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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. |