Featured alumni

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Featured alumni

Jesse Wente

Find out how this U of T Cinema Studies grad became a film critic for CBC Radio and an advocate for the representation of Indigenous people.

Everton Gooden

University of Toronto Scarborough | Temerty Faculty of Medicine

When outsiders shudder over the extensive training required for a physician to become a specialist, there’s one key factor they usually overlook...

Jesse Wente

Innis College | Faculty of Arts & Science

When the federal government established the Indigenous Screen Office last year, it was the culmination of years of advocacy, something its first director, Jesse Wente (Innis, 1996), is quick to point out.

Rachel Sklar

Faculty of Law

“Life is a cabaret, old chum,” the lyrics to the 1966 musical suggest, and Rachel Sklar (Law, 1998) has enjoyed a number of interesting roles.

Tasha Schumann

Victoria College | Faculty of Arts & Science

Tasha Schumann’s successful career as rap artist Tasha the Amazon comes as no surprise to her. After all, she has planned on being a musician since kindergarten.

A. Ka Tat Tsang

Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work | School of Graduate Studies

Through his work with the China Project, professor A. Ka Tat Tsang has spread his valuable knowledge of social work throughout the world.

Adrienne Clarkson

Trinity College | Faculty of Arts & Science | School of Graduate Studies

Adrienne Clarkson has written about immigrants who struggled and thrived. An immigrant herself, she’s helped transform Canada.

Alexander Levy

University College | Faculty of Arts & Science

The apps built by Alexander Levy's company MyVoice literally give a voice to thousands of people with profound speech disabilities.

Allen Lau

Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering | School of Graduate Studies

When a headline asks whether your company can “save reading”, you know you’ve got it made. Allen Lau’s Wattpad is on fire.

Anand Agarawala

School of Graduate Studies

Sometimes a thesis takes a life of its own. Desktop environment BumpTop earned Anand Agarawala both an MA and a Google deal.

Anthony Lacavera

Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering

Telecommunications is a big industry, run by major players. Anthony Lacavera started Globalive and made room for one more.

Antonio Ramalho

Rotman School of Management | School of Graduate Studies

As president of a big international company, Antonio Ramalho is glad for his hectic student days, when he learned the skill of calmness.

Atom Egoyan

Trinity College | Faculty of Arts & Science

Movies come and go but the films of Atom Egoyan stay – in the mind. This Canadian director deals with issues contemporary and eternal.

Betty Xie

Woodsworth College | Faculty of Arts & Science

Betty Xie is perfectly comfortable being interviewed in a downtown café. After all, she made her first movie in one.

Bill Buxton

Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering | School of Graduate Studies

Bill Buxton at any moment can be quoting Jimmy Hendrix, or Oscar Wilde, and the next moment talking about building birch bark canoes.

Bill Reeves

Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering | School of Graduate Studies

Bill Reeves can be immensely proud of the award-winning movies he helped create as a co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios.

Blake C. Goldring

Victoria College | Faculty of Arts & Science

“The University of Toronto has played an important role in the lives of the Goldring family for four generations,” says Blake Goldring.

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