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This list of
University of Toronto alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of University of Toronto, located in
Toronto ,
Ontario ,
Canada .
To avoid redundancy, alumni who hold or have held faculty positions in the University of Toronto are placed on this list of alumni, and do not appear on the list of faculty. Individuals are ordered by the year of their first degree from the university.
For graduates of the
Faculty of Arts and Science , college and satellite campus affiliations, if known, are indicated after degree years, with shorthands used for
University College (U.C.),
University of Trinity College (Trin.),
Victoria University (Vic.),
University of St. Michael's College (St.M.),
Innis College (Innis),
New College (New),
Knox College (Knox),
Regis College (Regis),
Wycliffe College (Wyc.),
Woodsworth College (Wdw.),
Massey College (Massey),
Scarborough Campus (UTSC) and
Mississauga Campus (UTM).
Nobel laureates
Frederick Banting (alumnus and former faculty) –
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , 1923
John Macleod (former faculty) – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1923
William Faulkner (School of Aeronautics, 1918) –
Nobel Prize in Literature , 1949
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
Lester B. Pearson (alumnus Vic. and former faculty) –
Nobel Peace Prize , 1957
Arthur Leonard Schawlow ( Alumnae Vic.) –
Nobel Prize in Physics , 1981
John Charles Polanyi (faculty) –
Nobel Prize in Chemistry , 1986
Nadine Gordimer (former faculty) – Nobel Prize in Literature, 1991
[5]
[6]
Bertram Brockhouse (alumnus) – Nobel Prize in Physics, 1994
Walter Kohn (alumnus) – Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1998
James Orbinski (alumnus and faculty) – Nobel Peace Prize, 1999
Michael Spence (alumnus and former faculty) – Nobel Prize in Economics, 2001
Oliver Smithies (former faculty) – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2007
Government
Heads of state and government
Name
Year
Notability
William Des Vœux
[7]
B.A. 1858
Governor of Fiji , 1880–85;
Governor of Newfoundland , 1886–87;
Governor of Hong Kong , 1887–91
William Lyon Mackenzie King
A.M. 1897
Prime Minister of Canada (1935–48)
Vincent Massey
(U.C. 1910)
Governor General of Canada (1952–59)
Dame
Eugenia Charles
B.A. 1946
2nd
Prime Minister of Dominica , 1980–95
Noor Hassanali
[8]
LL.B. 1947
2nd
President of Trinidad and Tobago , 1987–97
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
B.A. 1958 (Vic.), M.A. 1960
[9]
President of Latvia , 1999–2007
Lester B. Pearson
[10]
B.A. 1919 Vic., professor of history
14th
Prime Minister of Canada
Adrienne Clarkson
[11]
[12] M.A. 1962,
[12]
[13] Ph.D. Vic.,
[11] LLD Hon. 2001
[12] )
B.A. 1960 Trin., M.A. 1962, Ph.D.
26th
Governor General of Canada
Paul Martin
[14]
B.A. 1961 St.M., LL.B. 1965
21st
Prime Minister of Canada
Stephen Harper
Attended college; did not graduate
22nd
Prime Minister of Canada 2006–2015
Julie Payette
Master of Applied Science degree in computer engineering
29th
Governor General of Canada 2017–2021
International
William Des Vœux
[7] (B.A. 1858) –
Governor of Fiji , 1880–85;
Governor of Newfoundland , 1886–87;
Governor of Hong Kong , 1887–91
Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood (B.A. 1895) –
Chief Secretary for Ireland , 1920–22
Sir Gilbert Parker, 1st Baronet
[15] – British propagandist and novelist; Member of Parliament for
Gravesend , 1900–18
Dame Eugenia Charles (B.A. 1946)
[16] – 2nd
Prime Minister of Dominica , 1980–1995
Maciej Giertych (Ph.D. 1962)
[17] – Polish member of the
European Parliament , former Polish minister of education
Liu Chao-shiuan (Ph.D. 1971)
[18] – 22nd
Premier of the Republic of China (
Taiwan ), former president of
National Tsing Hua University and
Soochow University
Jennifer Roberts (M.A. 1984)
Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina , 2015–2017.
[19]
John P. Walters
[20] (M.A. 1976) – Director of the
White House
Office of National Drug Control Policy (colloquially "Drug Czar"), 2001–09
Walter Ofonagoro (B.A. Trin., 1966) – scholar, politician, businessman, and former Minister of Information and Culture,
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Governors-general and prime ministers
William Lyon Mackenzie King (B.A. U.C., 1895, LL.B. 1896, M.A. 1897)
[21] – 10th
Prime Minister of Canada
Arthur Meighen (B.A. U.C., 1896)
[22] – 9th
Prime Minister of Canada
Vincent Massey (B.A. 1910 U.C.)
[23] – 18th and first Canadian-born
Governor General of Canada , philanthropist
Lester B. Pearson (B.A. 1919 Vic., professor of history)
[10] – 14th
Prime Minister of Canada
Adrienne Clarkson (B.A.(Hons) 1960 Trin.,
[11]
[12] M.A. 1962,
[12]
[13] Ph.D. Vic.,
[11] LLD Hon. 2001
[12] ) – 26th
Governor General of Canada
Paul Martin (B.A. 1961 St.M., LL.B. 1965) – 21st
Prime Minister of Canada
[14]
Stephen Harper (attended college; did not graduate) – 22nd
Prime Minister of Canada
Julie Payette (Master of Applied Science degree in computer engineering) – 29th
Governor General of Canada
Supreme Court judges
John Douglas Armour (B.A. 1850)
[24] –
Puisne Justice , 1902–03
[25]
John Idington (LL.B. 1864)
[26] – Puisne Justice, 1905–27
[25]
Albert Clements Killam (B.A. 1872)
[27] – Puisne Justice, 1903–05
[25]
Lyman Poore Duff (B.A. 1887, LL.B. 1889)
[28] – Puisne Justice, 1906–33,
[25]
Chief Justice , 1933–44
John Henderson Lamont (B.A. 1892, LL.B. 1893)
[29] – Puisne Justice, 1927–1936
[25]
Henry Hague Davis (B.A. 1907, M.A. 1909, LL.B. 1911)
[30] – Puisne Justice, 1935–44
[25]
Wishart Flett Spence (B.A. 1925)
[31] – Puisne Justice, 1963–78
[25]
Bora Laskin (B.A. 1933, M.A. 1935, LL.B. 1936) – Puisne Justice, 1970–73, Chief Justice, 1973–84
[32]
Yves Pratte
[33] – Puisne Justice, 1977–79
[25]
John Sopinka (B.A. 1955, LL.B. 1958)
[34] – Puisne Justice, 1988–97
[25]
John C. Major
[35] (LL.B. 1957) – Puisne Justice, 1992–2005
[25]
William Ian Corneil Binnie (LL.B. 1965)
[36] – Puisne Justice, 1998–2011
[25]
Louis LeBel (LL.M. 1966)
[37] – Puisne Justice, 2000–14)
[25]
Rosalie Abella (B.A. 1967, LL.B. 1970)
[38] – Puisne Justice, 2004–
[25]
Michael J. Moldaver (B.A. 1968, LL.B. 1971)
[39] – Puisne Justice, 2011–
[25]
Andromache Karakatsanis – Puisne Justice, 2011–
Russell Brown – Puisne Justice, 2015–
Nicholas Kasirer – Puisne Justice, 2019–
Lieutenant-governors, premiers and mayors
John Morison Gibson (B.A. 1863 U.C., LL.D. 1869) – 9th
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
William Mulock (B.A. 1863) – 14th
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
William Barclay McMurrich (B.A. 1863, M.A. 1864) – 22nd
Mayor of Toronto
Hugh John Macdonald (B.A. 1869) – 8th
Premier of Manitoba
Oliver Aiken Howland (LL.B.) – 31st
Mayor of Toronto
McLeod Stewart (M.A.) –
Mayor of Ottawa , 1887–88
James Albert Manning Aikins (B.A. 1875) – 9th
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba , founder of the
Canadian Bar Association
Frederick W. A. G. Haultain (B.A. 1879) – 1st
Premier of the Northwest Territories
Arthur Sifton (B.A. 1880 Vic.) – 2nd
Premier of Alberta
Emerson Coatsworth (LL.B. 1886) – 33rd
Mayor of Toronto
William Short (LL.B.) –
Mayor of Edmonton , 1901–04
Thomas Russ Deacon (B.A.Sc. 1891) –
Mayor of Winnipeg , 1913–14
Herbert Alexander Bruce (M.B. 1892) – 15th
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Kenneth W. MacKenzie (B.A. 1893) –
Mayor of Edmonton , 1899–1901
Howard Ferguson (B.A.) – 9th
Premier of Ontario
George Stewart Henry (B.A., LL.B.) – 10th
Premier of Ontario
George Reginald Geary (LL.B. 1896) – 35th
Mayor of Toronto
Roland Fairbairn McWilliams (B.A. 1896) –
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba , 1940–53
Harry Marshall Erskine Evans (B.A. 1897) –
Mayor of Edmonton , 1917–18
Louis Orville Breithaupt (B.A.) – 18th
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Harold Fisher (B.A.) –
Mayor of Ottawa , 1917–20
Freeman Ferrier Treleaven (B.A.) –
Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario , 1926–27
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy (B.A.Sc. 1906) –
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia , first person to fly an airplane in the
British Empire
Frederick Warriner (D.D.S. 1907) –
Mayor of Winnipeg , 1937, Mayor of
Winnipeg Beach , 1931–36
John Edward Brownlee (B.A. 1908 Vic.) – 5th
Premier of Alberta
Gordon Daniel Conant (B.A.) – 12th
Premier of Ontario
Leonard Outerbridge (LL.B.) – 2nd
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
Harry Nixon (B.Sc. OAC) – 13th
Premier of Ontario
William Ross Macdonald (B.A. 1914) – 21st
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario , Solicitor-General of Canada
George A. Drew (B.A. 1916) – 14th
Premier of Ontario and
High Commissioner of Canada in London
Leslie Frost (B.A.) – 16th
Premier of Ontario
Grant MacEwan (B.Sc. 1926 OAC) – 9th
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Errick Willis (B.A.) –
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba , 1960–65, a member of the Canadian curling team that won a gold medal in the
1932 Winter Olympics
Pauline Mills McGibbon (B.A. 1933 Vic.) – 22nd
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Kieth Hymmen (B.Sc.) – Mayor of
Kitchener, Ontario , 1963–65
Fabian O'Dea (M.A.) – 4th
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
John Black Aird (B.A. 1945 Trin.) – 23rd
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ;
Senator , 1964–74
Vincent Dantzer (M.A.) –
Mayor of Edmonton , 1965–68
Robert Gordon Robertson (Ph.D.) – 7th
Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
Bill Davis (B.A. 1951) – 18th
Premier of Ontario
Hal Jackman (B.A. 1953 Vic., LL.B. 1956) – 25th
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario , financier and philanthropist
Ross Alger (M.B.A.) –
Mayor of Calgary , 1977–80
Marilyn Trenholme Counsell (M.D.) –
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick , 1997–2003
Allan Higdon (B.Ed.) –
Mayor of Ottawa , 2000–01
Edward Roberts (B.A. 1960, LL.B. 1964) – 11th
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
John Sewell (B.A. 1961, LL.B. 1964) – 58th
Mayor of Toronto
David Peterson (LL.B. 1967) – 20th
Premier of Ontario
Don Cousens (B.D. Knox) – Mayor of
Markham, Ontario , 1994–2006
Bob Rae (B.A. 1969, LL.B. 1977) – 21st
Premier of Ontario , 5th Leader of the
Ontario New Democratic Party
David Onley (B.A. 1975 UTSC) – 28th
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Susan Fennell (B.Sc. 1977 UTM) – Mayor of
Brampton, Ontario , founder and commissioner of the
National Women's Hockey League
David Miller (LL.B. 1984) – 63rd
Mayor of Toronto
Kathleen Wynne (M.A. 1980; M.Ed. 1995) – 25th
Premier of Ontario
John Tory (B.A. 1975 Trin.) – 65th Mayor of Toronto, Leader of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , 2005–07
Olivia Chow (B.A. 1979) – 66th
Mayor of Toronto , former NDP Member of Parliament and City Councillor
Ministers, diplomats, party leaders and other political figures
Ron Moeser (BA) –
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 44 Scarborough East in
Toronto ,
Ontario , Canada
William F. Bell (BA) – mayor of
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Adam Crooks (LL.B.) –
Treasurer of Ontario , 1872–77,
Attorney General of Ontario , 1871–72, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Toronto West , 1871–74
Robert Alexander Harrison (B.C.L. 1855, D.C.L. 1859 Trin.) –
Member of Parliament for
West Toronto , 1867–72
Arthur Matheson (B.A. Trin.) –
Treasurer of Ontario , 1905–13, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Lanark South , 1898–1913
Thomas Moss (B.A. 1858, M.A. 1859) –
Member of Parliament for
West Toronto , 1873–75,
Chief Justice of Ontario , 1878–80
James Wellington McLaughlin (B.A.) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Durham West , 1879–90
William Lount (LL.B.) –
Member of Parliament for
Toronto Centre , 1896–97, former justice in the Common Pleas division of the
Supreme Court of Ontario
Thomas Dixon Craig (B.A.) –
Member of Parliament , 1891–1900, as an independent
Conservative member
James Joseph Foy (B.A. St.M.) –
Attorney General of Ontario , 1905–14, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Toronto South , 1898–1916
Richard Harcourt (B.A.) –
Treasurer of Ontario , 1890–99, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Monck , 1879–1908
William Ralph Meredith (LL.B. 1872) – Leader of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , 1878–94
Allen Bristol Aylesworth (B.A. 1874, M.A. 1875) –
Minister of Justice , 1906–11,
Minister of Labour , 1905–06,
Postmaster General of Canada – 1905–06
Sam Hughes (B.A.) –
Minister of Militia and Defence , 1911–16,
Member of Parliament for
Victoria , 1904–21
Clifford Sifton (B.A. 1875 Vic.) –
Minister of the Interior , 1896–1905
William Findlay Maclean (B.A.) –
Member of Parliament for
York South , 1904–26, and
York East , 1892–1904
Alfred Henry Clarke (LL.B.) –
Member of Parliament for
Essex South , 1904–17, member of the
Liberal Party of Canada
James Alexander Lougheed (B.A.) –
Leader of the Government in the Senate , 1911–21,
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate , 1906–11, 1921–25
Robert Allan Pyne (B.A.) –
Ontario Minister of Education , 1914–18, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Toronto Northeast , 1898–1918
William Barton Northrup (B.A. 1877, M.A. 1878) –
Clerk of the House of Commons , 1918–24,
Member of Parliament for
Hastings East , 1892–96
Thomas Chisholm (M.D. 1879) –
Member of Parliament for
Huron East , 1904–11, member of the
Conservative Party of Canada
William James Roche (M.B. Trin.) –
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development , 1912–17,
Secretary of State for Canada , 1911–12
Robert Franklin Sutherland (B.A.) –
Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada , 1905–09,
Member of Parliament for
Essex North , 1900–09
Hartley Dewart (B.A.) – Leader of the
Ontario Liberal Party , 1919–21
J. S. Woodsworth (B.A. Vic.) – first leader of the
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (later became the
New Democratic Party ), 1932–42
Edmund James Bristol (B.A. 1883) –
Member of Parliament for
Toronto East Centre , 1925–26, and
Toronto Centre , 1905–25
John Taylor Gilmour (M.D. Trin.) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
York West , 1886–94
Alexander Grant MacKay (M.B.A.) – Leader of the
Ontario Liberal Party , 1907–11, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta for
Athabasca , 1913–20
Isaac Benson Lucas (B.A.) –
Attorney General of Ontario , 1914–19,
Treasurer of Ontario , 1913–14
Henry John Cody (B.A.) –
Ontario Minister of Education , 1918–19
Thomas Erlin Kaiser (M.D. 1890) –
Member of Parliament for
Ontario , 1925–30
William Henry Moore (B.A. 1894) – former
Member of Parliament for
Ontario , member of the
Liberal Party of Canada
William Thomas White (B.A. 1895) –
Minister of Finance and Receiver General , 1911–19,
Member of Parliament for
Leeds , 1911–21
Morley Currie (M.D. 1895) –
Member of Parliament , 1908–11, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Prince Edward , 1902–08
Frank Trafford Taylor (B.A.) – Canadian lawyer and past president of the
Manitoba Liberal Party
Manning Doherty (B.Sc. 1895 OAC) – Leader of the
United Farmers of Ontario , 1924–25, vice-president of the
Toronto Stock Exchange , 1938
Edmond Proulx (M.A. St.M.) –
Member of Parliament for
Prescott , 1904–21, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Prescott , 1923–29
W. E. N. Sinclair (LL.B.) – Leader of the
Ontario Liberal Party , 1923–30
William Herbert Price (B.A.) –
Attorney General of Ontario , 1926–34,
Treasurer of Ontario , 1923–26, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Parkdale , 1914–37
James Rutherford (M.B.) –
Member of Parliament for
Kent , 1926–39, member of the
Liberal Party of Canada
George Arthur Welsh (B.Ed.) –
Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario , 1949–55, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Muskoka—Ontario , 1945–55
C. C. Downey (B.A.) – Chairman of the
Toronto Transit Commission , 1960–63
William James Dunlop (B.A.) –
Ontario Minister of Education , 1951–59, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Eglinton , 1951–61
Harold Timmins (B.A.) –
Member of Parliament for
Parkdale , 1946–49, member of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
John Campbell Elliott (B.A. Trin.) –
Minister of Public Works , 1926–30,
Minister of Labour , 1926,
Postmaster General of Canada , 1935–39
H. H. Wrong (B.A., professor of history) –
Canadian Ambassador to the United States , 1946–53
Paul Martin Sr. (B.A. 1925) –
Senator for Windsor-Walkerville, Ontario, 1968–74,
Member of Parliament for
Essex East , 1935–68
H.H. Hannam (B.Sc. 1926 OAC) – General Secretary of the
United Farmers of Ontario , 1933–42, former President and managing director of the
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Escott Reid (B.A. 1927 Trin.) –
Canadian High Commissioner to India , 1952–57, Director of the South-Asia and Middle Easter Department of the
World Bank , 1962–65
Victor Railton (M.B.) –
Member of Parliament for
Welland , 1972–79, member of the
Liberal Party of Canada
Charles Herbert Little (B.A. 1930 Trin.) – Director of Naval Intelligence during the Second World War, recipient of the
Queen's Jubilee Medal
John Yaremko (B.A.) –
Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario , 1960–66, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Bellwoods , 1951–75
E. Herbert Norman (B.A. Vic.) –
Canadian Ambassador to Japan , 1946–50
Ted Jolliffe (B.A. Vic.) – first leader of the
Ontario
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation , 1942–53, leader of the
Official Opposition in the
Ontario Legislature
George Hees (B.A.) –
Minister of Transport , 1957–60,
Member of Parliament for
Broadview , 1950–62
Alfred Hales (B.Sc. 1934 OAC) –
Member of Parliament for
Wellington , 1968–74, and
Wellington South , 1957–68
Frederick Robertson (M.D.) –
Member of Parliament for
Northumberland , 1949–57, member of the
Liberal Party of Canada
George Ignatieff (B.A. 1936 Trin.) –
Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations , 1966–68; president of the
United Nations Security Council , 1968–69
Saul Rae (B.A. 1936 U.C.) –
Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations , 1972–76
John Kenneth Macalister (B.A. 1937 U.C.) –
Special Operations Executive operative in the Second World War
Hu Harries (M.A.) –
Member of Parliament for
Edmonton-Strathcona
Martin O'Connell (M.A., Ph.D.) –
Minister of Labour , 1972, 1978–79,
Member of Parliament for
Scarborough East , 1968–72
James H. Aitchison (Ph.D.) – Leader of the
New Democratic Party of Nova Scotia , 1963–68
Alastair Gillespie (M.Comm.) –
Member of Parliament for
Etobicoke
Judy LaMarsh (B.A. Vic.) –
Secretary of State for Canada , 1965–68,
Minister of National Health and Welfare , 1963–65
James McNulty (B.A.) –
Member of Parliament for
St. Catharines , 1968–72, and
Lincoln , 1962–68, member of the
Liberal Party of Canada
Marion Bryden (M.A.) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario , 1975–90,
Member of Parliament for
Beaches—Woodbine , 1975–90
Joe Greene (B.A.) –
Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources , 1968–72,
Member of Parliament for
Niagara Falls , 1968–72
James Auld (B.A.) –
Minister of Colleges and Universities , 1974–75,
Ontario Minister of the Environment , 1972–74
René Brunelle (M.A.) –
Provincial Secretary for Resources Development of Ontario , 1977–81, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Cochrane North , 1958–81
Andy Thompson (dropped out) – Leader of the
Ontario Liberal Party , 1964–66
Bette Stephenson (M.D. 1946) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
York Mills , 1975–87
Harry Craig Parrott (D.D.S. 1947) –
Ontario Minister of the Environment , 1978–81,
Ontario Minister of Colleges and Universities , 1975–78
Royce Frith (B.A.) –
Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom , 1994–96,
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada , 1991–93
Morton Shulman (M.D. 1948) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario , 1967–75, member of the
New Democratic Party
Paul Hellyer (B.A. 1949) – first leader of the
Canadian Action Party , 1997–2004
Elizabeth Joan Smith (B.A. St.M.) –
Solicitor General of Ontario , 1987–89, member of the
Ontario Liberal Party
Denis Lazure (B.A.) – Member of the
National Assembly of Quebec for
La Prairie , 1989–96,
Bertrand , 1981–84, and
Chambly , 1976–81
Stanley Haidasz (M.B. 1951) –
Member of Parliament for
Parkdale , 1962–78,
Member of Parliament for
Trinity , 1957–58
Daniel G. Hill (M.A., 1951; Ph.D., 1960, Sociology) – Founding head of the
Ontario Human Rights Commission
Donald S. Macdonald (B.A. 1952 Trin.) –
Minister of National Defence , 1970–72; President of the
Privy Council , 1968–70;
Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom , 1988–91
Max Yalden (B.A. 1952 Vic.) –
Commissioner of Official Languages , 1977–1984
Robert Nixon (B.Ed.) – Leader of the
Ontario Liberal Party , 1967–75, 1990–91,
Treasurer of Ontario , 1985–90
Reuben Baetz (LL.B.) –
Ontario Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs , 1985–87,
Ontario Minister of Tourism and Recreation , 1982–85,
Provincial Secretary for Justice of Ontario , 1985
Jesse Flis (B.A., M.Ed.) –
Member of Parliament for
Parkdale—High Park , 1979–84, 1993–97, member of the
Liberal Party of Canada
Bud Cullen (B.A. 1954) –
Federal Court
judge ,
Minister of National Revenue , 1975–76
Roy McMurtry (B.A. 1954 Trin.) –
Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom , 1985–88,
Chief Justice of Ontario , 1996–, Chancellor of
York University , 2008–
Laurier LaPierre (B.A. 1955 St.M., M.A. 1957, Ph.D. 1962) –
Senator , member of the
Liberal Party of Canada , Officer of the
Order of Canada
Bill Saunderson (B.A. 1956 Trin.) –
Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism , 1995–97
Ian Scott (B.A. St.M.) –
Attorney General of Ontario , 1985–90, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
St. David , 1985–87, and
St. George—St. David , 1987–92
Nick Leluk (B.A.) –
Ontario Minister of Correctional Services , 1981–85, member of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Julian Porter (B.A.) – Chairman of the
Toronto Transit Commission , 1979–87, former President of the
Canadian National Exhibition
John Reimer (B.A.) –
Member of Parliament for
Kitchener , 1979–80, 1984–93
Terry Grier (B.A. 1958 Trin.) –
Member of Parliament for
Etobicoke–Lakeshore , 1972–74, President of
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute , 1988–95
Ruth Grier (B.A. 1958 Trin.) –
Ontario Minister of the Environment 1990–93,
Ontario Minister of Health 93–95,
Member of Parliament for
Etobicoke—Lakeshore 1987–95
Bob Kaplan (B.A. 1958) –
Member of Parliament for
York Centre , 1974–93, and
Don Valley , 1968–72
Ed Broadbent (B.A. 1959 Trin.) – Leader of the
New Democratic Party , 1975–89
John Oostrom (B.A. 1959, M.B.A.) –
Member of Parliament for
Willowdale , 1984–88, member of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Michael Wilson (B.A. 1959 Trin.) – 22nd
Canadian Ambassador to the United States , 2006–09;
Minister of Finance , 1984–91
Gerry Martiniuk (M.A.) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario , 2007–, member of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Yuri Shymko (B.A.) –
Member of Parliament for
Parkdale—High Park , 1978–79, member of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Bill Graham (B.A. 1961 Trin.) –
Minister of Foreign Affairs , 2002–03;
Minister of National Defence , 2004–06; Leader of the
Liberal Party of Canada , 2006
Bruce McCaffrey (B.A.) –
Ontario Minister of Community and Social Services , 1983, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Armourdale, 1977–87
Christine Stewart (B.Sc.N.) –
Minister of the Environment , 1997–99,
Secretary of State (Latin America and Africa), 1993–97
Alfred Stong (B.A.) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
York Centre , 1975–81, judge in the
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Ron Duhamel (M.A., Ph.D.) –
Minister of Veterans Affairs , 2000–02,
Member of Parliament for
Saint Boniface , 1988–2002
Mark MacGuigan (Ph.D.) –
Minister of Justice , 1982–84,
Secretary of State for External Affairs , 1980–82,
Member of Parliament for
Windsor—Walkerville , 1968–84
Barbara McDougall (B.A. 1963) –
Minister responsible for the Status of Women , 1986–90,
Member of Parliament for
St. Paul's , 1984–93
Bob Wong (B.A.) –
Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration , 1989–90,
Ontario Minister of Energy , 1987–89
Michael Cassidy (B.A. Trin.) – Leader of the
Ontario New Democratic Party , 1978–82
Dan Hays (LL.B.) –
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada , 2006–07,
Speaker of the Senate of Canada , 2001–05,
Senator Alberta , 1984–2007
Michael Kergin (B.A. 1965) – 19th
Canadian Ambassador to the United States
Barbara Greene (B.A. 1966 St.M.) –
Member of Parliament for
Don Valley North , 1988–93, member of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Carole Taylor (B.A. Vic.) –
Minister of Finance of
British Columbia , 2005–08, member of the
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for
Vancouver-Langara , 2005–08
John Godfrey (B.A. 1967 Trin.) –
Member of Parliament for
Don Valley West , 1993–2008
Bev Oda (B.A.) –
Minister for International Cooperation , 2007–,
Minister of Canadian Heritage , 2006–07,
Member of Parliament for
Durham , 2004–
Connie Fogal (M.A.) – Leader of the
Canadian Action Party , 2004–08
Stephen Lewis (dropped out) – Leader of the
Ontario New Democratic Party , 1970–78
Michael Prue (B.A.) –
Toronto City Councillor , 1998–2001,
Member of Parliament for
Beaches—East York , 2001–
Greg Sorbara (dropped out) –
Ontario Minister of Finance , 2003–05, 2006–07,
Ontario Minister of Labour , 1987–89
Walter McLean (M.Div. Knox) –
Secretary of State for Canada , 1984–85,
Member of Parliament for
Waterloo , 1979–93
John Hastings (M.A. 1967) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Etobicoke North , 1999–2003, member of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
John Bosley (B.A. 1968 Trin.) –
Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada , 1984–86,
Member of Parliament for
Don Valley West , 1979–93
Doug Frith (B.Pharm. 1968) –
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development , 1984,
Member of Parliament for
Sudbury , 1980–88
Graham Fraser (B.A. 1968, M.A. 1972) – Canada's 6th
Commissioner of Official Languages
Michael Ignatieff (B.A. 1969 Trin.) – Leader of the
Liberal Party of Canada , 2008–, director of
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at
John F. Kennedy School of Government , 2000–05
Steven W. Langdon (B.A. 1969 Trin.) –
Member of Parliament , 1984–93, member of the
New Democratic Party
Patrick Boyer (M.A., LL.B.) –
Member of Parliament for
Etobicoke-Lakeshore , 1984–93, member of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Joe Volpe (B.A. 1970, B.Ed. 1971, M.Ed. 1980) –
Member of Parliament for
Eglinton—Lawrence , 1988–
David Berger (B.A. 1971) –
Canadian Ambassador to Israel , 1995–99,
Member of Parliament for
Saint-Henri—Westmount , 1988–94
Tom Wappel (B.A. 1971) –
Member of Parliament for
Scarborough Southwest , 1997–2008, and
Scarborough West , 1988–97
Alan Tonks (M.Ed.) –
Member of Parliament for
York South-Weston , 2000–11, 6th
Metro Toronto Chairman , 1987–97
Garth Turner (B.A.) –
Minister of National Revenue , 1993,
Member of Parliament for
Halton , 2006–08,
Member of Parliament for
Halton—Peel , 1988–93
Peggy Nash (B.A.) – President of the
New Democratic Party of Canada , 2009–,
Member of Parliament for
Parkdale—High Park , 2006–08
Jim Wiseman (B.A.) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Durham West , 1990–95, member of the
Ontario New Democratic Party
Howard Hampton (B.Ed.) – Leader of the
Ontario New Democratic Party , 1996–2009
Maria Minna (B.A.) –
Minister for International Cooperation , 1999–2002,
Member of Parliament for
Beaches—East York , 1997–
Sarmite Bulte (B.A. U.C.) –
Member of Parliament for
Parkdale—High Park , 1997–2006
Carolyn Bennett (M.D. 1974) –
Member of Parliament for
Toronto—St. Paul's , 1997–2023, member of the
Liberal Party of Canada ,
Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs , 2015–2021
Byron Wilfert (B.A., M.A., B.Ed.) –
Member of Parliament for
Richmond Hill , 2004–,
Member of Parliament for
Oak Ridges , 1997–2004
Ted Morton (M.A. 1975, Ph.D. 1981) – Minister of Sustainable Resource Development in the
Alberta government , 2006–, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta , 2004–
Ross Hornby (M.A. 1976) –
Canadian Ambassador to the European Union , 2006–
Alex Himelfarb (Ph.D.) –
Canadian Ambassador to Italy , 2006–
Jeffrey S. Lyons (J.D.) – Chairman of the
Toronto Transit Commission , 1987–89, former Chairman of
Gray Coach and
Trentway-Wagar
Wayne Arthurs (B.Ed.) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Pickering—Scarborough East , 2007–, member of the
Ontario Liberal Party
Martha Hall Findlay (B.A.) – lawyer,
Member of Parliament for
Willowdale , 2008–
Jim Karygiannis (B.ASc.) –
Member of Parliament for
Scarborough—Agincourt , 1988–, member of the
Liberal Party of Canada
Rob Oliphant (B.Comm. 1978) –
Member of Parliament for
Don Valley West , 2008–, member of the
Liberal Party of Canada
Rosario Marchese (B.A. 1978, B.Ed.) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Trinity-Spadina , 1999–, member of the
New Democratic Party of Ontario
Chris Bentley (LL.B. 1979) –
Attorney General of Ontario , 2007–, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
London West , 2003–
Leona Dombrowsky (B.A. 1979) –
Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs , 2005–, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Prince Edward—Hastings , 2007–
Kathleen Wynne (M.A. 1980) –
Ontario Minister of Education , 2006–, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Don Valley West , 2003–,
Premier of Ontario , 2013–
Marie Bountrogianni (M.Ed. 1980) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario , 1999–2007, member of the
Ontario Liberal Party
Tony Ianno (B.Sc.) –
Member of Parliament for
Trinity-Spadina , 1993–2006, Minister of Families and Caregivers, 2004–06
Tony Silipo (B.A.) –
Ontario Minister of Community and Social Services , 1993–95,
Ontario Minister of Education , 1991–93,
Chair of the Management Board , 1991–92
Borys Wrzesnewskyj (B.Comm. Trin.) –
Member of Parliament for
Etobicoke Centre , 2004–, member of the
Liberal Party of Canada
Paul Christie (Ph.D.) – Chairman of the
Toronto Transit Commission , 1994–98
Joseph Cordiano (B.A.) –
Ontario Minister for Economic Development and Trade , 2003–06, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
York South—Weston , 1999–2006
Margarett Best (B.A. UTSC) –
Ontario Minister of Health Promotion , 2007–, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Scarborough-Guildwood , 2007–
Tony Clement (B.A. 1983, LL.B. 1986) –
Minister of Industry , 2008–,
Minister of Health , 2006–08,
Member of Parliament for
Parry Sound-Muskoka , 2006–
Alfred Apps (LL.B. 1984) – President of the
Liberal Party of Canada , 2009–
Lorenzo Berardinetti (B.A.) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Scarborough Southwest , 2003–, member of the
Ontario Liberal Party
Tim Murphy (LL.B.) –
Chief of Staff of the
Prime Minister's Office , 2003–06, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
St. George—St. David , 1993–95
Bob Dechert (LL.B.) –
Member of Parliament for
Mississauga—Erindale , 2008–, member of the
Conservative Party of Canada
Jim Wilson (B.A. St.M.) –
Ontario Minister of Northern Development and Mines , 2002–03,
Ontario Minister of Health , 1995–97
Shelley Martel (B.A.) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Sudbury East , 1987–99, member of the
Ontario New Democratic Party
Peter Van Loan (B.A. 1987, M.A. 1989, M.Sc. 1993) –
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs , 2006–07,
President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada , 2006–07
Dan Newman (B.A. 1987 U.C.) –
Ontario Minister of Northern Development and Mines , 2001–02,
Ontario Minister of the Environment , 2000–01
Kirsty Duncan (B.A. 1988) –
Member of Parliament for
Etobicoke North , 2008–, member of the
Liberal Party of Canada ,
Minister of Science (Canada) , 2015–
Shafiq Qaadri (M.D. 1988) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Etobicoke North , 2003–, member of the
Ontario Liberal Party
Mary Anne Chambers (B.Comm. 1988) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Scarborough East , 2003–07, member of the
Ontario Liberal Party
Roy MacLaren (M.Div. 1991 Trin.) –
Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom , 1996–2000,
Member of Parliament for
Etobicoke North , 1979–84, 1988–96
Monique Smith (B.A.) –
Ontario Minister of Tourism , 2008–, Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
Nipissing , 2003–
Jason Dearborn (B.A. 1994 Trin., M.Div. 1996 Trin.) – Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for
Kindersley , 2002–07, member of the
Saskatchewan Party
Michael Chong (B.A. 1994 Trin.) –
Member of Parliament for
Wellington—Halton Hills , 2004–, President of the
Queen's Privy Council for Canada , 2006
Mark Holland (B.A. 1996) –
Member of Parliament for
Ajax—Pickering , 2004–, member of the
Liberal Party of Canada
Patrick Brown (B.A.) –
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , 2015–18,
Mayor of Brampton , 2018–,
MPP , 2015–18,
Member of Parliament for
Barrie , 2006–15, President of the
Progressive Conservative Youth Federation , 1998–2002
Dale Kirby (Ph.D 2003 OISE/UT) – Member of the
House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador for
St. John's North , 2011–
Tevita Hala Palefau (Ph.D 2005 OISE/UT) – Minister for Education, Member of Parliament, and Member of Privy Council and Cabinet, Tonga, 2005–2010.
Vivian Bercovici (LL.B., 1988)- Former Canadian Ambassador to
Israel , 2014–2016
Mary Ng (BA, UTSC. 1996)- [Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade], 2018–
Jane Philpott (MPH 2012) –
Member of Parliament for
Markham—Stouffville , 2015–19,
Minister of Health , 2015–17,
Minister of Indigenous Services , 2017–19,
President of the Treasury Board , 2019.
Peter Milczyn (B.Arch. 1989) – politician
Natural sciences, mathematics, medicine and engineering
Mathematics and statistics
John Charles Fields (B.A. 1884, professor of mathematics 1902–32) – mathematician and founder of the
Fields Medal
[40]
Robert H. Coats (B.A. 1896 U.C., visiting professor of statistics) – Canada's first
Dominion Statistician
Herbert Marshall (B.A. 1915) – statistician, academic, Canada's third
Dominion Statistician
Samuel Beatty (Ph.D. 1915) – mathematician and educator,
Beatty sequence is named after him, 21st Chancellor of the
University of Toronto
Cecilia Krieger (B.A. 1924, M.A. 1925, Ph.D. 1930) – mathematician, the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics in Canada
Gilbert de Beauregard Robinson (B.A. 1927) – mathematician in
combinatorics and representation theory of the
symmetric groups , known for the
Robinson–Schensted correspondence
Albert W. Tucker (B.A. 1928) – mathematician; co-discoverer of the
Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions
Israel Halperin (B.A. 1932 Vic.) – mathematician, social activist, Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada ,
Henry Marshall Tory Medal recipient
Nathan Mendelsohn (B.A., M.A., Ph.D. 1941) – mathematician, former President of the
Canadian Mathematical Society , fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada , winner of the
Henry Marshall Tory Medal
Cecil J. Nesbitt (B.A. 1934, M.A. 1935, Ph.D. 1937) – mathematician, co-discoverer of the
Schuette–Nesbitt formula
J. Carson Mark (Ph.D. 1938) – mathematician, noted for his work on developing
nuclear weapons for the United States at
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Irving Kaplansky (B.A. 1938, M.A. 1940) – mathematician, member of the
National Academy of Sciences and the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences , former director of the
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and President of the
American Mathematical Society
Chia-Chiao Lin (M.Sc. 1941) – applied mathematician,
Institute Professor emeritus at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology , former President of the
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Cathleen Synge Morawetz (B.A. 1945) – mathematician, Professor Emerita at the
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at the
New York University , former President of the
American Mathematical Society , the
National Medal of Science winner
Leo Moser (M.Sc. 1945) – mathematician, best known for his
Moser polygon notation
Robert Steinberg (Ph.D. 1948) – mathematician, professor emeritus of mathematics at the
University of California, Los Angeles , winner of the
Steele Prize and
Jeffery–Williams Prize , member of the
National Academy of Sciences
Donald B. Gillies (B.A. 1950) – mathematician and computer scientist known for his work in game theory, computer design, and minicomputer programming environments
Laurent C. Siebenmann (B.Sc.) – professor of mathematics at the
Université de Paris-Sud at
Orsay , co-discoverer of the
Kirby–Siebenmann class , winner of the
Jeffery–Williams Prize
James Arthur (B.Sc., M.Sc.) – former President of the
American Mathematical Society
Jerrold E. Marsden (B.Sc.) – American applied mathematician, the Carl F. Braun Professor of Engineering and Control & Dynamic Systems at the
California Institute of Technology
John Benedetto (Ph.D. 1964) – professor of mathematics at the
University of Maryland, College Park , Director of the
Norbert Wiener Center for Harmonic Analysis and Applications
Robert Moody (M.A. 1964, Ph.D. 1966) – mathematician, co-discoverer of
Kac–Moody algebra , Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
John Friedlander (B.Sc. 1965) – mathematician in
analytic number theory
Norman Johnson (Ph.D. 1966) – mathematician, famous for
Johnson solids
Mir Masoom Ali (M. Sc. 1967, Ph.D. 1969) – statistician,
Ball State University
James Stewart (Ph.D. 1967) – mathematician and educator, professor emeritus of mathematics at
McMaster University
Eddy Campbell (Ph.D. 1981) – mathematician, former President of the
Canadian Mathematical Society , current President of the
University of New Brunswick
Cem Yıldırım (Ph.D. 1990) – Turkish mathematician who specializes in
number theory , professor of mathematics at
Boğaziçi University
Ravi Vakil (B.Sc., M.Sc. 1992) – four-time William Lowell Putnam Scholar, professor of mathematics at
Stanford University
Elizabeth Patton (Ph.D)
FRSE Personal Chair of
Melanoma Genetics and Drug Discovery,
MRC Human Genetics Unit at
Edinburgh
Medicine and dentistry
Anderson Ruffin Abbott (M.D. 1861) – first Black Canadian doctor, participated in the
American Civil War
Margaret Allemang (B.S. 1940) – recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002
Albert Ernest Archer (M.D.) – physician and political activist, President of the
Canadian Medical Association , 1942–43
Elizabeth Bagshaw (M.B.) – medical director of the first
birth control
clinic in Canada
Michael Baker (M.D. 1966) – physician and cancer researcher, Physician-in-Chief of the
Toronto General Hospital , recipient of the
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
Donald Balfour (M.B. 1906, M.D. 1914) – surgeon and co-founder of the
Mayo Clinic
Ernest Black Struthers (B.A. 1910, M.B. 1912) – physician, professor, and medical missionary, noted for his research on
kala- azar and missionary work for the
London Missionary Society ,
Cheeloo University , and
Severance Union Medical College
Frederick Banting (M.B. 1916) – co-discoverer of
insulin , with student
Charles Best , co-researcher
James Collip and professor of physiology
John Macleod
Frieda Fraser (B.A. 1922, M.B. 1925) – researcher in infectious diseases and Professor of Microbiology at the
University of Toronto
Henry J. M. Barnett (M.D. 1944) – pioneer of the use of
aspirin as a preventive therapy for heart attack and stroke
Staff Barootes (M.D. 1943) – physician and urologist, former treasurer and deputy president of the
Canadian Medical Association
John Basmajian (M.D. 1945) – physician, noted for his work in
rehabilitation science, taught at
Queen's University at Kingston ,
Emory University and
McMaster University
Sheela Basrur (M.D. 1982) – Chief Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Deputy Minister of Public Health in the
Ontario
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care , 2004–06
Gordon Bell (M.D. 1943) – drug and alcohol addiction researcher and founder of
Donwood Institute and Bellwood Health Services
Charles Best (B.A. 1921, M.D. 1925) – student of Frederick Banting in the discovery of insulin; later adviser to the medical research committee of the
World Health Organization
Norman Bethune (M.D. 1916) – physician and humanitarian; developed the first
blood transfusion service in the
Spanish Civil War , doctor to
Mao Zedong 's army in the
Second Sino-Japanese War
Wilfred Gordon Bigelow (M.D. 1938) – heart surgeon who developed the
artificial pacemaker and the use of
hypothermia in
open heart surgery
Francis John Blatherwick (D.PH. 1975) – one of Canada's trailblazing leaders in
public health , the longest-serving medical health officer in Canada
Susan Bradley (M.D. 1966) – psychiatrist best known for her work in
gender identity disorder in children , former Psychiatrist-in-Chief at the
Hospital for Sick Children
John Callaghan (M.D. 1946) –
cardiac surgeon who "pioneered open-heart surgery in
Alberta "
[41]
Kevin Chan (B.Sc.) – emergency physician at the
Hospital for Sick Children , expert in pediatric population health
Christopher Chetsanga (M.Sc. 1965, Ph.D. 1969) – professor of the
University of Zimbabwe who discovered two DNA repair enzymes
[42]
Brock Chisholm (M.D. 1924) – Director-General of the
World Health Organization , 1948–53
Charles Kirk Clarke (M.D. 1879) – psychiatrist who co-founded the Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene (now the
Canadian Mental Health Association )
James Collip (B.A. 1912 Trin., M.A. 1913, Ph.D. 1916) – significant member of the research team that discovered insulin; later served as the Chair of the Department of Biochemistry at
McGill University and Dean of Medicine at the
University of Western Ontario
Harold Copp (M.D. 1939) – biochemist who discovered and named
calcitonin , a hormone used in the treatment of hypercalcemia and osteoporosis
Thomas Stephen Cullen (M.B. 1890) –
gynecologist associated with
Johns Hopkins Hospital ;
Cullen's sign is named for him
Robert Defries (M.D. 1913) – physician; former director of
Connaught Medical Research Laboratories
Theodore Drake (M.B. 1914) – pediatrician and nutrition expert; inventor of the
baby food
Pablum with
Frederick Tisdall at the
Hospital for Sick Children
Jessie Gray (B.Sc. 1931, M.D. 1934, Ch.M. 1939) – surgeon, lecturer, and researcher
Larry Goldenberg (M.D. 1978) – pioneer in the role of MRI and focal therapy in the treatment of
prostate cancer
Brian Goldman (M.D. 1980) – doctor and radio personality; practices at
Mount Sinai Hospital ; produces a radio documentary series,
White Coat, Black Art
Duncan Archibald Graham (M.B. 1905) – physician and academic, Physician-in-Chief at the
Toronto General Hospital until 1947
Arthur Ham (M.B. 1927) – prominent
histologist , Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada , textbook Histology
Raymond Heimbecker (M.D. 1947) – cardiovascular surgeon who performed the world's first complete heart valve transplant in 1962 and Canada's first modern heart transplant in 1981
Jack Hirsh (D.Sc.) – clinician, and scientist specializing in
anticoagulant therapy and
thrombosis , fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Sophie Jamal (M.D. 1991, Ph.D. 2002) – clinician-scientist who incited one of Canada's largest
scientific misconduct cases
Harold E. Johns (M.A., Ph.D. 1939) – medical physicist who developed of the use of
ionizing radiation to treat cancer
Victor Ling (B.Sc. 1966) – medical researcher known for the discovery of
P-glycoprotein
John Joseph Mackenzie (B.Sc. 1886 U.C., professor of pathology and bacteriology) – pathologist and bacteriologist, member of the
Society of American Bacteriologists and the
American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists
William Edward Macklin – medical missionary, hospital founder and public health advocate in China
Florence McConney (B.A., 1917, M.D., 1920), physician and Chief of Medicine at
Women's College Hospital
Thomas McCrae (M.D. 1903) – Professor of Medicine at
Jefferson Medical College , collaborated with
William Osler on
The Principles and Practice of Medicine
Ernest McCulloch (M.D. 1948) – cellular biologist and
Lasker Award recipient credited with the discovery of the
stem cell
Robert McMurtry (M.D. 1965) – physician, special advisor to the Canadian Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care
Maud Menten (B.A. 1904, M.B. 1907, M.D. 1911) – major contributor to
enzyme kinetics and
histochemistry , for whom the
Michaelis–Menten equation is named
Kelly Metcalfe (Ph.D. 2002) – Cancer researcher and a professor at the
University of Toronto and at
Women's College Hospital
Thomas Mills (B.A. 1871 U.C., M.A. 1872) – physician and physiologist, taught at
McGill University , fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Ken Money (B.Sc. 1958, M.Sc. 1959, Ph.D. 1961) – astronaut and physiologist, retired from Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine now known as Defence Research and Development Canada
James Fraser Mustard (M.D. 1953) – physician and scientist, a founding member of the
McMaster University 's Faculty of Medicine, past Chairman of
Ballard Power Systems
William Thornton Mustard (M.D. 1937) – physician and cardiac surgeon, one of the first to perform
open-heart surgery , well known for
Mustard cardiovascular procedure
Jack Newman (M.D. 1970) – physician specializing in breastfeeding support and advocacy, consultant for
Unicef 's
Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
Robert Noble (M.D. 1934) – physician who was involved in the discovery of
vinblastine , recipient of the
Gairdner Foundation International Award
James Orbinski (M.A. 1998, associate professor of medicine) – President of
Médecins Sans Frontières ; fellow at the
Munk Centre for International Studies
Oronhyatekha (M.D. 1866) – first Canadian Aboriginal medical graduate, former President of the
Grand Council of Canadian Chiefs
Nancy Olivieri (B.Sc.) – prominent Toronto haematologist and researcher with an interest in the treatment of haemoglobinopathies.
Jennie Smillie Robertson (M.B. 1909) – first female surgeon in Canada
Robert B. Salter (M.D. 1947) – pediatric orthopaedic surgeon who originated the
continuous passive motion (CPM) treatment to aid the recovery of joints after trauma
Ricky Kanee Schachter (M.B. 1943, associate professor) –
dermatologist , former president of the Canadian Dermatological Association
Peter A. Singer (M.D. 1984) – former director of the
University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics and member of the scientific advisory board of the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Elizabeth Stern (M.D. 1939) – professor of epidemiology at the
University of California, Los Angeles who published the first case report linking a virus to a cancer
Augusta Stowe-Gullen (M.D. 1883) – first female Canadian doctor, awarded the
Order of British Empire
James Thorburn (M.B.) – physician and university professor, consulting surgeon at the
Toronto General Hospital , President of the
Canadian Medical Association , 1895
Stephen Ticktin (M.D. 1973) – psychiatrist, therapist and lecturer, notable figure in the
anti-psychiatry movement
Ross Upshur (M.Sc. 1997) – physician and researcher, Director of the Primary Care Research Unit at
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Paul Walfish (M.D. 1958) –
endocrinologist , noted for his research in
thyroid physiology and pathology, worked at
Mount Sinai Hospital
Derrick Rossi (B.Sc.) – The Founder of the biotechnology company
Moderna
Donald Redelmeier (B.Sc. 1980, M.D. 1984) – internist, Professor of Medicine at
University of Toronto and expert in decision science.
Physics, chemistry and astronomy
William Frederick King (B.A. 1874) – astronomer, founding director of the
Dominion Observatory , President of the
Royal Society of Canada , 1911–12
Robert Fulford Ruttan (B.A. 1881) – chemist and educator, former president of the
Royal Society of Canada and the
Royal Canadian Golf Association
Clarence Chant (B.A. 1890) – physicist and astronomer, president of the
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and principal founder of the
David Dunlap Observatory , considered the father of Canadian astronomy
John Cunningham McLennan (B.Sc. 1892, Ph.D. 1900) – physicist of the Cavendish Laboratory and McLennan Laboratories, key founder of the
National Research Council
John Stanley Plaskett (B.Sc. 1899) – astronomer who discovered the binary nature of
Plaskett's star
Eli Franklin Burton (B.Sc. 1901, Ph.D. 1910) – Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada and member of the
National Research Council , co-developer of the first practical
electron microscope
William Edmund Harper (B.Sc. 1906, M.Sc. 1907) – astronomer, Fellow of the
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada , member of staff at the
Dominion Observatory
Lawrence V. Redman (B.A. 1908) – chemist, pioneer in the industrial applications of
plastics , former president of the
American Chemical Society
Arthur Jeffrey Dempster (B.Sc. 1909, M.Sc. 1910) – physicist who developed the world's first modern
mass spectrometer and discovered
uranium
isotope
235 U
Joseph Algernon Pearce (B.Sc., M.Sc.) – astrophysicist, director of the
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory , 1940–51, former president of the
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and the
Royal Society of Canada
Harry Hemley Plaskett (B.A. 1916) – astronomer who made significant contributions to the fields of
solar physics ,
astronomical spectroscopy and
spectrophotometry , taught at
Oxford and won the
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
[43]
Frank Scott Hogg (B.Sc.) – astronomer who pioneered in the study of
spectrophotometry of
stars and of
spectra of
comets ;
[44] the crater
Hogg on the
Moon is co-named for him
Don Misener (M.Sc. 1935) – discoverer of the
superfluid phase of matter together with
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa
Donald MacRae (B.Sc. 1937) – astronomer, Director of the
David Dunlap Observatory , 1965–78, appeared in the Academy Award-nominated
NFB documentary
Universe
Patterson Hume (B.A. 1945) – computer scientist and physicist, professor, former host of
The Nature of Things with
Donald Ivey , Master of
Massey College (1981–1988)
Arthur Leonard Schawlow (B.A. 1941 Vic., M.A., Ph.D. 1949) – developer of
laser spectroscopy
Walter Kohn (B.A. 1945 U.C., M.A. 1946) – pioneer of
quantum chemistry and leading developer of the
density functional theory
Boris P. Stoicheff (B.Sc. 1947, Ph.D. 1950, professor of physics) – physicist, former president of the
Optical Society of America , recipient of the Frederic Ives Medal
Bertram Brockhouse (M.A. 1948, Ph.D. 1950) – developer of
neutron triple-axis spectrometry and other neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter
[45]
Robert Ackman (B.A. 1950) – chemist and pioneer in marine oils and
Omega-3 fatty acid
Ursula Franklin (post-doctoral studies) –
metallurgist , research physicist, humanitarian, the first female professor in the
University of Toronto 's department of metallurgy and materials science, fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Isaac Abella (B.A. 1957) – physicist specializing in
laser physics, quantom optics and
spectroscopy , professor of physics at the
University of Chicago
Thomas Timusk (B.A. 1957) – physicist, professor emeritus of physics at
McMaster University , co-winner of the
Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids
Robert J. LeRoy (B.Sc. 1965, M.Sc. 1967) – developer of the near-dissociation theory and the
LeRoy Radius with
Richard Barry Bernstein
Hugh Ross (M.Sc., Ph.D.) – astronomer, astrophysicist,
Old Earth creationist and
Christian apologist ; established his own
ministry called Reasons To Believe
Elagu V. Elaguppillai (M.Sc. 1968, Ph.D. 1970) – nuclear scientist, former Senior Scientific Advisor of
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission , member of the
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation , 1992–96
Wladyslaw Metanomski
William Richard Peltier (M.Sc. 1969, Ph.D. 1971) – physicist in atmospheric, oceanic and geophysical turbulence and fluid dynamics, fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada and the
American Geophysical Union
Mark B. Wise (B.Sc. 1976, M.Sc. 1977) – theoretical physicist known for his role in the development of heavy quark effective theory, John A. McCone Professor of High Energy Physics at
California Institute of Technology
Melissa Franklin (B.Sc. 1977 Innis) – experimental
particle physicist , professor of physics at
Harvard University
Walter Dorn (Ph.D. 1985) – chemist and educator, Chair of the Canadian Pugwash Group, the Canadian branch of the
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs which received the 1995
Nobel Peace Prize
Nima Arkani-Hamed (B.Sc. 1993) – theoretical physicist, former professor of physics at
Harvard University and faculty of the
Institute for Advanced Study
David Charbonneau (B.Sc.) – Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor of Astronomy at
Harvard University , recipient of the
Robert J. Trumpler Award and the
Alan T. Waterman Award
Clara Benson (B.A. 1899, Ph.D. 1903) – chemist, one of the first two women (along with
Emma Sophia Baker ) to earn a Ph.D. from U of T and one of U of T's first two female associate professors
Katharine Hayhoe (B.Sc., 1994) –
atmospheric scientist and Professor at
Texas Tech University ,
climate change communicator, named
Time magazine's 100 Most Influential people in 2014
Russell P. Hughes (Ph.D.) –
organometallic chemistry researcher and current professor of chemistry at
Dartmouth College
Marie D'Iorio (M.Sc., Ph.D.) – physicist specializing in
nanotechnology , past President of the
Canadian Association of Physicists , President of Deep Tech Canada
[46]
Biology and ecology
Archibald Macallum (B.A. 1880) –
biochemist and founder of the
National Research Council of Canada
J. Playfair McMurrich (M.A. 1881) – zoologist and academic, winner of the
Flavelle Medal , former president of the
Royal Society of Canada and the
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Charles E. Saunders (B.A. 1888) – agronomist and inventor of Marquis wheat
Archibald Gowanlock Huntsman (B.A. 1905, professor of marine zoology 1927–54) –
fisheries biologist , invented the fast freezing of fish fillets, recipient of the
Flavelle Medal , former president of the
Royal Society of Canada
Sanford Jackson (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D) – prominent
biochemist , former biochemist-in-chief at the Toronto
Hospital for Sick Children , inventor of the bilirubinometer
C. S. Holling (B.A., M.Sc. 1952) – ecologist and pioneer in
ecological economics , director of the
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna
Carolyn Burns (Ph.D. 1966) –
Marsden Medal winning zoologist
Roberta Bondar (Ph.D. 1974) – astronaut; neurologist; conducts research in basic and clinical science
Anne Zeller (M.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1978) – physical anthropologist specialized in the study of
primates
William E. Rees (Ph.D.) – ecologist, professor of ecology at the
University of British Columbia , originated the
ecological footprint concept and co-developed the method
Helen Rodd (M.Sc. 1982, associate professor 1998–) – zoologist, recipient of the Premier's Research Excellence Award
Jan Conn (Ph.D. 1987) – geneticist and poet; her book South of the Tudo Bem Cafe was shortlisted for the
Pat Lowther Award
Anne Croy (Ph.D. 1974) – reproductive immunologist, Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Cheryl Arrowsmith (Ph.D.) – structural biologist, Chief Scientist at the Toronto lab of the
Structural Genomics Consortium
Frances Wagner B.A. (1948, M.A. 1950) – paleontologist, specialized in
micropaleontology and was one of the first female scientists to be permitted to conduct fieldwork by the
Geological Survey of Canada
Thelma Finlayson (BS.c., 1932) – entomologist and
Simon Fraser University 's first professor emerita
Michael Grimes , (B.A. 1921), Irish scientist and first Professor of Microbiology at
University College Cork
Maydianne Andrade , (M.Sc. 1995) – ecologist, professor of ecology at
University of Toronto Scarborough
Heather M. Ferguson (B.Sc.(Hons) 1995)
FRSE , Professor of Medical Entomology and Disease Ecology, at
Glasgow University ; a specialist in researching mosquito vectors that spread malaria.
Engineering and computer science
H. E. T. Haultain (B.A.Sc. 1889) – mining engineer who began
The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer ; inventor of the Superpanner and Infrasizer, instruments used in dressing ore
Frederick Walker Baldwin (B.A.Sc. 1906) – hydrofoil and aviation pioneer, designer and builder of the
Silver Dart ,
White Wing and
Red Wing aircraft
D. W. Harvey (B.A.Sc.) – General Manager of the
Toronto Transit Commission , 1924–38, played a key role in its early development
John G. Inglis (B.A.Sc. 1923) – General Manager of Operations of the
Toronto Transit Commission , 1959–68
Elsie MacGill (B.A.Sc. 1927) – first female aircraft designer, "Queen of the Hurricanes", commissioner on the
Royal Commission on the Status of Women of 1967
Wilbur R. Franks (M.B. 1928) – aviation medical scientist and inventor of the
G-suit , awarded the
Legion of Merit
Jim Chamberlin (B.A.Sc. 1936) – aerodynamicist and chief designer of the
Avro Arrow , major designer for the
Gemini space capsule and
Apollo Lunar Module
James Hillier (B.A. 1937, M.A. 1938, Ph.D. 1941) – scientist and inventor who designed and built the first practical
electron microscope with
Cecil Hall and
Albert Prebus
Bernard Etkin (B.A.Sc. 1941, M.A.Sc. 1947) – authority on aircraft guidance and control
Leslie Shemilt (B.A.Sc. 1941) – dean of engineering at
McMaster University , 1969–79, fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada , recipient of the
Canadian Centennial Medal
Calvin Gotlieb (B.Sc. 1942, M.Sc. 1944, Ph.D. 1947, professor of computer science) – computer scientist who has been called the "Father of Computing" in Canada, former president of the
Canadian Information Processing Society
James Milton Ham (B.A.Sc. 1943, professor of electrical engineering) – founding fellow and former president of the
Canadian Academy of Engineering
Gerald Bull (B.A.Sc. 1944, M.A.Sc. 1948, Ph.D. 1951) – ballistics engineer and developer of long-range "
superguns ", headed
Project HARP for the
United States Department of Defense and later
Project Babylon for
Saddam Hussein 's
Iraqi government
Gordon Slemon (M.A.Sc. 1948, professor of engineering) – electrical engineer, the
IEEE Nikola Tesla Award winner, wrote Magnetoelectric Devices and Electric Machines and Drives
Lewis Urry (B.A.Sc. 1950) – inventor of the
alkaline battery and the
lithium battery
William Kahan (B.A. 1954, M.A. 1956, Ph.D. 1958) – architect of the
IEEE 754 standard for
floating-point computation, developer of the
Kahan summation algorithm , recipient of the
Turing Award in 1989
Thomas Brzustowski (B.A.Sc. 1958) – former president of the
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council , taught mechanical engineering at the
University of Waterloo
Ken Money (B.Sc. 1958, M.Sc. 1959, Ph.D. 1961, professor of physiology) – retired
NRC /
CSA astronaut;
Spacelab Payload Operations Controller for a Spacelab mission in 1992
Zvonko Vranesic (B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D) – electrical engineer,
International Master of
chess and developer of
computer chess software
Alfred Aho (B.A.Sc. 1963) – co-creator of the
AWK programming language , co-author of
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools and several other textbooks on computer science
Brian Kernighan (B.A.Sc. 1964) –
Bell Labs computer scientist who co-authored
The C Programming Language and
The UNIX Programming Environment
Derek Corneil (M.Sc 1965 Ph.D 1968 ) – Chair of Computer Science Department 1985–90 at
University of Toronto , professor emeritus of computer science at
University of Toronto , author/co-author of over 100 research publications
Olaf von Ramm (B.Sc. 1968, M.Sc. 1970) – Thomas Lord Professor of Engineering at
Duke University and holder of the first patent on three-dimensional ultrasound
Keith Geddes (M.Sc. 1970, Ph.D. 1973) – Professor Emeritus in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the
University of Waterloo , member of the
Association for Computing Machinery
Tom Maibaum (B.A. 1970) – computer scientist concentrating on the theory of
specification , taught at
Imperial College London ,
King's College London and
McMaster University
Roberta Bondar (Ph.D. 1974) – first neurologist in space and Canada's first female astronaut; former head of space medicine research at
NASA
Eric Hehner (Ph.D. 1974, professor of computer science) – influential computer scientist who focuses on
formal methods , particularly for
programming
Andreas Mandelis (faculty) – expert on
photonics
Jonathan Schaeffer (B.Sc. 1979) – developer of
Chinook , the world's strongest
checkers -playing computer program, and
Polaris , a program that plays
Texas hold 'em
Arthur Whitney (M.A.) – computer scientist most notable for developing the
APL -inspired programming languages
A+ and
K ;
[47] CEO and co-founder of
Kx Systems
Kim Vicente (B.A.Sc. 1985, professor of engineering 1998–) – mechanical and industrial engineer, specializing in the field of human factors, author of
The Human Factor
Richard Cleve (Ph.D. 1989) – professor of computer science at the
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the
University of Waterloo , associate member of the
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
David Megginson – computer software consultant and developer, the lead developer and original maintainer of the
Simple API for XML
Julie Payette (M.A.Sc. 1990) – chief astronaut of the
Canadian Space Agency , 2000–07; former research engineer at
IBM and
Bell-Northern Research
Gregory Dudek (M.Sc., Ph.D.) – professor of computer science; Director of the
McGill University School of Computer Science at
McGill University
Ryan North (M.Sc. 2005) – writer and computer programmer, creator and author of
Dinosaur Comics , co-creator of Whispered Apologies and Happy Dog the Happy Dog
Earth science
Joseph Tyrrell (LL.B. 1880) – geologist and mining consultant who discovered
dinosaur bones in
Alberta 's Badlands and coal around
Drumheller
William Parks (B.A. 1892, Ph.D. 1900) – geologist and paleontologist, following in the tradition of
Lawrence Lambe ,
Parksosaurus was named for him
Elwood S. Moore (B.A. 1904, M.A. 1908) – economic geologist, former president of the
Society of Economic Geologists ,
Royal Society of Canada and
Royal Canadian Institute
C. S. Wright (B.Sc. 1908) – glaciologist and member of the
British Antarctic Expedition led by
Robert Falcon Scott , navigator of the sledge team that found Scott's perished body
Duncan R. Derry (M.A. Ph.D.) – economic geologist, creator of the World Atlas of Geological and Mineral Deposits
[48]
George Sherwood Hume (B.Sc.) – geologist, former president of the
Geological Association of Canada , the
Royal Society of Canada and the
Geological Society of America
John Tuzo Wilson (B.Sc. 1930 Trin.) – geologist, geophysicist and pioneer in the theory of
plate tectonics who conceived of the
transform fault concept; Officer of the Most Excellent
Order of the British Empire ,
Fellow of the Royal Society ,
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada ,
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ,
Wollaston Medal winner
Raymond Thorsteinsson (M.Sc.) – award-winning geologist, noted for his contribution to the geology of the
Proterozoic and
Paleozoic rocks
Lawrence Morley (B.Sc. 1946, M.Sc., Ph.D.) – geophysicist known for his study of magnetic properties of ocean crust, founder of the
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
Roger Blais (Ph.D. 1954) – geological engineer who helped develop a number of prospecting and exploration technologies, Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Eric W. Mountjoy (Ph.D. 1960) – award-winning geologist, professor emeritus of geology at
McGill University , Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Harold Williams (Ph.D. 1961) – geologist and expert on the
Appalachian Mountains and tectonic development of mountain belts, advanced the theory of colliding super-continents; Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Philip J. Currie (B.Sc. 1972) – paleontologist, museum
curator who helped found the
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology , teaches at the
University of Alberta
Social sciences
Anthropology, geography and archaeology
Charles Trick Currelly (B.A. 1898 Vic., M.A. 1902) – first director of the
Royal Ontario Museum , member of the staff of the
Egypt Exploration Fund which was conducting excavations at Abydos in Upper Egypt
Davidson Black (M.A. 1906, M.D. 1909) – paleoanthropologist who identified and named Sinanthropus pekinensis , better known as
Peking Man
[49]
Arthur Custance (M.A., Ph.D.) – anthropologist, scientist and author specializing in science and
Christianity
[50]
Elizabeth Bott Spillius (B.A., 1954) – key founder of
social network analysis
[51]
Robert Bateman (B.A. 1954 Vic.) – naturalist, painter
J. Keith Fraser (M.A. 1955) – physical geographer, former president of the
Canadian Association of Geographers and the executive secretary, publisher and general manager of the
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Donald B. Redford (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.) – Egyptologist and archaeologist, editor of The
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt , director of the
Akhenaten Temple Project
George F. MacDonald (B.A. 1961) – anthropologist and director of the
Canadian Museum of Civilization , 1983–98, member of
UNESCO 's drafting committee on the protection of world cultural and natural heritage
Robert John McGhee (B.A. 1964, M.A. 1966) – author and specialist in Arctic archaeology, former president of the Canadian Archaeological Association, fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Richard Borshay Lee (B.A., M.A.) – anthropologist studying indigenous people in hunting and gathering societies, best known for his work on the
Ju'/hoansi
Shabir Ally (M.A.) – President of the Islamic Information & Dawah Centre International in Toronto
Peter J. Brand (Ph.D. 1998) – Egyptologist, Field Director of the Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project of the
University of Memphis , 2001–
Sociology
Simone Browne (Ph.D. 2007; professor of sociology at
University of Texas ), author of Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness
Jean Burnet (B.A. Vic.) – sociologist specializing in ethnic studies, founder of the
Glendon Sociology Department at
York University
Samuel Delbert Clark (Ph.D. 1938; professor of sociology, 1938–76) – sociologist known for studies on Canadian social development and political economics
Erving Goffman (B.A. 1945) – sociologist, author of
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life , taught at
Cal and
UPenn , 73rd president of the
American Sociological Association
[52]
Daniel G. Hill (M.A. 1951, Ph.D. 1960) – sociologist, human rights specialist and Black Canadian historian,
Ontario Ombudsman , 1984–89, founder of the Ontario Black History Society
Himani Bannerji (Ph.D.) – writer, academic, professor of sociology at
York University , known for her activist work and poetry
Barry Wellman (Ph.D. 1969) – Director of NetLab and retired S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, Fellow
Royal Society of Canada
Elliott Leyton (Ph.D. 1972) – sociologist, educator and author on serial homicide and juvenile delinquency
Psychology and linguistics
Emma Sophia Baker (Ph.D. 1903) – psychologist, and one of the first two women (along with
Clara Benson ) to receive a Ph.D. from U of T
Elliott Jaques (B.A. 1935) – psychoanalyst and organizational psychologist who developed the notion of
requisite organization
Gurion Hyman (B.Pharm. 1946) – Jewish linguist, anthropologist, pharmacist, composer, artist, and translator, proprietor of the second branch of
Hyman's Book and Art Shoppe
Abram Hoffer (M.D. 1949) – psychiatrist; proposed controversial megavitamin therapies for the treatment of
schizophrenia
Endel Tulving (B.A. 1953 U.C., M.A. 1954, professor emeritus) – neuroscientist whose research developed the distinction between
episodic and
Semantic memory ; famously worked with patient
KC ; fellow of the
Royal Societies of Canada and
London
Albert Bregman (B.A. 1957. M.A. 1959) – psychologist, known for coining the term
auditory scene analysis , taught at
McGill University , fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Arlette Lefebvre (M.D. 1970) – child psychiatrist at the
Hospital for Sick Children and founder of Ability Online
Patricia Alice Shaw (M.A. 1973, Ph.D. 1976) – linguist, noted for her work on
First Nations languages , associate professor of linguistics at the
University of British Columbia
Ellen Bialystok (Ph.D. 1976) – psychologist, Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at
York University , fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Daniel Schacter (M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1981, assistant professor of psychology, 1981–87) – psychologist,
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology at
Harvard University , 2002–, author of
The Seven Sins of Memory ,
Guggenheim Fellow
Diane Massam (B.A. 1980, professor of linguistics) – linguist specializing in the syntax of
Niuean , developed an analysis of
noun incorporation
Lisa Feldman Barrett (B.Sc., 1986) – University Distinguished Professor of Psychology,
Northeastern University , and fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada , who developed the
conceptual-act model of emotion
Andrew Carnie (B.A. 1991 St.M.) – linguist, professor of linguistics at the
University of Arizona , known for his research on
syntactic theory
Rachel Sarah Herz (Ph.D. 1992) – researcher, writer and consultant on the psychology of olfaction
[53]
Katharine Banham (M.A., 1923) – lecturer in psychology and philosophy at the University of Toronto, later Associate Professor of Psychology, Emerita, at
Duke University
Maria Natasha Rajah (Ph. D. 2003) – Professor of Neuroscience at
McGill University
Lee Ross (B.A., 1965) – psychology professor at Stanford University
[54]
Marc Lewis (M.A. 1986, Ph. D. 1989) – psychologist, neuroscientist and author
[55]
Economics, management and political science
Sedley Cudmore (B.A. 1905, professor of political economy 1908–45) – economist, academic, civil servant, Canada's second
Dominion Statistician
William Thomas Gould Hackett (B.A.Sc.) – economist, economic adviser for the
Bank of Montreal
John Kenneth Galbraith (B.Sc. 1931 OAC) – economist, former professor of economics at
Harvard , former
United States Ambassador to India ,
[56] former president of the
American Economic Association , recipient of two U.S.
Presidential Medals of Freedom ,
The Great Crash, 1929 ,
The Affluent Society ,
The Age of Uncertainty ,
The Anatomy of Power
C. B. Macpherson (B.A. 1933, professor of political economy 1956–87) – political scientist who contributed to the theory of possessive individualism, fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada , officer of the
Order of Canada , The Life and Times of Liberal Democracy
Louis Rasminsky (B.A.) – 3rd
Governor of the Bank of Canada , 1961–73; helped form the postwar international finance system; executive director at the
International Monetary Fund and the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
John Hodgetts (B.A.) – political scientist; regarded as the "father of public administration studies" in Canada
David Easton (B.A. 1939) – political scientist; known for his application of
systems theory to
political science ; former President of the
American Political Science Association ; active member in the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences , A Framework for Political Analysis , A Systems Analysis of Political Life
Lorie Tarshis (B.A.) – economist and educator, professor of economics at
Stanford University , 1946–1970
Harry Gordon Johnson (M.A. 1943) – economist who focused on
international trade and
international finance , distinguished fellow of the
American Economic Association
John Meisel (B.A., M.A.) – political scientist, 103rd President of the
Royal Society of Canada , former Chairman of the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Martin Shubik (B.A. 1947, M.Sc. 1949) – mathematical economist in
game theory , Seymour H. Knox Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Institutional Economics at
Yale University
Richard Lipsey (M.A. 1953) – economist and educator, fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada and the
Econometric Society , winner of the
Schumpeter Prize , wrote
Positive Economics ,
Theory of the Second Best
Alan Cairns (B.A., 1953, M.A. 1957) – political scientist, professor emeritus of political science at the
University of British Columbia , recipient of the
Molson Prize
Gerald Caplan (M.A.) – Canadian academic, public policy analyst, commentator and political activist, former political organizer for the
New Democratic Party
Stephen Clarkson (B.A. Trin., professor of political economy) – political scientist, Senior Fellow at the
CIGI , fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
William Christian (B.A. 1966, M.A.) – professor of political science at the
University of Guelph , author of biography on
George Grant and Political Parties and Ideologies in Canada
[57]
Malcolm Knight (B.A. 1967, professor of economics 1971–75) – economist, vice-chairman of
Deutsche Bank , visiting professor of finance at the
London School of Economics , former General Manager of the
Bank for International Settlements , former Senior Deputy Governor of the
Bank of Canada
Mel Cappe (B.A. 1971 New) – President and CEO of the
Institute for Research on Public Policy , 2006–,
Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom , 2002–06
John Kirton (B.A. 1971) – political scientist specializing in Canadian foreign policy, the director and co-founder of the
G8 Research Group , Canadian Foreign Policy in a Changing World
Douglas A. Ross (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.) – political scientist specializing in international relations, author of In the Interests of Peace: Canada and Vietnam, 1954–1973
Bernard Yack (B.A.) – American political theorist, The Problems of a Political Animal
Jeff Rubin (B.A.) – economist and author, former
chief economist at
CIBC World Markets
Denise Chong (M.A. 1978) –
Chinese Canadian economist and writer, author of
Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship
Daniel Trefler (B.A. 1982, professor of economics 1997–) – economist specializing in
international economics , known for empirical research on patterns of trade
Maris Martinsons (B.A.Sc. 1982, M.B.A. 1984) – professor of management; government advisor; international business consultant
Dwayne Benjamin (B.Sc. 1984, professor of economics) – economist, managing editor of
Canadian Journal of Economics , editor of
Economic Development and Cultural Change
Andrew Pyle (B.A. 1987, M.A. 1988) – economist, adviser with
ScotiaMcLeod , formerly
ABN AMRO 's Chief Canadian Strategist
Stanley E. Zin (Ph.D. 1987) – Cyert and DeGroot Professor of Economics and Statistics at
Carnegie Mellon University , research associate at the
National Bureau of Economic Research ,
Frisch Medal recipient
Shouyong Shi (M.A. 1988, Ph.D. 1991) – economist, tier 1
Canada Research Chair , research fellow at the
Bank of Canada
Janet Currie (B.A. 1982, M.A. 1983) – Professor at
UCLA ,
MIT ,
Columbia University , and
Princeton University 2011–present
Rose Ann Devlin (Ph.D 1988) – Professor and Vice Dean at the
University of Ottawa
Carol Propper (M.A. 1983) – Carol Propper is a professor at
Imperial College London
Philip N. Howard (B.A. 1993) – Philip N. Howard is a professor and administrator at
University of Oxford
Yanna Krupnikov (M.A.) – political scientist
Humanities
Philosophy
George Blewett (B.A. 1897 Vic.) – first native-born philosopher in
English Canada , authored The Study of Nature and The Vision of God
T. A. Goudge (Ph.D. 1937) – philosopher, member of the
American Philosophical Association , President of the Canadian Philosophy Association in 1964, President of the
Charles S. Peirce Society 1957 59, wrote The Ascent of Life , which won the
Governor General's Award
Peter Glassen (B.A. 1944, M.A. 1945) – philosopher, noted for his arguments against metaphysical materialism
James Doull (M.A.) - philosopher and classicist
Emil Fackenheim (Ph.D. 1945) – Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi
Joseph Owens (Ph.D. 1951) –
Roman Catholic priest, scholar in
medieval philosophy , fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
James Robb (M.A., Ph.D. 1953) – professor of philosophy at
Marquette University , expert in
Medieval philosophy
David Gauthier (B.A. 1954) – philosopher known for his
social contract theory of morality, author of
Morals by Agreement
Barry Stroud (B.A.) – Willis S. and Mario Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the
University of California at Berkeley
Ted Honderich (B.A. 1959) – Grote Professor Emeritus of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic at
University College London
Howard Adelman (B.A. 1960, M.A. 1963, Ph.D. 1971) – philosopher, retired professor emeritus of philosophy at
York University
John N. Deck (Ph.D. 1960) – philosopher, known for Nature, Contemplation and the One
Dan Goldstick (B.A. 1962, professor of philosophy) – long-time member of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Canada , professor emeritus in philosophy at
Toronto
L. W. Sumner (B.A. 1962) – philosopher in normative and applied ethics and political philosophy, Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
William Hare (Ph.D. 1971) – philosopher, noted for his work in
philosophy of education , Professor Emeritus of
Mount Saint Vincent University
Kaave Lajevardi (Ph.D. 2008) – Iranian philosopher
Michael Neumann (Ph.D. 1975) – political philosopher, What's Left? , The Rule of Law
Calvin Normore (Ph.D. 1976) – philosopher, expert in
medieval philosophy , past president of the Pacific division of the
American Philosophical Association , teaches at
UCLA
Paul Thagard (Ph.D. 1977) – philosopher, former Chair of the Governing Board of the
Cognitive Science Society , fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Jan Zwicky (Ph.D. 1981) – philosopher, poet, essayist, winner of two
Governor General's Awards
Mark Kingwell (B.A. 1985 St. M., professor of philosophy) – philosopher, winner of the
Spitz Prize , contributing editor to
Harper's Magazine and
The Globe and Mail
John Russon (Ph.D. 1990) – philosopher, known for his interpretations of
G. W. F. Hegel , author of Human Experience and Bearing Witness to Epiphany .
David Sztybel (Ph.D. 2000) –
ethicist specializing in animal ethics
Robyn Bourgeois (Ph.D 2014) – Cree activist, academic, author, and educator
Literature
Wilfred Campbell (B.A. 1882 U.C., M.A. 1883 Wyc.) – poet
Ralph Connor (B.A. 1883, D.Th. Knox) – novelist
Archibald Lampman (B.A. 1882 Trin.) – early Canadian poet belonging to the
Confederation Poets group
Stephen Leacock (B.A. 1891 U.C.) – humorist, writer and political economist,
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
John McCrae (B.A. 1894, M.B. 1898) – poet, physician and soldier;
In Flanders Fields
E. J. Pratt (B.A. 1911 Vic., M.A. 1912, B.D. 1913) – poet, member of the
Royal Society of Canada , three
Governor General's Awards , one
Lorne Pierce Medal ,
Towards the Last Spike
Arthur Bourinot (B.A. 1915 U.C.) – poet, lawyer, won the
Governor General's Award for Under the Sun
Paul Hiebert (M.A.) – writer and humorist,
Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour recipient,
Sarah Binks
Raymond Knister (B.A. Vic.) – novelist, short story writer anc critic, My Star Predominant
Morley Callaghan (B.A. 1925) – novelist, writer and playwright
Earle Birney (M.A., professor of English, 1936–41) – poet, winner of two
Governor General's Awards
Edna Staebler (B.A. 1929, B.Ed. 1931) – author, best known for a series of cookbooks, awarded the
Order of Canada
Ernest Buckler (M.A. 1930) – novelist and short story writer, awarded the
Canadian Centennial Medal , The Mountain and the Valley
Dorothy Livesay (B.A. 1931 Trin.) – poet, winner of the
Governor General's Award for Day and Night and Poems for People
Northrop Frye
[23] (B.A. 1933 Vic.; professor of English 1939–91) – literary critic and theorist; author,
Fearful Symmetry ,
Anatomy of Criticism ,
The Well-Tempered Critic
Douglas LePan (B.A. 1935) – poet, novelist and academic, won two
Governor General's Awards , one
Lorne Pierce Medal ,
Guggenheim Fellow , The Deserter , The Net and the Sword
Miriam Waddington (B.A. 1939) – poet, her poem "Jacques Cartier in Toronto" is on the back of the
Canadian $100 bill released in 2004
Margaret Avison (B.A. 1940, M.A. 1965) – poet,
Griffin Poetry Prize recipient
George Elliott (B.A.) – short story writer, reporter and editor of the
Timmins Daily Press
Penn Kemp (M.Ed.) – poet and playwright
Hugh Kenner (B.A. 1945, M.A. 1946) – literary scholar, critic and professor, taught at
UC Santa Barbara ,
Johns Hopkins and
Georgia , Dublin's Joyce , The Poetry of Ezra Pound
Henry Kreisel (B.A. 1946, M.A. 1947) – writer, officer of the
Order of Canada , The Rich Man
Douglas Lochhead (M.A. 1947) – poet, the
Carlo Betocchi Poetry Prize recipient, Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Phyllis Gotlieb (B.A. 1948, M.A. 1950) – science fiction novelist and poet, winner of the
Prix Aurora Award
Don Coles (B.A. 1949, M.A. 1952) – poet, received the
Governor General's Award and the
Trillium Book Award
Walter Stewart (dropped out, 1953) – writer, editor and educator of journalism
Ken Adachi (B.A., M.A., professor of English 1958–71) – writer and literary critic, The Enemy That Never Was
Richard Outram (B.A. 1953 Vic.) – poet
Jay Macpherson (M.A. 1955, Ph.D. 1964, professor of literature, 1957–96) – lyric poet and scholar, winner of the
Governor General's Award , The boatman
Rod Anderson (B.Sc. 1956) – poet, musician and
chartered accountant , member of the Canadian League of Poets
Eli Mandel (Ph.D. 1957) – poet and literary academic, winner of the
Governor General's Award , An Idiot Joy
Scott Symons (B.A.) – writer, Place d'Armes
John Robert Colombo (B.A. 1959) – poet, anthologist, editor, essayist,
Mysterious Canada ,
Richard Maurice Bucke
Austin Clarke (B.A.) – novelist, essayist and short story writer,
Giller Prize and
Commonwealth Writers Prize winner,
The Polished Hoe
Claire Pratt (B.A. Vic.) – poet, artist, editor, senior editor of
McClelland & Stewart
Barry Callaghan (B.A. 1960 St.M., M.A. 1962) – author, poet, son of
Morley Callaghan
David Helwig (B.A. 1960) – poet, novelist and essayist, professor of literature at
Queen's University at Kingston , member of the
Order of Canada
Dave Godfrey (B.A. Trin.) – writer and publisher, won the
Governor General's Award for his novel The New Ancestors
Sheila Watson (Ph.D. 1961 St.M.) – novelist, critic and educator, the
Lorne Pierce Medal recipient,
The Double Hook
Margaret Atwood (B.A. 1961 Vic.) – writer, poet and novelist;
The Handmaid's Tale ,
The Blind Assassin ; recipient of one
Prince of Asturias Award , one
Arthur C. Clarke Award , five
Booker Prizes and two
Governor General's Awards
Dennis Lee (B.A. 1962, M.A. 1965) – children's writer and poet,
Alligator Pie
Eric Wright (M.A. 1963), novelist
Maureen Jennings (MA 1963), novelist
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Matt Cohen (B.A. 1964, M.A. 1965) – writer, recipient of the
Governor General's Award ,
Elizabeth and After ,
Emotional Arithmetic
Michael Ondaatje (B.A. 1965 U.C.) – poet and novelist,
The English Patient ; recipient of the
Booker Prize
Joy Fielding (B.A. 1966) – novelist and actress,
Kiss Mommy Goodbye ,
See Jane Run
Norma Cole (M.A.) – contemporary American poet, visual artist and frequent translator, Mace Hill Remap , Do the Monkey
David Staines (B.A. 1967) – literary critic and university professor, taught at several institutions including
Harvard ,
Lorne Pierce Medal recipient, fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Margaret Visser (Ph.D.) – writer, broadcaster,
Glenfiddich Award and
Jane Grigson Award recipient, The Geometry of Love: Space, Time, Mystery and Meaning in an Ordinary Church
Edmundo Farolan (M.A. 1969) – writer
Linda Hutcheon (B.A. 1969, Ph.D. 1975; professor of literature, 1988–) – former president of the
Modern Language Association
Susan Wood (B.A. 1969, M.A. 1970, Ph.D. 1975) – author and critic, recipient of three
Hugo Awards for Best Fan Writer , co-publisher of
Energumen
Elizabeth Brewster (B.LSc.) – poet and academic, member of the
Order of Canada
Greg Hollingshead (B.A.) – novelist, winner of the
Governor General's Award for his short fiction The Roaring Girl
John Steffler (B.A. 1971) – poet and novelist, recipient of the
Thomas Head Raddall Award and the
Atlantic Poetry Prize , former
Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate
Wayne Tefs (M.A.) – novelist, critic and anthologist, recipient of the Canadian Magazine Fiction Prize for Red Rock and After
M. T. Kelly (M.A.) – novelist, poet and playwright, the
Governor General's Award recipient, A Dream Like Mine
Anne Carson (B.A. 1974 St.M., M.A. 1975, Ph.D. 1981) – poet, essayist and translator; professor of classics at the
University of Michigan
Derrick de Kerckhove (Ph.D. 1975, professor of French) – theorist on Western civilization, literacy and society; former Director, Marshall McLuhan Program; The Skin of Culture
Dionne Brand (B.A., M.A., Ph.D) – poet, novelist, Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada ,
Poet Laureate of Toronto for a three-year term
Guy Gavriel Kay (LL.B. 1976) – author of fantasy fiction,
The Fionavar Tapestry
O.R. Melling (B.A. Trin 1977, M.A. SGS 1984) – writer, screenwriter and literary critic
Di Brandt (M.A.) – poet and literary critic, recipient of the
Gerald Lampert Award , juror of the
2008 Governor General's Awards
Paul Quarrington (B.A.) – novelist and playwright, winner of
Stephen Leacock Award ,
Governor General's Award and
Matt Cohen Prize ,
King Leary ,
Whale Music , and
The Spirit Cabinet
John Mighton (B.A. 1978 Vic., Ph.D. 2000) – author and mathematician, winner of two
Governor General's Awards ,
Possible Worlds
Guy Gavriel Kay (LL.B. 1978) – author of fantasy fiction, winner of
Prix Aurora Award ,
The Wandering Fire ,
Tigana ,
The Last Light of the Sun
Susan Glickman (Ph.D., professor of English, −1993) – writer and critic, recipient of the Gabrielle Roy Prize
Anne Michaels (B.A. 1980) – poet and novelist;
Commonwealth Prize ,
Orange Prize recipient
B. W. Powe (M.A. 1981) – author, poet, essayist
Marianne Ackerman (M.A. 1981) – playwright, novelist, journalist, theatre critic for
Montreal Gazette , Nathan Cohen Award winner
Charles Foran (B.A. St.M.) – novelist and non-fiction writer, contribution editor to
The Walrus , contributing reviewer for
The Globe and Mail
Rohinton Mistry (B.A. 1982) – author,
Governor General's Award ,
Commonwealth Writers Prize and
Giller Prize recipient,
Such a Long Journey and
A Fine Balance
David Manicom (B.A.) – poet, novelist and diplomat, a finalist for the 2004
Governor General's Award for English language poetry
Barbara Fradkin (M.A.) – mystery writer, two-time winner of the
Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel, past president of
Crime Writers of Canada
Michael Redhill (B.A.) – poet, playwright, novelist, publisher and editor of
Brick
Kenneth Oppel (B.A. Trin.) – author, the
Governor General's Literary Award recipient,
Silverwing ,
Airborn ,
Skybreaker
Camilla Gibb (B.A. 1991 U.C.) – author, Mouthing the Words and Sweetness in the Belly
Elizabeth Ruth (B.A., M.A.) – novelist, Ten Good Seconds of Silence
Bert Archer (B.A. St.M.) – author, journalist, and critic, former editor of
Toronto Star ,
The Globe and Mail , columnist of
Toronto Life
Andrew Pyper (LL.B.) – writer of fiction, winner of the
Arthur Ellis Award for Lost Girls
Hal Niedzviecki (B.A.) – novelist and cultural critic, co-founder of the magazine
Broken Pencil
Lynn Crosbie (Ph.D., professor of literature) – poet and novelist, columnist for
The Globe and Mail
Vincent Lam (M.D. 1999) – writer and medical doctor, recipient of the
Giller Prize ,
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures
Sky Gilbert (M.A. 2000) – writer, actor, academic and
drag performer , appeared in
Too Much Sex
Sheila Heti (B.A.) – writer, Ticknor , The Middle Stories
Lindsay Soberano Wilson (M.A. 2002, B.Ed.2005) - poet, teacher, author
Rebecca Rosenblum (M.A. 2007) – author, a
Journey Prize finalist
History
John George Bourinot (dropped out) – historian and civil servant, founding member of the
Royal Society of Canada , creator of the
Bourinot's Rules of Order
Celia Chazelle (B.A. 1976 Trinity) - historian
James T. Shotwell (B.A. 1898) – history professor at
Columbia University , president of the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace , member of the
San Francisco Conference that drafted the
United Nations Charter
Arthur R. M. Lower (B.A.) – historian, recipient of two
Governor General's Awards , former president of the
Royal Society of Canada
Frank Underhill (M.A., professor of history) – historian, social critic and political thinker, a founder of the
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation , In Search of Canadian Liberalism
W. G. Hardy (B.A. 1917, M.A. 1920) – Professor of Classics of
University of Alberta , writer, ice hockey administrator, Member of the
Order of Canada
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[60]
C. P. Stacey (B.A. 1924) – official historian of the
Canadian Army in the Second World War; contributor to the study of the
Dieppe Raid and
Operation Spring
Donald Creighton (B.A. 1925 Vic.; professor of history, 1945–79) – historian, novelist and noted anglophile, author of Commercial Empire of the St. Lawrence
Michael Bliss (B.A., M.A., Ph.D., professor) – medical, business and political historian, author of The Discovery of Insulin , William Osler: A Life in Medicine and Harvey Cushing: A Life in Surgery
Victor Lange (M.A. 1931 U.C.) – renowned
Germanist ; president of the International Society of Germanists, John M. Woodhull Professor of Modern Languages at
Princeton University
John Wendell Holmes (M.A. 1933) – historian and diplomat, former president of the
Canadian Institute of International Affairs , recipient of the
J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal
Alfred Bailey (Ph.D. 1934) – ethno-historian and educator, former assistant director and associate curator of the
New Brunswick Museum , fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
J. M. S. Careless (B.A. 1940) – historian and biographer, two-time winner of the
Governor General's Award
William Kilbourn (B.A. Trin. 1948) – historian, member of the executives of the
Canada Council and the Canadian commission for
UNESCO , fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Stephen Clarkson (B.A. 1959 Trin.) – political scientist specializing in foreign policy,
neoconservatism , globalization and North American integration;
Governor General's Award winner
Jack Granatstein (M.A. 1962) – historian, winner of the
J.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal ,
Vimy Award
Irving Abella (B.A. 1963, M.A. 1964, Ph.D. 1969) – historian, writer,
None is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe 1933-1948 , fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Michiel Horn (M.A., Ph.D.) – historian and educator, fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada , professor
emeritus ,
Glendon College ,
York University
Modris Eksteins (B.A. Trin., professor of history 1970–) – historian, winner of the
Trillium Book Award and the
Pearson Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize , Rites of Spring: The Great War , The Birth of Modern Age
Robert Bothwell (B.A., professor of Canadian history 1981–) – historian, best known for his work on Canadian
Cold War participation
Norman Hillmer (B.A. 1966, M.A. 1967) – historian and educator, For Better or For Worse: Canada and the United States to the 1990s
David Bercuson (M.A. 1967, Ph.D. 1971) – labour, military and political historian,
Vimy Award winner, fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada , Deconfederation: Canada without Quebec
Margaret Conrad (M.A. 1968, Ph.D. 1979) – historian specializing in
Atlantic Canada and
Women's history , recipient of the
Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal , fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Veronica Strong-Boag (B.A. 1970, Ph.D. 1975) – historian, former president of the
Canadian Historical Association , fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
George R. D. Goulet (LL.M.) –
Métis best-selling author and retired lawyer
Alastair Sweeny (B.A. Trin.) – historian, author and publisher, wrote
George-Étienne Cartier: A Biography
Roger Sarty (B.A.) – historian specializing in the history of Canada's navy and coastal defence
Nick Brune (B.A. 1975, M.A. 1976, B.Ed. 1977) – educator, historian and author, winner of the
Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History
Kenneth R. Bartlett (Ph.D. 1978, professor of history) –
Renaissance historian, president of the Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies
Afua Cooper (Ph.D.) – historian and
dub poet , Memories Have Tongue , The Hanging of Angelique
Carolyn Muessig (M.A., 1986 Centre for Medieval Studies) – medievalist specializing in sermon literature, female education, and hagiography; Chair of Christian Thought, Department of Classics and Religion, University of Calgary
Law (excluding the Supreme Court judges mentioned above)
Irus Braverman (S.J.D. 2009) – legal scholar and professor of law and an adjunct professor of geography at the
University at Buffalo
John Arnup (B.A. 1932 Vic.) – judge of the
Court of Appeal for Ontario , 1970–85, best known for having pioneered universal
legal aid in
Ontario
Anne Bayefsky (B.A., M.A., LL.B.) – human rights scholar and activist, senior fellow at the
Hudson Institute , teaches at
York University
Charles Dubin (B.A. 1941) –
Chief Justice of Ontario , 1990–96, best known for leading the Dubin Inquiry into the use of
steroids by athletes
Todd Ducharme (LL.B. 1986) – first
Métis to be appointed to the
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
William Glenholme Falconbridge (B.A. 1866 U.C., M.A. 1870) – Chief Justice of
Ontario Superior Court of Justice , 1900–20
Colleen M. Flood , (MA, PhD) – professor in the Faculty of Law at the
University of Ottawa
Martin Friedland (B.Comm. 1955, LL.B. 1958) – lawyer, academic and author; recipient of the
Molson Prize in 1994
George Alexander Gale (B.A. 1929) –
Chief Justice of Ontario , 1964–76
Bill Hastings (B.A. 1978) – District Court Judge of
New Zealand
Bernard Hibbitts (LL.M. 1986) – lawyer, professor and publisher, founder and publisher of
JURIST , teaches at the
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Samuel Hughes
QC (B.A. 1934) – judge of the
Supreme Court of Ontario and Chairman of the
Hughes Inquiry
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William Goldwin Carrington Howland (B.A. 1936) –
Chief Justice of Ontario , 1977–92
William Kaplan (B.A. 1980) – lawyer and writer, professor of law at the
University of Ottawa Law School, 1989–2001
Marcia V. J. Kran (M.A. 1989) – International human rights lawyer
Mayo Moran (S.J.D. 1999, dean of the faculty of law, 2006–) – law professor who published extensively in comparative
constitutional law ,
private law , and legal and
feminist theory
Ed Morgan (LL.B. 1984) – Professor of International Law at the
University of Toronto
Stephen R. Perry , John J. O'Brien Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Kent Roach (B.A. 1984 Vic., LL.B. 1987, professor of law) – legal academic noted for his writings on
criminal law , former
law clerk to Justice
Bertha Wilson of the
Supreme Court
Clayton Ruby (LL.B. 1969) – lawyer, specializing in constitutional and criminal law and civil rights, former acting Treasurer of the
Law Society of Upper Canada
Robert Sharpe (LL.B. 1970, dean of the faculty of law, 1990–95) – Judge of the
Court of Appeal for Ontario , 1999–;
[62] patron of the
Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal
[63]
James Marshall Tory (B.A.) – Chair Emeritus and Counsel at
Torys LLP
John A. Tory (B.A., LL.B. 1952) – co-founder of the law firm, Tory, Tory, Deslauriers, a director of
Rogers Communications
John S. D. Tory – founder of
Torys LLP , a director of
A.V. Roe Canada
Stephen Waddams (B.A., professor of law) – legal academic specializing in
contract law , former Visiting Fellow at
All Souls College, Oxford , Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Gordon F. Henderson (B.A. 1934) – Lawyer, President of the
Canadian Bar Association , Chancellor of the
University of Ottawa
Theology
Nathanael Burwash (B.A. 1859 Vic.) –
Methodist minister and university administrator
Albert Benjamin Simpson (B.Th. 1865 Knox) – preacher, theologian and author, founder of the
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Charles Coughlin (B.A. 1911 St.M.) – religious and political speaker, noted radio opponent of
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Stephen Dempster – theologian, author, and professor emeritus of religious studies at
Crandall University
Robert Baird McClure (M.B. 1922) – 23rd
Moderator of the United Church of Canada , 1968–71
Tom Harpur (B.A. 1951 U.C., D.Th. 1956 Wyc.) – Anglican priest, theologian, author and columnist, former religion editor of the
Toronto Star , recipient of a State of Israel Silver Medal for Outstanding Journalism, fellow of the American Religious Public Relations Council
Amir Hussain (B.A. 1987 U.C., Ph.D. 2001) – editor of the
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Andrew Hutchison (L.Th. 1969 Trin.) –
Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada , 2004–07,
Bishop of Montreal , 1990–2004
A. James Reimer (M.A., Ph.D. St.M.) –
Mennonite theologian, Mennonites and Classical Theology
Adele Reinhartz (B.A. 1975, M.A. 1977) – theologian, former president of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
Mary Jo Leddy (Ph.D.) – theologian, writer and social activist, founding editor of the
Catholic New Times , former member of the
Roman Catholic
Sisters of Our Lady of Sion
Thomas Rosica (D.Th. 1985 Regis) –
Catholic priest and
Basilian Father , CEO of Canadian Catholic
Salt + Light Television network
Lucian Turcescu (Ph.D. 1999) – theologian, professor of theology at
Concordia University
Media and arts
Journalism and publishing
James Ross (B.A. 1857, M.A. 1865) – journalist, lawyer, member of the
provisional government established by
Louis Riel during the
Red River Rebellion of 1869–1870
Henry Albert Harper (B.A. 1895) – journalist and civil servant; the statue of
Sir Galahad at
Parliament Hill was built in honour of him
Peter C. Newman (B.A. 1950 Vic., M.Comm. 1954) – journalist; former editor,
Maclean's and
Toronto Star ; author,
The Canadian Establishment ,
The Secret Mulroney Tapes
Michele Landsberg (B.A. 1952) – writer, social activist and feminist, columnist for the
Toronto Star , recipient of the
Governor General's Award
Walter Stewart (dropped out) – writer, editor and journalism educator, "Canada's conscience"
Christina McCall (B.A. 1956 Vic.) – journalist and political writer, journalist at
The Globe and Mail ,
Saturday Night and
Maclean's , senior editor at
Chatelaine
Barbara Frum (B.A. 1959) – prolific journalist and interviewer for the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , host of
The Journal
Barbara Amiel (B.A. 1963 U.C.) – British journalist, socialite, spouse of former publisher
Conrad Black
Michael Kesterton (B.A.) – columnist for
The Globe and Mail
John Honderich (B.A.) – publisher of the
Toronto Star , 1994–2004
Margaret Wente (M.A.) – columnist for
The Globe and Mail , winner of two National Newspaper Awards for column
Ellie Tesher (B.A.) – journalist and advice columnist for the
Toronto Star
Marcel Desjardins – journalist, political commentator, news director
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Linda McQuaig (B.A.) – journalist, columnist and non-fiction author, business reporter at
The Globe and Mail , columnist for the
Toronto Star
Bonnie Fuller (B.A. 1977 U.C.) – media executive, editorial director of
American Media and editor of
Flare ,
Cosmopolitan ,
YM ,
Marie Claire ,
Glamour and
Us Weekly
Heather Mallick (B.A. U.C., M.A.) – columnist for
Chatelaine ,
The Guardian and
The Globe and Mail
John Roberts (B.A. UTM, 1978) – television journalist currently working for the
Fox News Channel , as their chief
White House correspondent
John Ibbitson (B.A. 1979) – writer and journalist, columnist for
The Globe and Mail
Lyse Doucet (M.A. 1982) – Chief International correspondent for the "
BBC "
Andrew Coyne (B.A. Trin.) – national editor for
Maclean's , former columnist with the
National Post
Matthew Fraser (B.A. 1981 Vic.) – editor-in-chief,
National Post
Jagoda Pike (B.A. Trin.) – publisher of the
Toronto Star 2006–08; President of
Star Media Group
Malcolm Gladwell (B.A. 1984 Trin.) – journalist; staff writer for
The Washington Post and
The New Yorker ; author of
The Tipping Point ,
Blink and
Outliers
Isabel Vincent (B.A.) – investigative journalist for the
National Post
Naomi Klein (B.A. incomplete) – journalist and activist; author,
No Logo ; contributor to
The Nation ,
The Globe and Mail and
The Guardian
[65]
Simon Pulsifer (B.A. 2004 Vic.) – prolific contributor to
English Wikipedia under the username SimonP
Ryan North (M.Sc. 2005) – webcomic author
Sam Forster (M.A. 2019) – cultural critic; journalist at
Perfil ,
UnHerd , and
The National Post
Film, television, radio, and theatre
Preet Banerjee (B.S. 2001 UTSC) – host of the television show
Million Dollar Neighbourhood on the
Oprah Winfrey Network
Mary Berg – television personality, chef, and winner of
MasterChef Canada season 3
Henry Gladstone – radio newscaster and actor
[66]
Leah Cherniak (B.A. 1979) – playwright, theatre director, and professor
Sabrina Cruz – Canadian YouTuber
Frank Shuster (B.A. 1939 U.C.) – comedian, member of the comedy duo
Wayne & Shuster
Johnny Wayne (B.A. 1940 U.C.) – comedian, member of the comedy duo
Wayne & Shuster
Elizabeth Sterling Haynes (B.A. V.C.) – theatre activist and educator
Arthur Hiller (B.A. 1947 U.C., M.A. 1950) – film director,
The Man in the Glass Booth ,
Silver Streak
Elwy Yost (B.A. 1948) – television host, hosted
Passport to Adventure series,
Magic Shadows and
Saturday Night at the Movies
William Hutt (B.A. 1948 Trin.) – actor of stage, television and film,
King Lear ,
Long Day's Journey into Night ,
Sam Wanamaker Prize recipient
Aida Jordão (MA, PhD) – Playwright and theatre director
Albert Wesley Johnson (M.PA.) – President of the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , 1975–1982
Norman Jewison (B.A. 1949 Vic.) – film director,
In the Heat of the Night ,
Fiddler on the Roof ,
Moonstruck
Patrick Watson (M.A.) – broadcaster and television writer,
Titans ,
The Watson Report ,
The Canadian Establishment ,
Heritage Minutes
Ted Kotcheff (B.A. 1952) – film and television director,
First Blood ,
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Leon Major (B.A. 1955) – opera and theatre director, artistic director of
Boston Lyric Opera , 1998–2003
Daniel McCarthy (B.A. St. Michael's) – children's television producer who helped create
The Friendly Giant ,
Mr. Dressup , and
Sesame Park
[67]
Peter Gzowski (dropped out) – broadcaster, writer and reporter, the
CBC Radio show
Morningside
Donald Sutherland (B.A. 1958 Vic.) – actor,
The Dirty Dozen ,
M*A*S*H (film),
Ordinary People ,
JFK ,
Hunger Games
William B. Davis (B.A. 1959) – actor, known for his role as the
Cigarette Smoking Man on The
X-Files
Lorne Michaels (B.A. 1966 U.C.) – creator and producer of
Saturday Night Live
David Cronenberg (B.A. 1967 U.C.) – film director,
Videodrome ,
The Fly ,
A History of Violence
Gavin Bell, (B. A., 1934,
Trin. — Film designer, vaudevillain
Shelley Gillen – Canadian television writer and producer,
Murdoch Mysteries ,
The Listener ,
Fido
Hart Hanson (B.A.) – American television writer and producer,
Bones ,
Joan of Arcadia
Stephen Stohn (J.D. 1977) – Entertainment lawyer and television producer, President of
Epitome Pictures ,
Degrassi: The Next Generation ,
Instant Star
Ron Mann (B.A. 1980 Innis) – documentary filmmaker,
Imagine the Sound ,
Grass
Graham Yost (B.A. 1980 Trin.) – screenwriter,
Speed ,
Mission to Mars
Atom Egoyan (B.A. 1982 Trin.) – film director,
The Sweet Hereafter ,
Where the Truth Lies
David Shore (LL.B. 1982) – television screenwriter,
House ,
Law & Order
Heather Hiscox (B.A. 1986) – news anchor who works for the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , host of
CBC News: Morning
Mark Rowswell (B.A. 1988 U.C.) – media personality, one of the best-known Western performers in China
Tim Long (B.A. 1992 U.C.) – comedy screenwriter,
The Simpsons ,
Politically Incorrect ,
Spy Magazine ,
Late Show with David Letterman
Lin Chi-ling (B.A.) –
Taiwanese actress and model,
Red Cliff
Tom Perlmutter (M.B.A.) – Government Film Commissioner and Chair of the
National Film Board of Canada
[68]
Victor Garber – Canadian actor
Marilyn Hall (c. 1927–2017), Canadian-born American producer and philanthropist
[69]
Michelle Mohabeer – (PhD 2005) filmmaker
[70]
Caterina Scorsone – (B.A. 2006) actress,
Grey's Anatomy
[71]
Shelley Tepperman – (B.A.) translator
Jeff Deverett – Film producer,
Full Out ,
Kiss and Cry ,
The Samuel Project
Music, fine arts and architecture
Ross Parmenter (B.A. 1933 Trin.) – music editor for
The New York Times , expert on indigenous Mexican culture
John Beckwith (B.Mus. 1947, M.Mus 1961, professor of music) – composer, writer and pianist, written over 130 compositions, Member of the
Order of Canada
Elmer Iseler (B.Mus. 1950) – conductor of the
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and founder of the
Festival Singers of Canada
Raymond Moriyama (B.Arch. 1954) – architect, winner of the
Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts
Teresa Stratas (Art Dip. Mus. 1959) – Soprano opera singer with the
Metropolitan Opera
Ellen Moffat (B.A.) – artist
Paul Shaffer (B.A. 1971 U.C.) – Leader of the
CBS Orchestra for the
Late Show with David Letterman , former musical director of
Saturday Night Live , co-writer of "
It's Raining Men "
Liona Boyd (B.Mus. 1972) – classical guitarist
Gordon Slater – former
Dominion Carillonneur of Canada , conductor of Divertimento Orchestra of Ottawa
[72] and bassoonist
Maureen Batt (M.Mus.) – concert and opera artist
Bruce Kuwabara (B.Arch. 1972) – architect, partner in the firm Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB), recipient of the RAIC 2006 Gold Medal
David J. Elliott (B.Mus., M.Mus., B.Ed.) – professor of music at
New York University , Music Matters: A New Philosophy of Music Education
Amy Sky (B.Mus. 1982) – singer, songwriter and actor
Mychael Danna (B.Mus. 1986, B.Ed. 1987) –
Academy Award ,
Golden Globe Award, and
Emmy Award -winning film composer
Barbara Hannigan (B.Mus. 1993, M.Mus. 1998) – Grammy Award-winning soprano, conductor
Adrianne Pieczonka (B.Mus. 1988) – soprano opera singer, received the title
Kammersängerin from the Austrian government, officer of the
Order of Canada
Doris McCarthy (B.A. 1989 UTSC) – artist, known for her landscape paintings
Angela Su (B.Sc. 1990) – Hong Kong based artist
Raine Maida (dropped out) – vocalist of the Canadian rock band
Our Lady Peace
Sophie Hackett (B.A.1994) – Curator of Photography at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
Isabel Bayrakdarian (B.A.Sc. 1997) – opera singer
Dan Snaith , Caribou
Maggie MacDonald (B.A. U.C.) – playwright, musician and writer, member of the indie pop band
The Hidden Cameras
Owen Pallett (B.Mus. 2002) – composer, arranger, violinist, and singer-songwriter
Measha Brueggergosman (B.Mus. 1999) – concert artist and opera singer
Megan Bonnell (B.A.) — folk musician
Mary Vingoe (M.A.) — playwright, theatre director,
Officer of the order of Canada
Agnes Chan (B.A.Ed. 1978) – Asian singer, author, educator and actress.
Cameron Shahbazi – countertenor
Mirabelle Jien (M.A.) — flutist, musician, podcaster
Education
Abraham Lincoln McCrimmon (B.A. 1890) – Chancellor of
McMaster University , 1911–22
P. E. MacKenzie (B.A., LL.B. 1893) – Chancellor of the
University of Saskatchewan , 1940–46
Arthur Currie (dropped out) – President and Vice Chancellor of
McGill University , 1920–33
William Alexander Robb Kerr (B.A. 1899, M.A. 1901) – President of the
University of Alberta , 1936–41
Edward Wentworth Beatty (B.A.) – Chancellor of
McGill University , 1921–42, Chancellor of
Queen's University at Kingston , 1918–23
Walter P. Thompson (B.A. 1910) – President of the
University of Saskatchewan , 1949–59
Gordon Shrum (B.A. 1919 Vic., M.A. 1921, Ph.D. 1923) – Chancellor of
Simon Fraser University , 1964–68
Dana Porter (B.A. 1921) – Chancellor of the
University of Waterloo , 1960–66
John Lowe (B.A. 1922 Trin.) –
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford , 1948–51,
Dean of
Christ Church, Oxford , 1939–59
John Josiah Robinette (B.A. 1926) – Chancellor of
Trent University , 1984–87
Howard Hillen Kerr (B.A.Sc. 1926) – President of
Ryerson Institute of Technology , 1948–66
Carl Pollock (B.Eng.) – Chancellor of the
University of Waterloo , 1975–78
Murray G. Ross (M.A. 1938) – President of
York University , 1959–70
Harry Gunning (B.A., M.A., Ph.D. 1942) – President of the
University of Alberta , 1974–79
Chien Wei-zang (Ph.D. 1942) – President of
Shanghai University , 1982–
Burt Matthews (B.A.Sc. 1947) – President of the
University of Guelph , 1983–88, President of the
University of Waterloo , 1970–81
Josef Kates (B.A. 1948, M.A. 1949, Ph.D. 1951) – Chancellor of the
University of Waterloo , 1979–85
William Arthur Cochrane (M.D. 1949) – President of the
University of Calgary , 1974–78
Douglas Tyndall Wright (B.A.Sc. 1949) – President of the
University of Waterloo , 1981–93
George Connell (B.A. 1951, Ph.D. 1955) – President of the
University of Western Ontario , 1977–84
Thomas Symons (B.A. 1951) – President and vice-chancellor of
Trent University , 1961–72
Ronald Lampman Watts (B.A. 1952 Trin.) – Principal of
Queen's University at Kingston , 1974–84
H. Ian Macdonald (B.Comm. 1952) – President of
York University , 1974–84
Walter Pitman (B.A. 1952, M.A. 1954) – President of
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute , 1975–80
William Winegard (Ph.D. 1952) – President of the
University of Guelph , 1967–75
Harry Arthurs (B.A. 1955, LL.B. 1958) – President of
York University , 1985–92
David Strangway (B.A. 1956, M.A., Ph.D. 1960, 11th President) – President of
Quest University , 2002–07, President of the
University of British Columbia , 1985–97
Donald Forster (B.A.) – President of the
University of Guelph , 1975–83
Norman Wagner (M.A. 1960, Ph.D. 1965) – President of the
University of Calgary , 1978–88
Peter George (B.A. 1962, M.A. 1963, Ph.D. 1967) – President of
McMaster University , 1995–2010
Susan Mann (B.A. 1963) – President of
York University , 1992–97
Robert Birgeneau (B.Sc. 1963) – former President of
University of Toronto (2000–04), Chancellor of the
University of California, Berkeley , 2004–
[73]
Margaret MacMillan (B.A. 1966 Trin.) – Warden of
St Antony's College, Oxford , 2007–
Emőke Szathmáry (B.A. St.M., Ph.D.) – President of the
University of Manitoba , 1997–2008
Lorna Marsden (B.A. 1968) – President of
York University , 1997–2007, President of
Wilfrid Laurier University , 1992–97
Paul Davenport (M.A. 1970, Ph.D. 1976) – President of the
University of Western Ontario , 1994–
[74]
Michael W. Higgins (B.Ed. 1973) – President of
St Thomas University
Jon Dellandrea (B.Ed. 1976, M.Ed, Ed.D) – Chancellor of
Nipissing University , 2010-2016; Vice-President of University Advancement, 1994-2005.
Doug Owram (Ph.D. 1976) – Provost and Vice-President of the
University of Alberta , 1998–2003
Ronald J. Daniels (B.A. 1982, J.D. 1986; dean of law) – President of
Johns Hopkins University , 2009–; Provost of the
University of Pennsylvania , 2005–09
Joseph Cassidy (S.T.B., M.Div. 1986 Regis) – Principal of
St Chad's College, Durham , 1997–
Satish K. Tripathi (M.Sc. 1976, Ph.D 1979) – President of the
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Business
H. R. MacMillan (B.Sc. 1906 OAC) – founder of the
H.R. MacMillan Export Company, Ltd , Chairman of the
Vancouver Board of Trade , 1933
Murray Koffler (Phm.B. 1946) – founder of
Shoppers Drug Mart
William Arthur Cochrane (M.D. 1949) – Chairman, President and CEO of
Connaught Laboratories Limited, 1978–89, President of the
University of Calgary , 1974–78
Peter Munk (B.A.Sc. 1952) – founder and Chairman of
Barrick Gold
John Robert Evans (M.D. 1952) – former President of
Torstar
Leslie Dan (B.Sc. 1954) – founder of
Novopharm
Edward Samuel Rogers (B.A. 1956 Trin.) – former President and CEO of
Rogers Communications
Marshall A. Cohen (B.A.) – President and CEO of
Molson , 1988–96
Richard M. Thomson (B.A.Sc.) – Chairman and CEO of
Toronto-Dominion Bank , 1978–97
Peter Godsoe (B.Sc. 1961 Vic.) – President and CEO of
Bank of Nova Scotia , 1992–2003; Chairman of
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts and
Sobeys , Chancellor of the
University of Western Ontario , 1996–2000
A. Charles Baillie (B.A. 1962 Trin.) – chief executive of
Toronto-Dominion Bank , 1997–2002, President of
Queen's University at Kingston , 2002–08
Bernard Sherman (B.A.Sc. 1964) – founder, Chairman and CEO of
Apotex Inc. , 1974–
F. Anthony Comper (B.A. 1966 St.M.) – President and CEO of
Bank of Montreal , 1990–2007
David A. Galloway (B.A. 1966) – Chairman of
Bank of Montreal , 2004–, President and CEO of
Torstar , 1988–2002, President and CEO of
Harlequin Enterprises , 1983–88
Daisy Ho (M.B.A. 1990) – Chairman of
SJM Holdings , executive director of
Shun Tak Holdings
Ron Brenneman (B.Eng. 1968) – President and CEO of
Petro-Canada , 2005–
W. Edmund Clark (B.A. 1969) – President and CEO of
Toronto-Dominion Bank , 2002–2014
Maureen Kempston Darkes (B.A. 1970 Vic., LL.B. 1973) – President of
General Motors Latin America, Africa and Middle East
Sergio Marchionne (B.A. U.C.) – CEO of
Fiat S.p.A. and
Chrysler Group , 2009–, Chairman of
European Automobile Manufacturers Association , 2006–
Robert Prichard (LL.B. 1975) – President of
Torstar , 2001–;13th
President of the University of Toronto
Philip Orsino (B.A. 1976 Vic.) – President and CEO of
Masonite International Corporation , 1989–2005
Catherine Swift (B.A. 1977) – President and CEO of the
Canadian Federation of Independent Business , 1995–
Bill Downe (M.B.A. 1978) – President and CEO of
Bank of Montreal , 2007–
Ian Bennett (M.A.) – President and CEO of
Royal Canadian Mint , 2006–
Warren Adelman (B.A. Political Science & History) – President and Chief Operating Officer of
GoDaddy.com
[75]
Jim Balsillie (B.Comm. 1984 Trin.) – co-chief executive of
Research In Motion , 1992–
Richard Nesbitt (M.B.A. 1985) – CEO of
CIBC World Markets , 2008–, CEO of the
TSX Group , which operates the
Toronto Stock Exchange and the
TSX Venture Exchange , 2004–08;
Jeffrey Skoll (B.A.Sc. 1987) – first President of
eBay , philanthropist, Founder & Chairman
Participant Media
Leonard Asper (LL.B. 1989) – President and chief executive of
Canwest Global Communications
Michael Serbinis (M.S.) – President and CEO of
Kobo Inc.
Robert Herjavec (B.A. 1984) – CEO of Herjavec Group,
Dragons' Den dragon
Clement Melville Keys – aeronautical entrepreneur; investor of Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, China National Aviation Corporation, North American Aviation and TWA; first President of Curtiss-Wright
Janice Fukakusa (B.A.) – Chief financial officer (2004–2017) and Chief administrative officer (2009–2017) of the Royal Bank of Canada
Anthony Lacavera (B. Comp. Eng. 1997) – Founder of
Globalive and
Wind Mobile
Humanitarianism, social work and others
Omond Solandt (M.D.) – first Chairman of the Canadian
Defence Research Board , 1947–56, vice president for research and development at
Canadian National Railways , 1956–63
Rose Wolfe (B.A. 1938, diploma in social work 1939) – member of the
Order of Ontario since 1992, and of the
Order of Canada since 1999
Anne Golden (B.A. 1962 U.C.) – administrator, President of the
United Way of Canada , 1987–2001, former President and CEO of the
Conference Board of Canada
Mark Freiman (B.A. 1969, J.D. 1983) – President of the
Canadian Jewish Congress ,
Deputy Attorney-General of Ontario and Deputy Minister Responsible for Native Affairs, 2000–04
Hershell Ezrin (B.A.) – Chief Executive Officer of the
Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy
Paul Fromm (B.A. St.M., B.Ed., M.A.) – activist; alleged Canadian
neo-Nazi leader with ties to the
Ku Klux Klan
David Weinberger (Ph.D.) – American technologist, professional speaker and commentator, co-author of
The Cluetrain Manifesto and author of
Small Pieces Loosely Joined
Peter McLaren (B.Ed., Ph.D.) – one of the key figures in
critical pedagogy , professor of education at the
University of California at Los Angeles
Kamala-Jean Gopie (B.A. 1975, M.Ed. 1990) – political activist best known for her community activism in Toronto, president of the
Jamaican Canadian Association, 1979–80
Denis Rancourt (M.Sc. 1981, Ph.D. 1984
[76] ) – former physics professor, scientist, academic dissident, anarchist and activist
Rudyard Griffiths (B.A. 1993 Trin.) – public commentator and adviser, co-founder of the
Dominion Institute , author of
Who We Are: A Citizen's Manifesto
Craig Kielburger (B.A. 2006 Trin.) – children's rights advocate; founder and chair of
Free The Children
Jaggi Singh (attended Trin.) –
anti-globalization and
social justice activist
Kate Raynes-Goldie (BA Hons 2004) – award-winning internet scholar, game designer and industry evangelist
Khaled al-Qazzaz (M.A.Sc.) – activist, educator, former civil servant in Egypt
Athletics
Conn Smythe (B.A.Sc. 1920) –
NHL
builder ; principal owner of the
Toronto Maple Leafs , 1927–61; builder of the
Maple Leaf Gardens
Stan Brown (D.M.D. 1922) – defenceman for the
New York Rangers and the
Detroit Cougars
Talbot Hunter – college ice hockey, lacrosse, and soccer coach at
Cornell ,
Yale ,
West Point , and
Harvard
Joseph Albert Sullivan (M.D. 1926) – ice hockey player, surgeon and politician; goaltender on the gold medalist hockey team at the
1928 Winter Olympics
Father David Bauer (B.A. 1949)–Founder of the
Canada men's national ice hockey team , inductee into the
Hockey Hall of Fame
Bruce Kidd (B.A. 1965) – medalist in the
1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and competitor in the
1964 Summer Olympics
Stan Butler (B.Ed. 1980) – hockey coach of
North Bay Battalion
Karl Svoboda (BPHE 1985) – Canadian National Team rugby player, played in 1987, 1991, and 1995
Rugby World Cups , received 'blues' in rugby and ice hockey from
Oxford University
Lori Dupuis (B.A. St.M.) – ice hockey player on gold medal winning
2002 Winter Olympics team
Jeffrey Buttle (B.Eng. on hiatus) – figure skater, 2008
World Figure Skating Champion and
2006 Winter Olympics bronze medalist
John Fitzpatrick (B.Eng. 1933) – track and fielder, football player, engineer, and inventor; Fifth placer at the
1928 Summer Olympics Men's 100 meters event
Aaron Milton – Canadian football player
Crispin Duenas – Canadian recurve archer who represented Canada at the
Summer Olympics in 2008, 2012, and 2016
Gabriela Stafford (currently attending) – Canadian middle-distance runner; in July 2016 she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team
Michelle Li – Hong Kong-born Canadian female badminton player on the 2016 and 2020 Canadian Olympic team
Cary Kaplan (B.A 1992) – President
Hamilton Bulldogs of AHL, president/gm
Brampton Beast of ECHL, and CRO
Global T20 Canada Cricket.
Belinda Trussell (BComm 1994) – Canadian Olympic dressage rider, competed at the 2004 and 2016 Summer Olympics
Josh Binstock (BPHE 2005) – beach volleyball player from Canada who qualified for the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics
Donna Vakalis (March 2009) – Canadian modern pentathlete at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics
Kristina Valjas (BA 2010) – Canadian beach volleyball player with the Estonian ancestry, qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Heather Bansley (B.A. 2010) – Canadian beach volleyball player, Canadian athlete at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Saad Bin Zafar (BBA 2011 UTSC) – Canadian national cricket player, Current captain of the
Canada men's national team
[77]
Rosie MacLennan (BPHE 2011) – Canadian trampoline gymnast; 2013 World Trampoline champion, 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion, and 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games champion in the individual trampoline event
Alicia Brown (B.A. 2013) – Canadian track and field athlete competing in the sprint events, predominately the 400m event; in July 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team
Vincent Wang (
Biofrost ) (BComm 2014) – Canadian
League of Legends player; won the 2016 and 2020
NA LCS Summer Splits with
Team SoloMid
Jason Burnett (BA 2015) – Canadian trampoline gymnast; has placed first in the Canadian National Championships eight times in individual trampoline; won a silver medal in the 2008 Olympic Games; competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics
Kilian Elkinson (born 1990), Bermudian footballer
Kylie Masse – Canadian competition swimmer who tied for the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sasha Gollish (B.A. in Economics, Masters of Engineering, and current PhD candidate in Civil Engineering Education) – competitive runner, Pan American Games bronze medalist, Maccabiah Games gold medalist
Bob Nadin (Physical and Health Education) – Ice hockey referee, inductee into
IIHF Hall of Fame
W. F. Taylor (Faculty of Dentistry graduate)–Founder of the
Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
Katherine Henderson — president and CEO of
Curling Canada and
Hockey Canada
[78]
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