The York University Black Alumni Network (YUBAN) is calling out to Black York alum for their interest in joining the Black Alumni Network! If you're passionate about professional development, community engagement, and connecting with current and former York students, we are seeking new network volunteers to join the team. Our network volunteers play a key […]
Fourteen York University alumni have been named among 135 new appointments to the Order of Canada, announced on Dec. 29 by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada. Among the York alumni most recently named to the Order are Evelyn L. Forget, O.C. (BA ’78), a leading health economics researcher known […]
From announcing York’s first-ever Top 30 Changemakers Under 30 list, to expanding our virtual alumni events and program to support a wider variety of graduates, and celebrating gifts that will help the university continue to create positive change in our communities and around the world – 2021 was once again a year of growth and […]
Alumni, students, staff and friends came together virtually on Nov. 18, 2021, for The York U Alumni Awards, an evening of entertainment, networking and celebration honouring the outstanding accomplishments of our alumni award recipients. “These award ceremonies have touched me to the bottom of my heart,” said York University Chancellor, Gregory Sorbara (BA ’78, LLB […]
The York U community came together on November 18 to honour the outstanding accomplishments of four alumni award recipients, and recognize the positive change being created by York students and alumni locally and globally at this year's York U Alumni Awards show. The leaders who were honoured at this year’s awards ceremony were Dr. Earle Nestmann (MSc ’71, PhD ’74); Christopher House, […]
On National Philanthropy Day, York University thanks our donors for their generous support which enables us to provide students with a high-quality learning environment committed to the public good. Your commitment creates positive change and addresses the complex challenges facing the world today, from climate change, to inequality, to the pandemic. York University thanks you for your support […]
Six York University alumnae have been recognized by Women’s Executive Network’s (WXN) Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 list for creating positive change in the workplace by advocating for workforce diversity and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders. The list honours women from the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors in a variety of professional fields and career levels […]
Garrett Seepersad (MSc ’12, PhD ’18), now a research associate at York, hails from Trinidad and Tobago and recalls that his parents always wanted to relocate to Canada. While they stayed in their native country, Garrett still retained a desire to emigrate. After completing his undergraduate degree in Geomatics Engineering at the University of The […]
Led by alumni volunteers, Alumni Networks deliver innovative and meaningful initiatives that enable alumni to connect with one another, fuel student success, and support the York community. The York University Alumni Association is delighted to recognize the York University School of Public Policy and Administration Alumni Network (YUSPPAAN) as the inaugural Alumni Network of the […]
In 2021 while the COVID-19 vaccine was rolling out across Canada, Dr. Tiffany Richards (BSc ’09) started to notice threads of misinformation about the vaccine all over the internet. As a resident physician in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto , she began spending all her free time online, […]