.
* UPACE. "Master Plan for the York University Campus." Toronto: Howarth and Smith Monotype Limited, 1963.
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