YORKU
Verify users from YORKU
YORKU is a member of Canadian Access Federation, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with YORKU by having them sign in with their YORKU account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Canada
- Federation
- Canadian Access Federation
Institution details
- Organization
- York University
- Country
- Canada
- SAML Entity ID
https://shib.yorku.ca/idp/shibboleth- Federation
- Canadian Access Federation
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with YORKU?
Yes. YORKU participates in Canadian Access Federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their YORKU account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does YORKU support persistent identifiers?
No. YORKU only advertises transient (per-login) identifiers, so authIdentifier will typically be null. You can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is YORKU in?
YORKU is located in Canada.
How do I verify students from YORKU?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at YORKU. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from YORKU?
Start the demo and authenticate with YORKU, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.