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

Shantha Karthigesu is enrolled in the Bachelor of Education program at OISE. After nearly eight years of teaching at the college / university level she decided to follow her dreams of becoming a high school teacher. She completed her undergraduate degree in Australia, majoring in anatomy and human biology and psychology. Prior to that, she worked for a number of years in Sri Lanka as a multilingual broadcast journalist. Just before enrolling in the BEd program, Shantha graduated with a Master of Science in medical anthropology from the University of Toronto. Her research examined infant feeding practices among South Asian mothers in Toronto. She has conducted research on many different areas in maternal and infant / child health in the past, including the mother-to-child-transmission of HIV through breast milk. Her newest research interest is to explore the relationship between nutritional status and academic performance among adolescent boys. In her spare time she enjoys photographing birds and baking with her four-year-old son.