Founded in 1959, we are a community united by a strong sense of purpose and dedication to solving real-world problems.
York is known for driving teaching and research excellence with cross-disciplinary programming, innovative course design and experiential education opportunities. York is committed to giving a broad demographic of students access to a high quality, research-intensive learning environment committed to the public good. York is a leading international teaching and research university and a driving force for positive change. York University is strengthening its position as a leader in creating a sustainable and inclusive world, ranking in the world’s top 35 in the respected Times Higher Education Impact Rankings.
Empowered by a welcoming and diverse community with a uniquely global perspective, we are preparing our students for their long-term career and personal success. Together we are making things right for our communities, our planet, and our future.
York University's mission is the pursuit, preservation and dissemination of knowledge. York University promises excellence in research and teaching in pure, applied and professional fields. They test the boundaries and structures of knowledge and cultivate critical intellect.
Through a renewed partnership with BHER, York University is supporting the York Capstone Network to further develop the “Project Commons,” a pan-university hub connecting faculty and students to real-world industry projects directly linked with a United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). Project Commons offers a space where students and professors alike can meet an industry partner and find an inspiring challenge to work on together, in a student-led manner. It is an open source lending library of engaged projects that is rendering Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) more sustainable, scalable, and impactful at York University.
BHER is supporting Project Commons to transition from a grassroots resource into a sustainable infrastructure for WIL across the university, while also deepening strategic alignment between BIPOC students and the transition to a net zero economy. BHER’s support will allow the York Capstone Network to deepen the focus on net zero economy-related projects, as well as engagement with diverse students.
For more information about York University’s Capstone Network here
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Dr. Rhonda L. Lenton President and Vice-Chancellor, York University
Dr. Rhonda L. Lenton became York University’s eighth President and Vice-Chancellor on July 1, 2017. A dedicated champion of community engagement and innovative partnerships, Dr. Lenton played an instrumental role in the creation of the York University-TD Community Engagement Centre and in expanding York’s institutional collaborations with other postsecondary education partners. As chair of the President’s Task Force on Community Engagement, she facilitated discussions with a broad range of constituencies, which culminated in a final report that has ensured the centrality of engagement as a defining feature of the University’s planning.
In addition to her roles at York, Dr. Lenton serves on Universities Canada’s Board of Directors and its Research Committee, the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) Government and Community Relations Committee, and she is both Chair of the COU Relationships Committee and Co-Chair of the Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer (ONCAT) Board of Directors. She previously served on the Executive of the Ontario Council of Academic Vice-Presidents and represented that Council on the eCampus Ontario Board and ONCAT. In recognition of her leadership and service as a senior executive in higher education, Dr. Lenton was named one of the top 100 most powerful women in Canada by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) in 2015, and in 2016 received the Angela Hildyard Recognition Award for the continual demonstration of innovative leadership in advancing the mission of, and achieving outstanding contributions to, her institution and to higher education.
