Shenel Williams, Student

“I’m hoping that through my movement, I am able to inspire someone to strive for change.” Shenel Williams School of the Arts, Media, Performance & DesignDance and Business Administration

Grant Calder, Alumni

"Our main goal with the [Valu] co-op is to create a livable wage for artists." Grant Calder (BES'17, MES'19)Faculty of Environment & Urban ChangeSales Coordinator, Valu Co-opSocial Media: Twitter; Instagram; Facebook

Duy Truong, Student

"As a Vietnamese international student, my journey to studying at York is a bit of fate. When I was applying to study abroad, my target was the United States. I planned all the steps to pursue a degree there, but you can’t plan out everything in life, can you? When President Trump was elected I […]

Kennedy Sherwood, Student

"I began playing soccer at the age of six, and so I spent majority of my childhood and teenage years balancing athletic and academic responsibilities. My experiences as a student-athlete at York have made my University experience something special and the years that I will cherish most after completing my degree. I always want to have pride […]

Jon Foster, Alumni

"While I was studying at York University I had the opportunity to travel to New York City for a performance. After that my whole intention was to become a touring drummer." Jon Foster (BFA '12) Drummer & ComposerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonfosterdrummer/Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonfosterdrumsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/JonFosterDrummer/Website: https://www.jonfosterdrummer.com/

Steven Hoffman, Faculty

“My research focuses on crafting strategies through which countries can work together to address transnational health threats. The classic example of a transnational health threat is a pandemic. Viruses and bacteria don’t carry passports – they’re not easily contained, no matter how big a wall we might want to build. Much of our health is […]

Vidya Shah, Faculty

"I started my career as an elementary school teacher, and they were some of the most magical years of my life. Teaching for me has become a journey of self-discovery, an encounter with the self. Education is ultimately an endeavour in being more human. It demands of us an ongoing commitment to living and working […]

Nisadu Basnayaka, Student

"Building an inclusive community is one of my biggest agendas as a Residence Life Don." Nisadu Basnayaka Residence Don, Winters 3rd Year, Actuarial Science

Sean Hillier, Faculty

"I grew up fairly poor as a young gay kid in rural Newfoundland. That experience really defined my interest in looking at access - thinking about how policy impacts the delivery of healthcare and social services to LGBBTIQQ2SA and First Nations people, to people of low socio-economic status, people of colour, and Indigenous Peoples more […]

Jessica Gahtan, Alumni

"Like everyone else, I was following the developing COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year. Though it initially seemed so distant, the pandemic became much more real when the first cases began to appear in Canada, and even more so when my partner, who has just completed medical school, was pulled off his clinical rotations for his […]