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 …
By the time she heard that fateful radio ad for Yorkville University’s Bachelor of Business Administration program, Pamela Parent had all but given up her dream of going back to school to further her career. “I had talked to all the local universities – Concordia, McGill, Sherbrooke, you name it. Two of them only …
New Westminster, BC, Nov. 12, 2019 – We are pleased to announce that Supply Chain Canada and Yorkville University have formalized an accreditation agreement that will provide advanced standing in Supply Chain Canada’s Supply Chain Management Professional™ (SCMP™) Designation Program for graduates of Yorkville University’s Bachelor of Business Administration Supply Chain Management specialization program. This …
FREDERICTON, November 21, 2019—New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) and Yorkville University signed an agreement today that provides a new pathway for NBCC’s business administration diploma graduates to quickly obtain a degree. Students who complete NBCC’s two-year Business Administration program can now be awarded transfer credits and directly enter their third year of a Bachelor of …
New degree. New career path. New lease on life. In the nearly five years since retiring from his 36-year career in the Royal Canadian Navy, Paul Stonier hasn’t skipped a beat in his successful settlement into civilian life – thanks to some help from Yorkville University. Stonier first enrolled in Yorkville’s online Bachelor …