List of Toronto Metropolitan University people

The following is a list of notable people associated with Toronto Metropolitan University.

Entertainment
• Paul Chato - comedian and member of The Frantics comedy troupe

• Kyle Forgeard - YouTuber and co-founder of NELK

• Natalie Glebova - Miss Universe 2005

• Sabrina Jalees - comedian

• Dominic Panganiban - Filipino-Canadian YouTuber and animator known for his YouTube channel "Domics"

• Lauren Riihimaki - YouTube Celebrity

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

• 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

• 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
• Stefan Babcock - musician, lead singer and guitarist of the punk band PUP

• Simina Grigoriu (born 1981), Romanian born Canadian-German electronic musician

• Hayden - folk singer-songwriter

• Tyler Stewart - musician, drummer for the Barenaked Ladies

• Chris Stiliadis - Commercial music producer & rapper

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
• Tom Anselmi - sports executive, former president and COO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE)

• Jamie Campbell - Sportsnet broadcaster

• Steve Dangle - Born Steve Glynn, CEO of SDPN, YouTube Creator for Rogers Sportsnet, sports analyst, author

• Michelle Duff - as Mike Duff, raced in World Championship motorcycle events

• Martine Gaillard - sports anchor on Rogers Sportsnet, formerly with The Score

• Gail Kim - professional wrestler

• Monika Klisara - karateka and professional wrestler

• Michael Landsberg - Host of TSN's Off The Record

• Steve McAllister - sports editor for Yahoo! Canada, formerly with The Globe and Mail

• Bob McKenzie - sports broadcaster on TSN, formerly of The Hockey News and The Toronto Star

• Jay Onrait - TSN SportsCentre host

• Keith Pelley - sports media executive

• Cabbie Richards - TSN personality

• Paul Romanuk - sportscaster

• Rob Rusnov - Olympic competitor for Canada in archery

• Doug Sellars - sports television executive for CBC Sports and Fox Sports

• Adnan Virk - sports anchor for ESPN

Visual arts and fashion
• Lida Baday - fashion designer

• Brian Bailey - mentor to designers on Project Runway Canada

• Edward Burtynsky - landscape photographer

• Walter Chin - commercial photographer

• Yuri Dojc - commercial photographer

• Sunny Fong - fashion designer

• Jeremy Laing - fashion designer, won a scholarship to Toronto Metropolitan and now shows at New York Fashion Week

• Todd Lynn - fashion designer

• Scott Moore - sports television executive at CTV/Rogers Sportsnet, CBC Sports, and Hockey Night in Canada

• Erdem Moralıoğlu - fashion designer

• Marian Penner Bancroft - artist and photographer

• Bill Reid - Haida artist and wood carver

Politics
• Omar Alghabra - politician

• Gary Carr - politician, Chair of Halton Region, former Ontario PC Party MPP and Liberal Party MP

• Olivia Grange - Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture in Jamaica, Member of Jamaican Parliament

• Paul Godfrey - Canadian politician and businessman (honorary)

• Jim Jones - city councillor, former Member of the Canadian Parliament

• Ted Moses - politician

• Mario Racco - Councillor in the City of Vaughan and former Ontario MPP for Thornhill

• Adam Vaughan - Member of the Canadian Parliament; former city councillor for Ward 20 Trinity—Spadina; journalist, formerly of Citytv and CKLN-FM

Activism
• Cathy Crowe - "street nurse" and social activist

Science and technology
• Nasra Agil - civil engineer and entrepreneur

• Wendy Walsh - clinical psychotherapist, Ph.D.

Business
• Sue Gardner - executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation

• Tony Gagliano - president of St. Joseph Communications; chairman of the Art Gallery of Ontario; winner of Canadian of the Year 2008

• Robert D. Richards - space entrepreneur, co-founder of the International Space University (ISU)

• Isadore Sharp - founder of the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

• Klaus Woerner - founder and former CEO of ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.; 1997 Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year

Faculty
• Eugene Chan - Professor in marketing

• Olivia Chow - former professor; mayor of the City of Toronto

• Jack Layton - former politics professor; former leader of the NDP, former leader of the opposition

• Gregory Levey - professor, entrepreneur, author

• Donna E. Young - dean of the Lincoln Alexander School of Law