Engage with ISTEP

We are deeply grateful to our talented and generous alumni and extended community whose engagement meaningfully enriches the student experience.

Through mentorship, classroom engagement, guest lectures, leadership panels, and coaching support, our alumni and industry partners bring learning to life—enabling students to connect academic concepts with real‑world insight and professional practice.

By sharing lived experience, career pathways and hard‑earned wisdom, alumni play a vital role in shaping both our curricular and co‑curricular offerings. This involvement helps students understand pathways forward, build confidence in their emerging professional identities, and expand their sense of what is possible beyond graduation.

“There is nothing more rewarding than guiding someone who is at a stage of life where you once were, without having had that guidance yourself.”

-Engineering Business Futures Mentor

Interested in Getting Involved?

We welcome the opportunity to connect with alumni and industry partners who are interested in contributing their expertise and perspective to our programming.

Please contact Julietta Saberian (julietta.saberian@utoronto.ca) to schedule a consultation and explore meaningful opportunities to engage as an alumni volunteer or industry partner.

Thank you for helping us cultivate a vibrant, connected community that bridges academic learning with lived experience.