Summer 2022

The summer 2022 issue of Toronto Met University magazine examines how the decision to change the name creates a space for everyone, how the university’s health-care programs prepare practitioners for integrative care, how math models can help identify optimum chemotherapy for individual patients, and more.

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Read About Books Campus News Culture & Society Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing Faculty of Arts Faculty of Community Services Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science Faculty of Engineering and Architecural Science Faculty of Science History Photography Places Q & A Reconciliation School of Journalism Summer 2022 Volunteers

Paul Roth talks 10 years of focus on photography at The Image Centre

Establishing the university as a world leader in photographic history

Alumni return to campus as experts in their fields

Treisha Hylton and Omar Ha-Redeye are back on campus and talk teaching, their favourite teachers and more

Valerie Pringle on why she gives back

After an exciting career, alumna finds joy in helping university thrive

We asked these notable grads about their quirky first forays into the workforce

How Jessica Holmes, Dwight Drummond and Brian Gluckstein started out

Grad’s memoir examines a painful past for a brighter tomorrow

Marsha Lederman, Radio and Television Arts '88, explores the Holocaust stories of her parents

Summer 2022 Class Notes

Updates from alumni on personal and professional milestones

Meet the Giles sisters, part of a family basketball dynasty

Varsity alum Keneca and Kyia Giles excelled on championship teams

How Snita Balsara navigated her way into the venture capital field

Taking an unconventional career path, alumna creates opportunities for startups

School of Medicine at Toronto Met University moves ahead

Brampton-based school will contribute to responsive provincial health-care system

University nursing simulation lab helps students gain valuable experience

A $1.6 million grant adds more state-of-the-art technology to the lab for learning opportunities

Looking back on 10 years at the Mattamy Athletic Centre

Over the past decade, the historic building has become a vital part of campus

Bug Push raises $5,000 for SickKids Foundation

After a two-year pause due to COVID-19, engineering students came back to campus for Bug Push

Donations advance initiatives in racial justice

Funding will boost research, curriculum development and student opportunities in the Lincoln Alexander School of Law

Progress report on confronting anti-Black racism on campus

How the university has fared on 14 recommendations made by the Anti-Black Racism Campus Climate Review Report

Finding better outcomes for kidney transplant recipients

Eno Hysi's innovative research earns the TMU grad a Polanyi Prize in Physics

Healing Indigenous childhoods by working together

Anishinaabe ways of knowing and being are central to Dawn-Estelle Miskokomon’s advocacy

Improving the odds for cancer treatment

Math models can help identify optimum chemotherapy for individual patients

Inside Toronto Metropolitan University’s community of care

How the university's health-care programs prepare practitioners for integrative care

Opening new doors with TMU

The university’s new name is worthy of the community’s accomplishments and ambition

Putting Canada on the VR gaming map

Almir Brljak talks breaking out in a burgeoning industry

Toronto Metropolitan University’s full-scale name change sets future course

With the bold decision to rename, the community commits to a space for all