York psychology Professor Leslie Greenberg, a pioneer of Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), has been chosen as the winner of the 2012 American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research. Greenberg (PhD ’96) has spent more than 20 years researching a psychotherapy method that helps people become aware of their emotions and express them, [...]

Publicly funded weight-loss clinics, armed with experts who can address everything from behaviour modification to proper nutrition, would help solve Canada’s obesity epidemic, according to a York University study. “With 59 per cent of the Canadian public overweight, and 23 per cent medically designated as obese, we need this type of drastic intervention. Telling people to [...]

Imagine having your own personal health coach and your mobile phone to manage your health and wellness. The result? Fewer trips to the doctor reducing the financial burden on the health care system. This is the vision behind The Connected Wellness Platform, a new initiative that was the subject of a talk at York on [...]

Teachers and experts who study bullying will meet Monday to discuss the latest research, best practices and legal issues related to bullying, as well as the proposed Accepting Schools Act for Ontario. The Bullying Stops Now! Conference, hosted by York University’s Faculty of Education, will take place Jan. 30, from 8:30am to 3:30pm, at the [...]

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has awarded York University $952,531 in infrastructure funding to support the research of six York professors. Joseph DeSouza, a professor in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, will receive $141,764 to examine direct links between neurological disorders and attention. One in four Canadians will suffer from a psychiatric [...]

The Sport & Recreation Department is once again offering a number of women’s only fitness programs again this winter. The department has partnered with the York Federation of Students on this project to reduce access barriers and give women the opportunity to work out in a comfortable environment. Women’s only fitness hours are available Tuesdays [...]

It’s not wilderness camping, but it’s rougher than a soft bed in residence. Still, Corinne Barr, a second-year linguistics student, is willing to eat, sleep and live in a corner of Steacie Library for a week for a good cause. That cause is Live-in For Literacy, an international organization to raise awareness and funds to [...]

Steven T. Gravatt will defend his MA thesis entitled: “Getting into Her Genes: The Reflexive Impact of Psychology on Contemporary Seduction Manuals”, on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 11:00 am in 163 Behavioural Science Building. Examining Committee: T. Teo, M. Pettit, S. Brooke, C.Green.

President Mamdouh Shoukri is excited to swap roles with a York University undergraduate student for a day and learn what student life is like. The lucky student will then experience what it is like to be “President for a Day”. Dr. Shoukri will break out his pens and a backpack and attend the student’s classes [...]

Council has also established a partnership with York University nursing students [in the Faculty of Health], to conduct a needs assessment and community profile of Innisfil, wrote Mayor Barb Baguley in the Innisfil Scope Jan. 18. This will help us as we move forward on improving health-care options for residents. Students will focus on a [...]