- 20 Mentors
- 146 Alumni
- 52 Researchers
- 34 Published Case Studies
Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto (U of T) is Canada’s leading institution of learning, discovery and knowledge creation. One of the world’s top research-intensive universities, students learn from and work with preeminent thought leaders through a multidisciplinary network of teaching and research faculty, alumni and partners. Consistently ranked among the top 10 public universities worldwide, U of T has remarkable strengths in disciplines that span the humanities, social sciences, sciences and the professions. U of T’s three campuses host 93,000 undergraduate and graduate students from 159 countries, who are taught by 15,000 faculty.
How to Apply
To be eligible to be a Reach researcher, you must be an undergraduate or graduate student who is registered for the full next academic year (Fall & Winter) at the University of Toronto. Reach researchers are recruited from a variety of disciplines and academic backgrounds, such as: engineering, business, law, global affairs & public policy, public health, medicine, social sciences, and more. Reach research teams are unique due to their interdisciplinary and collaborative nature. This diversity of perspectives brings different lenses to the research process. Students learn from their peers and the experience prepares them for future collaboration in the workplace
- Online applications open for ~4 weeks
- Invitation to take part in interview and additional assessment tasks
- Final selection of research cohort
- Short Answer Questions
- Uploading Required Documentation
- Resume, unofficial transcript, annotated transcript, activity list.
- Anonymous Student Equity Survey (voluntary)
Applications for the 2023-24 cohort have closed. Please contact reachallinace.munk@utoronto.ca to learn how to apply for the 2024-25 cohort.
The Reach Alliance is committed to building on initiatives that address systemic and structural barriers that impede access to opportunities for participation in the learning and scholarly activities as outlined in its Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Charter. If you require an accommodation to apply or participate in the interview process, please contact us at reachalliance.munk@utoronto.ca.
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Meet the Team
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Amy Bilton
Mentor
Associate Professor, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering; Director, Centre for Global Engineering, University of Toronto
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Jill Cameron
Mentor
Associate Professor and Vice Chair Research, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
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Priyank Chandra
Mentor
Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
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Leanne De Souza-Kenney
Mentor
Assistant Professor in the Human Biology Program and Health Studies Program, University College, University of Toronto
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Erica Di Ruggiero
Mentor
Associate Professor of Global Health and Director of the Centre for Global Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Sarah Haines
Mentor
Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at University of Toronto
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Raji Jayaraman
Mentor
Associate Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto
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Carmen Logie
Mentor
Canada Research Chair in Global Health Equity and Social Justice with Marginalized Populations, Associate Professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Adjunct Professor at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, & Health, and Adjunct Scientist at Women’s College Hospital
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Ahmed Mahmoud
Mentor
Program Manager, Centre for Global Engineering and Lecturer, University of Toronto
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Anita McGahan
Mentor
University Professor and George E. Connell Chair in Organizations and Society, Rotman School of Management; Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto
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David Meyer
Mentor
Assistant Professor of Civil and Global Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
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Mariana Mota Prado
Mentor
Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
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Imara Rolston
Mentor
Founder & Director of the Community Climate Resilience Lab (CCRL); Assistant Professor, Dalla School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Paola Salardi
Mentor
Assistant Professor in Economics; Director of the Trudeau Centre for Peace, Conflict and Justice, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto
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Avni Shah
Mentor
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
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Kim Skead
Mentor, Alum
Doctoral Candidate, University of Toronto
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Jason Spicer
Mentor
Assistant Professor, Economic Development/Planning – Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto
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Michael Widener
Mentor
Canada Research Chair in Transportation and Health at the University of Toronto – St. George; Director of Health Studies at University College; Associate Professor in Geography and Planning
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Joseph Wong
Mentor
Founder, The Reach Alliance; Professor and Vice-President, International, University of Toronto
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Stanley Zlotkin
Mentor
Professor of Paediatrics, Public Health Sciences and Nutritional Sciences at the Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto; Chief at the Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children
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Shreya Agarwal
Researcher
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Kajol Aggarwal
Researcher
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Laila Al Nagar
Researcher
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Jose Arsenault-Moriel
Researcher
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Zainab Azim
Researcher
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Kainat Bashir
Researcher
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Viviana Behrendt
Researcher
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Sarah Dickson
Researcher
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Cheikh Diop
Researcher
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Gabrielle Dume
Researcher
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Tracy Dusabimana
Researcher
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Sami El Sabri
Researcher
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Nathan Feltmate
Researcher
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Fatima Formuli
Researcher
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Fiorella Gaveglio-Fernandez
Researcher
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Molly Graham
Researcher
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Fawziyah Ibrahim
Researcher
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Noah Khan
Researcher
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David Li
Researcher
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Madalena Liougas
Researcher
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Jason Lo Hog Tian
Researcher
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Frank Mazza
Researcher
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Maria Medeleanu
Researcher
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Ibtesaam Mohamed Afroz Moosa
Researcher
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Alonso Munoz Sanchez
Researcher
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Erum Naqvi
Researcher
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Nazihah Alam
Researcher
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Diep Nguyen
Researcher
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Minh Nguyen
Researcher
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Edward Phat Chau
Researcher
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Charles Pinto
Researcher
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Maya Povhe
Researcher
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Sahana Prabhu
Researcher
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Alazne Qaisar
Researcher
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Margaux Ronciere
Researcher
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Alyssia Sanchez
Researcher
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Hajar Seiyad
Researcher
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Sumayyah Shah
Researcher
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Zoha Sojoudi
Researcher
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Megan Sullivan
Researcher
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Adib Syed
Researcher
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Cayra Tansey
Researcher
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Thaisa Tylinski Sant’Ana
Researcher
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Oghoghome Uchendu-Wogu
Researcher
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Angela Vastis
Researcher
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Pritika Vij
Researcher
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Yufeng Wang
Researcher
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Shyla Williams
Researcher
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Beiwen Wu
Researcher
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Anna Yang
Researcher
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Jinyuru Yang
Researcher
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Selina Yang
Researcher
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Atharv Agrawal
Alum
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Hannah Ahamedi
Alum
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Abrar Ahmed
Alum
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Jasmine Ali
Alum
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Omar Ali
Alum
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Zainab Ali
Alum
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Noura Aljizawi
Alum
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Modestus Amaechi
Alum
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Emma Amaral
Alum
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Lydia Angarso
Alum
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Jonathan Angell
Alum
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Ava Armand
Alum
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Nika Asgari
Alum
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Elizabeth Assefa
Alum
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Stacy Attah-Poku
Alum
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Ramy Ayoub
Alum
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Clara Ban Kim
Alum
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James Bao
Alum
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Hashir Beg
Alum
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Alejandra Bellatin
Alum
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Adrien Blanchard
Alum
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Jonathan Blumenthal
Alum
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Natalie Boychuk
Alum
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Siobhan Bradley
Alum
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Rachel Bryce
Alum
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Shanice Burton
Alum
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Niha Burugapalli
Alum
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Andrea Caceres
Alum
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Carolina Canepari
Alum
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Fiona Cashell
Alum
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Tea Cimini
Alum
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Anna Cooper Reid
Alum
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Daniel Cowen
Alum
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Nina Da Nobrega Garcia
Alum
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Isabel Davis
Alum
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Joy Dawkins
Alum
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Simran Dhunna
Alum
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Zainab Doleeb
Alum
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Nicoli Dos Santos
Alum
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Carol Drumm
Alum
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Fernando Duque De Estrada Elizondo
Alum
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Wajed El-Halabi
Alum
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Natalie Enriquez-Birch
Alum
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Martina Facchin
Alum
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Shahd Fares
Alum
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Claude Galette
Alum
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Natalie Gdyczynski
Alum
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Serah George
Alum
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Cadhla Gray
Alum
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Ella Hartsoe
Alum
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Syeda Hasan
Alum
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Kara Hounsell
Alum
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Kourosh Houshmand
Alum
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Ashna Hudani
Alum
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Azana Hyder
Alum
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Jordan Imahori
Alum
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Eric Jackson
Alum
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Kyle Jacques
Alum
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Margaret Jaimeson
Alum
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Zachary Johnson
Alum
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Anushay Khan
Alum
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Sunnya Khan
Alum
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Olivia Kuhlmann
Alum
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Katie Kwang
Alum
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Alexandra Lambropoulos
Alum
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Felix Lau
Alum
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Justin Lau
Alum
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David Lee
Alum
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Kristyn Lee
Alum
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Samrawit Lemma
Alum
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Stephanie Lim
Alum
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Sharon Low
Alum
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Andrea Macikunas
Alum
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Aylin Manduric
Alum
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Saambavi Mano
Alum
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Anthony Marchese
Alum
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Hailey Marleau
Alum
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Megan Mattes
Alum
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Heather McAlister
Alum
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Mduduzi Mhlanga
Alum
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Angela Min Yi Hou
Alum
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Nora Moidu
Alum
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Mariam Naguib
Alum
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Rushay Naik
Alum
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Sana Najafi
Alum
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Chinedum Nwaogwugwu
Alum
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Tolulope Ojo
Alum
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Rachel Pagdin
Alum
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Nikhil Pandey
Alum
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Daniel Park
Alum
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Sydney Piggott
Alum
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Anowa Quarcoo
Alum
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Sampreeth Rao
Alum
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Aditya Rau
Alum
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Sarah Ray
Alum
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Julia Robson
Alum
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Hannah Rundle
Alum
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Abhayjeet Sachal
Alum
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Talha Sadiq
Alum
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Muhammad Sajid
Alum
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Shruti Sardesai
Alum
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Joudy Sarraj
Alum
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Siddhartha Sengupta
Alum
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Aisha Shafaqat
Alum
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Amika Shah
Alum
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Ayesha Shakeel
Alum
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Mariam Sharifi
Alum
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Adam Sheikh
Alum
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Tanvi Shetty
Alum
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Lesley Sikapa
Alum
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Kanishka Sikri
Alum
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Ariel Sim
Alum
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Vandhana Sivakumar
Alum
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Kim Skead
Mentor, Alum
Doctoral Candidate, University of Toronto
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Ben Sprenger
Alum
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Jillian Sprenger
Alum
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Betelhem Tadele
Alum
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Ali Taha
Alum
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Lauren Tailor
Alum
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Stephanie Tam
Alum
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Chelsea Tao
Alum
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Sandy Tat
Alum
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Perri Termine
Alum
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Ayushi Thakur
Alum
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Roshni Thawani
Alum
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Dario Toman
Alum
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Emily Tsui
Alum
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Sanjna Ullal
Alum
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Michelle Verbeek
Alum
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Foti Vito
Alum
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Tina Vulevic
Alum
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Curtis Wackett
Alum
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Li Wan
Alum
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Alissa Wang
Alum
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Avril Wang
Alum
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Wendy Wang
Alum
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Anushree Warrier
Alum
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Alexa Waud
Alum
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Jina Yazdanpanah
Alum
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Kevin Yin
Alum
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Cheryl Young
Alum
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Reece Young
Alum
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Maya Zhang
Alum
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Peter Zhang
Alum
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Hui Zheng
Alum
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Hartlee Zucker
Alum
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Mike Alcorn
Performance Coach
Coach & Culture Strategist
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Miranda Ayim
Performance Coach
Coach & Culture Strategist
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Emily Bond
Performance Coach
Coach & Culture Strategist
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Dr. Danielle Dobney
Performance Coach
Coach & Culture Strategist
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Gloria Eid
Performance Coach
Coach & Culture Strategist
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Nicole Jolly
Performance Coach
Coach & Culture Strategist
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Vadim Levin
Performance Coach
Coach & Culture Strategist
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Peter Muir
Performance Coach
Coach & Culture Strategist
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Rojin Rahmati
Performance Coach
Coach & Culture Strategist
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Hayley Robertson
Performance Coach
Coach & Culture Strategist
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Lisa Wylie
Performance Coach
Coach & Culture Strategist
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Filsan Dualeh
Staff
Digital Communications Coordinator
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Hargun Kaur
Staff
Program Assistant
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Sana Khan
Staff
Research Communications Designer
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Moni Kim
Staff
Senior Research Program & Engagement Officer, Reach Alliance
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Jacqueline Larson
Staff
Senior Editor, Reach Alliance
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Marin MacLeod
Staff
Executive Director, Reach Alliance
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Emma Sanchez-Swaren
Staff
Communications and Events Officer
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Jason Sealy
Staff
Lead Coaching Consultant
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