About

We live in one of the world’s most diverse cities, and we are experiencing a time of dramatic change. We see a more deeply interconnected world, fuelled by technology, with momentum enough to change corporations, media, and governments in every country. At the same time we see deep divisions politically and economically, and an ailing planet. The imperatives for a renewed sense of global citizenship and global engagement are clear and unequivocal.

We know that our best students in their final years of high school are not being offered enough opportunities in the conventional curriculum to develop those hard and soft skills that they will need to meet the challenges already present in their world. They suffer from this lack of stimulation, and as a country we miss the opportunity to benefit from their freshness, their technological expertise, their passion, and their global-mindedness. Students are our future leaders and we would do well by ensuring that they engage their world in intellectually imaginative ways.

The University of Toronto Schools and the Asian Institute at the Munk School have jointly planned a symposium for motivated, self-selected high school students to take place in April 2014. The symposium will be the culmination of over six months of organized group study, research, and continual dialogue. Toronto students are studying and discussing the challenges and opportunities of innovating and scaling up micronutrient interventions for addressing malnutrition in the Global South. They will benefit from a series of lectures and interactive seminars with the world’s leading scholars of health and development.