# List of Toronto Metropolitan University people

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

## Notable alumni
### Media and arts
#### 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
* Ellen Wong - actress, notably Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and GLOW.
* 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
* Laurie Petrou - associate professor in the RTA School of Media; author
* Donna E. Young - dean of the Lincoln Alexander School of Law

## 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 (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 | 1 August 2005‍–‍1 December 2015 (11 years) | Namesake of the Sheldon & Tracy Levy Student Learning Centre |
| 9 | Mohamed Lachemi | 30 September 2016‍–‍present (8 years) | Changed name to Toronto Metropolitan University in 2022 |

### Chancellors

| No. | Name | Term | Notes |
| 1 | David Crombie | 1994‍–‍1999 (5 years) | 56th Mayor of Toronto |
| 2 | John Craig Eaton II | 1999‍–‍2006 (7 years) | |
| 3 | G. Raymond Chang | 2006‍–‍18 October 2012 (6 years) | Namesake of the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education |
| 4 | Lawrence Bloomberg | 19 October 2012‍–‍9 October 2018 (6 years) | |
| 5 | Janice Fukakusa | 10 October 2018‍–‍9 October 2024 (6 years) | |
| 6 | Donette Chin-Loy Chang | 10 October 2024‍–‍2027 (expected) | |