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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
Fern Ramoutar is a second-year undergraduate
student pursuing an Honours
BA in economics and international
relations. Her academic interests
include external debt in developing
countries as well as business-government
relations and institution building
in Africa. Upon graduation, she hopes
to travel and complete one or more
graduate degrees in economics or
political economy, and to eventually
influence acroeconomic policy design
in Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to becoming
a GII mentor, Fern developed an
interest in public policy and policy
innovation through her work as a
research analyst at the Munk School
of Global Aff airs and as a Councillor’s
Aide at Toronto City Hall. Currently,
Fern is the Vice-President, Internal,
for the International Relations Society,
the course union for the international
relations undergraduate program at
U of T. The Hart House Jazz Choir, the
Toronto Globalist, the North American
Model United Nations, and the Youth
Assisting Youth peer mentoring program
are some of the other clubs and organizations
she has been involved with. In her
spare time, Fern enjoys learning piano,
playing chess, and trying to speak French
and Portuguese. |