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. …
Team Canada’s newest high-diving sensation is set to take the plunge into post-graduate studies at Yorkville University this fall. Come September, Molly Carlson will begin pursuing her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MACP) degree, while simultaneously chasing her dream of Olympic gold as a professional cliff diver. “I think it’s important that you follow all the many …
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 …