Editing York University

{{short description|Public university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada}}
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|name                   = York University
|image_upright          = 0.6
|caption                = [[Coat of arms]] of the university
|other_name             = YorkU
|motto                  = ''Tentanda via'' ([[Latin]])
|mottoeng               = The way must be tried
|established            = {{start date and age|1959}}
|type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]
|endowment              = $615.0 million (2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/wp-content/uploads/sites/107/2024/10/Annual-Investment-Report-Dec-2023.pdf|title=York University Endowment Fund - Annual Investment Report 2023|access-date=2025-01-27}}</ref>
|chancellor             = [[Kathleen Taylor (business executive)|Kathleen Taylor]]
|president              = [[Rhonda Lenton]]<ref name="Office of the President">{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/06/15/convocation-starts-for-yorks-class-of-2018-amid-record-long-strike.html|title=Convocation starts for York's Class of 2018 amid record-long strike – The Star|website=[[Toronto Star]]|date=15 June 2018|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711091355/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/06/15/convocation-starts-for-yorks-class-of-2018-amid-record-long-strike.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|provost                = David Peters (Interim)
|students               = 55,700
|undergrad              = 49,700<ref name="about.yorku.ca">{{cite web|url=http://about.yorku.ca/|title=About York University|access-date=2 August 2019|archive-date=20 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720211606/http://about.yorku.ca/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|postgrad               = 6,000
|city                   = [[Toronto, Ontario]]
|country                = Canada
|campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]]{{\}}[[Suburban]]
|campus_size            = {{cvt|185|ha|acre|}}
|free_label             = Tagline
|free                   = ''Right the Future''
|colours                = Red and White
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|sports_nickname        = [[York Lions]]
|mascot                 = Yeo the Lion
|website                = {{URL|https://www.yorku.ca/}}
|logo                   = Logo York University.svg
|logo_size              = 250px
|coordinates            = {{Coord|43|46|23|N|79|30|13|W|type:edu_region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}
|academic_affiliations  = [[Canadian Association of Research Libraries|CARL]], [[Council of Ontario Universities|COU]], [[Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate|CUSID]], [[Fields Institute]],  [[International Association of Universities|IAU]], [[Universities Canada]]
|sporting_affiliations  = [[U Sports]], [[Ontario University Athletics|OUA]]
|image                  = Yorkunicrest1.png
|administrative_staff   = 7,000
}}
'''York University''' ({{langx|fr|Université York}}), also known as '''YorkU''' or simply '''YU''',  is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university,<ref name="about.yorku.ca" /> and it has approximately 53,500 students, 7,000 faculty and staff, and over 375,000 alumni worldwide.<ref name="about.yorku.ca" /> It has 11 faculties, including the [[Lassonde School of Engineering]], [[Schulich School of Business]], [[Osgoode Hall Law School]], [[Glendon College]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorku.ca/about/organization/|title=Organization – About|publisher=Yorku.ca|date=|access-date=2022-03-01|archive-date=2022-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302221355/https://www.yorku.ca/about/organization/|url-status=live }}</ref> and 32 research centres.

York University was established in 1959 as a non-denominational institution by the ''York University Act'',<ref name=":0" /> which received [[royal assent]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] on 26 March of that year.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> Its first class was held in September 1960 in Falconer Hall on the [[University of Toronto]] campus with a total of 76 students.<ref name="autogenerated2" /> In the fall of 1961, York moved to its first campus at Glendon Hall (now part of [[Glendon College]]), which was leased from U of T, and began to emphasize liberal arts and part-time adult education.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> In 1965, the university opened a second campus, the [[Keele Campus]], in [[North York]], within the neighbourhood community now called [[York University Heights]].

Over the last twenty years, York has become a centre for labour strife with several faculty and other strikes occurring,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-strike-day-87-1.4683704|title=How long will the York University strike last? 'Who knows?' union says – CBC News|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=1 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801170614/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-strike-day-87-1.4683704|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2018/07/10/province-plans-to-end-york-university-strike/|title=Province plans to end York University strike – CityNews Toronto|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711093752/https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2018/07/10/province-plans-to-end-york-university-strike/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.macleans.ca/education/york-university-strike-confusion-on-campus/|title=York university strike: Confusion on campus – Macleans.ca|date=7 March 2018|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623112830/https://www.macleans.ca/education/york-university-strike-confusion-on-campus/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/canadian-university-strike-harbinger-things-come|title=Canadian university strike 'harbinger of things to come'|date=5 June 2018|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711092411/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/canadian-university-strike-harbinger-things-come|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Office of the President"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thespec.com/news-story/8734779-tories-say-cap-and-trade-repeal-ending-york-strike-top-priorities/|title=Tories say cap-and-trade repeal, ending York strike top priorities|first=Shawn|last=Jeffords|newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator|date=10 July 2018|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=30 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230095756/https://www.thespec.com/news-story/8734779-tories-say-cap-and-trade-repeal-ending-york-strike-top-priorities/|url-status=live}}</ref> including the [[2018 York University strike|longest university strike in Canadian history in 2018]]. The university has also faced challenges in handling [[Universities and antisemitism|antisemitism on campus]], such as attacks on the school's chapter of [[Hillel International]] and academics affiliated with the school being accused of hateful behaviour. <!--No citations are required in the article lead per [[MOS:LEADCITE]], as long as the content is cited in the article body, as it should be. Do not add missing-citation tags like {{cn}} to the lead. If necessary, {{not verified in body}} can be used, or the content removed.-->

==History==
[[File:YorkFaculty1961.jpg|thumb|right|York University Faculty Members, 1961]]
York University was established in 1959 as a non-denominational institution by the ''York University Act'',<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/documents/act1959.htm|title=York University Act, 1959|publisher=Yorku.ca|access-date=2011-03-02|archive-date=2009-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310174056/http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/documents/act1959.htm|url-status=dead }}</ref> which received [[Royal Assent]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] on 26 March of that year.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite encyclopedia|author=P. Anisef, J. Lennards|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/university|title=Universities in Canada|encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=October 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025162902/https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/university|url-status=live}}</ref> Its first class was held in September 1960 in Falconer Hall on the [[University of Toronto]] campus with a total of 76 students.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/york-university|title=York University|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|date=March 4, 2015|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=June 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628014722/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/york-university|url-status=live}}</ref>

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 name="autogenerated1" /> 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 two bodies and to perform institutional leadership.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

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 name="autogenerated1" /> York became independent in 1965, after an initial period of affiliation with the [[University of Toronto]] (U of T), under the ''York University Act, 1965''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/documents/act1965.htm|title=York University Act, 1965|publisher=Yorku.ca|access-date=2011-03-02|archive-date=2009-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826125847/http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/documents/act1965.htm|url-status=dead }}</ref> Its main campus on the northern outskirts of Toronto opened in 1965.<ref name="autogenerated2" />

Murray Ross, who continues to be honoured today at the university in several ways – including the Murray G. Ross (Valedictorian) Award – was still vice-president of U of T when he was approached to become York University's new president.<ref name="Pound2005">{{cite book|title=Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates |last=Pound|first=Richard W.|publisher=Fitzhenry and Whiteside|year=2005}}</ref> At the time, York University was envisaged as a feeder campus to U of T, until Ross's powerful vision led it to become a completely separate institution.<ref>Ross, Murray. ''The Way Must be Tried: Memoirs of a University Man''. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing Company, 1992.</ref>

In 1965, the university opened a second campus, the [[Keele Campus]], in [[North York]], in the Jane and Finch community.<ref name=":1" /> The [[Glendon College|Glendon]] campus became a [[bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]] [[liberal arts college]] led by [[Escott Reid]], who envisaged 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 name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.library.yorku.ca/dspace/handle/123456789/701|title=YorkSpace: Item 123456789/701|publisher=Library.yorku.ca|date=1966-09-30|access-date=2011-03-02}}</ref>

The first Canadian undergraduate program in dance opened at York University in 1970.<ref name="Pound2005" /> In 1972, [[Canada Post]] featured the nascent institution on 8¢ stamps, entitled ''York University Campus, North York, Ont.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data4.collectionscanada.gc.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(University.TITP.)+Or+(University.TITI.+And+null.B742.)&l=20&d=STMP&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&r=16&f=G&Sect1=STMP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904032908/http://data4.collectionscanada.gc.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=%28University.TITP.%29+Or+%28University.TITI.+And+null.B742.%29&l=20&d=STMP&p=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2Farchivianet%2F02011702_e.html&r=16&f=G&Sect1=STMP|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-09-04|title=Postage Stamp|publisher=Data4.collectionscanada.gc.ca|access-date=2014-01-06 }}</ref> The first Canadian PhD program in women's studies opened with five candidates in January 1992.<ref name="Pound2005" />

Its bilingual mandate and focus on the liberal arts continue to shape Glendon's special status within York University.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorku.ca/ycom/profiles/past/aug00/current/features/article1.htm|title=Profiles Online – August 2000 – Features: GUIDING PRINCIPALS|publisher=Yorku.ca|access-date=2011-03-02|archive-date=2007-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223175629/http://www.yorku.ca/ycom/profiles/past/aug00/current/features/article1.htm|url-status=live }}</ref> The new Keele Campus was regarded as somewhat isolated, in a generally industrialized part of the city. Petrol storage facilities are still across the street. Some of the early architecture was unpopular with many, not only for the [[brutalism|brutalist]] designs, but the vast expanses 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, a small shopping mall, and a [[Beatrice Ice Gardens|hockey arena]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bdcnetwork.com/new-bold-and-twisting-building-consolidates-school-continuing-studies-york-university|title=New 'bold and twisting' building consolidates School of Continuing Studies at York University|date=11 May 2023|access-date=2024-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canadianarchitect.com/york-universitys-student-centre-celebrates-a-diverse-student-body/|title=York University's Student Centre celebrates a diverse student body|date=3 Dec 2010|access-date=2024-04-26}}</ref>  The [[Aviva 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 envisages a denser on-campus environment commensurate with that location. Students occupied the university's administration offices in March 1997, protesting escalating tuition hikes.<ref name="Pound2005" />

In June 2014, the university announced that a new campus would be constructed in [[Markham, Ontario]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/4485061-update-markham-vaughan-richmond-hill-make-york-university-short-list/|title=UPDATE: Markham, Vaughan, Richmond Hill make York University short list|date=25 April 2014|access-date=2014-06-30|archive-date=2015-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620040707/http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/4485061-update-markham-vaughan-richmond-hill-make-york-university-short-list/|url-status=live}}</ref>  The campus will be built near Highway 407, between Kennedy Road and Warden Avenue in partnership with [[Seneca College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yestoyork.ca/|title=Yes to York|access-date=5 July 2015|archive-date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706032344/http://yestoyork.ca/|url-status=live}}</ref>  The new campus would house approximately 4,200 students<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yorku.ca/2017/11/29/york-university-markham-centre-campus-will-feature-light-filled-flexible-space-students/|title=York University Markham Centre Campus will feature light-filled flexible space for students - York Media Relations|date=29 November 2017|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=9 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809175515/http://news.yorku.ca/2017/11/29/york-university-markham-centre-campus-will-feature-light-filled-flexible-space-students/|url-status=live}}</ref> and is anticipated to accommodate up to 10,000 students in future phases.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://impact.yorku.ca/york-university-welcomes-127-3-million-ontario-government-funding-markham-centre-campus/|title=York University welcomes $127.3-million in Ontario government funding for Markham Centre Campus - IMPACT: THE CAMPAIGN FOR YORK UNIVERSITY|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=29 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729130145/http://impact.yorku.ca/york-university-welcomes-127-3-million-ontario-government-funding-markham-centre-campus/|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 20, 2015, the provincial government announced it will provide financial contribution to this new project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/05/20/new-york-u-seneca-campus-to-be-built-in-markham.html|title=York U-Seneca campus to be built in Markham|date=20 May 2015|work=thestar.com|access-date=5 July 2015|archive-date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727215938/http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/05/20/new-york-u-seneca-campus-to-be-built-in-markham.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 24, 2018, the provincial government announced it would pull its funding for the campus, along with funding for the planned satellite campuses of [[Wilfrid Laurier University#Planned Milton campus|Laurier University]] and [[Toronto Metropolitan University]] (then Ryerson University).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.ontario.ca/maesd/en/2018/10/government-of-ontario-ensuring-fiscal-responsibility-and-accountability.html|title=Government of Ontario Ensuring Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability|work=Newsroom : Government of Ontario|publisher=Queen's Printer for Ontario|access-date=2018-10-24|archive-date=2018-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024090633/https://news.ontario.ca/maesd/en/2018/10/government-of-ontario-ensuring-fiscal-responsibility-and-accountability.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4588272/doug-ford-government-cancels-post-secondary-campus-expansions-in-brampton-milton-markham/|title=Doug Ford government cancels funding for post-secondary campus expansions in Brampton, Milton, Markham|work=Global News|publisher=Shaw Media|access-date=2018-10-24|archive-date=2018-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024013653/https://globalnews.ca/news/4588272/doug-ford-government-cancels-post-secondary-campus-expansions-in-brampton-milton-markham/|url-status=live}}</ref> After this cancellation of funding for the Markham project, York University and its partners planned to seek alternative funding.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cp24.com/news/partners-behind-york-u-markham-campus-vow-to-continue-despite-lack-of-provincial-funds-1.4151849|title=Partners behind York U Markham campus vow to continue despite lack of provincial funds|date=2018-10-26|work=CP24|publisher=Bell Media|access-date=2018-10-27|archive-date=2018-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027013503/https://www.cp24.com/news/partners-behind-york-u-markham-campus-vow-to-continue-despite-lack-of-provincial-funds-1.4151849|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2020, the provincial government allowed plans for the university to go through. The Markham Campus opened for the Fall 2024 session.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorku.ca/markham/2024/09/10/york-universitys-markham-campus-welcomes-new-students-with-special-appearances-by-markham-mayor-and-university-president/|title=York University's Markham Campus welcomes new students with special appearances by Markham Mayor and University President|date=10 September 2024 }}</ref>

==Campuses==
===Keele Campus===
[[File:York Outdoor Art.jpg|thumb|right|An outdoor art exhibit outside of Scott Library, Keele Campus]]

{{main|Keele Campus}}

The Keele Campus is the main campus of York University and is located in northern [[Toronto]] bordering York Region.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://futurestudents.yorku.ca/about-our-campuses|title=About Our Campuses &#124; Future Students &#124; York University|access-date=2020-10-04|archive-date=2020-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008141941/https://futurestudents.yorku.ca/about-our-campuses|url-status=live}}</ref> Most of the university's faculties reside here, including Liberal Arts, Fine Arts, Business, Law, Environmental Studies, Science and Engineering, Education, and Health. All together, nearly 50,000 students attend classes on the Keele campus. [[York University station]] is a Toronto subway station located on Keele campus. Other transit infrastructure located on or near Keele campus includes the [[York University Busway]] and the former [[York University GO Station]].

===Glendon Campus===
{{main|Glendon College}}
Glendon College is a bilingual liberal arts faculty and separate campus of York University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorku.ca/glendon/|title=Welcome to Glendon Campus!|access-date=2020-10-04|archive-date=2020-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928022412/https://www.yorku.ca/glendon/|url-status=live}}</ref> Glendon College is home to the Leslie Frost library.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.library.yorku.ca/web/frost/|title=Frost Library|access-date=2020-10-04|archive-date=2020-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928120452/https://www.library.yorku.ca/web/frost/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Markham Campus===

In 2018, York University announced a proposal to construct a third campus in the City of [[Markham, Ontario|Markham]]. The Government of Ontario supported to partially fund the construction and was announced by premier [[Doug Ford]] on July 23, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/10113230-premier-doug-ford-york-u-president-make-announcement-in-markham-july-24/|title = 'Historic': $275.5M York University Markham Centre Campus announced|date = 24 July 2020|access-date = 2020-07-24|archive-date = 2020-07-24|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200724171332/https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/10113230-premier-doug-ford-york-u-president-make-announcement-in-markham-july-24/|url-status = live}}</ref> The Markham Campus was due to open for the spring 2024 term,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wong|first=Irene|date=3 February 2023|title=York University's new Markham Campus marks 'topping out' milestone with ceremony|work=Markham Economist & Sun|url=https://www.yorkregion.com/news/york-university-s-new-markham-campus-marks-topping-out-milestone-with-ceremony/article_47c02bb7-ea1d-5819-b1a7-db070e8e7201.html#:~:text=Markham%20campus%20is%20set%20to%20open%20in%20spring%202024.|access-date=13 July 2023|archive-date=13 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713142725/https://www.yorkregion.com/news/york-university-s-new-markham-campus-marks-topping-out-milestone-with-ceremony/article_47c02bb7-ea1d-5819-b1a7-db070e8e7201.html#:~:text=Markham%20campus%20is%20set%20to%20open%20in%20spring%202024.|url-status=live }}</ref> but officially opened in September 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorku.ca/markham/2024/09/10/york-universitys-markham-campus-welcomes-new-students-with-special-appearances-by-markham-mayor-and-university-president/|title=York University's Markham Campus welcomes new students with special appearances by Markham Mayor and University President|date=10 September 2024 }}</ref>

===Other locations===
While most of the Schulich School of Business and Osgoode Hall Law School programs are offered at the Keele Campus, both of them maintain satellite facilities in downtown Toronto. Schulich operates the Miles S. Nadal Management Centre at 222 Bay Street ([[EY Tower]] within the [[Toronto-Dominion Centre]]), while Osgoode Hall has a Professional Development Centre at One Dundas West Tower within the [[Toronto Eaton Centre]].

Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change's Lillian Meighen Wright Centre is billed as an eco campus next to [[Las Nubes Forest Reserve]] in [[Costa Rica]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fes.yorku.ca/EcoCampus/|title=FES Proudly announces the opening of York's EcoCampus - Faculty of Environmental Studies|website=fes.yorku.ca|access-date=2016-11-06|archive-date=2016-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155336/http://fes.yorku.ca/EcoCampus/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Schulich School of Business operates a co-campus with GMR School of Business at [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport]] in [[Hyderabad, India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://schulich.yorku.ca/news/doors-open-at-new-hyderabad-campus-for-schulichs-mba-in-india-program/|title=Doors open at new Hyderabad campus for Schulich's MBA in India program|date=26 September 2014|access-date=2023-04-10|archive-date=2023-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410135659/https://schulich.yorku.ca/news/doors-open-at-new-hyderabad-campus-for-schulichs-mba-in-india-program/|url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2024, the Government of Ontario provided $9 million initial start-up funding to establish the York University School of Medicine that will be located in the Vaughan Healthcare Centre Precinct (VHCP) adjacent to [[Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital]] in [[Vaughan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorku.ca/medicine/|title=School of Medicine &#124; York University }}</ref> York will be the third medical school in the [[Greater Toronto Area]], joining [[Toronto Metropolitan University]] (formerly ''Ryerson University'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.torontomu.ca/school-of-medicine/|title=School of Medicine }}</ref> and the [[University of Toronto]]. In April 2024, it was announced that the York University School of Medicine will accept 80 undergraduate students and 102 postgraduate residents at doors open in 2028, expanding to 240 undergraduate students and 293 postgraduate residents across all years once operating at full capacity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-university-medical-school-primary-care-1.7162127|title= New medical school at York University to open in 2028|access-date=2024-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/new-medical-school-at-york-university-to-open-in-2028/article_bce7fdea-309a-580b-81ea-c19198965497.html|title= New medical school at York University to open in 2028|website= [[Toronto Star]]|date= 3 April 2024|access-date=2024-04-18 }}</ref>

==Academics==
[[File:York University Campus.jpg|thumb|York University Campus]]
York's approximately 1500 full-time faculty and academic librarians and archivists are represented by the [[York University Faculty Association]]. Contract faculty, teaching assistants, and graduate assistants are represented by [[Canadian Union of Public Employees|CUPE]] Local 3903.<ref>[http://www.cupe3903.tao.ca/ CUPE Local 3903|Representing the Contract Faculty, Teaching Assistants, Graduate Assistants & Research Assistants @ York University] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819101733/http://www.cupe3903.tao.ca/|date=2010-08-19 }}. Cupe3903.tao.ca. Retrieved on 2010-12-11.</ref>

York University has over 120 undergraduate programs with 17 degree types (BA, iBA, BHS, BSc, iBSc, BBA, iBBA, BEng, BES, BDes, BPA, BFA, BCom, BEd, BDEM, BHRM, BScN, BSW) and offers over 170 degree options. They admit to 30 international degrees offering international language study and opportunities to study abroad at more than 100 international universities. Its international students represent over 150 countries around the world.

===Rankings and reputation===
{{Canadian university rankings
|UniName = York University
|ARWU_W = 401–500
|ARWU_CAN = 17–18
|QS_W= 362
|QS_N = 16
|THES_W = 401–500
|THES_N = 17–19
|USNWR_GU = 466
|USNWR_N = 17
|MAC_comp = 5
|MAC_rep = 13}}

York University has been ranked in a number of [[College and university rankings|post-secondary rankings]]. The 2025 ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' ranked the university 362nd in the world and 16th in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|title=QS World University Rankings 2025|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings|access-date=2024-06-09|website=QS Top Universities}}</ref> The 2025 ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' ranked York 401–500 in the world and 18th in Canada. In 2024, York ranked 35th Globally and 9th in Canada in the ''Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for Sustainable Development''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Times Higher Education 2024 Impact Ranking|date=4 June 2024|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/impactrankings|access-date=}}</ref> The 2024 ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'' ranking placed York in the 401-500 global bracket and tied for 17th in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2024|website=ShanghaiRanking Consultancy}}</ref> In the 2024–25 ''[[U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking]]'', the university ranked 466th in the world, and 17th in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. News Best Global Universities 2024-25|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/search|access-date=28 July 2024|website=U.S. News and World Report Global University Ranking}}</ref> The Canadian-based ''[[Maclean's]]'' magazine ranked York University 4th in their 2024 Canadian comprehensive university category.<ref name="Macdocc" />

The university's research performance has been noted in several [[bibliometrics|bibliometric]] university rankings, which uses [[citation analysis]] to evaluates the [[impact factor|impact]] a university has on academic publications. The 2019 [[Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities]] and the [[University Ranking by Academic Performance]] both ranked the university 488th in the world,<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{cite web|year=2018|title=2018-2019 RANKING BY COUNTRY|url=http://www.urapcenter.org/2018/country.php?ccode=CA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408190608/http://www.urapcenter.org/2018/world.php?q=MS0yNTAw|archive-date=8 April 2019|access-date=3 November 2018|publisher=Informatics Institute of Middle East Technical University}}</ref> and the former additionally ranked it 19th in Canada.<ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/ranking/ByCountry/2019/CA|title=World University Rankings By 2019|publisher=NTU Rankings|year=2019|access-date=8 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708041729/http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/ranking/ByCountry/2019/CA|archive-date=8 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

York University has also been featured in rankings that evaluates the employment prospects of its graduates. In ''QS's'' 2022 graduate employability ranking, the university ranked 301–500 in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/employability-rankings|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220224918/https://www.topuniversities.com/employability-rankings|archive-date=20 December 2023|access-date=23 March 2025|website=QS Top Universities|language=en}}</ref>

===Faculties===
[[File:Vari Hall.jpg|thumb|230px|View of Vari Hall from Harry W. Arthurs Common]]
York University currently has 11 faculties: the School of Arts, Media, Performance & Design, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change, Glendon College, the Faculty of Graduate Studies, the Faculty of Health, the Lassonde School of Engineering, the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Osgoode Hall Law School, the Schulich School of Business, and the Faculty of Science.

York University's Film Department houses Canada's oldest [[film school]]<ref name=":2">{{cite web|date=20 November 2012|title=Canadian Film School Survey 2012: Report from Ontario and Manitoba – Point of View Magazine|url=http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/canadian-film-school-survey-2012-report-from-ontario-and-manitoba|access-date=2016-01-16|website=povmagazine.com|archive-date=2016-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215184658/http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/canadian-film-school-survey-2012-report-from-ontario-and-manitoba|url-status=live }}</ref> and has been ranked one of the best in Canada,<ref name=":3">{{cite web|title=10 great film schools for international students|url=https://asiancorrespondent.com/2011/12/10-great-film-schools-for-international-students/|access-date=2016-01-16|archive-date=2015-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213051350/http://asiancorrespondent.com/2011/12/10-great-film-schools-for-international-students/|url-status=dead }}</ref> with an acceptance rate comparable to that of [[USC School of Cinematic Arts]] and [[Tisch School of the Arts]].<ref name=":4">{{cite web|date=15 July 2011|title=Is film school for suckers? – Macleans.ca|url=http://www.macleans.ca/work/jobs/is-film-school-for-suckers/|access-date=2016-01-16|website=Macleans.ca|language=en-US|archive-date=2016-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203050334/http://www.macleans.ca/work/jobs/is-film-school-for-suckers/|url-status=live }}</ref>

The Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change is the oldest and largest [[environmental studies]] faculty in Canada.<ref>Timothy B Leduc, David Morley: Five Decades of FES at York: The Praxis of Environmental Studies. Toronto: The ABL Group 2015.</ref> From 1999 to 2018, York University offered the first and largest [[graphic design]] program in Ontario [[York/Sheridan Design (YSDN)]].<ref name="design.yorku.ca">[http://design.yorku.ca YSDN York Sheridan Program in Design|York Master of Design] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711024734/http://www.design.yorku.ca/|date=2007-07-11 }}. Design.yorku.ca (2010-11-26). Retrieved on 2010-12-11.</ref> It was a four-year University degree delivered jointly by the two leading educational institutions of design in Canada (York University and [[Sheridan College]]). The joint program has been discontinued and beginning with the class entering in 2019, four-year design students will enrol in a new Bachelor of Design offered by York University, one which is geared for the future of the profession.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yorku.ca/2017/10/12/york-university-sheridan-college-announce-changes-joint-design-program/|title=York University, Sheridan College announce changes to joint design program - York Media Relations|date=12 October 2017|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=29 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729143120/http://news.yorku.ca/2017/10/12/york-university-sheridan-college-announce-changes-joint-design-program/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Osgoode Hall Law School]] moved from a downtown location to the York campus in 1969, following the requirement that every law school affiliate with a university.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=https://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/about/history/|access-date=2021-07-27|website=Osgoode Hall Law School|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725001701/https://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/about/history/|url-status=live}}</ref> Osgoode Hall offers a number of joint and combined programs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joint and Combined Programs|url=https://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/programs/juris-doctor/jd-program/joint-combined-programs/|access-date=2021-07-27|website=Osgoode Hall Law School|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927165535/https://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/programs/juris-doctor/jd-program/joint-combined-programs/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Research centres and institutes====
[[File:YorkUniversityResearchLeaders2014.JPG|thumb|York researchers at the ''York University Research Leaders 2014'' event.]]York University is home to 32 organized research units that provide research development beyond the traditional academic units and faculties:
[[File:York University, Toronto, Canada - May 2023 10.jpg|thumb|Bergeron Centre For Engineering Excellence]]
[[File:Upperatmosphereresearchsatellite.jpg|thumb|York University was involved with [[NASA]]'s [[Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite]]]]

The Art Gallery of York University houses the permanent art collections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorku.ca/agyu|title=comb over|publisher=Yorku.ca|access-date=2010-12-11|archive-date=2010-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206035231/http://www.yorku.ca/agyu/|url-status=live }}</ref> The collection of 1500 objects includes Canadian, American, Inuit, and European mixed media, multimedia, installations, painting, photography, prints, drawings, sculpture, sketchbooks, film and video.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/GetMuseumProfile.do?lang=en&chinCode=guactm|title=Art Gallery of York University|publisher=Museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca|date=2013-06-15|access-date=2014-01-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628052226/http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/GetMuseumProfile.do?lang=en&chinCode=guactm|archive-date=2013-06-28 }}</ref>

The School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD, formerly the Faculty of Fine Arts),<ref name="ampd.yorku.ca">[http://ampd.yorku.ca/ School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201134253/http://ampd.yorku.ca/|date=2016-02-01 }}. Yorku.ca. Retrieved on 2015-03-01.</ref> offers programmes such as design, [[ethnomusicology]], [[cultural studies]], visual arts, music, dance, and theatre. York's [[Jazz]] Department was once overseen by [[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 affiliated with the Faculty of Fine Arts) offers programmes in [[film]] production/directing, acting, and writing respectively, producing many award-winning graduates.
[[File:York University, Toronto, Canada - May 2023 7.jpg|thumb|Life Sciences Building ]]

===Libraries===
{{main|York University Libraries}}
The York University library has a number of branches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.library.yorku.ca/web/|title=York University Libraries|access-date=2020-10-04|archive-date=2020-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929054055/https://www.library.yorku.ca/web/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Scott Library has materials in humanities, social sciences, fine arts, and environmental studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.library.yorku.ca/web/scott/|title=Scott Library|access-date=2020-10-04|archive-date=2020-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014013102/https://www.library.yorku.ca/web/scott/|url-status=live}}</ref> The business library is the Peter F. Bronfman Business Library.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.library.yorku.ca/web/bbl/|title=Bronfman Business Library|access-date=2020-10-04|archive-date=2020-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014062249/https://www.library.yorku.ca/web/bbl/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Partnerships===
====Seneca College====
The Keele campus is host to a satellite facility of [[Seneca College]], which is branded as Seneca@York.<ref>Seneca College, [http://www.senecac.on.ca/campuses/yorklocation.html Seneca@York Campus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013224621/http://senecac.on.ca/campuses/yorklocation.html|date=2011-10-13 }}. Location map for campus.</ref> The university has an articulation agreement with Seneca College, enabling graduates of select Seneca programs to be considered for transfer credits at York. Additionally, the two institutions offer a joint program in rehabilitation services, where graduates receive a BA or BSc degree from York and a certificate from Seneca College.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://futurestudents.yorku.ca/transfer/college-transfers/seneca|title=Articulation Agreements and Programs with Seneca College|website=futurestudents.yorku.ca|year=2024|access-date=18 December 2024|publisher=York University}}</ref>

====Study abroad programs====
The university also offers the opportunity for students to earn credits towards their degree while studying abroad through international internships,  the "Discover India" program operated between York and [[FLAME University]], and [[student exchange]] programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://laps.yorku.ca/student-resources/study-abroad/|title=Study Abroad|publisher=York University|year=2020|access-date=10 June 2020|website=laps.yorku.ca|archive-date=30 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630051426/https://laps.yorku.ca/student-resources/study-abroad/|url-status=live}}</ref> The university has student exchange agreements with over 120 institutions in 40 countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://laps.yorku.ca/student-resources/study-abroad/academic-exchange/|title=Academic Exchange|publisher=York University|year=2020|access-date=10 June 2020|website=laps.yorku.ca|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610053534/https://laps.yorku.ca/student-resources/study-abroad/academic-exchange/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Student life==
===Colleges and residences===
York has nine undergraduate [[residential college]]s:
[[File:FoundersCollegeYorkU2.jpg|thumb|Founders Residence]]
[[File:Vanier Residence York University Jan08 fixed.jpg|thumb|right|Vanier Residence]]
[[File:YorkUDorm.jpg|thumb|Winters Residence]]
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ style="background:#ce1126; color:#fff; font-size:110%"|Colleges of York University
|-
!Name<br />(Founded)
!Motto/Mandate
!Academic Affiliations
!Namesake
|-
|'''Calumet'''
(1970)
|"Technology and the Arts"
|[[Business Administration]], [[Economics]], [[Business]] and [[Society]], [[Cognitive Science]], [[Communication Studies]], [[Psychology]]
|[[Norman language|Norman]]-[[French language|French]] for pipe or pipestem.
|-
|'''Founders'''
(1965)
|"Self, Culture & Society"
|[[Anthropology]], English, [[Environmental Studies]], [[French language|French]], [[Geography]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[History]], [[African studies]], [[East Asian studies]], Social Work, [[Latin America]]n and [[Caribbean]] Studies, [[South Asia]]n Studies, [[International Development]], [[Urban studies]]
|The [[Group of Seven (artists)|Group of Seven]], often referred to as "The Founders of Canadian Art"
|-
|'''[[Glendon College|Glendon]]'''
(1966)
|Bilingual Liberal Arts
|[[Liberal Arts]], English, [[French language|French]], [[Policy|Public Policy]], [[International Affairs]]
|A combination of "glen" meaning "valley" and "Don" for the [[Don River (Ontario)|Don River]].
|-
|'''McLaughlin'''
(1968)
|Public Policy & Social Sciences
|[[Political Science]], [[Sociology]], [[Law]] and Society, [[Criminology]], [[Policy|Public Policy]], [[Health]] and Society, [[Labour economics|Labour]] Studies
|Colonel [[Samuel McLaughlin]], businessman and philanthropist.
|-
|'''New College'''
(2009)
|Professional Studies
|[[Commerce]], [[Human Resources]], [[Information Technology]]
|Newest college at York University.
|-
|'''Norman Bethune'''
(1972)
|"Science and its Place in the World"
|[[Natural Sciences]], [[Engineering]], Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Science and Technology Studies (formerly Science and Society)
|[[Norman Bethune]], Canadian doctor and Chinese hero.
|-
|'''Stong'''
(1969)
|Language and Sport
|[[Kinesiology]], [[Health Science]]
|The Stong family lived on the land now occupied by the Keele campus.
|-
|'''[[Vanier College at York University|Vanier]]'''
(1965)
|Humanities
|[[Children's Studies]], [[Classical Studies]] & [[Classics]], Culture and Expression, Hellenic Studies, Individualized Studies, [[Jewish Studies]], Liberal Studies, [[Philosophy]], [[Religious studies|Religious Studies]], Social and Political Thought, all Undecided Majors in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies
|[[Georges Vanier]], Governor-General of Canada.
|-
|'''Winters'''
(1967)
|Fine Arts & Education Studies
|Arts, Media, Performance & Design, Faculty of Education
|[[Robert Winters]], Canadian Cabinet Minister and York's first chairman.
|-
|style="text-align:left;"  colspan="5"|[[Glendon College]] acts as both a faculty and a college of the university. New College was created in 2009 to accommodate the creation of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies.
|}

====Student unions and organizations====
York University is home to over 350 student clubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://studentclubs.scld.yorku.ca/|title=Clubs and Organizations at York|access-date=June 13, 2019|archive-date=June 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606074418/http://studentclubs.scld.yorku.ca/?|url-status=live}}</ref> A number of larger student organizations are supported by student levy fees.  These include the local chapters of the social justice group [[Ontario Public Interest Research Group|OPIRG]], and [[Regenesis (non-profit organization)|Regenesis]], an environmental organization on campus that runs [[farmers' market]]s at the Keele and Glendon campuses, a [[Give-away shop|free store]], a [[Bicycle cooperative|community bike centre]] and a [[Borrowing center|borrowing centre]].

====The Village at York University====
The [[Village at York]] University<ref>{{cite web|url=http://studenthousing.info.yorku.ca/files/2012/10/Village.pdf|title=About "The Village"|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222170844/http://studenthousing.info.yorku.ca/files/2012/10/Village.pdf|archive-date=2014-02-22 }}</ref> off-campus student housing area has become a popular area of accommodation for many upper-year and post-graduate 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>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/SpecialSections/SchoolsGuide/article/257819|title=Schools Guide&#124;York University: The city within a city|work=Thestar.com|date=2008-08-25|access-date=2011-03-02|location=Toronto|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207201221/http://www.thestar.com/SpecialSections/SchoolsGuide/article/257819|archive-date=February 7, 2009 }}</ref> Safety has also been a pressing issue.<ref>{{cite web|date=2019-01-21|title=Staying Safe On York University's Campus {{!}} Her Campus|url=https://www.hercampus.com/school/york-u/staying-safe-york-university-s-campus/|access-date=2021-07-27|website=www.hercampus.com|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727103454/https://www.hercampus.com/school/york-u/staying-safe-york-university-s-campus/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Campus media===
''[[Excalibur (newspaper)|Excalibur]]'' has been the university's autonomous student newspaper since 1966. In 2008, the ''YU Free Press'' was formed as an alternative campus newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yufreepress.org/|title=YU Free Press|access-date=5 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707222932/http://www.yufreepress.org/|archive-date=7 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Existere]]'' is  magazine published by students of the university's professional writing program. The magazine was first published in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://existere.info.yorku.ca/about-us/|title=About us|website=existere.info.yorku.ca|publisher=York University|access-date=14 November 2022|archive-date=15 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115002941/https://existere.info.yorku.ca/about-us/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''YorkU Magazine'' (est. 2003) is the official magazine of York University. It is published 3 times a year in both a print and digital format.

===Athletics===
[[File:YorkUvsUofGuelph.jpg|thumb|York University vs [[University of Guelph]]]]

The university is represented in [[U Sports]] 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. 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 renaming 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 sexes' sports teams. Ironically, students often refer to the female Lions teams as the "York Lionesses", even though the name "Lion" is intended to apply to both sexes.<ref>[http://www.universitysport.ca/e/story_detail.cfm?id=397 Canadian Interuniversity Sport] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329132247/http://www.universitysport.ca/e/story_detail.cfm?id=397|date=March 29, 2012 }}. Universitysport.ca. Retrieved on 2010-12-11.</ref>

York offers 29 interuniversity sport teams, 12 sport clubs, 35 intramural sport leagues, special events and 10 pick-up sport activities offered daily.

York University 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, 6 ice arenas, a swimming pool, an expanding fitness centre and the new [[Aviva Centre]] (home of the [[Canada Masters|Rogers Tennis Cup]]).
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In 2014 the York Lions won four banners: the [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport]] (CIS) men's national [[track and field]] championship, the [[Ontario University Athletics]] women's provincial [[tennis]] championship and both the OUA and CIS men's [[soccer]] titles. York will be hosting the 2015 CIS Men's Soccer Championships at York Stadium November, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://about.yorku.ca/canada-day|title=About York University|access-date=5 July 2015|archive-date=3 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703115456/http://about.yorku.ca/canada-day/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015 and 2016 York Lions Women's Tennis team won the Canadian University National Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkulions.ca/news/2016/7/30/tennis-champs.aspx?path=tennis|title=LIONS CROWNED BACK-TO-BACK CANADIAN UNIVERSITY TENNIS CHAMPIONS|website=York University|date=30 July 2016|access-date=2016-08-25|archive-date=2016-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828222322/http://www.yorkulions.ca/news/2016/7/30/tennis-champs.aspx?path=tennis|url-status=live}}</ref> The volleyball team has been coached by, among others, Olympian [[Sam Schachter]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://volleyballmag.com/sandcast-schacter-dearing-031622/|title=Sam Schachter and Dan Dearing: Considering retirement to honeymooning|first=Travis|last=Mewhirter|date=March 16, 2022|access-date=September 24, 2022|archive-date=September 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924191649/https://volleyballmag.com/sandcast-schacter-dearing-031622/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://varsityblues.ca/staff-directory/sam-schachter/1115|title=Sam Schachter - Men's Volleyball - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory|website=University of Toronto Athletics|access-date=2022-09-24|archive-date=2022-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924191649/https://varsityblues.ca/staff-directory/sam-schachter/1115|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://athletics.georgebrown.ca/sports/mvball/coaches/Sam_Schachter|title=George Brown College Athletics|website=George Brown College Athletics}}</ref>

====Fight song====
Notable among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various events such as [[Graduation|commencement]] and [[convocation]], and athletic games are: "York Song", sung to the tune "Harvard".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/college-songs-and-songbooks-emc|title=College Songs and Songbooks|author=Rebecca Green|publisher=[[Encyclopedia of Music in Canada]]|date=December 7, 2013|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820085540/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/college-songs-and-songbooks-emc/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Fraternities and sororities===
Fraternities and sororities are not recognized by York University.<ref>{{cite web|title=Unauthorized Activities & Organizations|url=https://www.yorku.ca/scld/student-engagement/club-policies-and-guidelines/unauthorized-activities-organizations/|publisher=York University|access-date=7 October 2024}}</ref>

[[Phi Delta Phi]] (ΦΔΦ) international legal fraternity, at [[Osgoode Law School]], was given special dispensation when the law school became part of the university in 1965, as the fraternity's history with the law school dated back to 1896, and is recognized at York.<ref>{{cite web|title=York University, Osgoode Inn|url=http://www.phideltaphicanada.ca/YorkU.html|publisher=Phi Delta Phi Canada|access-date=7 October 2024}}</ref>

===Antisemitism===
York University has had multiple instances of [[antisemitism]] on campus.<ref name="Bandler2020">{{Cite news |last=Bandler |first=Aaron |date=5 June 2020 |title=York University Announces Measures to Address Anti-Semitism on Campus |url=https://jewishjournal.com/news/worldwide/316967/york-university-announces-measures-to-address-anti-semitism-on-campus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021083234/https://jewishjournal.com/news/worldwide/316967/york-university-announces-measures-to-address-anti-semitism-on-campus/ |archive-date=21 October 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=Jewish Journal}}</ref><ref name="McLean2022">{{Cite news |last=McLean |first=Kayla |date=10 June 2022 |title=Jewish York University students sound alarm over antisemitic graffiti found near campus {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8913144/jewish-york-university-students-antisemitic-graffiti/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021170133/https://globalnews.ca/news/8913144/jewish-york-university-students-antisemitic-graffiti/ |archive-date=21 October 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=Global News}}</ref>

* In 2016, lab technologist Nikolaos Balaskas was fired from the university after Hillel Ontario said that Balaskas made antisemitic social media posts.<ref name="Miller2016">{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Adam |date=16 September 2016 |title=York University fires faculty member after alleged anti-Semitic social media posts {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/2945561/york-university-fires-faculty-member-after-alleged-anti-semitic-social-media-posts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021170133/https://globalnews.ca/news/2945561/york-university-fires-faculty-member-after-alleged-anti-semitic-social-media-posts/ |archive-date=21 October 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=Global News}}</ref><ref name="Hudes2016">{{Cite news |last1=Hudes |first1=Sammy |last2=Alam |first2=Hina |date=16 September 2016 |title=York University fires staffer for Facebook posts seen as anti-Semitic |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/york-university-fires-staffer-for-facebook-posts-seen-as-anti-semitic/article_5a10b59f-56ab-58a9-892e-53bb929e4f63.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021072308/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/york-university-fires-staffer-for-facebook-posts-seen-as-anti-semitic/article_5a10b59f-56ab-58a9-892e-53bb929e4f63.html |archive-date=21 October 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Shefa2016">{{Cite news |last=Shefa |first=Sheri |date=15 September 2016 |title=York faculty member fired for anti-Semitic Facebook posts |url=https://thecjn.ca/news/canada/york-faculty-member-fired-anti-semitic-facebook-posts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021070648/https://thecjn.ca/news/canada/york-faculty-member-fired-anti-semitic-facebook-posts/ |archive-date=21 October 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=The Canadian Jewish News}}</ref> 
* In 2017, police investigated after students found [[swastikas]] and an antisemitic statement on a chalkboard at the front of a classroom.<ref name="CBC2017">{{Cite news |date=1 March 2017 |title=Police investigating after York U reports swastikas, anti-Semitic statement in classroom |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-investigation-1.4004642 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021072105/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-investigation-1.4004642 |archive-date=21 October 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=CBC News}}</ref><ref name="Brait2017">{{Cite news |last=Brait |first=Ellen |date=1 March 2017 |title=Swastikas found in York University classroom |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/swastikas-found-in-york-university-classroom/article_6b7c37b6-58b1-5668-9df9-363d7a66415d.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021065648/https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/swastikas-found-in-york-university-classroom/article_6b7c37b6-58b1-5668-9df9-363d7a66415d.html |archive-date=21 October 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref> 
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|source=in final paragraph of the joint statement.<ref name="Freeman2023">{{Cite news |last=Freeman |first=Joshua |date=13 October 2023 |title='Abhorrent': York University condemns student union groups for statement appearing to glorify Hamas |url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/abhorrent-york-university-condemns-student-union-groups-for-statement-appearing-to-glorify-hamas-1.6600502 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104184222/https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/abhorrent-york-university-condemns-student-union-groups-for-statement-appearing-to-glorify-hamas-1.6600502 |archive-date=4 November 2023 |access-date=4 November 2023 |work=CTV News |language=en}}</ref>}}

* In 2019, a student group at York University hosted two reservists of the [[Israel Defence Forces]] in a panel discussion.<ref name="Passifiume2019">{{Cite news |last=Passifiume |first=Bryan |date=21 November 2019 |title=Anti-Israel protest at York University turns violent |url=https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/anti-israel-protest-at-york-university-turns-violent |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210041713/https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/anti-israel-protest-at-york-university-turns-violent |archive-date=10 December 2022 |access-date=15 October 2023 |newspaper=Toronto Sun}}</ref><ref name="Bandler2020" /><ref name="Rocca2019">{{Cite news |last=Rocca |first=Ryan |date=21 November 2019 |title='I was shocked': Doug Ford denounces protest during pro-Israel event at York University |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6199325/york-university-protests-reservists-on-duty/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021070642/https://globalnews.ca/news/6199325/york-university-protests-reservists-on-duty/ |archive-date=21 October 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=Global News}}</ref> The group Students Against Israeli Apartheid violently protested the event, chanting "viva viva [[intifada]]".<ref name="Passifiume2019" /><ref name="Bandler2020" /><ref name="Rocca2019" /> Premier [[Doug Ford]] condemned what he said was a "hate-filled protest" and mayor [[John Tory]] condemned anti-Semitism in general.<ref name="Passifiume2019" /><ref name="Rocca2019" /> The university investigated the events and condemned violent protests as well as antisemitism.<ref name="Bandler2020" />
* In 2022, graffiti found on a garage wall near to the campus incited passersby to "shoot Jews in the head" along with an antisemitic caricature.<ref name="Freeman2022">{{Cite news |last=Freeman |first=Joshua |date=9 June 2022 |title='Took me aback': York students concerned after graffiti off-campus encourages people to kill Jews |url=https://www.cp24.com/news/took-me-aback-york-students-concerned-after-graffiti-off-campus-encourages-people-to-kill-jews-1.5940573 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102082406/https://www.cp24.com/news/took-me-aback-york-students-concerned-after-graffiti-off-campus-encourages-people-to-kill-jews-1.5940573 |archive-date=2 November 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=CP24 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="McLean2022" /> A suspect was later arrested and charged.<ref name="DeClerq2022">{{Cite news |last=DeClerq |first=Katherine |date=5 July 2022 |title=Charges laid in hate-motivated graffiti found near York University |url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/charges-laid-in-hate-motivated-graffiti-found-near-york-university-1.5975856 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021070648/https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/charges-laid-in-hate-motivated-graffiti-found-near-york-university-1.5975856 |archive-date=21 October 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=CTV News |language=en}}</ref> 
* In November 2023, Lesley J. Wood, assistant professor and former chair of York University's sociology department was charged with hate-motivated crimes along with two other York University employees after vandalizing an Indigo storefront in protest of Jewish CEO [[Heather Reisman]].<ref name="Hager2023">{{Cite news |last1=Hager |first1=Mike |last2=Fine |first2=Sean |date=23 November 2023 |title=Toronto police charge 11 in Indigo store vandalism, report spike in hate incidents |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-toronto-police-charge-11-in-indigo-store-vandalism-report-spike-in/ |access-date=26 March 2024 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref name="Fine2023">{{Cite news |last1=Fine |first1=Sean |last2=Hager |first2=Mike |date=24 November 2023 |title=York University professor among those charged with defacing Indigo store |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-york-university-professor-among-those-charged-with-defacing-indigo/ |access-date=26 March 2024 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref name="YorkSuspensions">{{Cite news |last1=Hager |first1=Mike |last2=Fine |first2=Sean |date=27 November 2023 |title=York University suspends at least three employees after charges in Indigo store vandalism |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-york-university-suspends-at-least-three-employees-after-charges-in/ |access-date=27 March 2024 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}</ref> 
* {{As of|2023}}, the university faces a [[class-action lawsuit]] for what the suit said was a history of antisemitism on campus dating back to an incident in February 2009.<ref name="Henry2023">{{Cite news |last=Henry |first=Michele |date=1 November 2023 |title=Jewish students at York University sound alarm over increasing antisemitism on campus |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/jewish-students-at-york-university-sound-alarm-over-increasing-antisemitism-on-campus/article_962e2f87-accc-565d-9195-fe047b82ea55.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104191615/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/jewish-students-at-york-university-sound-alarm-over-increasing-antisemitism-on-campus/article_962e2f87-accc-565d-9195-fe047b82ea55.html |archive-date=4 November 2023 |access-date=4 November 2023 |work=Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref> According to students present at the incident, a pro-Palestinian rally led by YFS vice-president of equity Krisna Saravanamuttu followed Jewish students to the room of a Jewish student group on campus.<ref name="Henry2023" /><ref name="Shefa2009">{{cite news |last1=Shefa |first1=Sheri |title=Jewish students under 'siege' at York U |url=https://thecjn.ca/perspectives/opinions/jewish-students-siege-york-u/ |access-date=28 August 2024 |work=The Canadian Jewish News |date=19 February 2009}}</ref> The Jewish students barricaded the room against the rally's attempt to enter, and the siege only ended after police were called to evacuate the students.<ref name="Shefa2009" />
* In 2023, the [[York Federation of Students]], York University Graduate Students' Association, and Glendon College Student Union faced significant criticism after endorsing Hamas' attacks on Israeli civilians during the [[Gaza war]],<ref name="CBC2023">{{Cite news |date=13 October 2023 |title=York University condemns statement by 3 student unions on Israel-Hamas war |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-university-israel-hamas-student-unions-1.6996228 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014055254/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-university-israel-hamas-student-unions-1.6996228 |archive-date=14 October 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=CBC News}}</ref><ref name="Post2023">{{Cite news |date=13 October 2023 |title='Unacceptable' pro-Hamas statement by York student unions condemned by university, government |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canadian-universities-face-challenges-navigating-israel-hamas-war |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=National Post}}</ref><ref name="DMello2023">{{Cite news |last=D'Mello |first=Colin |date=13 October 2023 |title=York University faces calls to decertify student union over statement of solidarity with Palestinians {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10022709/york-university-student-union-statement-israel-hamas/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014214735/https://globalnews.ca/news/10022709/york-university-student-union-statement-israel-hamas/ |archive-date=14 October 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=Global News}}</ref> a statement that York University itself condemned. The Palestinian Solidarity Collective at York said this condemnation was a form of [[anti-Palestinian racism]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kuznetsova |first1=Stacey |title="Surveilled & Silenced" report reveals systemic anti-Palestinian racism at York |url=https://www.excal.on.ca/news/2024/10/30/surveilled-silenced-report-reveals-systemic-anti-palestinian-racism-at-york/ |access-date=5 January 2025 |work=Excalibur |date=30 October 2024}}</ref>
* In January 2024, the union representing contract and part-time faculty at the school, CUPE 3903, asked all TAs to "collectively divert this week’s tutorials to teaching on Palestinian liberation" and called for banning [[Hillel International|Hillel]], the world's largest Jewish student organization, from campus.<ref name="Hopper2024">{{Cite news |last=Hopper |first=Tristin |date=29 January 2024 |title=York University teaching assistants told to hijack tutorials into anti-Israel sessions |url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/york-u-faculty-told-to-hijack-tutorials-into-anti-israel-sessions |access-date=26 March 2024 |work=National Post}}</ref><ref name="Leathong2024">{{Cite news |last=Leathong |first=Sean |date=31 January 2024 |title=York University Jewish student organization feels 'targeted' after teaching toolkit circulates |url=https://www.cp24.com/news/york-university-jewish-student-organization-feels-targeted-after-teaching-toolkit-circulates-1.6749413 |access-date=27 March 2024 |work=CP24 |language=en}}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{main|List of York University people}}
York has over 370,000 living alumni. Although a large number of alumni live in Ontario, a significant number live in British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Alberta, New York, and Washington, D.C.  York also has over 25,000 alumni overseas.

=== Distinguished research professors and university professors ===
The ranks of "distinguished research professor" and "university professor" are the highest rank a professor can achieve at York University. There are only ever up to a maximum of 25 each of active distinguished research professors and active university professors at any time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://secretariat-policies.info.yorku.ca/policies/honorific-professorships/|title=Honorific Professorships {{!}} Secretariat Policies|website=secretariat-policies.info.yorku.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-26|archive-date=2017-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027025640/http://secretariat-policies.info.yorku.ca/policies/honorific-professorships/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is awarded to members of the faculty who have made outstanding contributions to the university through their work in research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vpap.info.yorku.ca/awards-and-recognition/distinguished-research-professors|title=Distinguished Research Professors|publisher=York University Vice-President Academic and Provost|access-date=March 13, 2019|archive-date=March 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305114358/http://vpap.info.yorku.ca/awards-and-recognition/distinguished-research-professors/|url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Yorkstatue.jpg|thumb|upright|Statue of [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] at the University]]
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* [[Pat Armstrong]], 2010: Sociology, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Isabella C. Bakker]], 2014: Political Science, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Norbert Bartel]], 2006: Physics & Astronomy, Science
* [[Dawn Bazely]], 2017:  Biology, Science<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2017/06/18/professor-dawn-bazely-to-receive-the-title-of-university-professor-during-spring-convocation/|title=Professor Dawn Bazely to receive the title of University Professor during spring convocation – YFile|website=yfile.news.yorku.ca|date=19 June 2017|language=en-CA|access-date=2017-10-26|archive-date=2017-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027025145/http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2017/06/18/professor-dawn-bazely-to-receive-the-title-of-university-professor-during-spring-convocation/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ellen Bialystok]], 2003: Psychology, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Deborah Britzman]], 2006: Education
* [[James Carley]], 2000: English, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Jean-Gabriel Castel]], 1986: Osgoode Hall Law School
* [[Jerome Chen|Jerome Ch'en]], 1984: History, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Lorraine Code]], 1998: Philosophy, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Doug Crawford|J. Douglas Crawford]], 2013: Psychology, Health
* [[Kenneth Davey]], 1984: Biology, Science
* [[Jonathan Edmondson]], 2017: History, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies
* [[Sheila Embleton]], 2009: Languages, Literatures & Linguistics, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Stephen Gill (political scientist)|Stephen Gill]], 2006: Political Science, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Jack Granatstein]], 1994: History, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Leslie S. Greenberg]], 2010: Psychology, Health
* [[Philip Gulliver]], 1985: Anthropology, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Henry S. Harris]], 1984: Philosophy, Glendon
* [[Robert Haynes (geneticist)|Robert Haynes]], 1986: Biology, Science
* [[Michael Herren]], 1999: Humanities, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Eric Hessels]], 2006: Physics & Astronomy, Science
* [http://www.cse.yorku.ca/visor/ Richard Hornsey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019192914/http://www.cse.yorku.ca/visor/|date=2017-10-19 }}, 2015: Electrical Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lassonde.yorku.ca/articles/vice-dean-hornsey-receive-title-university-professor|title=Vice Dean Hornsey to receive the title of University Professor {{!}} Lassonde School of Engineering|website=lassonde.yorku.ca|date=3 June 2015|language=en|access-date=2017-10-26|archive-date=2017-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027074539/http://lassonde.yorku.ca/articles/vice-dean-hornsey-receive-title-university-professor|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ian P. Howard|Ian Howard]], 1988: Psychology, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Allan Hutchinson]], 2006: Osgoode Hall Law School
* [[Christopher Innes]], 1997: English, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Ian Jarvie]], 1993: Philosophy, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Michael Kater]], 1992: History, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Gabriel Kolko]], 1986: History, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[A. B. P. Lever]], 1998: Chemistry, Science
* [[Clifford Leznoff]], 2003: Chemistry, Science
* [[Paul Lovejoy]], 1997: History, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[John C. McConnell]], 2005: Earth & Space Science & Engineering, Science & Engineering
* [[Gareth Morgan (business theorist)|Gareth Morgan]], 1992: Commerce, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[H.&nbsp;V. Nelles]], 2001: History, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Hiroshi Ono (psychologist)|Hiroshi Ono]], 2001: Psychology, Arts
* [[Leo Panitch]], 1999: Political Science, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Debra Pepler]], 2008: Psychology, Health
* [[Huw Pritchard]], 1983: Chemistry, Science
* [[David M. Regan]], 1992: Psychology, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Marcia H. Rioux]], 2013: Health Policy & Management, Health
* [[Beryl Rowland]], 1983: English, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Stuart Shanker]], 2005: Psychology, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Gordon G. Shepherd|Gordon Shepherd]], 1993: Earth & Space Science, Science
* [[K. W. Michael Siu]], 2008: Chemistry, Science
* [[Brian Slattery]], 2008: Osgoode Hall Law School
* [[Martin Steinbach]], 2000: Psychology, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Bridget Stutchbury]], 2009: Biology, Science
* [[James Tenney]], 1995: Music, Fine Arts
* [[John Tsotsos]], 2008: Computer Science & Engineering, Science & Engineering
* [[Leah Vosko]], 2003: Political Science, Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
* [[Jianhong Wu]], 2011: Mathematics & Statistics, Science
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===Chancellors===
* [[Wilfred Curtis]], former Chief of the Air Staff of the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] (December 1959 - June 1968)
* [[Floyd Chalmers]], publishing executive and philanthropist (July 1968 - September 1973)
* [[Walter L. Gordon]], former federal finance minister (October 1973 - November 1977)
* [[John P. Robarts]], former premier of Ontario (December 1977 - May 1982)
* [[John S. Proctor]], former bank executive (May 1982 - September 1983)
* [[J. Tuzo Wilson]], geophysicist (September 1983 - June 1986)
* [[Larry Clarke]], founder of [[SPAR Aerospace]] (July 1986 - June 1991)
* [[Oscar Peterson]], jazz pianist (September 1991 - February 1994)
* [[Arden Haynes]], former CEO of [[Imperial Oil]] (February 1994 - April 1998)
* [[Avie Bennett]], philanthropist (May 1998 - June 2004)
* [[Peter deCarteret Cory]], former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (June 2004 - May 2008)
* [[Roy McMurtry]], former Chief Justice of Ontario (May 2008 - June 2014)
* [[Gregory Sorbara]], former Ontario cabinet minister (June 2014 – May 2023)
* [[Kathleen Taylor (business executive)|Kathleen Taylor]], former chair of the [[Royal Bank of Canada]] (May 2023 – present)

===Presidents===
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* [[Murray G. Ross]], academic 1959–1970
* [[David W. Slater|David Slater]], economist and civil servant 1970–1973
* [[H. Ian Macdonald]], economist and civil servant 1973–1984
* [[Harry Arthurs|Harry W. Arthurs]], lawyer and academic 1985–1992
* [[Susan Mann (Canadian historian)|Susan Mann]], historian and academic, 1993–1997
* [[Lorna Marsden]], academic and politician 1997–2007
* [[Mamdouh Shoukri]], academic, 2007–2017<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=7871|title=Y-File: McMaster's Mamdouh Shoukri chosen as next president of York|publisher=Yorku.ca|access-date=2011-03-02|archive-date=2011-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605224236/http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=7871|url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Rhonda Lenton]], academic (sociologist), 2017–present<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2017/02/28/york-university-announces-that-rhonda-lenton-has-been-appointed-president-and-vice-chancellor/|title=York University announces that Rhonda Lenton has been appointed president and vice-chancellor – YFile|website=yfile.news.yorku.ca|date=28 February 2017|access-date=25 March 2017|archive-date=26 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326135719/http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2017/02/28/york-university-announces-that-rhonda-lenton-has-been-appointed-president-and-vice-chancellor/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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== Labour disruptions ==
{{POV section|date=December 2020}}
York University has a history of faculty and [[teaching assistant]] strikes. In 1997, there was a faculty strike by YUFA<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yufa.org/|title=yufa.org|publisher=yufa.org|access-date=2014-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107123812/http://yufa.org/|archive-date=2014-01-07|url-status=usurped }}</ref> that lasted seven weeks. At the time, this was the second longest strike in Canadian University history.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ripley|first=Louise|title=March 1997 YUFA On the Picket Lines|url=http://www.yufa.org/news/TenthAnniversaryStrike.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070704125903/http://www.yufa.org/news/TenthAnniversaryStrike.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 July 2007|publisher=YUFA|access-date=6 January 2014|date=20 March 2007}}</ref> Key issues in the strike included retirement, funding, and institutional governance. 

In 2001, teaching assistants and contract faculty went on strike for 11 weeks, when the university broke its own record.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/article/532380|work=The Star|location=Toronto|title=Strike brings York to standstill|first=Louise|last=Brown|date=November 7, 2008|access-date=September 18, 2017|archive-date=October 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013152748/http://www.thestar.com/article/532380|url-status=live}}</ref> The central issue in the 2001 disruption was the administration's proposed attempts to remove tuition indexation language.

=== 2008 CUPE 3903 Strike ===
{{Main|2008–09 York University strike}}
[[2008–09 York University strike|A strike beginning on November 6, 2008]]<ref>[http://www.3903strike.ca/ York University Strike CUPE 3903 TAs Contract Faculty GAs & RAs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716084713/http://www.3903strike.ca/|date=2016-07-16 }}. 3903strike.ca. Retrieved on 2010-12-11.</ref> concerned a variety of institutional grievances, including job security for contract professors, elimination of the Non-Academic Student Code of Conduct, creation of whistleblower protection, and fund indexation. On January 20, 2009, CUPE 3903 defeated a forced ratification vote that would have ended the strike. On January 24, Ontario [[Premier of Ontario|premier]] [[Dalton McGuinty]] announced a rare Sunday recall of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario|provincial legislature]] in order to pass back-to-work legislation mandating an immediate end to the strike.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-to-legislate-end-to-york-university-strike-1.779389 "Ontario to legislate end to York University strike"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802210427/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-to-legislate-end-to-york-university-strike-1.779389|date=2021-08-02 }}, CBC News, January 24, 2009.</ref> On January 29, the ''York University Labour Disputes Resolution Act'' was passed in the provincial parliament on a count of 42–8 ending the long 85-day strike and setting a precedent for future university strikes in Ontario.

=== 2015 CUPE 3903 Strike ===
An additional strike by teaching assistants, contract faculty, and [[graduate assistants]] took place throughout March 2015. When the strike began, on March 2, the university cancelled nearly all classes because about 2/3 of York courses were taught by the striking contract faculty at the time. On March 10, the contract faculty ratified a new agreement, but the teaching assistants and graduate assistants rejected tentative agreements the bargaining team had reached with the university. The teaching assistants and graduate assistants, continued their strike until the end of the month. Contract faculty did not go back to work in support of the union and classes remained cancelled. The union reached a tentative agreement with the university on March 29, 2015, which was ratified on March 31, 2015, thus putting an immediate end to the 29-day strike.<ref>{{cite news|title=York University strike ends as CUPE 3903 votes yes to new contract|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-university-strike-ends-as-cupe-3903-votes-yes-to-new-contract-1.3017060|access-date=2020-10-04|archive-date=2020-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023090911/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-university-strike-ends-as-cupe-3903-votes-yes-to-new-contract-1.3017060|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2018 CUPE 3903 Strike ===
{{Main|2018 York University strike}}
Units 1, 2, and 3 of CUPE Local 3903, the union represented by teaching assistants, contract faculty, and graduate assistants, began striking on Monday, March 5, 2018; several months after their previous collective agreement expired on August 31, 2017. The union's aim was to, in their words, "secure a fair collective agreement that, among other things, protected quality education and creates a less precarious working environment in Ontario's university sector."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cupe.ca/york-university-strike-moves-week-3-cupe-3903s-call-resume-bargaining-met-deafening-shameful-silence|title=As York University strike moves into Week 3, CUPE 3903's call to resume bargaining met with 'deafening, shameful silence'|work=Canadian Union of Public Employees|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en|archive-date=2018-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913210017/https://cupe.ca/york-university-strike-moves-week-3-cupe-3903s-call-resume-bargaining-met-deafening-shameful-silence|url-status=live}}</ref> The main issues of the strike revolved around job security and the path to permanent tenured employment for contract faculty. A forced ratification vote was held between April 6–9 and was rejected by an overwhelming majority by all three units.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/academic-workers-reject-york-universitys-final-offer---cupe-3903-to-commence-strike-action-monday-675697933.html|title=Academic workers reject York University's ''final offer'' - CUPE 3903 to commence strike action Monday|website=www.newswire.ca|access-date=2018-03-03|archive-date=2018-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304052316/https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/academic-workers-reject-york-universitys-final-offer---cupe-3903-to-commence-strike-action-monday-675697933.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 13, a ratification vote was held for Unit 2 members, where the union executives recommended voting against the university's offer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://3903.cupe.ca/2018/06/12/executive-committee-recommends-against-ratifying-yorks-offer-for-unit-2/|title=Executive Committee Recommends Against Ratifying York's Offer for Unit 2|date=2018-06-12|work=CUPE 3903|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715210751/https://3903.cupe.ca/2018/06/12/executive-committee-recommends-against-ratifying-yorks-offer-for-unit-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> The results of the vote were thrown out due to the fact that there were more ballots cast than signatures of eligible voters.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cp24.com/news/cupe-orders-re-vote-after-striking-contract-faculty-at-york-u-opt-to-accept-offer-1.3973126|title=CUPE orders re-vote after striking contract faculty at York U. opt to accept offer|last=Fox|first=Chris|date=2018-06-14|work=CP24|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en-CA|archive-date=2018-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616080422/https://www.cp24.com/news/cupe-orders-re-vote-after-striking-contract-faculty-at-york-u-opt-to-accept-offer-1.3973126|url-status=live}}</ref> A re-vote was held on June 14 and 15, where Unit 2 ratified the university's offer, with 239 members voting in favour, and 122 opposed. Units 1 and 3 remained on strike until July 25, when the newly formed [[42nd Parliament of Ontario]] led by [[Doug Ford|Premier Doug Ford]] passed back-to-work legislation via the ''Urgent Priorities Act'', ending the strike after 143 days, making it the longest strike in the post-secondary sector in [[Canadian history]].

=== 2024 CUPE 3903 Strike ===

After avoiding a strike in 2021, Units 1, 2, and 3 of CUPE 3903 went on strike beginning Monday, February 26, 2024. As in previous years, the union was focused on job stability for contract faculty and wage increases for all three units.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2024-02-26|title=3,000 York University academic workers go on strike|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-university-strike-1.7125523|access-date=2024-03-03|work=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> 

The wage issue was twofold. In the renewal collective bargaining agreement, covering 2023 through 2026, the union hoped to win wage increases matching record inflation. In addition, the provincial government passed Bill 124 in 2019, which limited public sector raises to 1% annually.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bill 124, Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019 - Legislative Assembly of Ontario|url=https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-42/session-1/bill-124|access-date=2024-04-20|website=www.ola.org|language=en}}</ref> The [[Court of Appeal for Ontario]] ruled that Bill 124 violated the right of unions under the ''[[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]]'' to collectively bargain, upholding a lower court's ruling. Rather than further appeal the decision to the [[Supreme Court of Canada|Supreme Court]], the Ford government instead decided to repeal the law in its entirety, allowing CUPE 3903 and other public sector unions in Ontario to negotiate for retroactive wage increases for the three years that Bill 124 was in effect.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Casey|first=Liam|date=February 12, 2024|title=Ontario to repeal wage-cap law after Appeal Court rules Ford government's Bill 124 unconstitutional|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bill-124-appeal-court-ruling-ontario-1.7112291|work=CBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=The Canadian Press|date=February 23, 2024|title=Ontario repeals Bill 124, wage restraint law twice found unconstitutional|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bill-124-repeal-1.7123516|work=CBC News}}</ref>

On April 14, CUPE 3903 and York University announced that they had reached a tentative agreement. The agreement was ratified by CUPE 3903's membership on April 19, ending the strike after 53 days with the union's members returning to work on Monday, April 22, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|title=Striking York University workers reach tentative deal: union|url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7173732|website=cbc.ca|date=April 15, 2024|access-date=April 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=April 19th 2024 Ratification Vote Results for Units 1, 2 & 3|url=https://3903.cupe.ca/2024/04/19/april-19th-2024-ratification-vote-results-for-units-1-2-3/|
date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|website=3903.cupe.ca}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Allan I. Carswell Astronomical Observatory]]
* [[Canadian university scientific research organizations]]
* [[Education in Toronto]]
* [[Higher education in Ontario]]
* [[Las Nubes Rainforest Preserve]]
* [[List of universities in Ontario]]

==References==
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* {{Citation|mode=cs1|last=Axelrod|first=Paul|title=Scholars and Dollars: Politics, Economics, and the Universities of Ontario 1945–1980|publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=1982}}
* {{Cite book|last=Horn|first=Michiel|title=York University: The Way Must Be Tried|year=2009|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|isbn=978-0-7735-3416-2}}
* {{Citation|mode=cs1|last=McKillop|first=Brian|title=Matters of the Mind: The University in Ontario, 1791–1951|publisher=University of Ottawa Press|year=1951}}
* {{Citation|mode=cs1|last=Ross|first=Murray|title=The Way Must Be Tried: Memoirs of a University Man|publisher=Stoddart|year=1992}}
* {{Citation|mode=cs1|last=Ross|first=Murray|title=Those Ten Years, 1960–1970: The President's Report on the First Decade of York University|publisher=York University|year=1970}}
* {{Cite book|last=Saywell|first=John T.|title=Someone to Teach Them: York and the Great University Explosion, 1960–1973|publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tFtuQ6tTp2AC&q=Someone%20to%20Teach%20Them%3A%20York%20and%20the%20Great%20University%20Explosion&pg=PP1|isbn=978-0-8020-9827-6}}
* UPACE (1963) ''Master Plan for the York University Campus''.
* York University (1998). ''York Campus Master Plan''.
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