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Our People: Realize your future with TMU Graduate Studies

Meet the students, alumni and faculty of Canada’s most creative, connected and entrepreneurial university for graduate education - the creative leaders, intellectual explorers and dynamic changemakers who are reimagining our future and reshaping our world every day.

South Asian man with long black hair, glasses and orange vest with embroidered flowers standing with arms crossed in front of steel Ring sculpture on TMU campus

‘The journey continues to be amazing’

Cyrus Sundar Singh, Communication and Culture PhD student and Documentary Media MFA alumnus

Woman with long brown hair wearing blue blouse and black skirt

‘A land of opportunities’

Mahnoor Shahid, Master of Public Policy and Administration alumna

Black man wearing patterned orange and yellow dress shirt

Serious about gaming

Dr. Kristopher Alexander, Master of Digital Media professor

Rachel McNamee

Learning from the home lab

Rachel McNamee, Environmental Applied Science and Management MASc alumna

Gavin Ball, Master of Digital Media alumnus

Passion for animation

Gavin Ball, Master of Digital Media alumnus

Shay Erlich, Child and Youth Care MA graduate

Envisioning a better world

Shay Erlich, Child and Youth Care MA graduate

Dr. Karen Spalding, director, Master of Health Administration (Community Care)

Helping students thrive

Dr. Karen Spalding, Director, Master of Health Administration (Community Care)

PhD student and Trudeau Scholar Charlie Wall-Andrews

Championing equity

Charlie Wall-Andrews, Management PhD student and Trudeau Scholar

Kittie Pang, MHA(CC) student

Shaping the future of health care

Kittie Pang, Master of Health Administration (Community Care) student

Dominic Akena

Changing his story

Dominic Akena, Documentary Media MFA alumnus

Jessica Phulchand

Recipe for sweet success

Jessica Phulchand, Molecular Science PhD student

Jenny Liu

Preparing for impact

Dr. Jenny Liu, Psychology PhD alumna

Emily Shepherdson

Shooting for the moon

Emily Shepherdson, Aerospace Engineering PhD student

Pearson Ripley

Future focus

Pearson Ripley, Documentary Media MFA alumnus

Director of Graduate Students Dr. Dale Carl coaches Ted Rogers MBA students Viktor Jonsson, Christina Ma and Ulana Mamalyga.

Career coach

Dr. Dale Carl, Director of Graduate Students and Professor, Ted Rogers School of Management

YSGS Scholar-in-Residence Asmaa Malik

New narratives

Asmaa Malik, Scholar-in-Residence, Yeates School of Graduate Studies

 

TMU graduate alumna Jenny Duffy

A new look at the world’s oldest profession

Jenny Duffy, master’s alumna, Philosophy & Public Policy and Administration

Master of Social Work alumnus Christian Hui at the Toronto AIDS Memorial

Positive power

Christian Hui, Master of Social Work alumnus

PhD alumna Dr. Anne Wagner

Treating PTSD with MDMA

Dr. Anne Wagner, Psychology MA, PhD alumna and adjunct professor

Grad student wearing lab coat in hospital hallway

Reimagining cancer treatment

Humza Nusrat, Biomedical Physics PhD student

Graduate student and Trudeau Scholar Nathaniel Brunt

Making black-and-white more grey

Nathaniel Brunt, Communication and Culture PhD student and Trudeau Scholar

Three graduate students wearing hard hats on construction site

Supporting women through building science

Building Science master's students

Grad student with beard, grey blazer and black bow tie

Keeping us safe from harm

Andrew Brankley, Psychology MA alumnus and PhD student

Graduate student with drone at the Ontario Science Centre

Using drones to locate people with dementia

Dalia Hanna, Computer Science PhD student

Grad student with building models and blueprints

Building sustainability into architecture

Matthew Ferguson, Architecture master's student

Ella Dubinsky, Psychology MA student, holding guitar

Flipping the script on Black men's pain

David Grant, Master of Social Work alumnus

Female grad student standing in front of Queen's Park

Standing up for immigrant women

Vathsala Illesinghe, Policy Studies PhD student

Ella Dubinsky, Psychology MA student, holding guitar

Indigenizing fashion

Riley Kucheran, Communication and Culture PhD student

Dr. Kamal Al-Solaylee, award-winning Journalism professor

Telling the brown story

Dr. Kamal Al-Solaylee, Journalism professor, Faculty of Communication & Design

Male grad student standing outside model home

Dreaming of greener living

Jamie Fine, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering PhD student

Female grad student on rooftop with cell tower

Maximizing mobile networks

Richa Siddavaatam, Computer Science PhD student

Travonne Edwards, Child and Youth Care MA

Helping young people thrive

Travonne Edwards, Child and Youth Care MA alumnus

Graduate alumna Adrienne Smith

Giving refugees a second chance

Adrienne Smith, Immigration and Settlement Studies MA alumna

MBA-MTI alumnus Mauricio Meza demonstrates Tecla-e to user Neil Mercer

Opening possibilities with inclusive tech

Mauricio Meza, MBA-MTI alumnus

Ella Dubinsky, Psychology MA student, holding guitar

Singing meets science

Ella Dubinsky, Psychology MA

Kate McKenzie and male marathon contestant running on road in Afghanistan

Secret marathon meets social change

Kate McKenzie, Master of Digital Media alumna

Julie Robertson, Environmental Applied Science and Management MASc alumna

Inuit insight meets big data

Julie Robertson, Environmental Applied Science and Management MASc alumna

Jake Pyne, Master of Social Work, sitting on couch

Transgender research meets transformed lives

Jake Pyne, Master of Social Work

Steve Naraine holding cannabis plant

Cannabis research meets new potential

Steve Naraine, Molecular Science MSc

Noura Sakkijha, Ted Rogers MBA

Jewelry business meets digital disruption

Noura Sakkijha, Ted Rogers MBA

Male student with right hand in shirt and left hand covering left eye

Masculinity meets diversity

Dr. Ben Barry, Professor and Director, Centre for Fashion Diversity and Social Change

Dr. Samin Eftekhari using imaging equipment in Ryerson lab

Incubation meets innovation

Dr. Samin Eftekhari, Chemical Engineering PhD

Dr. Colin Robert Phillips in his office using a computer

City issues meet the big picture

Dr. Colin Robert Phillips, Policy Studies PhD

Dr. Michael Kolios and graduate student in hospital imaging lab

Cancer research meets better patient care

Dr. Michael Kolios, Professor and Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Science

Ariana Cancelli standing in Toronto laneway

Laneways meet new life

Ariana Cancelli, Master’s in Urban Development, MPl

Jacky Au Duong with fellow graduate student in classroom

Professional passion meets real-world opportunities

Jacky Au Duong, Master of Professional Communication

Dr. Amira Abdelrasoul in engineering lab

Inspirational faculty meets innovative research

Dr. Amira Abdelrasoul, Chemical Engineering PhD

Maayan Ziv in a hallway in RCC

Entrepreneurship meets accessibility

Maayan Ziv, Master of Digital Media alumna

Réal Carrière talking with professor in TMU Quad

Ancient traditions meet empowered youth

Dr. Réal Carrière, Policy Studies PhD