News

Student Transforms Co-op Experience into Full-time Position photo

July 12, 2023

Student Transforms Co-op Experience into Full-time Position

When Northeastern University in Toronto student Negin Dehghanian started her co-op experience at software company Ceridian, she was excited but unsure what to expect. Eight short months later, Negin is a full-time Project Manager Associate. She credits her determination to...

more
Five Questions with Emmanuel Nasamu photo

May 26, 2023

Five Questions with Emmanuel Nasamu

Emmanuel Nasamu enrolled in Northeastern University in Toronto with a goal to reinvent himself. In the process, the IT professional, and Master’s in Professional Studies in Analytics student, has inspired others to become the best versions of themselves. Emmanuel has...

more
College of Engineering Student Wins Campus Statistics Canada Hackathon photo

March 8, 2023

College of Engineering Student Wins Campus Statistics Canada Hackathon

It’s not often that you see students from graduate programs as diverse as Project Management, Information Systems, and Biotechnology collaborating on a project. But that’s exactly what happened recently at Northeastern University in Toronto when students from various programs competed...

more
Video – Technology, Education, and Advocacy Panel photo

March 6, 2023

Video - Technology, Education, and Advocacy Panel

On February 27 we hosted a panel of esteemed guests, moderated by Takara Small (technology reporter and podcast host), to discuss and explore how education and advocacy can support the Black diaspora, the importance of integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion...

more
Five Questions With Takara Small photo

February 21, 2023

Five Questions With Takara Small

Takara Small is a technology reporter, podcast host, and advocate for access to tech skills for underserved communities. She’s also the founder of the non-profit organization VentureKids Canada — a key partner of Northeastern's Toronto campus. The partnership has produced...

more
Students Play Crucial Role in Bringing Impactful AI Chatbot to Life photo

January 18, 2023

Students Play Crucial Role in Bringing Impactful AI Chatbot to Life

Pop-up chat windows on websites, voice commands offering directions, and automated customer service. Interactions with chatbots are increasingly part of our everyday life. Now, a Northeastern University Toronto professor, Yvonne Leung, is using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to develop a...

more
Students Make their Voices Heard During International Education Week photo

December 12, 2022

Students Make their Voices Heard During International Education Week

Reflecting on his first year at Northeastern University in Toronto, MPS Analytics student Emmanuel Nasamu had this to say: “I looked myself in the mirror and said: ‘Yes, you did it!’” Emmanuel shared his story as part of a student...

more
Unique Toronto Campus Initiative Gives Youth the Code to the Future photo

November 15, 2022

Unique Toronto Campus Initiative Gives Youth the Code to the Future

Photo above features graduates of 2019 TECHImmersive program. Twenty-seven young people went back to school in September with new, future-ready skills. Through a unique partnership between Northeastern University’s Toronto campus and local non-profit organization VentureKids Canada, the group gained artificial...

more
Faculty Profile: Omar Badreldin photo

November 9, 2022

Faculty Profile: Omar Badreldin

We caught up with newly appointed Associate Teaching Professor Omar Badreldin, to learn about his journey to Northeastern, his research, and his initial impressions of the program he will lead, the Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS). What led...

more
Advance Your Career on Your Schedule: Attend our Open House photo

October 18, 2022

Advance Your Career on Your Schedule: Attend our Open House

On November 22, discover how a Northeastern University education can propel your career in the competitive job market. Join us for our all-access, in-person Open House event. Drop by our downtown Toronto location from 4 to 7 p.m. to learn...

more
Faculty Profile: Karen Zhou photo

October 12, 2022

Faculty Profile: Karen Zhou

Karen Zhou was recently appointed as the new full-time Assistant Teaching Professor for the Regulatory Affairs program at Northeastern University in Toronto. We sat down with Karen to find out what brought her to Northeastern and what makes the program...

more
Integrated Project Management Co-op Connects Student to Global Campus Network photo

June 14, 2022

Integrated Project Management Co-op Connects Student to Global Campus Network

Long before Pinkal Patel started her Master of Science in Project Management at Northeastern University’s Toronto campus, she would spend time researching major Canadian construction companies. With an undergraduate degree in architecture from her native India and an interest in...

more
Commitment to Diversity on Display photo

May 13, 2022

Commitment to Diversity on Display

It’s hard to tell where the blues in the painting end and where the multitude of other hues (purples and greys and hints of aqua, among others) starts. The 26-and-a-half-ft. mural by Inuk multimedia artist Niap, which adorns a central...

more
Higher Education That’s Intentional About Empowering All Women photo

March 15, 2022

Higher Education That's Intentional About Empowering All Women

On March 8, arms crossed over the chest in an X became a new universal symbol for solidarity with women. The official pose of International Women’s Day, it symbolized the 2022 campaign theme: Break the Bias, which asks people to...

more
Why Informatics is Important: The Intersection Between People, Technology and Information photo

February 13, 2025

Why Informatics is Important: The Intersection Between People, Technology and Information

From businesses to government and healthcare, all aspects of society and business rely on technology to solve problems, make informed decisions, and stay competitive. In our digital world, informatics is the intersection of people and technology, considering the interaction between...

more
Bioinformatics Master’s Provides a Gateway to Growing Industry photo

January 9, 2025

Bioinformatics Master’s Provides a Gateway to Growing Industry

In 2023, the Ontario government invested $3 million to help six life sciences companies develop and market locally-made medical innovations and healthcare solutions. This news and the province’s newly formed Life Sciences Innovation Fund, which provided the funding, highlight the...

more
Three Ways To Carve Out Your Project Management Career Path photo

December 16, 2024

Three Ways To Carve Out Your Project Management Career Path

From the Site C Clean Energy project, a dam and hydroelectric generation station on the Peace River in British Columbia, to On-Corridor Works, the largest capital infrastructure development on Ontario’s GO Expansion program, multibillion-dollar infrastructure ventures are underway nationwide. These...

more
Much More Than Crunching Numbers: The 101 of a Data Analyst Career in Canada photo

December 6, 2024

Much More Than Crunching Numbers: The 101 of a Data Analyst Career in Canada

Data analytics is critical in addressing today’s complex challenges and innovating across all sectors, from helping hospitals manage patient flow and municipalities reduce waste to assisting companies in developing more customer-centric products and services. With companies increasingly recognizing its importance...

more
Advancing Healthcare with a Regulatory Affairs Career photo

November 7, 2024

Advancing Healthcare with a Regulatory Affairs Career

The hard work of regulatory affairs professionals is all around us. Medical devices, from adhesive bandages and contact lenses to more complex units such as cancer screening tests and pregnancy test kits, are all regulated. Biopharmaceuticals, such as vaccines and...

more
Innovative Cross-border Academic Partnership Empowers Students and Industry Partner photo

October 22, 2024

Innovative Cross-border Academic Partnership Empowers Students and Industry Partner

Students from two Northeastern University campuses recently contributed to exciting artificial intelligence (AI) innovation projects at a leading engineering professional services consultancy firm. The experiential learning opportunity with WSP Canada and WSP USA highlights how collaboration within the university’s global...

more
Indigenous Digital Artist Tsista Kennedy’s Art is a Career, a Storytelling Tool, and a Form of Self-Governance photo

September 26, 2024

Indigenous Digital Artist Tsista Kennedy’s Art is a Career, a Storytelling Tool, and a Form of Self-Governance

The CN Tower and Rogers Centre sit next to a focal tree adorned with an eagle. The tree is rooted in a turtle surrounded by lapping waves. Many elements, in colours such as purple, yellow, green, and white, are outlined...

more
Your Guide to Making the Most of Our Fall Open House photo

September 23, 2024

Your Guide to Making the Most of Our Fall Open House

You’re ready to advance, accelerate, or switch your career entirely. You’ve researched the benefits of graduate school, determining that a master’s degree program will be the most effective way to progress. Or, perhaps you haven’t gotten quite that far yet...

more
Help to Advance Humanity with a Career in Cyber-Physical Systems and IoT photo

September 16, 2024

Help to Advance Humanity with a Career in Cyber-Physical Systems and IoT

Cyber-physical systems and IoT (Internet of Things) are much more than buzzwords. They are technologies revolutionizing the way we live, work, and interact with the world around us by enhancing urban living through improved infrastructure, security, and efficiency. These technological...

more
Northeastern’s Comprehensive Approach Readies Co-op Student for Career Success photo

September 6, 2024

Northeastern’s Comprehensive Approach Readies Co-op Student for Career Success

Qi (David) Ren was drawn to the unique benefits of participating in a co-op opportunity during his graduate studies. Beyond gaining industry experience, he saw co-op as a chance to immerse himself in the Canadian workplace and build a professional...

more

Browse by Date

Connect with Us!