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The following is a list of notable people associated with
Toronto Metropolitan University .
Notable alumni
Media and arts
Entertainment
Film and theatre
Brad Abraham - screenwriter,
RoboCop: Prime Directives
Barry Avrich - film director, film producer, playwright, author
Liane Balaban - star of the film New Waterford Girl
Marjorie Beaucage -
Métis filmmaker
Kristin Booth - actress
Alex Bulmer - playwright and theatre artist
Chad Connell - actor
Brandon Cronenberg - film director and son of
David Cronenberg
Nicole Dorsey - director and screenwriter
Shelley Gillen - producer, screenwriter and songwriter
Alicia K. Harris - director and screenwriter
Michael Healey - playwright
Zoe Leigh Hopkins - filmmaker, actor; her 2004 film Prayer for a Good Day premiered at
Sundance Film Festival
Kenneth Joel Hotz - filmmaker, actor, journalist, photographer, writer;
Kenny vs. Spenny and
South Park
Kate Kelton - actress
Michael Kennedy - film and television director,
Little Mosque on the Prairie
Julia Kwan - Canadian screenwriter and director
Hawick Lau - actor
Mena Massoud - actor cast to play
Aladdin in
Disney 's live-action remake of
Aladdin .
Bruce McDonald - feature film and television director,
Hard Core Logo ,
Pontypool and
The Tracey Fragments
Haley McGee - actress and playwright
Debra McGrath - actress and comedian
Denis McGrath - screenwriter (
Across the River to Motor City ,
Skyland ,
Charlie Jade )
Pat Mills - director and screenwriter
Michelle Mohabeer - filmmaker, film professor
Andrew Moir - filmmaker
Christopher Moloney - writer and photographer
Jasmin Mozaffari - film director and screenwriter
John Paskievich -
Genie Award -winning filmmaker
David J. Phillips - actor and producer
Jeremy Podeswa - film and television director
Kazik Radwanski - film director and screenwriter
Keerthi Reddy - Indian Bollywood and Tollywood actress
Katherine Ryan - Comedian, writer, presenter and actress based in the United Kingdom
Kenn Scott - WGC award-winning screenwriter
Nia Vardalos - writer and actress,
Academy Award -nominated writer and star of
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Ellen Wong - actress
Elizabeth Yake - filmmaker
Journalism and publishing
David Anaglate - Ghanaian Journalist, formerly head of the
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC)
Glen Baxter - journalist,
FashionTelevisionChannel , formerly with
Citytv
Christie Blatchford - columnist for
The Globe and Mail
[1]
Susan Bonner - CBC radio and television journalist, anchor of
The World at Six
Tyler Brûlé - journalist, founder of
Wallpaper* and
Monocle (Did not graduate)
Dianne Buckner - television journalist
Joan Donaldson - journalist, formerly of
CBC , and
CTV , founding head of
CBC Newsworld
Francis D'Souza - journalist,
Citytv
Natasha Fatah - journalist and producer,
CBC Radio One
Gemma Files - horror writer
Matthew Fraser - editor-in-chief of
National Post
J.M. Frey , science fiction and fantasy writer
Michael Friscolanti - senior writer for
Maclean's magazine, and author
Gayleen Froese - horror/mystery author
Liza Fromer - former co-host of
Breakfast Television on
Citytv
Kimberly Halkett -
Al Jazeera 's
White House correspondent
Bill Haugland - Canadian journalist and former news anchor for
CFCF-TV in
Montreal
Helen Anne Henderson - journalist and disability rights advocate
Tanya Huff - fantasy author
Paul Hunter - television journalism,
CBC News
Maureen Jennings , novelist
[2]
Nil Köksal - journalist,
CBC Television
Tanya Kim - entertainment news journalist, TV host
Marcia MacMillan - anchor,
CTV News Channel
Sam Maggs - author, entertainment journalist, and comic book and video game writer
Heather Mallick - columnist and author, formerly with The Globe and Mail
Carol Anne Meehan - anchor of
CTV Ottawa
Suhana Meharchand - television host and journalist,
CBC
Wendy Mesley - television anchor and host,
CBC
Tony Parsons - broadcaster, formerly of
CTV and
CHUM , former host of
Canada Tonight on
Global
Louise Penny - mystery novelist
Monita Rajpal - news anchor for
CNN International
Robert J. Sawyer -
Hugo Award -winning science-fiction writer
Alison Smith - journalist,
CBC Newsworld
Graeme Smith - Moscow bureau chief for The Globe and Mail
Brian Stewart - Senior Correspondent,
The National ,
CBC News
Betty Thompson - news presenter at
CKCO in
Kitchener, Ontario
Robyn Urback (born 1988) - journalist and political commentator
Isobel Warren - journalist
Marcia Young - broadcast journalist, host of The World This Hour on
CBC Radio
Music
Radio and television
Raymond Ablack - actor,
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Emily Andras - showrunner,
Wynonna Earp
Ralph Benmergui - radio and television personality, host of
Friday Night! with Ralph Benmergui and
Benmergui Live on
CBC-TV
Rick Brace - president of
CTV
Kevin Brauch - host of
The Thirsty Traveler
Milan Chvostek - TV director and producer
Dave Devall - former
CFTO-TV weather personality
Nina Dobrev - actress, star of
The CW show
The Vampire Diaries and
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Raina Douris - radio personality
David James Elliott - star of
JAG
Martin Gero - writer and producer,
Stargate Atlantis
Jessica Holmes - comedian-actress on
Royal Canadian Air Farce
Ross Hull - star of the TV series
Student Bodies
Jason Jones -
The Daily Show correspondent
Dan Levy - actor, director
Schitt's Creek
Eric McCormack - Emmy Award winner, star of
Will & Grace
Stuart McLean - Canadian radio broadcaster, humorist, monologist, and author
Ari Millen - actor (
Orphan Black )
Shay Mitchell - actress
Pretty Little Liars
Joseph Motiki - television personality, former co-host of the
TVOKids Crawlspace
Zarqa Nawaz - creator of
Little Mosque on the Prairie
Candice Olson - host of
Divine Design
Terry O'Reilly - host of
Under the Influence on
CBC Radio One
Valerie Pringle - broadcaster, former co-host of
Canada AM
Mike Sheerin -
Gemini nominated documentary director (
Secret Mulroney Tapes )
Cliff Solway - producer and director,
CBC Television
Hannah Simone -
MuchMusic VJ; actor on
New Girl
Patty Sullivan - children's television host,
Kids' CBC
Torri Webster - actress, star of TV series
Life with Boys
Tonya Lee Williams - actress, notably of
The Young and the Restless
Jeff Wincott - actor of TV series
Night Heat and
Sons Of Anarchy
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood - actress, star of
CBS show
The Bold and the Beautiful
Sports
Visual arts and fashion
Politics
Activism
Science and technology
Business
Faculty
Administration
Principals and Presidents
No.
Name
Term
Notes
1
Howard Hillen Kerr
1948–1966(18 years)
Founder of the Ryerson Institute of Technology, previously Director of the Training and Re-Establishment Institute. Namesake of
Kerr Hall . Changed name to Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in 1964
2
Fred Jorgenson
1966–1969(3 years)
Renamed the office to President in 1964. Namesake of Jorgenson Hall
–
Anthony Wilkinson (acting)
1969–1970(1 year)
3
Donald Mordell
1970–1974(4 years)
–
George Korey (acting)
1974–1975(1 year)
4
Walter Pitman
1975–1980(5 years)
Namesake of Pitman Hall
5
Brian Segal
1980–1988(8 years)
6
Terrence W. Grier
1988–1995
[a] (7 years)
First to be both President and Vice-Chancellor, made the institution a university in 1994
7
Claude Lajeunesse
1995–30 September 2005(10 years)
Changed name to Ryerson University in 2002
8
Sheldon Levy
[6]
[7]
1 August 2005–1 December 2015(11 years)
Namesake of the
Sheldon & Tracy Levy Student Learning Centre
9
Mohamed Lachemi
[8]
30 September 2016–present
[b] (8 years)
Changed name to Toronto Metropolitan University in 2022
Chancellors
Notes
^ Dennis Mock served as acting president from August 1990–January 1991
^ Lachemi served as Acting President from the time of Sheldon Levy's departure on 1 December 2015 until his appointment as full president
References
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