From teamwork and timelines, to leadership and in-the-know lingo – there’s much knowledge that can augment the career of the creative professional, according to Adam Till. Till is the director of Yorkville University’s Bachelor of Creative Arts, a degree completion program aimed at advancing the careers of diploma-holding students who have mastered the practical creative skills …
Darlene Denis-Friske knew from an early age that she was destined to pursue a career in a helping field. Born in Temiscaming, Quebec to an Algonquin mother and French-Canadian father, the self-described ‘lifelong learner’ enrolled in a three-year Child and Youth Worker diploma program out of high school, then went on to complete an undergraduate …
When Tony Branch enrolled in Yorkville University in the fall of 2017, he was already juggling running his own company with two part-time gigs on the side – but he knew he wanted more for himself and his future career prospects. “I was running a small electrical construction company with about six guys, and I …
Sand tray therapy. Psychodrama. Mindfulness. OEI. Art therapy. Join Yorkville University’s Talia Singer as she explores the “wide, weird and wonderful” world of psychotherapy on her new podcast, WhateverWorks. “When it comes to our physical health, we’re all quite aware of the different health care options available to us. If you hurt your leg, you could go to the …
From Bachelor of Interior Design grad, to professor, to core faculty, to program chair, to professor again – Sheri Crawford’s Yorkville University journey is one that has come full circle. A Class of 2013 alumnus, the Hamilton-based Crawford began teaching in Yorkville’s BID program in 2016 – just three short years after her graduation from the program. Within two-and-half …
When Maha Dahroug relocated to Canada from the Middle East eight years ago, she seized the opportunity to reinvent her career. “When we moved here, I decided it was the time to start fresh, to start everything from scratch and to finally do what I love,” said the lifelong interior design aficionado, who spent years …
Suman Banik was recently named Yorkville University’s first-ever Campus Representative for the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA). An aspiring psychotherapist, Banik came into Yorkville’s Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology program in 2019 with a background in medicine. He previously went to medical school at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and also studied Neuroscience and Mental Health at the University of Toronto. “I did …
Yorkville University student Jonathan Morry recently won the Best Buy Best Teachers Contest – securing 30 brand new laptops for his students in northern British Columbia. “It was a shock. I didn’t even know I was nominated…but when I found out that I’d actually won, it was a big honour,” said Morry, a Master of Education in Educational Leadership student …
Yorkville University’s new Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion knows firsthand what it’s like to hit a glass ceiling simply because of the way she looks. Growing up and attending law school in Ottawa, Thamina Jaferi did everything she thought she needed to do to succeed – she got good grades, she was ambitious and she worked …
Julie-Anne Nayler grew up always knowing she loved to help people, but it wasn’t until a month-long trip to India in university that her true calling suddenly made itself known. “I worked with prostituted women in the red-light district, and that’s where a lot of my passion stirred and a lot of my awakening of …
In 2004, Sharon Wade was one of a small group of pioneering students accepted into the inaugural cohort of Yorkville University’s Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology program. Fast-forward 16 years, and she’s now once again among the very first to enroll in Yorkville’s newly launched doctoral program, the Doctor of Counselling and Psychotherapy. “For me, again, it …
For Landyn Blais, Yorkville University was “absolutely” the right choice. As a 14-year veteran nursing instructor at Algonquin College with two college diplomas under her belt, she knew she wanted to study towards a Master of Education in Adult Education degree, but struggled to find an avenue to pursue that passion without the traditional credentials to do so. …