Global Ideas Institute
Archive 2012-13
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Participants
High Schools
In its third year, twelve Toronto-area high schools participated in the Global Ideas Institute. All that's needed is a principal or teacher who is willing to get involved and organize a group of students from their school to take part. Both public and private schools are represented. The students are in grades eleven and twelve. In 2012-13, the participating high schools were:
The Bishop Strachan School
Bloor Collegiate Institute
Branksome Hall
David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute
Havergal College
Pickering College
St. Clement’s School
Thornlea Secondary School
University of Toronto Schools
Ursula Franklin Academy
The York School
Mentors
One of the benefits of the GII is that it empowers university students to take a leadership role in mentoring high school students through their examination of a complex research problem. Undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of disciplines, including Asia-Pacific Studies, Political Science, Economics, International Relations, Public Policy, Engineering, and Fine Arts take part. They work with the high school students and teach them how to think critically at a university level. In 2012-13, the following students served as mentors:
Crystal Bennett - Ontario Institute of Studies in Education
Stacey Bocknek - Master of Global Affairs
Anupam Chaudhri - International Relations/Contemporary Asian Studies
Michael Cienello - Master of Global Affairs
Hormuz Dadabhoy - Asia-Pacific Studies/ Environmental Biology/Anthropology
Zachary Fanni - Ontario Institute of Studies in Education
Michelle Forrester - Ontario Institute of Studies in Education
Kaitlyn Green - Ontario Institute of Studies in Education
Gordon Grisé - Ontario Institute of Studies in Education
Shantha Karthigesu - Ontario Institute of Studies in Education
Nessa Kenny - Peace, Conflict, and Justice Studies
Justin Keung - Ontario Institute of Studies in Education
Sarah Misu Lee - Master of Global Affairs
Leah Nosal - International Relations/Political Science
Mike Nyman - Ontario Institute of Studies in Education
Fern Ramoutar - International Relations/Economics
Amna Raza - Master of Public Policy
Rebecca Roberts - Faculty of Arts and Science
Jordan Scantlebury - Master of Public Policy
Krista Singh - Master of Applied Science
Jason Stern - Ontario Institute of Studies in Education
Kerry Sun - History/Political Science
Expert Speakers
In the lead-up to the symposium, students attend lectures by prominent thinkers with experience working on a relevant global problem. These talks give students the opportunity to learn from and ask questions to leading experts. Students are able to gain valuable insight into real-life approaches to global problem-solving that directly influences how they approach their own project.
2012-13 Expert Speaker Series
November 7 , 2012
Global Child Health: Big Picture and Narrow Focus
Stanley Zlotkin
Chief, Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children; Senior Scientist, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute; Professor of Nutritional Sciences & Pediatrics, University of Toronto
>view seminar webcast
December 5 , 2012
Global Ideas Institute Lecture and Workshop 2
David Morley
President and CEO, UNICEF Canada
>view seminar webcast
January 16, 2013
Integrative Thinking: Using your Opposable Mind
Jenifer Riel
Associate Director of the Desautels Centre for Integrative Thinking;
Director, Content & Communications at the Rotman School of Management
Christopher Federico
Head of Canadian and World Studies, University of Toronto Schools
>view seminar webcast
February 4, 2013
Why are so Many People Hungry Given that We Have So Much Food?
Anita M. McGahan
Rotman Chair in Management; Associate Dean, Research; Director of the PhD Program Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
>view seminar webcast
March 4 , 2013
Behaviorally Informed Innovation
Dilip Soman
Professor in Communication Strategy, Rotman School of Management; Director, India Innovation Institute, Rotman and the Munk School of Global Affairs
March 27, 2013
Blind Spots in the Welfare State: Lessons from the Global South
Dr. Joseph Wong
Canada Research Chair, Political Science; Director, Asian Institute, University of Toronto
April 4 , 2013
New sharing Your Story: Leveraging the Tools of Integrative Thinking and Design Thinking
Josie Fung
Research Associate at the Desautels centre for Integrative Thinking, Rotman School of Management
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