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1 month ago | 
ijb.utoronto.ca | Stacey Kuznetsova |Demar Grant |Blair Bigham
By , , Nurses took to the streets last month at 26 hospitals in 15 cities across Ontario – including Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa – days after the IJB and the Toronto Star published a story on how nurses are overburdened by unregulated patient loads. Low nurse-to-patient ratios can significantly undermine the quality of care and cause staff burnout. The IJB investigation found nurses in acute surgical and medical wards can care for as many as 10 patients at a time.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
excal.on.ca | Stacey Kuznetsova
When Bell Luan obtained her name change certificate from ServiceOntario in January 2023, she thought the worst was behind her. York, where she is a fourth-year PhD student and a TA in the philosophy department, would finally address her correctly. As an attorney at law, Luan was prepared to deal with bureaucratic hurdles of changing her name.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
excal.on.ca | Stacey Kuznetsova
Last winter, frail lake ice in Canada claimed the lives of six people. Police attributed these deaths to “unseasonably warm weather and unpredictable ice,” but scientists say warmer winters and temperature fluctuations are a new reality of climate change. This creates an urgent need to relearn how we assess the safety of ice.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
excal.on.ca | Stacey Kuznetsova
My friend and I sit in her living room, our eyes locked on the TV screen. It’s 9 p.m. on Nov. 5, 2024 in Toronto. All the swing states are either too close or too early to call, and polls in the west coast are still open. On my phone, the U.S. election map updates live with states flickering light blue, then gradually turning red, as the vote count continues. My friend is a sustainable environmental management student. Most of her accessories are either carbon neutral, recycled, or second-hand.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
excal.on.ca | Stacey Kuznetsova
Not long after the university recovered from the devastating impacts of COVID-19, York students were in for another difficult year. In the aftermath of the CUPE 3903 strike and high tensions between the unions and the university administration, Excalibur sat down with York Federation of Students’ (YFS) President Aïssata Hann to find out how the union representing over 50,000 undergraduate students at York plans to take the community forward.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
excal.on.ca | Stacey Kuznetsova
For decades, York has been a hotspot for clashes between pro-Israeli and Palestinian solidarity groups. Following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and the launch of what the United Nations Human Rights Council calls a genocidal attack on the Palestinian people by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), these tensions erupted with renewed strength, tearing down the fabric of York’s communities.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
excal.on.ca | Stacey Kuznetsova
On Sept. 25, a multi-union alliance between York University Staff Association (YUSA), CUPE 1356, CUPE 3903, York University Faculty Association (YUFA), and Osgoode Hall Faculty gathered below the Kaneff tower to express their frustrations with what they see as a long-term mismanagement of funds by the university’s administration. The Rally to Reclaim the University is a response to several cost-cutting measures which will impact students and workers.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
excal.on.ca | Stacey Kuznetsova
With the new School of Medicine underway, the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC) has signed a relationship agreement with York in order to address the harmful impacts of colonial practices on Indigenous health. The agreement does not commit to any specific initiatives, but outlines the areas where the university and IPHCC can collaborate to advance Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) calls to action.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
excal.on.ca | Stacey Kuznetsova
The cap on off-campus work hours for international students is back. The temporary policy allowing students to work over 20 hours a week came to an end on April 30, 2024. The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Honourable Marc Miller, announced that this fall, the number of hours students may work off campus per week will change to 24 hours. Miller explained that the reinstated limit is a measure to guarantee students’ success.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
excal.on.ca | Stacey Kuznetsova
The cap on off-campus work hours for international students is back. The temporary policy allowing students to work over 20 hours a week came to an end on April 30, 2024. The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Honourable Marc Miller, announced that this fall, the number of hours students may work off campus per week will change to 24 hours. Miller explained that the reinstated limit is a measure to guarantee students’ success.
