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

Leah Nosal is a fourth-year undergraduate student majoring in international relations and political science. She holds a diploma of French Immersion from the University of Quebec, and completed her third year of studies at l’Institut d’études politiques de Paris last year. Leah plans to pursue graduate studies in international affairs, and aims to work in the Canadian Foreign Service or related institutions of international governance. Leah has been involved with the Global Ideas Institute for two years. Her most recent experience in development studies includes a field study course in Bandung, Indonesia, where she investigated the capacity of regional governments to tackle poverty in light of Indonesia’s political decentralization. In addition to her work with the GII, Leah has conducted research for the Canadian Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, Engineers Without Borders Canada, and the Belinda Stronach Foundation. She has also cultivated an interest in journalism through work at the Varsity, G8 Research Group, and the Policy Exchange.