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BEING A YORK STUDENT Welcome to York Ikechukwu Oguike, from Nigeria, says York chose him. “As soon as I saw the York website, something clicked that this was where I was going to go no matter what.” It was ultimately York’s academic reputation, international scholarships and multicultural student body that solidified his decision to attend. When Ikechukwu needs a break from his studies, he makes it a priority to take advantage of Career Centre workshops and immerse himself in campus life by mentoring new students, coordinating international Africa remains a continent of York University is Canada’s leading interdisciplinary student events and even global importance, and York is teaching and research university, offering a modern becoming an ambassador for working to further develop and academic experience at both the undergraduate and York International. maintain ties within the region. graduate levels in Toronto — Canada’s financial hub York professors take part in and most international city. York’s Keele campus is a various Canadian and self-contained community and a global centre for international aid initiatives in research and information. The Glendon campus, on Ikechukwu Oguike the area, conduct in-depth the other hand, is the only fully integrated bilingual Born in Owerri, Nigeria research involving the region campus of its kind in Canada, where students take From Benin City, Nigeria and continue to actively courses in English and French and often learn a third BA Hons. ‘13 promote African democracy language. York’s vibrant, safe communities achieve a Fourth year, and human rights through their perfect balance of academic and extracurricular Psychology and Economics work. York welcomes African activities, resulting in a welcoming environment that students to its diverse, beckons students from all over the world. multicultural community. futurestudents.yorku.ca YORK OFFERS THE BEST OF CANADA York University recognizes the importance of understanding the African region and CALLING CANADA HOME its relationship to Canada and the rest of African students find themselves right the world. And when it comes to Africa, at home in Canada — in fact, people of RESEARCH our academic connections run deep. African origin make up one of the country’s largest non-European ethnic & INNOVATION groups, with a population growing WORLDWIDE considerably faster than Canada’s overall population. Students will have York’s connections with Africa are CONNECTIONS AT YORK the option of becoming permanent vast and varied, with 34 York • The regional coordination office of residents in Canada after completing professors holding degrees from the East and Horn of Africa Human their studies. African universities. Both professors Rights Defenders Project grew out and students at York recognize the CAREERS IN CANADA of research done for York’s Centre importance of this region, which is York graduates have access to for Refugee Studies by Hassan Shire why they spend a substantial amount Sheikh and James Torh, two human Canada’s increasing job of time studying it each year. opportunities, competitive wages, rights defenders from Africa. excellent living standards and RESEARCH IN AFRICA • York University helps run the Social employers that excel in industries Work in Nigeria Project, which aims • York research chair Paul Lovejoy like aerospace, business, digital to improve the quality of Nigeria’s studies African diaspora and the media, manufacturing, health care social work education. historical impact of slavery in and renewable energy. International Africa. He also manages an • Ghana native and York University students can work on and off campus extensive research network that dance professor Modesto Amegago during their studies and for up to includes West African scholars. founded the Dunenyo Music and three years after graduating by Cultural Troupe in Ghana. securing a work permit. • Social science professor Pablo Idahosa has researched the • York University’s Harriet Tubman relationship between ethnicity and Resource Centre on the African YORK FACTS displacement in Nigeria and has Diaspora is a digitalized research written about development and facility that focuses on the movement of Africans to various 988 UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM AFRICA. modernity in Africa. • parts of the world. 293 YORK ALUMNI WORLDWIDE FROM AFRICA. Law professor Annie Bunting researches women's and children’s + 300 STUDENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE rights in Northern Nigeria, and she Students get hands-on research AFRICAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES STUDENTS ASSOCIATION, WHICH has travelled to Rwanda to meet experience through York’s iRAY BRINGS TOGETHER AFRICAN STUDENTS AND FRIENDS TO MEET, with government officials about the program, which gives students SOCIALIZE AND DISCUSS ISSUES CONCERNING THE AFRICAN prosecution of gender crimes. paid positions assisting Canada’s CULTURAL COMMUNITY. top researchers on campus. ACADEMIC STRENGTHS YOUR York offers exceptional programs in business, science, CAREER law, fine arts, engineering, humanities and social sciences. STARTS Students can earn York’s prestigious degrees in Business Administration or Administrative AT YORK Studies from the highly ranked YORK’S Schulich School of Business or explore a variety of areas in the COMMITMENTS sciences, including Biology, York is committed to academic Biomedical Science and YORK OFFERS PAID INTERNSHIPS excellence, student engagement Pharmaceutical Chemistry. York’s internship programs provide students with hands-on work experience and increasing international student with some of Canada’s top employers. Students earn a salary, explore potential presence on campus. York recognizes Students can also consider career options and build a valuable network of industry contacts. Students in the unique opportunities and joining York’s new Lassonde partnerships that are made possible our Technology Internship Program, for example, earn an average of $38,000 School of Engineering to study in a 12-month term. because of its location within a dynamic metropolitan and Geomatics, Space, Software or CONNECTING STUDENTS WITH JOBS AND EMPLOYERS multicultural environment. Electrical Engineering, with + Last year, York’s Career Centre posted 8,500 employment opportunities with INTERNATIONAL DEGREES Chemical, Mechanical and Civil companies across Canada. Top employers also visit campus to connect with Offering 100 + exchange agreements students at fairs, panels and other events. For students needing help with streams to come. The Faculty’s with 100 + universities worldwide, and interviewing or resume-writing skills, there are more than 325 skills workshops newly announced engineering more than 30 programs with an offered throughout the year, in addition to private assistance options. international component (such as an building will house state-of-the- INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IS JUST THE START internship abroad), York students earn art classrooms, labs and tutorial Students can take part in York’s International Internship Program, get work degrees that are recognized globally. spaces, and will act as a hub for experience in a new country and receive $3,000 from York to help get there. By graduation, students are prepared collaborative studies. Alternatively, they can take one of our international degree programs, requiring for international success. The a year of study abroad, to lay the groundwork for a global career. numbers say it all: six months after graduation, 92 per cent of York graduates are employed. To learn more about York University’s programs, admission requirements, tuition, scholarship offerings, residence options and more, visit York’s Future Students website at: futurestudents.yorku.ca JOIN A COMMUNITY OF PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS AND LEARNERS. YOUR SUCCESS IS OUR PASSION. York University values diversity and is committed to promoting FOSTERING a culture of mutual respect and inclusivity on campus. STUDENT SUCCESS DIVERSITY ON SUPPORT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS York awarded more than $4.7 million CAMPUS York International, our friendly and CAD in financial assistance to welcoming central office for international students in 2011-2012. MULTICULTURALISM RELIGIOUS STUDENT international students, offers International Entrance Scholarships York University is part of Toronto, GROUPS ON CAMPUS orientation, information sessions, range from $500 to $100,000, and a city where 100 + languages are York respects the rights of the many social activities, job search help support the needs of our spoken and half of the population faiths represented in our student assistance and new-student mentors. international students while also was born outside of Canada. York body and has numerous student-run encouraging their academic success. York’s Learning Skills program helps students come from 180 countries religious organizations that are students improve their time worldwide and their diversity is active on campus. Such groups management, note-taking and celebrated during Multicultural include: essay-writing abilities, while the York’s award-winning Week, an annual event showcasing • Youth Interfaith Council Learning Commons provides Mars Rover 60 student cultural groups through additional academic skills training in stage performances, informative • Muslim Students Association one convenient campus location. displays and food tastings. • Thaqalayn Muslim Association Students requiring language RELIGIOUS SPACES • Christian Students at York support can turn to the English