
Urban Policy Mentorship Program
A career development initiative that pairs urban policy professionals with Master of Global Affairs and Master of Public Policy students at the Munk School.
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Overview
- Hundreds of Munk School graduates end up working in policy roles related to cities. Yet few entered their programs of study with a clear sense of what a career in urban policy looks like in practice.
- This new mentorship program, along with the Urban Policy Lab's ongoing educational programming, aims to fill this gap, helping students grow their professional networks and cultivate meaningful relationships with leaders in the field.
Receive Guidance
Mentees receive career guidance from experienced leaders
Make Connections
Mentors connect with up-and-coming talent
Generate Ideas
Conversations lead to new ideas that advance city building
Mentors
Luke Anderson
Executive Director, StopGap Foundation
Ana Bailão
Head of Affordable Housing and Public Affairs, Dream
Mohamed Bhamani
Partner, Government and Public Sector, EY
Joe Berridge
Partner, Urban Strategies
Gary Bloch
Physician, St. Michael's Hospital
Veronika Bylicki
Executive Director, City Hive
Caitlin Cassie
Team Lead, Ontario Ministry of Energy
Tuhina Chatterjee
Senior Policy Advisor, Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure
Jamille Clarke-Darshanand
Manager, Artscape
André Côté
Côté & Company Strategies
Andrew Do
Designer, Nava
Leilani Farha
Global Director, The Shift
Katie German
Director, Foodshare Toronto
Ken Greenberg
Principal, Greenberg Consultants Inc.
Max Greenwald
Manager, Deputy City Manager’s Office, City of Toronto
Sally Han
Manager, Cultural Partnerships, City of Toronto
Claire Hopkinson
Director & CEO, Toronto Arts Council
Shirley Hoy
Senior Advisor, StrategyCorp
Roselle Martino
VP, Public Policy, Toronto Region Board of Trade
Tanzeel Merchant
Director, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing
Chris Murray
City Manager, City of Toronto
Ann-Marie Nasr
Director, Parks, Development and Capital Projects, City of Toronto
Gil Penalosa
Founder, 8 80 Cities
Srijoni Rahman
Equity and Diversity Consultant, City of Toronto
Rebecca Ramsarran
Assistant Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Indigenous Affairs
Mary Rowe
CEO, Canadian Urban Institute
Patricia Roset-Zuppa
Vice President, Policy, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Mohamed Shuriye
Policing Reform, City of Toronto
Enid Slack
Director, Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance
Karen Thorburn
Head, Corporate Initiatives, TTC
Margaret Tomei
Team Lead, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Alice Xu
Manager, Smart City Program, City of Toronto
George Zegarac
President & CEO, Waterfront Toronto
Mentees
2021-22
Heba Al-Junaidi (MGA)
Renae Appadurai (MGA)
Christian Avendano (MPP)
Alisha Ayaz (MPP)
Arman Bachmann (MPP)
Benj Burgar (MPP)
Amber Chan (MPP)
Evelyn Chong (MPP)
Nowshin Chowdhury (MGA)
Justin Gander (MPP)
Sabrina Gilmour (MPP)
Lauren Grosberg (MPP)
Salwa Hakem (MGA)
Chloe Hinds (MPP)
Mrinal Kashyap (MPP)
Jessica Macdonald (MPP)
Sean McGowan (MPP)
Erin Mierdel (MPP)
Sonja Perisic (MPP)
Pamela Pietrusiak (MPP)
Hugh Ragan (MPP)
Jonathan Rincon Lopez (MGA)
Ruth Roselle (MPP)
Molly Simpson (MPP)
2022-23
Brittany Barwise (MGA)
Joanne Banh (MPP)
Luca Dannetta (MPP)
Shaydah Ghom (MGA)
Joy Hannam (MPP)
Anna Hardie (MPP)
Kuljit Kaur (MPP)
Laura McCloskey (MPP)
Neha Naeem (MPP)
Spencer Neufeld (MPP)
Nikita Samin (MPP)
Ragini Sharma (MGA)
Yunxuan Zhang (MGA)
2024-25
Casey Bas (MPP)
Alex Carter (MPP)
Amie Gibbs (MPP)
Eunice Chong (MGA)
Tashyana Davidson (MPP)
Mariana Higgins (MPP)
Abyaaz Khan (MPP)
Shamshir Malik (MGA)
Danillo Onetto-Bolefski (MPP)
Vanessa Padilla (MPP)
Claire Posno (MGA)
Chela Rafferty (MPP)
Tasha Romeyn (MPP)
Desirée Stockermans Muñoz (MGA)
Megan Tran (MPP)
Jacob VanHelder (MPP)