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Yorkville Webinar Tackles Role of Educators in Combatting Anti-Black Racism

Yorkville University recently hosted a virtual panel discussion exploring Perspectives on Anti-Black Racism and the Role of Educators. Co-moderated by Thamina Jaferi, Yorkville’s Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Jill Cummings, the Associate Dean of Faculty Development, the faculty-facing webinar featured a panel of experts that included Dr. Alice Crawford, Violet Ferreira-Sutherland, Dr. Humphrey Nartey, Dr. Rita Onolemhemhen and Dr. Seyy Sode. “This is …

MACP Prof Dr. Kimber Shelton Publishes Handbook on Counselling Black Women

Yorkville University’s Dr. Kimber Shelton recently collaborated with an expert team of Black female clinicians, researchers, and medical professionals on a new text that explores the mental health needs of African American women and their treatment interventions. Published earlier this month by Praeger, A Handbook on Counseling African American Women: Psychological Symptoms, Treatments, and Case Studies provides mental health professionals with a detailed …

‘What If’ Scholarship Supports Young Women Pursuing Dream Careers

As a registered psychotherapist with a thriving private practice, Juliann Rasanayagam oftentimes finds herself counselling young female clients grappling with ‘What If’ questions about the pursuit of their dream careers. What if I follow my heart? What if this is what I’m meant to do? What if I take the chance? What if I succeed? What if …

Career Services Unveils New Job Board, Portal and Upcoming Webinars

Yorkville University’s Career Services team recently launched a brand-new job board aimed at connecting students with work opportunities in their fields of study. “Despite the chaotic world we’re living in, full of uncertainty and changes day-by-day, hour-by-hour, there are still lots of jobs out there,” said Linda Folster, Yorkville’s Director of Career Services. “And people are getting jobs …

Yorkville Faculty Publish ‘Teaching in Post COVID-19 Era’ Handbook

Yorkville University faculty Dr. Ismail Fayed and Dr. Jill Cummings recently released a new book that’s been hailed by UNESCO as offering a “rich reflection on pathways for transforming the purpose and practice of education” in a post-pandemic world. Published by Springer Nature, Teaching in the Post COVID-19 Era: World Education Dilemmas, Teaching Innovations and Solutions in the Age of Crisis is a 73-chapter handbook …

YU Alumnus Shannon Claggett Appointed Dean at Loyalist College

Class of 2018 Yorkville University graduate Shannon Claggett was recently appointed the new Dean of Loyalist College’s School of Applied Sciences, Skills and Technology. The Master of Education in Educational Leadership alumnus brings with her to her new position more than 18 years of experience in the college sector, as well 15 years before that as a licensed professional engineer. “It’s going really well so …

YU’s Christopher McClure Wraps 1st Season of Milkman of St. Gaff’s Podcast

Yorkville University professor Christopher McClure recently wrapped the first season of his highly successful, bi-weekly podcast, The Milkman of St. Gaff’s. Described as a Lovecraft-meets-Kafka fantasy/horror podcast, the McClure-written, -narrated and -produced podcast not only peaked at #1 on the Apple fiction charts in Canada, but also won a Canada Council for the Arts grant and was listed on the Rusty Quill …

Uncovering Her Multipotentialities | Meredith Arnold’s Interior Decorating Story

Multipotentialite: A person who has many different interests and creative pursuits in life; someone who has no “one true calling” the way specialists do. As a self-described multipotentialite, Yorkville University graduate Meredith Arnold admits her educational and career path to discovering her passion for interior decorating wasn’t one without a few exploratory pitstops along the way. “I have …

Dr. Sarah Stewart-Spencer Set to Publish Second Book on Counselling Metaphors

Yorkville University’s Dr. Sarah Stewart-Spencer is about to publish her second book on metaphors. Metaphors in Counselor Education and Supervision, which is set to be released by Routledge Press on Nov. 23, is a teaching and supervision guide that provides counsellor educators and supervisors with creative metaphors to help their students understand abstract clinical concepts and foundational skills. “A lot …

Yorkville’s New DCP Program Director Seeking Student Research Participants

The newly appointed director of Yorkville University’s Doctor of Counselling and Psychotherapy program is currently seeking student participants for her upcoming research into the impact of screen time. Dr. Yvonne Hindes’ study, entitled Examining Screen Time, Stress and Flourishing in Online Students, will examine the impact of screen time on stress levels and psychological flourishing for students in …

Yorkville University Appoints Top HR Leader Jenn Bouyoukos as New Chief Talent & Culture Officer

Yorkville University and Toronto Film School recently appointed one of Canada’s Top 20 HR Leaders as its first-ever Chief Talent and Culture Officer. Jenn Bouyoukos brings with her to this new executive leadership role more than 25 years of global experience in leading human resource operations at industry-leading international companies across the media, technology and financial services sectors. A self-described …

Indigenous & Partnership Engagement Manager Aims to Amplify Voices of Indigenous Students

When Jessica Gruchy signed on to become Yorkville University’s first-ever Manager of Indigenous and Partnership Engagement, she did so with one goal in mind: To amplify the voices and increase the presence of the school’s Indigenous students. “I feel it is a privilege to be here, and that it is important for First Nations, Métis and Inuit …