Join us for this term’s Alumni in the Hub event, virtual edition!
“Arts Alumni: An Unexpected Journey” explores the interesting and unique career paths taken by Arts alumni who have a bachelor’s degree in the arts but whose job/career trajectory defers from their major. Join in and talk to the featured alumni about how fascinating and diverse possible career paths can be and are after graduation. You may discover options you never knew existed!
Register below for this exciting panel and Q&A session shortly after.
Our featured alumni, at a glance:
Alumni Guests
Anna Foat (BA ‘99 English)
Anna graduated from the University of Waterloo with a bachelor’s degree in English and now teaches Design Thinking at Western. She’s worked at a startup, grown with one of the most famous Canadian scale ups (and subsequent crashes) and now works for a major financial services firm in Canada advising the chief transformation officer on digital transformation. She’s a best-selling author on the topic of Design Thinking and was named BetaKits top 30 women to watch in tech.
Chris is the co-founder of Craft Brand Co., a Toronto agency that partners with local brewers to offer globally renowned brews to Ontario beer lovers. As an entrepreneur, he also launched Craft Brand Co’s online store, Bodega, where you can have brews and all the classics delivered anywhere in Ontario. He studied theatre while he was at Waterloo, which didn’t directly train him to build a brewery and an import agency, but it certainly didn’t hurt.
Nathan Lee (BA ‘02 Political Science)
Nathan has taken a career journey with several different organizations. Following graduation from the University of Waterloo, he began as an “English as a Second Language (ESL)” teacher in Japan. After returning home to Canada, he then held positions at BlackBerry (software trainer), the Region of Waterloo (HR system implementation) and Grand River Hospital (Corporate Applications Analyst, IT Manager). He is now at the University of Waterloo and his role consists of collaborating with different leaders across UW to help renew or acquire new information system technology solutions.