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When UC student Floria Kangootui crossed the stage at Convocation Hall last week, she thought about how far she’s come. While she always planned to continue her education when she fled Namibia for Canada 12 years ago, obstacles kept getting in the way — until she discovered the Transitional Year Program (TYP).
There is a certain logic to the story of how University College alum John Lorinc dreamed of being an astrophysicist but instead became a star journalist and author.
UC fourth-year Jaivet Ealom’s attempt to flee Myanmar and become a refugee in another country turned into an agonizing tale of survival.
It is with deep sorrow and regret that the UC community mourns the passing of esteemed alum, Daniel Brooks. Brooks graduated from the UC Drama Program and earned his BA from University College in 1981. The first winner of the Siminovitch prize (Canada's most prestigious drama prize) Brooks was also UC's Barker Fairley Distinguished Visitor in 2017-18, and a UC Alumni of Influence awardee in 2018.
