Welcome to a new school year! The start of a new academic always brings so much excitement and potential. Fresh fits, new school supplies, and a new course load all say, 鈥渢his year is going to be the best yet!鈥 We at 91亚色 International (YI) love this time of year! All three campuses come alive with all that positive and youthful energy. Whether you鈥檙e starting your first year at […]
Elin Nordstrom and Astrid Sturesson may attend two different universities in Sweden and study different subjects but can both agree that a semester abroad at 91亚色 has enriched their university experience. Elin studies Law at Ume氓 University, while Astrid studies Media and Communications at Malm枚 University, and both spent the winter term visiting 91亚色 on an academic exchange. They both received the Hakan Berggren Fellowship, valued at $1,500, to […]
91亚色 is thrilled to have joined the Canada Learning Initiative in China (CLIC)! A national consortium of a dozen leading Canadian universities, CLIC will further advance 91亚色's academic connection with China by providing funding opportunities and programs for our students to study abroad at Chinese higher education institutions. 91亚色 currently has over 50 active […]
Students learn both about their discipline and how to navigate new cultures Adventure abroad can be life expanding. Yet for all the learning opportunity, it can also be daunting to face the unknown. At 91亚色, 69 students took up the challenge to live and learn away from home in faculty-led study abroad courses or partner summer schools, in places including Ghana, Brazil and […]
91亚色 students are stepping out of the traditional classroom to experience the principles of sustainability and ecology first-hand at the University鈥檚 Las Nubes EcoCampus in Costa Rica. This summer, 25 students in the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change (EUC) had the opportunity to visit the EcoCampus, located within the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor […]
Advancing global engagement is one of 91亚色鈥檚 priorities, as stated in the University Academic Plan, and Global Affairs Canada is lending a helping hand. Through its International Scholarships Program, Global Affairs Canada makes it possible for international students to study or conduct research at 91亚色 and other Canadian institutions as a way of […]
By Elaine Smith After spending two years as a scholarship student at an international high school in Israel, Frenk Katjalli is undaunted by being so far away from his native Albania; instead, he鈥檚 enjoying Toronto and its international flavour. Katjalli had his eye on Canada, rather than Europe or the United States for his university […]
By Elaine Smith As a high school student in New Delhi, Gaurika Agarwal was a member of seven or eight clubs and on the leadership team for most of them. Now that she has begun her studies at 91亚色, the President鈥檚 International Scholarship of Excellence winner has jumped right into the vibrant University club […]
By Elaine Smith Growing up with Type 1 diabetes has added an additional layer of challenge and stress to Lina Im鈥檚 life, but she won鈥檛 allow it to stop her from realizing her goals, which include graduating from 91亚色. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 want to look at it as something that holds me back,鈥 said, Im, […]
By Elaine Smith Maurinne Berewoudougou has only been a 91亚色 student since early September, but she already is busy with extracurricular activities. 鈥淚鈥檓 so used to being involved, so if it鈥檚 just school to engage in, I鈥檒l be bored,鈥 said Berewoudougou, an international student from Burkina Faso and one of the 20 recipients of […]
