Global Ideas Institute
2011-12 Mentor Profiles
Mark Anderson | Bev Bradley | Nick Buffo | Hormuz Dadabhoy | Kristen Dahl | Andrew Do | Supriya Joshi | Nessa Kenny | Sara Lee | Mimi Liu | Erik MacKinnon | Robert Meynell | Danielle Pacey | Casey Panning | Richard Park | Rufina Park | Emman Rahman | Jashpreet Saini | Lindsey Spencer | Kerry Sun | Sean Verigin
Erik MacKinnon is a recent graduate
from the Master of Science program in
the Department of Molecular Genetics
at the University of Toronto, where
he studied a novel type of antibiotics.
He now attends the Ontario Institute
for Studies in Education to gain his
teaching credentials in biology and
mathematics. His undergraduate
background was in molecular biology
and history at the University of Guelph.
Erik has worked in the life sciences in
molecular and clinical research, science
outreach, tutoring, and at a birds of prey
centre. He hopes to use his passion for
science and the environment to help
his current and future students become
global-minded, critically literate citizens.
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