Advisory Council
The GII Advisory Council is composed of key stakeholders involved in the strategic planning for the program. Council members are involved on a voluntary basis as advisors for the program.
Ariana is Executive Director at the Munk School. She is responsible for the School’s administrative staff and business operations. She supports the implementation of new programming, external partnerships and special projects.
Richard Cook
Richard teaches Geography at the University of Toronto Schools and is the school’s Director of Global Citizenship Programs. He has supervised UTS student GII teams since 2018 and has also worked with the Rotman I-Think program to lead UTS Summer Innovation camps.
Rosemary Evans
Principal of UTS since 2011, Rosemary received her B.A. from Western University and her M.A., B.Ed., and MBA from the University of Toronto. She served as a teacher, department head, subject coordinator and Vice Principal working on several school boards. She is also a recipient of a Teacher Excellence Award.
Kathleen is the Senior Director of MaRS Corporate Innovation. She leads a team focused on creating sustainable economic relationships between Canadian ventures and medium-large corporates. She was also the Director of the Global Ideas Institute from 2014-2021.
Monica is the Director of Development for the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and its constituent units. She provides leadership, strategic direction, and priority setting in the development and implementation of the Munk School’s campaigns.
Kristen is the Director of Programs at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. She provides strategic direction, oversight, and professional development services for the Master of Global Affairs and Master of Public Policy programs.
Gillian is the Munk School's Director, Strategic Communications and Public Engagement, leading the school’s communications and events teams. She has more than 15 years of experience in non-profit communications, policy, and advocacy.
David is an Associate Professor at the Ontario Institute For Studies In Education (OISE). As a teacher educator, he actively supports global citizenship education, community-engaged learning and school-based initial teacher education.
Alexandra is Director, Undergraduate Programs and Student Experience at the Munk School.
Joseph is the founder of the Global Ideas Institute, Vice-President International at the University of Toronto, and the Roz and Ralph Halbert Professor of Innovation at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, where he also founded the Reach Alliance
Program Team 2022-23
Each year, a new cohort of students from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy direct the program year at the Global Ideas Institute guided by our Advisory Council.
Zach Johnston
Zach is the Director of the Global Ideas Institute. He graduated from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy with a Master of Global Affairs and went on to work at the Creative Destruction Lab at the Rotman School of Management where currently he is the Associate Director overseeing the Quantum, Blockchain & Commerce Streams. Previously, Zach worked at the Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri) in South Africa.
Chloë Harle
Chloë is the Mentor Program Coordinator at the Global Ideas Institute. She is in her second year of the Master of Global Affairs program at the Munk School. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Linguistics and French Studies, and a Bachelor of Education. She has worked for seven years as a teacher and spent four summers managing international student travel and experiential learning. Recently, she worked at the International Organization for Migration in Türkiye.
Fatema Diwan
Fatema is the Partnerships & Communications Manager at the Global Ideas Institute. She is in the second year of the Master of Global Affairs program at the Munk School. She has over four years of experience in communications, advocacy, and fundraising with diverse nonprofits in India such as Amnesty International, Oxfam, and Dasra. She currently works in International Policy and Advocacy with UNICEF Canada.
Sharon Low
Sharon is the Operations Manager at the Global Ideas Institute. She is in the second year of the Master of Global Affairs program at the Munk School. She is a Junior Analyst with Global Affairs Canada working on the Southeast Asia and Oceania division, a researcher with the Reach Alliance, and also volunteers with MUNers Without Borders as the Partnerships Officer. Sharon graduated from Western University with a Bachelor of Science.
Tasneem Tahrin
Tasneem is the Research Coordinator at the Global Ideas Institute. She is in the second year of the Master of Global Affairs program at the Munk School. Her interests lie in education and human rights stemming from her observations of third-world development policies. She has worked with the International Organisation for Migration in Geneva and also has experience working with think tanks, youth-based education consultancies, and international organizations.