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STLHE Names Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes Winner of 2024 Christopher Knapper Lifetime Achievement Award

Yorkville University’s Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes has been named the 2024 recipient of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE)’s Christopher Knapper Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, which is bestowed every two years, honours individuals who have “made significant contributions to teaching, learning and educational development in Canadian higher education” over their careers. “I am truly honoured to …

Q&A with Yorkville U’s Bhanu Partap Sood – BBA Project Management Graduation Speaker in BC

Bhanu Partap Sood was in New Zealand finishing up a business diploma in digital marketing when he decided to move halfway around the world to continue his studies at Yorkville University. Fast-forward two and a half years, and he’s now poised to take to the podium at Yorkville’s upcoming convocation ceremony in Vancouver to represent his …

Yorkville University Launches New Associate of Arts Degree Program in B.C.

Vancouver, B.C., June 4, 2024 – Today, Yorkville University is proud to announce the launch of its new Associate of Arts degree – a foundational program in the humanities and social sciences designed for students aspiring to begin their university journey before transferring into a bachelor’s degree program. Offered both on campus out of Yorkville U’s Vancouver, B.C. campus …

Q&A with Yorkville U MACP Student Graduation Speaker Amreen Saini

During her time at Yorkville University, Amreen Saini consistently embodied the notion that “(student) life is what you make of it” – a sentiment she’s now carrying over to her life as a alumnus. The Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology graduate, who served as Yorkville’s very first Student Council President for the Faculty of Behavioural Sciences during her studies, …

Q&A with Yorkville U MACP Student Graduation Speaker Maimoona Batool

Maimoona Batool’s steadfast commitment to addressing the pressing needs of child psychotherapy was first ignited by her own personal struggle to access mental health support for her own child. An Emergency and Forensic Nurse when she first enrolled in Yorkville University’s Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology program, she recognized the profound gap in these kinds of …

Q&A with Yorkville U’s MEd Student Graduation Speaker Lyndsay Tuplin

As a passionate educator who’s spent the last nine years living and working in the Canadian Arctic, Lyndsay Tuplin’s focus remains on inclusive and Indigenous education. Currently based in Lac La Biche, Alberta, where she teaches a Grade 7/8 class with the Lakeland Catholic School Board, she’s committed to creating a learning environment where all students …

Guest Article | Dr. Tommy Mayberry on Being Queer in Academia

During a recent interview process, a candidate asked me, “If you could go back and revisit your younger self from your current job and work, what advice would you give yourself?” This question conjured up immediately for me that “What Advice Do You Have For Your Younger Self?” moment on RuPaul’s Drag Race, when RuPaul holds up …

Spotlight on Jeffrey Brewer | Pride Q&A

In honour of Pride 2024, Yorkville University is shining a spotlight on some of the members of our 2SLGBTQIA+ Advisory Council. Jeffrey Brewer, who serves as YU’s Director of Curriculum Design, is one of the co-chairs of the council. He recently sat down to share a little about himself, what Pride means to him, and how …

Spotlight on Nina Savoie Colwell | Pride Q&A

In honour of Pride 2024, Yorkville University is shining a spotlight on some of the members of our 2SLGBTQIA+ Advisory Council. Nina Savoie-Colwell, who serves as YU’s eLearning Manager, is one of the co-chairs of the council. She recently sat down to share a little about herself, what Pride means to her, and how she’ll be …

Yorkville’s Ontario Convocation Celebrates Achievements of 400+ BBA, BCA, BID & IDD Graduates

The powers of persistence and resilience were on full display at Yorkville University’s recent convocation ceremony in Ontario. More than 200 of this year’s 400+ Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Creative Arts, Bachelor of Interior Design, and Interior Decorating Associate Diploma grads were on hand in Toronto on Thursday, May 2 for the celebrations, which were presided …

Q&A with YU’s Ontario Student Graduation Speaker Kevin De Silva

Kevin De Silva’s transformative journey at Yorkville University has been one marked by entrepreneurial zeal and academic pursuit. Recently named the student graduation speaker for his graduating class, the Sri Lankan born and raised Bachelor of Business Administration alumnus was driven by his passion for business and innovation to move to Canada on his own at …

Director of YU’s Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation Wins Lavender Rhetorics Award

Tommy Mayberry, the Director of Yorkville University and Toronto Film School’s Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation, was recently awarded with the 2024 Lavender Rhetorics Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship. Presented annually by the Conference on College Composition and Communication, the award honours four works (one book, one book chapter or article, one dissertation and one non-traditional scholarly …