Launch Your Career Plan is an initiative by the Office of Vice Dean, Graduate Studies to support MEng students to launch their career planning early in their studies. This event will guide you to critically reflect on career opportunities and equip you with strategies and tools to explore your unique career aspirations. You will leave this event with tailored resources to dive deeper into the specific career pathways that interest you.

At this event, you will:

• Use labour market data and networking tools to discover diverse career options available to you
• Learn about parallel planning for further graduate studies, academic careers, and industry careers
• Create a plan to explore your specific career aspirations

This event is open to all MEng students. We welcome students who have a clear idea of their career trajectory as well as those who are exploring their next career move. It is highly recommended that all MEng students attend this event near the beginning of their studies.

This event should be completed before the OPTIONS Cohort Program.

The full day schedule is available for viewing.

Meet the Organizing Committee

Joanne Lieu

Graduate Professional Development Coordinator, Office of the Vice Dean, Graduate Studies

Joanne Lieu is the Graduate Professional Development Coordinator at the Office of the Vice Dean, Graduate Studies in Engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto. She develops and coordinates professional development events programs for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Joanne has an HBSc, BEd, MEd, and PhD from the University of Toronto.

Jessica Wurster

Graduate Career Educator, Career Exploration & Education

Jessica Wurster (she/they) is the Graduate Career Educator at Career Exploration & Education. She has worked within post-secondary education supporting students through career development and experiential learning for over 10 years. As Graduate Career Educator, Jess draws on their doctoral training in Communication Studies and professional experience to develop and deliver programming and resources targeted to professional and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and recent alumni. Jessica has a BA in Art History from Scripps College in California and holds an MA and a PhD in Communications Studies from McGill University.