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 …
In 2014, Ola Kuforiji was admitted to a psychiatry unit, strapped down to a bed, and injected with a needle. He was passed out. Locked up. Lost. “I didn’t even know at times if I would make it – if I would be alive, much less be able to hold a full-time job again,” recalled the 31-year-old husband …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Yorkville University alumnus Justin Heenan was recently named Special Olympic Ontario’s 2021 Educator of the Year. The Ajax, Ontario native, who graduated from Yorkville’s Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology program in 2020, said he was “blown away” when he discovered he’d been singled out for the honour. “It was unbelievable and I’m so flattered. Obviously, it’s not why I volunteer …
About 10 years ago, Andrew Fuyarchuk was eating lunch outside his local library when he noticed something strange – a man fishing turtles out of a nearby pond and tossing them in a bucket. The disturbing sight not only piqued his interest, but ultimately led the Yorkville University General Studies professor to embark upon a decade-long passion …
When Yorkville University professor Ralph Silva tasked his Bachelor of Creative Arts students with artistically showcasing an identifiable culture through a lens of their choosing, he had no idea the calibre of work that would result – in fact, he was “blown away.” “They all went way, way, way above and beyond my expectations. Every one of …
TORONTO/VANCOUVER/FREDERICTON, June 21, 2021 — Yorkville University today announced the appointment of Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes, one of Canada’s leading voices on academic integrity, business ethics and corporate social responsibility, as incoming President. The Founding Dean of a top-tier purpose-driven Canadian business school, Dr. Christensen Hughes brings 25 years of progressive academic leadership to Yorkville University. …
Amrita Sandhu has known since childhood it was her destiny to be a counsellor. A painfully shy kid growing up, it was only while wearing her special ‘Peer Counsellor’ jacket around the school playground in Grade 3 that she ever truly came out of her shell. “I remember feeling a strong sense of pride in …
“I never felt like I belonged until I came to this institution. At Yorkville, I felt like I was home.” Before enrolling in Yorkville University’s Master of Education in Adult Education program, Chantelle Caissie spent nearly a decade feeling “disconnected” – from herself, from others, and from her career as a social worker. At the time, the Ajax native thought she …