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Engineers leading change to build a better world.

Troost ILead is the home of engineering leadership research and training at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. The institute exists to:

  • Inspire engineering students to identify as leaders
  • Equip students for lifelong leadership development
  • Inform engineering leadership education with workplace and classroom research
  • Elevate the conversation on leadership in the engineering community

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U of T Engineering staff Estelle Oliva-Fisher receives 2025 Chancellor’s Emerging Leadership Award

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Bridging engineering and education with empathy: Meet 2025 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award winner, Michelle Lai

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International Alfred N. Goldsmith Award recognizes 25 years of excellence from the Engineering Communication Program

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Tackling challenges where they are: Meet 2024 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award winner, Nelson Lee

Left to Right: Darsh Jain (Year 4 ChemE), Natasha Pereira (Year 4 ChemE), Ally Cheung (Year 4 EngSci), and Blythe Huang (Year 3 ChemE) presented their winning idea for extending the lifecycle of cooking oil used on campus by repurposing it into usable biodiesel. (Photo: Tobi Asmoucha)

ISTEP hosts environmental design challenge motivating students to create impactful sustainable solutions

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U of T students now have a more streamlined way to discover mental health resources and supports. Navi, short for navigator, is a chat-based service that acts as a virtual assistant for students wanting to learn more about the mental health supports available to them at the University of Toronto.

To use the tool visit uoft.me/navi