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

Our Alumni

Jillian Keiley is an award-winning theatre director, winning the Siminovitch Prize for Directing in 2004 and the Canada Council’s John Hirsch Prize in 1997. She founded Artistic Fraud in 1995 and became the Artistic Director of National Arts Centre English Theatre in 2012. Some of her productions have included A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night, and Tartuffe. She frequently directs for the Stratford Festival.

Jillian Keiley Artistic Director of English Theatre at the National Arts Centre
Theatre BFA 1994

Sarah Thawer is a drummer based in Toronto. At York University, she studied jazz and world music and was the recipient of the Oscar Peterson Scholarship. She is a brand ambassador for Yamaha drums and has played alongside many popular artists like AR Rahman and Ruth B.

Sarah Thawer Drummer
BFA 2015

Megan Andrews is a dance artist, scholar, educator and writer. Her work covers a broad spectrum of dance theory and practice in movement and performance. Megan received a Chalmers Arts Fellowship for 2017 to undertake an artistic research project in scoring and perceptual practices in dance.

Megan Andrews Artist, Scholar, Educator and Writer
BFA 1993, MA 2001, PhD 2016

Ian Garrett awarded Developing Strategic Research Frameworks for Sustainability and the Arts Scholarship

PODIUM 2022 unites Canada with help from Professor Karen Burke and Stephanie Martin

Dean Sarah Bay-Cheng weighs in on the ‘The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical’ historic Grammy win

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