‘News’ Archives
Rainforest Living: Chris Saker in York's Las Nubes Rainforest, Costa Rica
Published by York Foundation in York University’s Student Awards Newsletter, July 2009 (See Original Source) Chris Saker is passionate about conservation—particularly when it comes to woodpeckers. The PhD candidate within York’s Faculty of Environmental Studies [Read More]
Wine auction supports York’s Las Nubes Rainforest
Published by YFile, April 30, 2009 (See Original Source) On April 2, the seventh Fisher Fund Wine Tasting & Auction was held in support of the Fisher Fund for Neotropical Conservation and York’s Las Nubes Rainforest. York’s Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) [Read More]
Dr. Howard Daugherty received the 2009 Faculty Member Award for Outstanding Contribution to Internationalization
April 24, 2009 (See Original Source) Dr. Howard Daugherty, professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies, is the recipient of the 2009 Faculty Member Award for Outstanding Contribution to Internationalization. York International established the award in the year 2000 to [Read More]
Incredible journeys
Published by On Nature (Spring 2009) By Bridget Stutchbury The razing of the world’s forests has turned the marathon migration of our boreal songbirds into a race for survival. Saving the birds will mean protecting habitat at both ends of the voyage. (Read article) [Read More]
Las Nubes trail named for York PhD student
Published by YFile, March 31, 2009 (See Original Source) By Jenny Pitt-Clark, YFile editor Chris Saker loves woodpeckers. In fact these pointy headed birds have interested him so much that over the past three years he has braved chilly swamp land, water snakes and the [Read More]
Las Nubes Project in Greener Toronto (Rogers TV)
Posted on Rogers.com, Episode 20, March 26, 2009 (See Video) Candice Batista interviewed Dr. Howard Daugherty and students from the Faculty of Environmental Studies, to find out about the Las Nubes Project and what their active participation was doing for the people in [Read More]
Wine at the Castle supports Las Nubes
Published by YFile, July 24, 2008 (See Original Source) A hot and tropical Saturday in June marked the second annual Wine at the Castle event, which raised more than $20,000 for the Fisher Fund for Neotropical Conservation and research conducted at York’s Las Nubes [Read More]
Dear Tim Hortons: you could be a green giant
Published by EyeWeekly.com, July 16, 2008 (See Original Source) BY CARL HIEHN Why Canada’s biggest coffee company should double-double down on the environment Hey Tim. Tim Hortons (I’d call you Timmies, like everyone else does, but it seems so juvenile and so… [Read More]
Our 'last chance' to get the future right
Published by YFile, June 17, 2008 (See Original Source) Drawing on 50 years of experience as a physician and medical specialist, Toronto environmentalist Dr. Murray M. (Woody) Fisher offered a diagnosis, prognosis and prescription for Earth during a speech at York’s [Read More]
York to confer 10 honorary degrees at Spring Convocation
Published by YFile, June 9, 2008 (See Original Source) York University will confer 10 honorary degrees during its 2008 Spring Convocation ceremonies, June 16 to 21, to leaders in fields as diverse as politics, the corporate world, education, media, community service and [Read More]
