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Youness Robert-Tahiri has never taken the conventional path — and it’s exactly that journey that’s shaped him into the advocate he is today.

Graduating this month as a member of U of T’s Woodsworth College with a major in psychology, Robert-Tahiri is determined to support children who have experienced adversity, helping them build resilience and coping skills using a perhaps unexpected tool: improv comedy.

As a mature student, Kieran Rice made the transition from working in administrative roles to pursuing a university education — an environment he found more closely aligned with his interests and sense of self.

A member of the Snuneymuxw First Nation, Rice is graduating this spring with a degree in Indigenous studies and a minor in English and creative writing.

Voke Ewhrudjakpor has made thousands of tosses in the shot put and weight throw events, competing with the Varsity Blues track and field team. Now it’s her career in healthcare that’s about to be launched.

The pandemic threatened to disrupt many students’ carefully created academic plans, but for Devonne Moosewaypayo, it helped launch them.

Graduates of the Millie Rotman Shime Academic Bridging Program gathered on May 22 in Waters Lounge to celebrate their successful completion of the program and to mark the next step in their academic journeys.

In mid-May, guests gathered at the future site of the new Woodsworth Academic Building to usher in an exciting era of improved spaces for teaching and learning.

The Digital Humanities faculty awarded the Woodsworth College — CDHI Undergraduate Digital Project and Research Award to a team of students working on the Learning from Dolls Project that explored artifacts from the María de Lourdes Orozco Cuautle Collection.

Woodsworth welcomed students from Kapapamahchakwew: Wandering Spirit School - an Indigenous-focused school located in the east end of Toronto - for games, a tour of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, and visits to physics, ecology and earth sciences labs.

Fourth-year student, Jessie Schwalb, won second prize for her presentation at the 5^th Annual Tech Econference. Hosted by the Department of Economics, the conference celebrates the best in undergraduate economics research from the previous term.

Digital Humanities students in course DHU 436 - Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities: AI, Literature and Culture were recently visited by guest lecturer and author, Ai Jiang. Jiang is an award-winning author based in Toronto and a UofT grad. Jiang’s novelette, I am Ai, was one of the readings of the course this semester.