Physics Mentorship Program

This year’s mid-year Mentorship Program was held on January 29, on Zoom where mentors and students chatted in breakout rooms, forming new connections while discussing their futures.

The farewell Mentorship Program Event for this year’s cohort was held on March 31 in the Grad Lounge to thank everyone involved and to celebrate the value of mentorship.

More information on the Physics Mentorship Program:

https://www.physics.utoronto.ca/undergraduate/physics-career/mentorship/

PhysCAP Careers Outside Academia

The 2025-2026 PhysCAP Careers Outside Academia panel event was held on March 4, focused on careers outside academia. Students learned about career opportunities that could be pursued starting with their degrees in Physics. 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 2026 alumni panelists are featured below:

Brian Nguyenvo

Senior Director, Compass Data & AI

Yasaman Soudagar

Co-Founder and CEO, Startup in stealth mode

Eli Bourassa

Quantum Architecture Scientist at Xanadu

Abhinav Bhargava

Senior Consultant, KPMG

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