Program:
Urban Systems

Employer description

Engineers with specializations in community and urban planning disciplines who can work effectively in multi-functional teams.

Student description

Gain the high-level technical knowledge and urban planning perspective to design and manage urban infrastructure systems and create more resilient cities.

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Alumni Spotlight: Stephanie Tsui

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After graduating from the University of Waterloo with a degree in environmental studies, Stephanie Tsui worked for over three years at the City of Toronto, including as a planner focusing on cycling infrastructure.

Success Story: Stephanie Dalo

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Organizations focused on urban infrastructure design and management are challenged to find the multidisciplinary professionals they need – professionals who have both domain expertise and the project management, communication and leadership skills…

Alumni Spotlight: Grace Sonmezsoy

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Grace Sonmezsoy built a successful career as a management consultant in Hong Kong that included positions of Associate Director at Deloitte China and a Director of Ernst & Young’s infrastructure advisory group, providing strategic advice to…

Alumni Spotlight: Colin Jeffrey

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After graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering and management, Colin Jeffery worked for several years as a project engineer in the renewable energy sector in Ontario, completing 100 MWs of wind and solar installations. When his employer…

Alumni Spotlight: Mustafa Khalid

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Mustafa Khalid says going to grad school was always one of his goals. “I wanted to work for a few years to build my experience in industry and then return to school with a greater understanding of what I wanted to focus on,” he says.

Alumni Spotlight: Kimberly Bueckert

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Kimberly Bueckert was considering a master’s degree in urban planning as a way to continue developing her technical and leadership skills and advance her career. But after discovering the Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) in Urban Systems, she…

Daphne Mazarura: Alumni Spotlight

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With a degree in urban and regional planning from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in Toronto, Daphne Mazarura worked as a planning intern with the Kehilla Residential Program, a community housing agency. Here she delved…

Alumni Spotlight: Alejandra Padron

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With a degree in urban and regional planning from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), Alejandra Padron worked as a land use planning consultant in the Greater Toronto Area. Her work involved managing development approval…

Dr. Martino Tran

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Alumni Spotlight: Zhuoran Zhao

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Since graduating with a degree in architecture from Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2015, Zhuoran Zhao has continued to invest in his education and expand his scope of work. This included completing a…

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