Physics Mentorship Program

The 2024-2025 Physics Mentorship Program was launched on October 10, 2024 with an in-person launch event. The program has almost fifty mentor-mentee matches. Mentors consist of alumni, faculty and graduate students and student mentees who are 2nd, 3rd and 4th year undergraduate students.

The event was well attended by undergraduate students who sought the opportunity to connect with other Mentors and their peers. The Mentees had a chance to briefly learn about some of our Mentors in the program who spoke at the launch event.

Students later had a chance to informally interact with different Mentors and make connections through the program.

Selected mentee comments:

"I learnt so much about both academia and life outside in the industry. I feel like I have a much stronger holistic foundation going into graduate school."

"The most important thing I gained is the insight on what the life in a career related to physics feels like. For example, what is the difference between private and governmental hiring, or what kind of job are you expecting on the daily basis. I was also able to learn what kind of mindset you are suppose to have going into the field."

Selected mentor comments when asked what they liked best about the program:

"Meeting and getting to know a bright young student who is in a similar position as I was years ago, and being able to offer my insights and experiences!"

More information on the Physics Mentorship Program can be found here:
https://www.physics.utoronto.ca/undergraduate/physics-career/mentorship/

physCAP Careers Outside Academia

The 2024-2025 PhysCAP Careers Outside Academia event was held on Thursday, October 17, 2024. Upper-year students attended a panel discussion by physics alumni who have pursued careers outside academia. Students learned about career opportunities relevant to their degrees in physics and about the skills that employers value. The event featured a diverse group of speakers who shared their personal stories and described the paths they had taken over the years and how their trajectories had shifted from their original plans.

The 2024 alumni panelists are featured below:

The event featured a diverse group of speakers who shared their personal stories and described the paths they had taken over the years and how their trajectories had shifted from their original plans. The 2024 alumni panelists are featured below:

Annie Hsu

Medical Physicist (Associate Head)

Sunnybrook Hospital

Luke Helt

Senior Scientist

Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc.

Dmitry Vyushin

Fixed Income Analytics

RBC Capital Markets

More information about the Careers Events can be found here: https://www.physics.utoronto.ca/undergraduate/physics-career/physics-career-fair/