York University

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This article is about the Canadian university. For the British university, see University of York.

York University is a large comprehensive university, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third largest university.

© York University
Motto: Tentanda via (Latin: The way must be tried)
Founded	1959
School type	Public
President	Lorna Marsden
Location	Toronto, Ontario
Enrollment	43,635 undergrad, 3,339 grad
Campus surroundings	Urban, suburban
Campus size	650 acres (2.6 km²)
Sports teams	Lions, Yeomen
Mascot	Lion

Contents

1 History 2 Academics 3 Campuses 4 Students 5 Colleges 6 Seneca@York 7 Faculties 8 Former Presidents 9 Noted alumni 10 Noted faculty 11 External link

History

York University was founded in 1959, by virtue of the York Act, which received Royal Assent in the Ontario Legislature on March 26 of that year. Its first class was held on September 1960, in Falconer Hall on the University of Toronto campus, with a total of 76 students. In the fall of 1961, York moved to the Glendon campus, and began to emphasize liberal arts and part-time adult education.

In 1965, York moved into its permanent home on the Keele campus.

Academics

York's Faculty of Arts is the largest in Canada. Its Faculty of Education offers its students more teaching experience than any other education program in Ontario. Its renowned Faculty of Environmental Studies offers one of the best individualized, interdisciplinary masters programs in the world. Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada's largest, and one of the oldest, is among the most respected. The Schulich School of Business is ranked among the top business schools in the world. As well, York is involved in many space projects and has a pair of small telescopes on campus.

Campuses

Keele Campus, York's main campus, is located in North York and most of the university's faculties reside here.

York also has a bilingual liberal arts campus, Glendon College. Glendon is the only place in Southern Ontario that offers university courses in both French and English.

The Schulich School of Business also has a downtown Toronto campus called the Miles S. Nadal Management Centre.

Students

York University advertises itself as providing a progressive contemporary education in an urban setting. York is Canada's third-largest university, with over 40,000 students enrolled. Most students come from the Greater Toronto Area, as well as many international students and across Canada.

Colleges

York has 9 undergraduate residential colleges:

• Atkinson - named after Toronto Star founding publisher Jospeh E Atkinson
• Bethune - named after Dr. Norman Bethune
• Calumet
• Founders
• Glendon
• McLaughlin
• Stong
• Vanier - named after Governor General Georges Vanier
• Winters - named after former federal Liberal MP Robert W Winters

Seneca@York

York also shares the Keele Campus with Seneca College, Seneca@York, and offers number of joint programs to allow graduates to benefit from both post-secondary institutions:

• School of Communication Arts
• Computer Studies
• Biological Science and Applied Chemistry
• Corporate and Technical Communications

Faculties

• Arts
• Atkinson, Faculty of Liberal & Professional Studies
• Education
• Environmental Studies
• Fine Arts
• Glendon College
• Graduate Studies
• Osgoode Hall Law School
• Schulich School of Business
• Science and Engineering

Former Presidents

• Murray G Ross 1959-1970
• David Slater 1970-1973
• H. Ian Macdonald 1973-1984
• Harry W. Arthurs 1985-1992
• Susan Mann 1993-1997

Noted alumni

• Christian Bök - Canadian poet
• Michael Davey - sculptor and faculty member
• Floyd Laughren - former Ontario NDP Finance Minister
• Jack Layton - leader of the New Democratic Party
• Steve McCaffery - Canadian poet
• Steve MacLean - Canadian astronaut
• Sandie Rinaldo - Canadian news anchor
• Peter Robinson - English-born Canadian-based detective novelist
• Albert Schultz - Canadian actor
• Paula Todd - host of TVO's Studio 2
• Michael Tziretas - City of Toronto Councillor
• Richard Van Huizen - Canadian Olympic volleyball player
• Rachel McAdams - Actress (The Notebook & Mean Girls)

Noted faculty

• Murray G. Ross - founding president, U of T law professor
• Hédi Bouraoui - writer, professor of French and English literature
• Christopher Dewdney - writer, professor of English literature
• Robert W. Cox - political scientist, internationally influential as founder of neo-gramscianism
• David Noble - historian of technology
• Alan Young - noted law professer
• Andreas Papandreou - Greek prime minister, economics professor 1969-1974

External link

• York University

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