YFS adapts to digital student life
YFS is in the midst of transitioning student life to the virtual world.
Tag: Academics
York introduces SAVY chatbot
York presents the newly developed student virtual assistant and AI chatbot, SAVY.
Redefining the purpose of education: has knowledge lost its way?
Education considered as a human right should maintain a primary goal of cultivating intelligent minds, not profiting off of them.
Schulich offers course on COVID-19 leadership lessons
Schulich School of Business offers a leadership course on lessons learned from COVID-19.
Switch from Moodle to eClass stalled by outages
The eClass launch bore several new features, but was accompanied by crashes that frustrated students.
York unveils new Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change
The new faculty hopes to create a generation of change-makers and environmental leaders.
Online, yet disconnected
Love it or hate it, e-learning is becoming the new norm and we have to embrace it.
Remote learning prompts mental health concerns for students
Students are rising to the challenge of juggling their mental wellbeing and academic life amidst fully online classes.
A new landscape for students in 2020
Students will be introduced to an overall new, virtual university experience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.