If Karen LaRose were to offer one piece of advice to an incoming Yorkville University Bachelor of Business Administration student, it would be simple: “Be prepared.” “You’re going to have to be devoted to it, because it’s going to take a lot of time and effort,” said the 43-year-old married mom of two young …
Ola Abugharbiyeh will have plenty of reasons to celebrate on June 21. Not only is the 50-year-old native Palestinian celebrating her graduation from Yorkville University as valedictorian of her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MACP) class, she’ll also be marking the seventh anniversary of her arrival in Canada to build a better life for …
Yorkville University and Toronto Film School awarded degrees and diplomas to nearly 500 newly minted alumni during its 2019 Graduation Ceremony in Toronto. The event, which was held on Thursday, May 9 at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, drew a near-capacity crowd of graduates’ family members and friends to cheer on their loved ones …
Every year come late May, a purple sea of wild iris blooms spring forth from the marshy landscape surrounding the town of Sackville, New Brunswick – transforming what is regarded by some as an “eerie, creepy” vista, into a “lovely, magical” scene. For Yorkville University Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology graduates Marie Reinsborough-Wadden and …
Yorkville University was well represented at the world’s largest gathering of education researchers earlier this month in Toronto. Billed as a five-day showcase for “groundbreaking, innovative studies”, the prestigious 2019 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting took place April 5 to 9 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, drawing upwards of 25,000 educational professionals …
For Reeth Mazumder, the decision to leap directly from screenwriting studies into a business bachelors felt like a natural “evolution.” The multi-tasking Bollywood star recently wrapped up her Writing for Film & TV Diploma at Toronto Film School and didn’t waste any time enrolling in Yorkville University’s Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), with a specialization in Project Management. “When I came to Toronto and …
Yorkville University student Amanda King recently won third place in the 2019 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Student Design Competition. King, a Bachelor of Interior Design student, was announced as the only Canadian winner during the IDEC’s annual conference in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 9. Program Coordinator Amy Bagshaw said King’s big win is “not only indicative of her talent and hard work,” but also …
For students who are new to online learning, finding and navigating an online library may be somewhat daunting. However, the same as other universities, Yorkville University provides access to librarians for helping you with many academic challenges. In this article, our University Librarian, Paul Graham, shares his top five recommendations for succeeding in your research. …
After graduating from Yorkville University’s Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology and immediately opening her own private practice, Empathic Counselling, Juliann Rasanayagam found that a large proportion of her clients were coming to her with issues related to anger. Some were victims of domestic violence and some were perpetrators, but the common denominator for so …
Not everyone can say that they love their job, but Suzanne Duc, a psychotherapist, based in Ottawa Ontario, is unabashed about how much she enjoys her work as a psychotherapist with Reesor and Associates. “Honestly, it doesn’t feel like work to me,” Duc said. “Every day I skip to my office. I am so excited …
Nearly four years after she graduated from the Master of Education in Adult Education at Yorkville University, Patricia Regier not only remains passionate about education, but has built a business around it. Initially, Regier planned on having her capstone paper published in an academic journal, but she is now considering the possibility of self-publishing her …
“Yorkville University was the bridge between my small-town aspirations and my big-city dreams,” recent Master of Education in Adult Education graduate, Puneet Hayer said with a smile that stretched from ear to ear, the bright lights of downtown Vancouver’s skyline twinkling behind him. For Hayer, 30, who grew up in Prince George and spent his early …