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Theresa Pinter

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Graduation Year

  • HBA 2015 Woodsworth College
Inside the Classroom

Switched programs from: E-Commerce, Physics

Outside the Classroom

  • Kitchen/server/buyer, Hot Yam! — students getting together once a week to make a vegetarian meal and selling it to students for cheap (now closed)
  • Garden Club
  • Urban beekeepers, U of T Bees
  • Weightlifting
Further Education

Career Accomplishments

  • Online Asset Manager, TRP Consulting
  • Accounting Assistant, Heavy Consulting
  • Communications Officer/Author, GoGeomatics
  • Project Manger/Spacial Analyst, Williams Treaties First Nations
  • Research Coordinator, St. Michael’s Hospital
In the Media

Diane Sicsic

Diane Sicsic

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Graduation Year

  • HBSc 2018 Woodsworth College
Inside the Classroom

Switched programs from: Physics

Alongside the Classroom

  • PEY: worked as a digital marketing analyst with Sun Life Financial for 12 months
  • Summer Abroad: studied in international management in Hong Kong
Career Accomplishments

  • Currently working as a Data Analyst at CIBC, in the Advanced Analytics team within Risk Insights and Monitoring.

“Take advantage of the help available to you – TAs, office hours, study groups, past exams…”

Nick Shah

Nick Shah

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Graduation Year

  • HBSc 2001 Innis College
Inside the Classroom

Outside the Classroom

  • Innis Residence staff
  • Intramural rugby
  • Charity work
  • Hypothesis journal
Further Education

  • PhD, Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, 2008
Career Accomplishments

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University: molecular neuroscience
  • Scientist, Flexus Biosciences: working to discover new cancer therapies
  • Scientist & Team Lead, FLX Bio: working to discover and develop new cancer therapies
  • Senior Scientist, DiCE Molecules: working to leverage novel technology to discover new therapies

“Enjoy being a student and living in Toronto. It’s a fantastic city and school and since I’ve moved away I miss it a lot. Don’t be afraid to try courses that aren’t on your critical path to a major, you’ll meet great people and learn something about a new topic or about yourself. Have fun, and try not to stress yourself out!

 

Chester Sadowski

Chester Sadowski

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Graduation Year

  • BA 1957 University College
Inside the Classroom

Outside the Classroom

  • Polish Students’ Club
  • Chemistry Club
  • House League Basketball
Further Education

  • University of Toronto PhD in Chemistry 1961
  • Colorado University Department of Chemistry Post-Doctoral Fellow 1961/62
Career Description

  • 1957 to 1961 Post Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
  • 1961/62 Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A.
  • 1962 to 1967 Defence Services Scientific Officer, Defence Research Board, Valcartier, Quebec
  • 1967 to 2002 Professor, Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto
  • 1973/74 Sabbatical leave at NOAA, Boulder, Colorado, USA
  • 1981/82 Sabbatical Leave, University Chemical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, U.K.
  • 1982/83(?) Vice President of York University Faculty Association (YUFA) during certification and member of (YUFA) Tenure and Promotion Committee preparing the T&P section of the first collective agreement
  • 1989/90 Associate Dean, Atkinson College, York University
  • 1995/96 Sabbatical Leave, Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Oxford, U.K.
  • 2001/02 Sabbatical Leave, Department of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, U.K.
  • 2005, 2006 Research, University Chemical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, U.K.
    July 1,1995 to December 31, 1999 Chairman of Chemistry, York University
  • Served on numerous departmental, faculty and university committees, including T&P, University Senate, Nominations, Examinations and Academic Standards, etc.
“I worked very hard and strove to meet the highest levels of academic performance. I was poor and could not socialise as much as I wanted to, but nevertheless I might have extended my extra-curricular interests a bit more.”

 

Jaclyn Marcil

Jaclyn Marcil

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Graduation Year

  • HBSc 2016 University College
Inside the Classroom

Switched programs from:

Outside the Classroom

  • Math mentorship program
  • Hot Yam Sustainable Food Collective
  • Freelance tutor
  • Began working at a tutoring franchise and as a teaching assistant in the math department in 2015
Career Description

  • Worked at a math learning centre
  • Currently working as an in-home and online tutor in Vancouver, BC
“Even though it can seem overwhelming, try to plan for life after graduation.
It’s OK to drop a course if you deem it necessary, especially if you’re stuck with a bad prof (yes, they even exist at U of T!).
If you are taking a course outside of your comfort zone, get to know the prof and express your concerns.
Take things one step at a time.”

 

Sarah Forward

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Graduation Year

  • HBSc 2015 University College
Inside the Classroom

Switched programs from:

Outside the Classroom

Further Education

Career Description

  • Worked at Theralase Technologies Inc. full time from May-July after graduation, before beginning her MSc.
  • Began working in Cambridge, MA, USA, in the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School as a research technician after hearing about the job opportunity from networking at a conference. Responsible for helping students with experimental setups, tissue culture, rodent surgeries, microscopy, data processing, programming, optical waveguide fabrication, paper reviewing/editing, and many other diverse tasks.
“Don’t be afraid to ask questions and for help when you need it!”

 

Lijim Lau

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Graduation Year

  • BSc 1988 University College
Inside the Classroom

Alongside the Classroom

Outside the Classroom

Further Education

Career Description

  • Practiced corporate/commercial law for 4 years with a leading Canadian law firm
  • 4 years as in-house counsel for Warner Bros. in Hong Kong
  • 14 years as in-house counsel for Applied Materials in Silicon Valley and Shanghai
  • In-house counsel for Levi Strauss & Co. in Singapore and the San Francisco Bay Area since 2014
In the media

“Take advantage of all of the opportunities available to you on campus as a student! Be focused and efficient with your studying – treat it like a job, get it done, then take advantage of all of the free time you have to do something constructive. U of T has a club or organization for everything – sports, fitness, photography, music, debate, drama, etc. And it is all relatively inexpensive for you as a student. Take advantage of the time you have and the opportunities available to you.”

 

Alexandra MacKay

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Graduation Year

  • HBSc 1988 Innis College
Within the Classroom

Switched programs from: Physics and Economics 

Further Education

Career Accomplishments

In the Media

Take advantage of the university community more broadly. The University of Toronto has a lot to offer. Don’t be too narrow in your thinking or too focused on who you meet and where you go.