Black Career Pathways in STEM

Haze is a Life-Event Transitions Mediator, Speaker and Yoga Teacher. Through powerful and unconventional two-way conversations, she can help individuals explore healthy tools and tactics for generating strength, constructing stability and producing stamina as they transition through life events such as: losing loved ones, changing gears in a career, rediscovering self, leveling-up leadership or recreating identity. Whether she is facilitating one-with-one meetings or workshops, Haze can help individuals with authoring a proactive and personalized path rooted in forward-focused movements for their journey. She was UTM’s Valedictorian in 2000.  

Kareem is a graduate of the University of Toronto where he completed a B.Sc. (Chemistry) in 2020, and a M.Sc. (Chemistry) in 2022. In 2018 he started working as a research scientist with Kamal Pharmachem Inc. This work included the development of catalysts and processes for the conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol, and the manufacture of pharmaceutical products.  

In 2020 he co-founded Kare Chemical Technologies Inc. which specializes in the catalytic manufacture of pharmaceutical grade cannabinoids. He has several issued patents. His patented technologies are licensed to companies in North America, Europe and Asia to produce pharmaceuticals and high purity, single-component, pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoids. His on-going research includes the development of new cannabinoid and

Jawahir is a first-year PhD candidate in experimental psychology at the University of Toronto. She is supervised by Dr. Joanne Chung, and her research focuses on understanding how Black emerging adults make sense of their identities and how this relates to their emotional well-being during university. She is very passionate about collaborating with community members in her research. 

Jawahir completed her Honours Bachelor of Science degree at UTM in 2023, where she specialized in psychology and minored in biology. During her undergraduate studies, she worked as a research assistant in multiple labs, including the Chung Lab, the Childhood Learning and Development (ChiLD) Lab, and the Skip Lab. Additionally, she served as a club executive and mentor for the Psychology Association of Undergraduate Students at Erindale. 

Tobi is an emerging young professional who is enthusiastic about further exploring her passion through research in the areas of equity conceptualization and measurement, technology transfer in health systems, and non-communicable diseases in LMICs. Tobi was also an oral presenter at the 2024 Canadian Conference on Global Health where she discussed her master's research findings and critical narrative review.  

She works as a clinical research assistant at McMaster Children's Hospital in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She also completed a semester abroad in Netherlands at Maastricht University specializing in Implementing Innovations on a Global Scale. Her team won first place in their program's innovation pitch competition with a product aimed to reduce alcohol abuse and waste generation globally. Expanding their efforts, they have become 2024 Youth Impact Challenge Canada finalists and are optimistic about their efforts.  
 
Tobi holds an Honours BSc from the University of Toronto specializing in Biology for Health Sciences and double minoring in Psychology and Biomedical Communications. Throughout her undergraduate career, she was committed to creating brave spaces for minority students through mentoring (SEE@UTM), teaching assistantships, Residence Don, UTM Black Art steering committee member, African Students Association, and volunteering.