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My Journey – IEP Alumni Digital Stories

In March 2025, nine Bridging Program participants volunteered to share their journey as Internationally Educated Professionals by creating a digital story to capture their personal experiences of settling in Canada and the impact of participating in the IEP program. 

Each story was uniquely crafted by them and footage of them telling their story was filmed on campus in March.  

Students were supported through the creative process, filming and production by LifeStyle Media, and this production was coordinated by Producers Cyrus Sundar Singh and Shay Schwartzman. 

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Our Alumni


Program(s) Taken and Stream:
Certificate in Canadian Business - Accounting Alumni

Employment:
Tax Auditor, Ministry of Finance, Government of Ontario 

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Program(s) Taken and Stream:
Certificate in Canadian Business - Marketing Alumni

Employment:
Key Account Manager, Enterprise

Learn more about Akshay's York Experience.

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Program(s) Taken and Stream:
Certificate in Canadian Business - Marketing Alumni

Employment:
Entrepreneur & Manager, Aquanta Pools Ltd.

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Dawit Gulta profile photo

Program(s) Taken and Stream:
Certificate in Information Technology - Big Data Analytics
Mitacs Graduate Student

Learn more about Dawit's York Experience.

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Edosa Tamene profile photo

Program(s) Taken and Stream:
Certificate in Canadian Business - Marketing Alumni

Employment:
Customer Relations Associate, Winters Instrument

Learn more about Edosa’s York Experience.

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Gretchen Mangahas profile photo

Program(s) Taken and Stream:
Certificate in Canadian Business - Management Alumni

Employment:
Change Management Lead, Project and Portfolio Management, Toronto Catholic District School Board

Learn more about Gretchen's York Experience.

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Marci Santos profile photo

Program(s) Taken and Stream:
Certificate in Canadian Business - Management Alumni

Employment:
Senior Project Manager, Vale Base Metal

Learn more about Marci’s York Experience.

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Maryam Masha Tarhini profile photo

Program(s) Taken and Stream:
Certificate in Canadian Business - Management Alumni

Employment:
Executive Assistant to the President, triOS College Business Technology Healthcare

Learn more about Masha's York Experience.

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Ofelia Rodriguez Hill profile photo

Program(s) Taken and Stream:
Certificate in Canadian Business - Public Administration

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Digital Storytelling Process

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Step 1

Pre-Production
Seeding the Journey

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Step 2

Production
Capturing the Story

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Step 3

Post Production
Stories to Screen

Photos from Production

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