Contributors

Meet our contributors

We can’t do it without the talents of students, alumni, staff, and faculty

SHAYLA ANDERSON

is Innis’s events and mentorship coordinator and an alumna of the College and its Urban Studies Program (HBA ’19). Shayla is passionate about photography and has taken photos of many Innis students, alumni, and faculty over the years. In her free time, Shayla enjoys the creativity of directing her freelance editorial photoshoots and exploring the world of film photography. Inside front cover, 1, 6, 9, 12, 14, 16-20, 22-23, 31-36, 40-41

Photo by Daniel Amaze

SHIVANI BALDEO

is a graduating student completing a sociology specialist and criminology major. She has been a student leader at Innis and U of T, including as orientation coordinator; member of Innis’s Community Wellness Team, IRC, and ICSS; a program union mentor; and editor of the Undergraduate Sociology Journal. She is now working as Innis’s overflow housing program assistant, and aspires to attend law school. “Focus on wellness” (pp. 16-17)

Photo by Shayla Anderson

DIANTHI FERNANDO

is an Innis grad (HBA ’19) with a Master of Teaching from OISE. During her time at Innis, she supported residence and student life initiatives with the Office of Student Life. Dianthi is now a front-line advisor at University College’s Academic Advising and Registrar’s Office. She is fully committed to supporting students holistically through their lifelong learning journeys. “I am, because you are” (pp. 18-19)

Photo by Shayla Anderson

EVA-LYNN JAGOE

has been Innis’s vice principal since January 2022 and is also a professor of Spanish and comparative literature. She is passionate about creative nonfiction writing, and has written a memoir, Take Her, She’s Yours. Her current writing project is a book about family, place, and land; Eva-Lynn has yet to decide if it is fiction, a memoir, or something entirely different. “Every perspective tells a story” (pp. 26-27)

Photo by Shayla Anderson

EMMA PAULUS

is a recent U of T grad (HBA ’22), where she studied religion, English, and Spanish. Emma served as an Innis College orientation coordinator, president of the ICSS, and intern with the Office of Student Life. Currently, Emma is in the Master of Education program at OISE, U of T. “Celebrating student leadership” (pp. 32-33)

Photo by Shayla Anderson

JINWEN TAO

is a recent Innis College graduate (HBSc ’22), who majored in mathematics and statistics. She started exploring digital arts in her second year, and began designing.

Although she is a science student, her love for the arts inspires her to move forward. She is now pursuing a master’s degree in statistics in the UK and plans to apply to a Master of

Game Design in the future. Cover artwork

Photo courtesy of Jinwen Tao

We’re looking for contributors!

If you are a student, alum, staff, faculty member, or friend of Innis, and have an idea for a story, or know an Innisian whom you think should be profiled in the magazine, we invite you to lend your creative talents—which may include interviewing, writing, and/or illustrating—to the next edition of Innis Alumni & Friends. Please contact editor Ben Weststrate (HBA ’08 Innis) at ben.weststrate@utoronto.ca.

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