{"id":77408,"date":"2021-11-06T03:32:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T03:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=77408"},"modified":"2021-11-06T04:41:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T04:41:05","slug":"ontario-grandmother-becomes-oldest-person-to-earn-masters-degree-at-york-university-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/ontario-grandmother-becomes-oldest-person-to-earn-masters-degree-at-york-university-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario grandmother becomes oldest person to earn master&#8217;s degree at York University"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"detailHeadline\" lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 24px;\">Ontario grandmother becomes oldest person to earn master&#8217;s degree at York University<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.cbc.ca\/i\/caffeine\/syndicate\/?mediaId=1971042371923\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"mediaEmbed mediaIsLead sclt-mediaIsLead\" style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><span class=\"media-caption\">A Toronto grandmother has proved it&#8217;s never too late to go back to school. Varatha Shanmuganathan, 87, graduated from York University with a Master\u2019s degree in political science on Tuesday. Natalie Kalata has her story.\u00a02:04<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Source:<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/tamil-grandmother-graduates-york-university-1.6234410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cbc.ca<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">An Ontario grandmother, who is the oldest person to graduate with a master&#8217;s degree from York University, says young people should use their university education\u00a0to make positive change in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Varatha Shanmuganathan, 87, a Vaughan resident, graduated on Tuesday with her second master&#8217;s degree.<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"inread-wrapper-id-74282292\"><\/section>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;I will tell them, the younger generation, do your degrees, not just for career&#8217;s sake. It should be something that should be life-changing,&#8221; Shanmuganathan said in a Twitter message.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;And you should think, not about yourself all the time, but think of your country, think of the world, think of all the issues that are being discussed in this world.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Varatha Shanmuganathan, the oldest person to graduate with a master&#8217;s degree from <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yorkuniversity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@yorkuniversity<\/a>, advises future generations of students to be global thinkers <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B4IeCrg3fU\">https:\/\/t.co\/B4IeCrg3fU<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YorkUConvo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YorkUConvo<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YorkUAlumni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@YorkUAlumni<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I2beP5R6Hh\">pic.twitter.com\/I2beP5R6Hh<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u2014 York University News (@YorkUnews) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YorkUnews\/status\/1455610751335424003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2021<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In an interview with CBC Radio&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Metro Morning<\/em>, Shanmuganathan said she considers herself a student of history. She said she has always been interested in\u00a0local and world politics. She considered doing a PhD in political science, but decided if she started\u00a0that advanced degree, it would go &#8220;on and on&#8221; and she might not finish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77416\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/metro-morning-e1636169435414.png\" alt=\"morning\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She started her second master&#8217;s degree at age 85. The subject of her research was\u00a0Sri Lanka after the civil war there and prospects for peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;This has been a lifelong ambition to do something in political science,&#8221; Shanmuganathan said on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;This is an incredible journey that is an academic journey. I would call it a pilgrimage. All the time, I have been on it. But today, I came to the destination, I think.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She said she decided to study at York University because the school offered a tuition fee waiver incentive for\u00a0Canadian citizens or permanent residents aged 60\u00a0or older.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"player-placeholder-ui-container player-c9be76f3-4c17-49e2-b479-3a17b9a474ef \">\n<div class=\"persistent-player custom-ui \">\n<div class=\"pp-custom-ui audio\">\n<div class=\"pp-playerui-audio-ui large\">\n<div class=\"pp-playerui-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">According to York Media Relations, Shanmuganathan was born in the village of Velanai in Sri Lanka. She got her bachelor&#8217;s degree at the University of Madras in India. After she returned to Sri Lanka, she became a teacher of Indian history and English. Later, she earned a diploma in education from the University of Ceylon.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She earned her first master&#8217;s degree from the University of London when she was in her 50s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In 2004, she immigrated to Canada after she was sponsored by her daughter, who\u00a0has an MBA from York&#8217;s Schulich School of Business. Shanmuganathan\u00a0was accepted into York&#8217;s\u00a0fall and winter session in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Whenever she went on campus, she said it felt like &#8220;going into a temple.&#8221; But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and she had to study at home, with her daughter, his son-in-law and her four-year-old grandson there, &#8220;it was a great shock.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">For the first three months, it was stressful, but she decided to continue and then\u00a0she adjusted. The pandemic meant she had to\u00a0defend\u00a0her master&#8217;s thesis through Zoom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;I have something in me \u2014\u00a0a shock absorber. Self-confidence. That helped me,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Younger students at York helped her along the way and mingling with them enabled\u00a0her to feel rejuvenated, she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;I really appreciated the support that all of them gave me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77415\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gratuated-grand-mother-e1636168873597.png\" alt=\"Ontario grandmother becomes oldest person to earn master's degree at York University\" width=\"600\" height=\"520\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"imageMedia image full\"><figcaption class=\"image-caption\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Varatha Shanmuganathan, 87, a Vaughan resident, graduated on Tuesday with her second master&#8217;s degree.\u00a0(Submitted by Varatha Shanmuganathan)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario grandmother becomes oldest person to earn master&#8217;s degree at York University \ufeff\ufeff A Toronto grandmother has proved it&#8217;s never too late to go back to school. 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