Global Ideas Institute  

2012-13 Mentor Profiles

Crystal Bennett | Stacey Bocknek | Anupam Chaudhri | Michael Cienello |Hormuz Dadabhoy | Zachary Fanni | Michelle Forrester | Kaitlyn Green | Gordon Grisé | Shantha Karthigesu | Nessa Kenny | Justin Keung | Sarah Misu Lee | Leah Nosal | Mike Nyman | Fern Ramoutar | Amna Raza | Rebecca Roberts | Jordan Scantlebury | Krista Singh | Jason Stern | Kerry Sun

Gordon Grisé is in the consecutive education BA program at OISE. He is in the Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development cohort and has teachables in history and political science. Gordon graduated with an HBA in political science and peace and confl ict studies from the University of Waterloo in 2006. After spending a year as a ski instructor in Vancouver, Gordon taught English to Japanese students for five years at the elementary and junior high school levels in Miyako, Hiroshima, and Tokyo, Japan. While teaching overseas he spent a considerable amount of time travelling in East and Southeast Asia, involving himself in OXFAM Japan and volunteer activities in Cambodia for children who were victims of landmines. He hopes to become a secondary school teacher next school year and is looking forward to a career as an educator.