On Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, members of the York University community gathered at the 19th annual Bryden Alumni Awards, honouring four extraordinary alumni who illustrate the remarkable contributions and impact York’s graduates are making nationally and internationally. “This year’s Bryden honorees are four more extraordinary examples of York’s commitment to impact in action,” said President […]
Mike D’Urzo (BA ’07) graduated from LA&PS and is an international award winning magician and mentalist. He performs hundreds of shows annually for some of the largest corporations, theatres and television networks across North America. Mike was the winner of the 2014 Canadian Entertainer of the Year at the Canadian Event Industry Awards and a […]
The York University Alumni Engagement team recently sat down with York alumni Katelyn McCulloch (BFA ’11) and Oksana Sirju (BFA ’17), both actors at Ontario’s Stratford Festival. Sirju is known for her stage work as Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, Viola in Twelfth Night, and The Good Woman in A Party for Boris (York […]
Held once a year, Red & White Day brings together the York community to share their York spirit and pride across campus. To help kick off the day’s events, York staff and faculty who are also alumni gathered to celebrate their colleagues at the Campus Alumni Breakfast. “York has provided me with so many wonderful […]
In spring 2019 we asked York alumni to complete a survey to tell us how we’re doing… and you didn’t hold back! Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey, and for your thoughtful responses! I spent the summer months learning a lot from your responses; both about what we already do well […]
Now in its 19th year, the Bryden Alumni Awards celebrate outstanding York University alumni who have achieved the extraordinary and made remarkable contributions to their fields, communities and the University. The leaders who will be honoured Nov. 21, 2019 at a celebration at Arcadian Court are: Eva Marszewski, OOnt, LSM (BA ’70, LLB ’73) […]
Larissa Crawford is from Calgary, Alberta, and her work applies anti-racism and Indigenous knowledge to renewable energy policy and program development in Canada. Larissa served as the 2018 G7 Youth Head Delegate of Canada, where she lobbied successfully for Indigenous worldviews and the UN Sustainable Development Goals in the G7 Summit, which launched her into […]
Diana Golts (BA ’10) graduated from LA&PS and is currently a producer living in New York City since graduating with an MFA in film from Columbia University. She worked as producer on Chapa and Mal de Ojo, and as associate producer on The Last Defense, and Enemies: The President, Justice and the FBI and is […]
Why did you choose to study at York? After producing small scale theatre in the late 1970’s (and losing most of my investments) it became obvious that I needed to fast track my understanding of both dance and theatre and their commercial production. After a look around at options, I decided to invest my undergrad education in […]
Completing a degree can be a challenge for anyone, especially for students who are the first in their family to attend university. We are looking for 15 alumni volunteers to feature as mentors for students at York’s First-Generation Networking Event in October 2019. Alumni and students who share the experience of being first generation will […]