By Elaine Smith Caitlin Brooker knew that if she wanted to pursue her dream of studying pharmaceutical chemistry, she’d have to leave the Caribbean to find a university with the appropriate expertise, and that meant applying for a scholarship. “If I’d wanted to go to medical school, it would have been better to stay, but […]
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Recipient’s big heart underscores meaning of Tentanda Via scholarship
By Elaine Smith Since 2019, Inis Tagbor has been on the board for Heart of a Child, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that she and her high school friends founded to assist youth in impoverished areas of Accra, Ghana. Her volunteer work is one of the reasons she earned one of York University’s Tentanda Via Awards, […]
Scholarship winner enjoying differences between Toronto and Trinidad
By Elaine Smith Zidane Boodoo, a Sustainable Environmental Management student from Trinidad & Tobago, attended a college fair in Trinidad to learn more about universities in North America and came away sold on York and the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Studies (EUC). “Juanita, the international recruiter for the Caribbean, gave the best pitch I’ve […]
Scholarship winner inadvertently collects countries
By Elaine Smith By the time he started classes at York University this fall, international student Aina Yoann found himself living in the fifth country of his young life. Yoann, who was awarded a prestigious International Academic Excellence Scholarship, was born in Madagascar, but relocated periodically as his father’s career demanded. At age four, his […]
Science a passion for Global Leader of Tomorrow
By Elaine Smith Thanh My Hanh Bui has been intrigued by science for years, and thanks to a Global Leaders of Tomorrow scholarship from York University, she now has the opportunity to study it in depth. Bui was raised in Haiphong, Vietnam, by parents who grew up poor and wanted better lives for their children. […]
Scholarship winner pursues the road rarely taken
By Elaine Smith Coming from a country where most international exchange students study technical subjects such as engineering, the sciences or computer science, Saanvi Bhattacharya, a psychology major, might be considered an anomaly. But it is this determination to pursue her interest that led Bhattacharya, winner of one of two annual Global Leaders of Tomorrow […]
Scholarship winner certainly on the ball
By Elaine Smith One of Patrick Brandon Kwo’s proudest moments – aside from winning a President’s International Scholarship of Excellence to York University – came when he captained the Mauritius national U20 soccer team in an international competition in Eswatini. “I was privileged to captain the team and it was a really proud moment, representing […]
Volunteering second nature for scholarship winner
By Elaine Smith Maurinne Berewoudougou has only been a York University student since early September, but she already is busy with extracurricular activities. “I’m so used to being involved, so if it’s just school to engage in, I’ll be bored,” said Berewoudougou, an international student from Burkina Faso and one of the 20 recipients of […]
Forging a path devoid of self-pity
By Elaine Smith Growing up with Type 1 diabetes has added an additional layer of challenge and stress to Lina Im’s life, but she won’t allow it to stop her from realizing her goals, which include graduating from York University. “I don’t want to look at it as something that holds me back,” said, Im, […]
Club participation a constant for international scholarship student
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 York University, the President’s International Scholarship of Excellence winner has jumped right into the vibrant University club […]
