Featured alumni

Jesse Wente smiles confidently in front of blue sky and bare tree
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.

Hart Hanson

University College | Faculty of Arts & Science

Hart Hanson created Bones, the “darkly amusing procedural” TV series inspired by a real-life forensic anthropologist.

Isabel Bayrakdarian

Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering

Isabel Bayrakdarian’s plans for an engineering career took a 180° turn when she won the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions.

Jordan Feilders

Trinity College | Faculty of Arts & Science

Jordan Feilders is expanding the culinary tastes of Parisians with his unique brand of fast casual dining, food truck Cantine California.

Kenneth Montague

Faculty of Dentistry

In Dr. Kenneth Montague's dental office, large portraits from different cultures illustrate the diversity that is the focus of his remarkable life.

Kirstine Stewart

University of Toronto Mississauga | Faculty of Arts & Science

When Kirstine Stewart says she has worked in the media all her life, she means it: from newspaper delivery to senior Twitter executive.

Lyse Doucet

Faculty of Arts & Science | School of Graduate Studies

Award-winning correspondent and BBC News presenter Lyse Doucet says the best journalism involves “walking in the margin of history.”

Margaret Atwood

Victoria College | Faculty of Arts & Science

By mid adolescence, Margaret Atwood knew she wanted to be a writer. The world is thankful she came to that awakening early on.

Mark Rowswell

University College | Faculty of Arts & Science

Mark Rowswell, a.k.a. Dashan, might be the most famous foreigner in China. His fluent Mandarin used to surprise - no longer.

Measha Brueggergosman

Faculty of Music

Soprano Measha Brueggergosman quickly became an international star in opera, classical and contemporary music.

Morgan Wyatt and Jackson Wyatt

Innis College | Faculty of Arts & Science

Lots of people have interesting ideas, said Morgan Wyatt, but entrepreneurs are those individuals who act on them.

Norman Jewison

Victoria College | Faculty of Arts & Science

Norman Jewison directed variety shows at U of T in the late 1940s, spawning a career as one of the greatest filmmakers in history.

Pacinthe Mattar

University of Toronto Mississauga | Faculty of Arts & Science

After spending years in far-flung locales such as Saudi Arabia, radio journalist Pacinthe Mattar is exploring Canadian concerns.

Preet Banerjee

University of Toronto Scarborough | Faculty of Arts & Science

Preet Banerjee’s route from UTSC neuroscience student to TV finance personality took a detour through Bridgestone Racing Academy.

Raymond Moriyama

John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design

In 1949, Raymond Moriyama's first-year essay on why he wanted to be an architect earned an A+. He's now one of Canada's greatest.

Ryan Pyle

New College | Faculty of Arts & Science

Ryan Pyle decided to venture to the land he learned so much about in his Chinese history and politics classes.The trip transformed him.

Shawn Ahmed

Trinity College | Faculty of Arts & Science

In 2007, Shawn Ahmed went to Bangladesh with a laptop, a camera and a passionate yet indeterminate plan to help alleviate global poverty.

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