KONG LAB & YORK U
Which York program is the largest in all of North America?
Psychology program
This river begins Begins in China and ends in Vietnam
Mekong River
What does ISSN mean in a journal?
International Standard Serial Number
This crop is native to tropical areas of Africa, and was cultivated in Egypt in the 12th century.
Okra
Named for the railway company that built it, what 1,815-foot-tall communications and observation edifice is the tallest structure in Toronto?
Note: Full name
Canadian National Tower
York University offered Canada's first ever gender and sexuality class.
What is the name of the program?
What year was the program launched?
Bonus Question: How many students started the program (30 points
PhD program in Women's Studies
Launched in 1992 with just five students
This country celebrates their new year not on 1st January, but sometime in mid-April, for three days.
What is the name of the country?
Thailand
_________ relates to the part of research paper where author shows gratitude to the people (individual or funding) who contributed to the research project.
Acknowledgement(s)
___________ was first cultivated in Ethiopia.
Coffee
English is the most-spoken language in Canada. French is second. What language is third?
Chinese (Mandarin)
What’s the name of York University’s eco-campus? Bonus: Where is it located?
The York University eco-campus is Las Nubes.
Located in Costa Rica!
This is the first country in the world to ban tobacco sale.
Which country is this?
When was it banned (date/month/year):
Bhutan
22 February 2005
________ measure used to indicate the impact and productivity of a researcher based on how often his/her publications have been cited.
___________ the number of publications with at least 10 citations
H-index
i10 index
Where is the world's largest underground lake?
Namibia
Puerto Rico and Canada got slammed by a tropical storm that shares what F-word name with Shrek's love and the singer of that '90s hit "Criminal"
Fiona
York University, also known as YorkU or simply YU, was
Mascot:
Founded when: 1959
President: Rhonda Lenton
Mascot: Yeo the Lion
Like many other nations, this country in Asia does have a Christmas festival, but do not celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
Which country is this?
What do they celebrate?
North Korea
Birthday of Kim Jong II’s mother,
(1) ________ is the system used to assess the quality of a manuscript before it is published.
(2) _________ ensures that research is evaluated based on the merits of the work, not the individuals who did the work
Peer Review
Blind review
How many world heritage sites does Canada have?
Eight
The Nisga'a are a group of Indigenous people of Canada that reside in which of the nation's provinces? Traditionally. the Nisga'a had a cuisine driven by harvesting "beach food" year round, including razor clams, mussels, oysters, limpets, scallops, abalone, fish, and seaweed.
British Columbia
The Kong Lab has variety of support from different sponsors, entities or individuals who provide funding or for the lab's research activities.
List 4 of these sponsors:
Note:
Each sponsors correctly defined yields 125 points
NSERC : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
NRF : New Frontiers in Research Fund
SIDA : Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
IDRC: International Development Research Centre
The continent of Asia is so large and diverse that it often is divided into sub-regions.
List all the sub regions
Northern Asia
Central Asia
Middle East
Southern Asia
Eastern Asia
Southeastern Asia
Give the full meaning of the following academic databases/terms:
DOAJ
PMC
DOI
WOS
Directory of open access journals
Pubmed central
Digital Object Identifier
Web of Science
The latest addition to the UNESCO World Heritage sites in South Africa is _____________
The ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape
Canada's "Big Five" banks are all based in Toronto.
List them
Note: For full points full name is required
Bank of Montreal (BMO),
Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank),
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC),
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC),
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)