Yorkville University and Toronto Film School have announced the names of the inaugural members of its newly launched Indigenous Students Advisory Council (ISAC). “We are so impressed with the calibre of the Indigenous Student Advisory Council members. Each member brings their own unique lived experience, cultural knowledge, and diverse professional background,” said Jessica Gruchy, Yorkville’s Manager of …
When Carolyn and Erica Campbell both walked across the stage at Yorkville University’s June 3 graduation ceremony, it was a picture-perfect moment the mother-daughter duo never thought would happen. “It’s only by nature of the pandemic,” said mom, Carolyn. “Because I actually finished the MEd [Master of Education in Adult Education] program in March of …
TORONTO, ON, June 21, 2022 – In celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Day, Yorkville University and Toronto Film School are proud to announce a newly launched bursary for Indigenous students. The Indigenous Student Tuition Bursary, which will cover 25 per cent of qualifying students’ tuition, will be available to all new and current Indigenous students who …
Yorkville University recently celebrated the accomplishments of its 3,360 online graduates during its first in-person convocation ceremonies in New Brunswick in three years. The newly minted Classes of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 – who included graduates of Yorkville’s Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, Master of Education, and Bachelor of Business Administration programs – were feted on Friday, …
“More engaging. More intuitive. More supportive.” That, in a nutshell, is how Karen Stevenson describes the newly revamped MyYU student portal. “For me, it was all about asking ourselves, ‘What support elements are students lacking, and what can we bring to the forefront to help them?’” said Stevenson, Yorkville University’s Director of Learning Experience Design, about the newly unveiled …
For more than 20 years, Lori Burger has been committed to uplifting Indigenous voices in education, in roles spanning from support worker, to teacher, to district staff and administration. “I am passionate about Indigenous representation both professionally and personally,” said Burger, a Nisga’a and Cree from Treaty 6 Territory in Saskatchewan, who lives in Kxeen (also …
It wasn’t until Antonia Villalba immigrated to Canada from Eastern Europe in the 1990s that she came to understand her true calling in life. “I was faced with many life challenges following my transition into Canadian society, from the loss of my family and friends back home, to learning a new language, finding new friends, parental separation, and …
Not long into her first semester of university 30 years ago, Ruth-Anne Boyd’s life took an unexpected turn that caused her to put her dream of becoming a teacher on hold. “I met my future husband, got an amazing job offer, and began thinking seriously about starting a family,” Boyd, this year’s valedictorian of the …
At Yorkville University, we’re proud of the accomplishments of all our faculty and students both inside and outside of the classroom – be it publishing books or papers, winning prestigious awards, or presenting their research at conferences around the world. Here are some of the good news stories about Yorkville University’s talented community that we’d …
For one of this year’s Bachelor of Interior Design co-valedictorians, the chance to study at Yorkville University presented an opportunity to chase her passion. After obtaining her Master’s degree in financial management, Anna Gurina worked for seven years in finance and investor relations before a move to Canada prompted her to make a change and pursue a second career …
The Dean of Yorkville University’s Faculty of Education, Dr. Ellyn Lyle, is set to celebrate the launch of her tenth book next month. Re/humanizing Education, which was published on Dec. 16 by Brill, is a 21-chapter collection that aims to explore the “co-curricular capacity of lived experience to re/humanize education” through critical, qualitative, creative, and arts-integrated approaches. …
Bachelor of Interior Design student Mandy Wozniak has been given the unique opportunity to bring her thesis project to life via The Hive – a youth-friendly hub of health and social services she was recently commissioned to design in her hometown of Bonnyville, Alberta. “It’s amazing, because we’ve been working on our thesis projects in class for over …