Roger Rebelo had plenty of experience as a building maintenance team leader, but his career was at a standstill. He joined the Building Environmental Systems Operator program and within months of graduation, found the promotion he had been looking for.

Less than a decade since graduating, Chelsea Charles (Bachelor of Illustration ’16) is releasing three books that centre on Black Canadian stories: The Hockey Jersey, Little Black Lives Matter and The Trailblazing Life of Viola Desmond: A Civil Rights Icon.

The International Women’s Day this year marked a milestone in Monique Burke’s (Community Development ’14) journey as a rape survivor, with the launch of her newly founded non-profit organization, Watching Over Women or WOW Toronto, an empowerment centre for women who have experienced gender-based violence.