W100 Representative
Robin EdmisonExecutive Director, University Brand & Marketing at York University
York is a leading international teaching and research university and a driving force for positive change.
Empowered by a welcoming and diverse community with a uniquely global perspective, we are preparing our students for their long-term career and personal success. Together we are making things right for our communities, our planet, and our future.
The Latest from York University
A powerful new initiative at York University, led by the Umoja Black Legacy Alliance, is helping to reshape how the broader University community celebrates Black identity through collaboration, education, and dynamic community events. Read more: https://bit.ly/45DBIno
York’s School of Nursing Professors Celina Da Silva and Eva Peisachovich are working to develop a series of virtual simulation games that will help nursing students build empathy and tackle challenging situations. Read more: https://bit.ly/47mj6JZ | #TheYorkUMag
Scholars across York University received over $1.3 million in funding through Partnership Development Grants by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to lead collaborative, community-based projects. Read more: https://bit.ly/4omulbx | #YUResearch
Join the VCC’s Future of Health & Innovation Forum on September 9. Discover how innovation, tech, and collaboration are shaping the future of care.
Register now: http://shorturl.at/aiCa5
Professor Nirupama Agrawal, from @YorkULAPS, analyzes Canada’s disaster response system, aiming to improve disaster management for future generations.
Read more | http://bit.ly/4hb4sGO
#YorkU #YUPositiveChange #GradStudiesYU
Through a collaboration with the Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC), #YorkUEUC is now home to national leadership programs that empower students and educators to drive community change! 🎓✨
🔗Read More: https://bit.ly/4mdyOeU
#YorkU #YUChangeMakers #YouthLeadership
That’s a wrap on the 2025 YSpace Summer Social! ☀️
Thanks to everyone who joined us at YSpace Markham for an afternoon of connection, community, and summer vibes — and to SmartTO for partnering with us to make it all happen.
#YSpace #StartupCommunity #SummerSocial #MarkhamTech
Lions, have a wonderful long weekend! Please note: York University’s campuses will be closed for the Civic Holiday on Monday, August 4, 2025. ☀️
Harold Levy (BA ’64, LLB ’68), a retired criminal lawyer and journalist, has dedicated two decades of his life to exposing wrongful convictions, a devotion that has reshaped Ontario’s forensic pathology system. Read more: https://bit.ly/3UADsYh | #TheYorkUMag
Fostering global fluencies andcross-cultural knowledges
York University has 300+ partnerships in 64 countries including partnerships with industry, governments, non-profit and private sector companies, and other educational institutions. These collaborative opportunities are co-created so that the missions of both York and the partnering organization are advanced in creating positive change for our students and in local and global communities.
Our commitment to collaboration allows us to address complex global challenges to create positive change in the local and global communities we serve. Solidifying existing international strategic academic alliances, and establishing new alliances is key to expanding outreach and engagement with York’s larger communities.
Experience firsthand York’s global impact and engagement. The University prides itself on championing diversity and inclusivity and fostering global fluencies and cross-cultural knowledges. York community lives these values on one of the largest and most diverse university campuses in Canada.
York’s student body includes about 18 per cent international students and also reflects the diversity of Toronto, one of the world’s most multicultural cities. The University draws scholars and exchange students from around the globe, and our students and faculty have opportunities for exchanges and collaborations at our more than 600 partner institutions worldwide.
York ranked No. 1 in Ontario for global collaborative research publications. Over 60% of York’s publications have an international co-author (SciVal, 2020).
Vision and Core Values
- We strive for Excellence in fulfilling all aspects of our mission
- We are Progressive, encouraging open-minded inquiry, innovative approaches, and forward-looking solutions
- We uphold Sustainability - environmental, social, and fiscal - as a vital compass for decisions and initiatives
- We are passionate about advancing Social Justice and Equity through critical insight, creative problem-solving, and socially responsible action
- We champion Diversity and Inclusivity, embracing differing perspectives, peoples, and ways of knowing, and fostering global fluencies and cross-cultural knowledges
Advancing knowledge andcreating positive change
$24.7m
in knowledge mobilization brokered project research funding
$1.8m+
in revenue generated by start-ups from Innovation York
York conducts purposeful research that advances knowledge and creates positive change. York is committed to excellence in research and scholarship in all its forms. Informed by a strong commitment to shared values, including promoting social justice, diversity, and the public good, we aspire through our research to better understand the human condition and the world around us and employ the knowledge we gain in the service of society. Intensive engagement in research is a core institutional value that permeates the fabric of the University, and it is this foundation on which York’s vibrant and exciting academic environment is built.
- World ranking “high” York’s research output ranked “very high” (QS World University Rankings, 2021).
- No. 1 York is the top-ranked university in Canada for publications on COVID-19 & Mathematical Modeling, with researchers ranked Nos. 1, 3, 4 & 6 in the country (SciVal, 2021).
- No. 1 York is the top-ranked university in Canada for publications on galaxies, stars & galactic evolution with the No. 1 researcher in the country: Science Prof Adam Muzzin, with 30 publications & a 354-citation count. (SciVal, 2021).
- No. 1 York ranked No. 1 in citation impact in Nursing & Health Professions (SciVal, 2020-21).
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