From a small role as a Harvard student in Good Will Hunting, to helping mould the minds of some of Toronto’s most promising young future Ivy Leaguers – Yorkville University graduate Jennifer Deathe has undertaken quite the career transition over the years. “Initially, my career was in filmmaking, then I had a family – and with …
The Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MACP) department is proud to announce a new initiative called the Skills Learning Lab, launching in fall 2020. The Skills Learning Lab is open to all active students in the MACP program from their first course to the end of practicum. This lab grew out of the MACP …
From daily morning sage smudgings, to jingle dress dancing, to incorporating traditional music and singing into her day – those are just a few of the ways Dr. Julie Smith infuses elements of her Anishinaabe culture into her personal stress management regime. In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, Yorkville University recently welcomed Smith as our …
In light of the current climate of uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, we understand that many of you in our Yorkville University community have questions and concerns – many of which we’ve attempted to answer here: CURRENT STUDENTS 1. What preparations has Yorkville University made to ensure the safety of all students, staff and faculty …
We are deeply saddened and troubled by recent events of systemic injustice aimed at the Black community and Indigenous communities. We unequivocally oppose and disavow racial discrimination in any form. We stand in solidarity with the Black community and Indigenous communities in the fight against systemic racism and injustice. We at Yorkville University and Toronto …
When Nilu Kulatunga first immigrated to Canada from Sri Lanka with her husband in 2015, her main goal was to continue her life’s work as a mental health professional. A counsellor for domestic violence survivors back home, she wasted little time taking up the task of investigating the educational options that would help her achieve that goal …
When the COVID-19 crisis hit Canada, no university in the country was more uniquely positioned to pivot from on-campus classwork to online instruction than Yorkville University.
Podcasts. YouTube videos. Tip sheets. Infographics. Ask-An-Expert webinars. Those are just a handful of the carefully curated resources Yorkville University’s Dean of Student Success, Dr. Deirdre Pickerell, and her Mental Health and Wellness team are set to roll out in the coming days to help students navigate today’s new reality in the face of the COVID-19 …
The ribbon has officially been cut on Yorkville University’s newly opened, 25,000-square-foot campus in New Westminster, B.C. Yorkville University officials were joined by students, staff and local community leaders on Friday, March 6 to celebrate the grand opening of the new learning space in British Columbia’s ‘Royal City.’ “As a university in New West, we are open …
“I am an addict.” With those four revelatory words, so begins Dr. Kevin Alderson’s 722-page, national book award-winning “magnum opus,” Addictions Counseling Today: Substances and Addictive Behaviors. “I don’t think that’s ever been written in a textbook before, nor do I believe that most authors of textbooks on addictions have ever been addicted themselves – or at least …
Susan Thivierge proudly hangs her framed business degree in the living room and thinks of her family. After many hours studying at the kitchen table, she can now say she did it. “This degree program was something I really wanted to do for personal reasons,” she said. “I want to show my children that learning is …
Yorkville University’s Graham Bettes recently appeared in a Niagara This Week feature profiling his establishment of a jiu-jitsu program for local veterans and first responders dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Bettes, who’s just a few weeks shy of graduating from Yorkville’s Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology program, told his community newspaper that he’s seen “positive changes” in those …