York University
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| motto | Tentanda via |
| founding | 1959 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Toronto , Canada |
| President and Vice-Chancellor | Rhonda L. Lenton |
| Students | 53,974 |
| Employee | 7,000 |
| Annual budget | $ 890 million |
| Networks | AUCC , CARL , IAU , COU OUA , CUSID , Fields Institute , Ontario Network of Women in engineering , CBIE , CUP |
| Website | www.yorku.ca |
York University ( French Université York ) is a Canadian university in Toronto . It is Canada's largest university in terms of size and the third largest in terms of student numbers. York has nearly 50,000 students and 7,000 employees spread across two locations. The much larger location is the “Keele Campus”, which is located in the north-west of the city in the “North York” district. The smaller campus is called "Glendon Campus". Courses in French are also offered on this campus. The university was founded in 1959 .
It is one of three universities in Toronto . The other two are the University of Toronto and Ryerson University .
Faculties
The university consists of eleven faculties, some of which overlap.
- Faculty of Art
- Faculty of Natural and Engineering Sciences
- "Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies"
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Environmental Engineering
- Faculty of Art Studies
- Glendon (second campus with a range of different degrees)
- "Faculty of Graduate Studies" (faculty for all Master's students)
- Faculty of Medicine
- "Osgoode Hall Law School" (Law)
- "Schulich School of Business" (economics)
Other facilities include the nine colleges that offer student accommodation. All colleges are located directly on campus.
Well-known lecturers
- Irving Abella , story
- Louise Arbor , Jurisprudence
- Frank Davey , English Literature
- Andrea Davis , Humanities, Latin American Caribbean Studies, History, English
- Stephen Gill , political science
- John Greyson , dramaturgy
- Roger Keil , urban researcher
- Robert Kozinets , Economics
- Irving Layton , literature
- Jack Layton , political science
- David F. Noble , Historian of Technology
- Michael Ondaatje , English Literature
- Paul Roazen , Social and Political Science
Well-known graduates
- Thea Gill (born 1970), Canadian actress
- Mark Irwin (born 1950), Canadian director
- Mark Jones , sports presenter
- William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874–1950), former Prime Minister of Canada
- Bruce LaBruce (born 1964), Canadian filmmaker
- Ringo Lam (1955-2018), Chinese director
- Jack Layton (1950–2011), chairman of the New Democratic Party
- Rachel McAdams (born 1978), Canadian actress
- Sergio Marchionne (1952–2018), President and CEO of Fiat
- Arthur Meighen (1874–1960), former Prime Minister of Canada
- George Murray (* 1971), Canadian poet
- Cardinal Offishall (* 1976), Canadian musician
- Victoria Pratt (* 1970), Canadian actress, model and author
- Spencer Rice (born 1963), Canadian actor and director
- Don Ross (* 1960), Canadian musician
- Jacqueline Samuda , actress and author
- Alexander Shnaider (* 1969), Chairman of Royal Laser Corp., co-founder of the Midland Group and Canada's youngest billionaire
- Trish Stratus (* 1975), former wrestler
- Raymond Thompson (* 1961), New Zealand author
- Scott Thompson (born 1959), Canadian comedian and actor
- Laura Vandervoort (* 1984), Canadian actress
- Alan Young (1919–2016), lawyer and civil rights activist
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ http://president.yorku.ca/
- ^ List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed July 24, 2019 .
Coordinates: 43 ° 46'23 " N , 79 ° 30'13" W.