Manchester Metropolitan University degree apprentices selected York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering and its corporate partners to gain global industry exposure and share important lessons. From June 3 to July 3, York University was home to eight students from Manchester Metropolitan University (Manchester Met) who were taking part in an opportunity offered by the U.K.’s […]
During the 2022-23 academic year, more than 115 York University students will be heading off to 60 universities in 25 countries, studying or interning abroad for the first time in two years. Students had an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about what to expect during a session hosted by York International. By Elaine […]
Venka Purushothaman, deputy president and provost for LaSalle College of the Arts in Singapore, credits York University with opening his eyes to the potential of the arts, the field in which he has made his career. By Elaine Smith From the beginning of his post-secondary journey, it seemed quite likely that Venka Purushothaman, who earned an […]
York International has arranged an important resource for students coming to the University from abroad. It involves internationally educated nurses (IENs) completing their community placement with students to help demystify Canada's publicly funded health care system for both the nurses and students. By Elaine Smith Who better to understand the health concerns that international students […]
The Graduate Fellowship for Academic Distinction (GFAD) provides necessary support and resources for emerging leaders to explore complex global issues. Up to two years of funding is available for master’s degree students and up to three years of funding is available for doctoral students. When Bipasha Baruah was accepted into the PhD program in environmental studies at […]
York University’s new Go Global Student SDGs in Action Challenge kicks into high gear this week with an orientation session for the successful student applicants to the program. By Elaine Smith The four-year program, funded by York and the federal government’s Global Skills Opportunity program ($500,000 for four years), will empower a group of York students each year to […]
By Elaine Smith In 1991, Ontario Universities International (OUI) began its provincewide exchange program with the province of Baden-Württemberg in Germany and it has been going strong ever since. Just ask Agnes Poleszczuk, OUI’s exchange program co-ordinator, who was among the first group of Ontario students to attend the University of Konstanz in 1991 as […]
Four young women who are the recipients of the Daughters for Life Scholarships reflect on their journey to York University and how their studies are positioning them to be future changemakers. By Elaine Smith After his teenaged daughters were killed during an Israeli air strike in 2009, Palestinian-Canadian physician and peace activist Izzeldin Abuelaish (LLD Hons. '15) […]
Collaborating with students from Ecuador on a class project was an eye-opening experience for Danielle Legerman, a fourth-year student in York University’s Children, Childhood and Youth Studies (CCY) program and president of the new United Future Teachers’ Association. “It was the first opportunity I had for globally networked learning (GNL) in university and it was exciting,” said Legerman. […]
Are you interested in learning more about the many advantages of globally networked learning (GNL)? Why not consider joining a free GNL webinar on July 7, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. EDT? The webinar features an exciting GNL opportunity known as the Virtual Journal Club, presented by Assistant Professor Karen Bernhardt-Walther (teaching stream, economics). You can […]