AMPD – York University – School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design

Our Alumni

Howard Barish is president and CEO of Kandoo Films, an Oscar nominated, Emmy award winning entertainment company known for its producing partnership with Ava DuVernay. Barish and Kandoo's most recognized project to date, 13TH, is a 2016 American documentary from Netflix directed by DuVernay.

Howard Barish Producer, Founder and President of Kandoo Films
Film BFA 1982

Jonelle Sills is a lyric soprano whose performances led her to be on CBC’s list of "Canada’s 30 hot classical musicians under 30" for 2020. A 2019 Dora Award winner, for outstanding performance of an Ensemble in Vivier’s "Kopernikus" with Against The Grain Theatre, she’ll be joining the Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program at Vancouver Opera.

Jonelle Sills Lyric Soprano
BFA 2016

With the studio facilities, range of equipment, and diversity of course options, York University offers more than any other Film program in the country. It urges students to know what they want and pursue that career so by the time graduation arrives there are seeds planted for opportunity.

Kevin Grou Digital Video Editor at Alert Driving & independent filmmaker
Film Production BFA '18

FilipiNEXT investigates the legacies, transformations, and aspirations of Filipinx people on Turtle Island

PhD Graduate Signy Lynch wins York University Barbara Godard Prize for Best Dissertation in Canadian studies

Professor Caitlin Fisher named president of Electronic Literature Organization

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