Global Ideas Institute  

2011-12 Mentor Profiles

Mark Anderson | Bev Bradley | Nick Buffo | Hormuz Dadabhoy | Kristen Dahl | Andrew Do | Supriya Joshi | Nessa Kenny | Sara Lee | Mimi Liu | Erik MacKinnon | Robert Meynell | Danielle Pacey | Casey Panning | Richard Park | Rufina Park | Emman Rahman | Jashpreet Saini | Lindsey Spencer | Kerry Sun | Sean Verigin

Erik MacKinnon is a recent graduate from the Master of Science program in the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto, where he studied a novel type of antibiotics. He now attends the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education to gain his teaching credentials in biology and mathematics. His undergraduate background was in molecular biology and history at the University of Guelph. Erik has worked in the life sciences in molecular and clinical research, science outreach, tutoring, and at a birds of prey centre. He hopes to use his passion for science and the environment to help his current and future students become global-minded, critically literate citizens.