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

Jason Stern is a teacher candidate at OISE. He is in the intermediate / senior program studying to be a business studies and mathematics teacher. His studies have a large focus on educating for global citizenship and sustainable development. During his time at OISE, Jason is serving as Athletics Coordinator for the Student Teachers’ Union and plays on OISE’s volleyball and ultimate frisbee teams. He plans on travelling to Tanzania in May to teach English and coach various sports teams. Eventually he hopes to have a full-time job in Toronto teaching accounting, marketing, and mathematics. Jason holds a Bachelor of Arts in Honors Business Administration (HBA) from the Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University. As an undergraduate student, Jason was very involved in student life as a Residence Soph, an Off -Campus Advisor, and a member of the Varsity Tennis team. He also found time to teach Hebrew at a local private school to grade four students. In the summers, Jason works as a Unit Head at an overnight camp in Ontario for children ages seven to sixteen, where he has been for twelve summers.