Alumni Stories

Laura Murphy’s green gift empowers a new era of Innis sustainability. Continue Reading (Re)Planting the Seeds of Community

Congratulations, Savtaj Brar (HBSc ’01 Innis), on being named one of “Toronto’s Top 500 Doctors” by Post City. Dr. Savtaj Brar is a surgical oncologist at Mount Sinai Hospital and an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. Sav is the program director of the… Continue Reading Alumnus Savtaj Brar Named One of Toronto’s Top 500 Doctors

Congratulations, Aliyyah Ahad (HBA ’12 Innis), on being selected as a 2025 Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leader. One of forty-two emerging changemakers representing twenty-seven nationalities participating in the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leader (ADEL) program, Aliyyah is the director and EU representative of the Government of Bermuda’s Brussels Office. The ADEL program… Continue Reading Alumna Aliyyah Ahad Named Atlantic Dialogues Leader

The results are in! Toronto Life has named the “50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2025” and Chandler Levack (HBA ’11 Innis, Cinema Studies) has made the list! Chandler has been named 2025’s thirty-ninth most influential Torontonian “for creating irresistible time capsules” – a reference to her recent films I Like… Continue Reading Chandler Levack Named One of Toronto Life’s Most Influential Torontonians of 2025

Congratulations, Tzeporah Berman (BA ’92 Innis), on being named a “Defender” on the TIME100 Climate List. Tzeporah is an environmental activist and organizer, who chairs the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative — the WHO-endorsed, nonprofit, global project to “accelerate a transition to renewable energy for everyone,” formed on the heels… Continue Reading Alumna Tzeporah Berman makes TIME100 Climate List

Alumnus Kofi Hope (HBA ’06 Innis) is a Rhodes Scholar, activist, community leader, and co-founder of Monumental, a Toronto-based organization working to advance equitable city-building. Kofi is also the Urbanist in Residence with U of T’s School of Cities, where he is teaching a new graduate course, “Hip Hop and… Continue Reading “Hip-Hop and the City: Shad and Kofi Hope bridge hip-hop and urban studies in U of T course”

Alumnus Andy Yang‘s (HBSc ’18 Innis) doctoral research at the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology is highlighted in U of T News. Andy, who is first author, and principal investigator Professor Stephane Angers, have employed a novel method to activate specific brain receptors that lead to the production… Continue Reading Andy Yang publishes cutting-edge neural-cell research

Faculty of Social Work Professor Carmen Logie (BA ’97 Innis, PhD ’10), speaks to CBC Radio about persistent stigma around sexual health in Canada, especially within marginalized communities and people living with HIV. Carmen is the Canada Research Chair in Global Health Equity and Social Justice with Marginalized Populations and… Continue Reading Carmen Logie co-chairs the Canadian Association for HIV Research Conference

Since graduating from Innis College with an Honours Bachelor of Arts, majoring in cinema studies, in 1997, Nadia Belokopitov’s career journey has taken many forms. Nadia has been a federal negotiator with Indian & Northern Affairs Canada; she produced the television series, The Creative Native; and she currently operates Vancouver’s… Continue Reading Nadia Belokopitov supports Indigenous student scholarship at Innis

In a Toronto Life Q&A, Toronto’s chief planner, Gregg Lintern (HBA ’84 Innis, Urban Studies), describes how a recently implemented “multiplex” housing policy can help make the city a more affordable and inclusive — stimulating architectural creativity without compromising neighbourhood character. Read it on Toronto Life “Multiplexes give more people… Continue Reading Chief Planner Gregg Lintern on the promise of multiplex housing in Toronto