FCS Career Panel Symposium
- Date
- October 30, 2025
- Time
- 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET
- Location
- DCC-707 & 709, Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex
- Open To
- Third- and fourth-year FCS students
- Contact
- Angeline Cheung (angeline.cheung@torontomu.ca)
Calling third- and fourth-year FCS students!
- Are you unsure how your degree can lead to a meaningful career?
- Are you worried about navigating the job market after graduation?
- Do you want to learn more about the career options available with your FCS degree?
Join us for the first-ever FCS Career Panel Symposium!
This is your chance to hear from FCS alumni in senior leadership positions, sharing their experiences and insights on turning their degrees into successful careers. You’ll also expand your understanding of potential career paths and networking opportunities.
The event will feature a moderated panel discussion with three FCS alumni from diverse fields, followed by an audience Q&A session and networking opportunity. Light refreshments will be provided.
Meet our panelists
Aleem Punja (Disability Studies ’16)
Aleem Punja is executive director at the Aga Khan Council for Canada and oversees the Future Ready Initiative where he leads national programs focused on poverty reduction, newcomer integration and inclusive communities. A registered social worker with over 20 years of experience, Aleem has led sector-wide modernization efforts and advanced equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across systems. He is a 2023/2024 CivicAction DiverseCity Fellow and a graduate of the Maytree Policy School. He also serves as vice-chair of the Toronto Lands Corporation, supporting community-building through innovative public school board land use. Aleem holds a Master in Public Administration from Queen’s University, a Bachelor in Disabilities Studies from TMU, and an Advanced Diploma in Child and Youth Care from Centennial College.
Teresa Mastrodicasa (Nutrition and Food ’04; Nutrition Communication ’08)
Teresa Mastrodicasa is an expert in nutrition policy and regulatory affairs, whose work is focused on bringing industry perspectives to ongoing government consultations impacting the food manufacturing sector as well as on the global stage in shaping the development of food standards.
She currently works at Food, Health and Consumer Products of Canada or FHCP, the largest industry association representing food, health, & consumer product manufacturers.
This includes the foods we love, the over-the-counter medicines and natural health products we trust to treat our common ailments, the paper products that clean up life’s little messes, and so much more.
Teresa’s work at FHCP has been focused on a number of key labelling initiatives, Canadians will soon see on many of the products in the grocery store including front-of-package labelling regulations and supplemented foods regulations. In addition to bringing industry’s perspective to the table to ensure that policy and regulation proposals are balanced and science-based, she has also been advocating for regulatory modernization on regulations impacting plant-based foods and infant formulas.
Previous to this, she spent time working at Campbell Company of Canada, in regulatory and nutrition strategy roles.
Teresa completed her Bachelor of Applied Science, Food and Nutrition and Master of Health Science, Nutrition Communication at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Accessibility
This event is accessible by elevator access, entrances with automatic doors, and single-occupancy washrooms. For additional accommodation requests please contact Angeline Cheung (angeline.cheung@torontomu.ca).