Aaron Raths

Facet	Description
Graduation Year	HBA 2006 Woodsworth College
Inside the Classroom	Specialist: International Relations Specialist: Peace and Conflict Minor: History
Outside the Classroom	Woodsworth College Students Association Woodsworth College Council G7 Research Group Model UN Society
Further Education	Osgoode Hall Law School, JD, 2009
Career Accomplishments	6 years in legal practice as a civil litigator Policy analyst in the education sector Investigator with the Office of the Independent Police Review Director Senior policy advisor with a central ministry at Queen’s Park

“- widen your social circle; meet more people
– stay more disciplined (less cramming and last-minute writing)
– worry less, particularly about course selection; enjoy the experience
– take every opportunity to have meaningful engagements with faculty“

Shelby Challis

Facet	Description
Graduation Year	HBA 2014 Woodsworth College
Inside the Classroom	Specialist: Political Science
Outside the Classroom	Content Writer, DEMO Hart House Music Magazine Contributor, Undergraduate Journal of Political Science
Further Education	Masters of Public Policy, School of Public Policy and Governance (now Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy), University of Toronto, 2016
Career Accomplishments	Senior Policy Consultant, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care – Leads policy files that relate to hospital funding, performance measurement and integrating health care Policy Analyst, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing – Supported policy and program development related to building safety in Ontario
In the Media	LinkedIn profile University of Toronto Career Navigator profile

“Follow your passion – working in a field that you are passionate about will drive your success.”

Chen Zhou

Facet	Description
Graduation Year	BCom 2013 Woodsworth College
Inside the Classroom	Specialist: Accounting Specialist: Finance and Economics
Outside the Classroom	Internship at Ernst & Young, China International Capital Corporation (CICC) Teaching Assistant positions
Further Education	MIT, Master of Science, 2019 Tsinghua University, MBA, 2019
Career Accomplishments	PRESTO, a division of Metrolinx

Annette Latoszewska

Facet	Description
Graduation Year	HBSc 2017 Woodsworth College
Inside the Classroom	Major: Biochemistry Major: Physiology Minor: German Studies
Outside the Classroom	University of Toronto Jiu Jitsu Club Peer Mentorship Program MoveU Blogger Campus Tour Guide Woodsworth College E-Mentorship Program Woodsworth College Mentorship Program Polish Students’ Association
Further Education	JD, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, expected 2020

Krisma Saini-Chahal

Facet	Description
Graduation Year	HBA 2014 Woodsworth College
Inside the Classroom	Major: English Major: Geography Switched programs from: Criminology
Alongside the Classroom	Intern, Student-Teacher
Outside the Classroom	Tutor
Further Education	MA, Child Study and Education, OISE, University of Toronto, 2016—specialization in Special Education and Early Childhood Education
Career Accomplishments	Teacher, Upper Grand District School Board Research and development assistant, U of T (during MA)—gained a research background conducting and analyzing studies related to counterfactual reasoning in children

“Volunteer and gain experiences outside of the classroom! Do fieldwork, experiential learning or an internship – it will help you figure out what you like and what direction you should take your undergraduate degree.”

Arash Azizi

Facet	Description
Graduation Year	BA 2013 Woodsworth College
Inside the Classroom	Major: Diaspora and Transnational Studies Major: Political Science Minor: History Switched programs from: International Relations
Outside the Classroom	Associate editor and columnist, The Varsity Editorial board member, Undergraduate Journal of Political Science
Further Education	PhD candidate, History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University MA, Global History, joint degree from Free University and Humboldt University, Berlin, 2017
Career Accomplishments	Documentary producer English-Farsi book translator Journalist, BBC and other journalistic agencies Media writer and editor
In the Media	LinkedIn profile Twitter Curriculum Vitae, Academic.edu Profile, Iranian Studies Institute, New York University

“Learn languages. Try to figure out what you truly want to do and focus on that.”

Lauris Apse

Facet	Description
Graduation Year	BA 2004 Woodsworth College
Inside the Classroom	English Literature
Outside the Classroom	Worked full-time while a student in digital and IT roles at The Score
Further Education	MBA at HEC Montreal. Pursued additional graduate-level coursework in management strategy at Schulich.
Career Accomplishments	Currently the Senior Director of Digital Products at the CBC. Held several roles at the CBC from project and product management to team leadership. Prior to working at the CBC, held digital and IT positions at The Score, a national sports broadcaster.

Cedric Ludlow

Facet	Description
Graduation Year	HBA 2017 Woodsworth College
Inside the Classroom	Linguistics Polish Studies Spanish Switched programs from: Psychology, Statistics
Alongside the Classroom	Conducted fieldwork in Kapuskasing, Ontario on the Ontario Dialects Project conducting sociolinguistic interviews with the goal of documenting linguistic variation in English in the province Fieldwork was also carried out in Kirkland Lake, North Bay, South Porcupine, New Liskeard, and Toronto on a related project Research Assistant in VSLX Lab (Linguistics)
Outside the Classroom	Society of Linguistics Undergraduate Students Hart House Symphonic Band Woodsworth Inclusive U of T Sailing
Further Education	Master of Science, Applied Linguistics (focus on intonational success predictors in call centre customer-agent conversations), The University of Edinburgh
Career Accomplishments	Currently looking for positions in business analytics and speech analytics.

Pamela Uppal

Facet	Description
Graduation Year	HBA 2012 Woodsworth College
Inside the Classroom	Major: Philosophy Major: Women and Gender Studies Switched programs from: History, Spanish
Outside the Classroom	Volunteered and eventually led Peace by PEACE
Further Education	MA, Women Studies & Feminist Research, Western University, 2014
Career Accomplishments	Over the past 10 years, Pamela has been connecting theory with practice, engaging on three fronts: research initiatives, front-line work, and policy dialogues. She led a nonprofit organization at UofT, was a frontline worker in family services, built diversity, equity and inclusion capacity in Peel region, and undertook multiple research projects exploring gender issues in the South Asian community. Currently, she is leading a project at The Ontario Nonprofit Network exploring women’s employment experiences in the nonprofit sector. Pamela is also a group facilitator and a board member of Laadliyan.

“Network more with professors and be involved in a variety of extra-curriculars.“

Aamir Hajeeyani

Facet	Description
Graduation Year	HBA 2016 Woodsworth College
Inside the Classroom	Major: Political science Major: History
Further Education	Current student in the Master of Public Service (MPS) program at the University of Waterloo. Specialization in Public Policy and Economics.
Career Accomplishments	After undergraduate degree, worked as a search consultant for a recruiting firm based out of New York City and Toronto. Profiled candidates for various finance and accounting positions within Canada’s big 5 banks. Currently works as a research analyst for the Treasury Board Secretariat of Ontario in the Economic Infrastructure Policy unit in the Office of the Treasury Board. Analyzes, researches, and assesses the Province’s capital infrastructure investments across various sectors.

“If I could rewind back to my U of T years, I would try to get more involved! I regret focusing solely on my academics and not getting involved with clubs, activities and other extra circular activities.

One piece of advice for those students in political science and/or history, take as many upper year seminar courses as you can. The small class sizes and the discussion-based learning style is extremely engaging and rewarding. Seminar courses really helped me hone in on my communication skills and also allowed me the opportunity to connect one-on-one with my professors.“

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Aamir Hajeeyani