Global Ideas Institute
@GlobalIdeasTO
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The Global Ideas Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Joined October 2014
After months of planning, expert sessions, mentor guidance and group work, our student teams are ready to present their ideas at the #FinalSymposium today. Stay tuned for updates!
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Congratulations to all of the teams who pitched at this year’s @GlobalIdeasTO Final Symposium! And a huge thank you to @munkschool and @utschools for hosting the event
And that's a wrap! Thank you to all our partners, mentors, teachers, judges and everyone that made this a great year! Shout out to @OISEUofT @utschools and @munkschool! See you next year!
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And that's a wrap! Thank you to all our partners, mentors, teachers, judges and everyone that made this a great year! Shout out to @OISEUofT @utschools and @munkschool! See you next year!
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Samaa Kazerouni describes how GII shaped her interests in International development and her journey so far.
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Prof. Alexandra Rahr delivering closing remarks as we wrap up our pitch sessions. GII treats you as who you are, future partners in building a world we want to build. - Alexandra
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#Pitch7: Holy Trinity School presents a new platform for indigenous students to learn more and connect with peers across schools.
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#Pitch6: Lakefield College School presents an online learning solution to help girls in #Afghanistan continue their education.
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#Pitch5: Bishop Marrocco on how to integrate international education into the Canadian system to better people's access to higher education and employment opportunities.
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Poster walk of fame for all the brilliant ideas teams came up with for this year! #FinalSymposium #GII #GlobalEducation
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#Pitch4: Upper Canada College presenting on protecting #indigenouslanguages in Canada by integrating them into curriculums and enable students to learn in their native language.
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#Pitch2: St. Michael's Collegiate School's Team 2 deals with the impact of sleep deprivation on learning and performance. Their suggestion: Turbo naps including a sleep period in school. Who wouldn't love that!
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#Pitch1: St. Michael's Collegiate School's team 1 presenting on peer mentorship to build a better learning environment. #FinalSymposium
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. @r_kijima congratulating students on completing the program and encouraging them to continue thinking about change.
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. @utschools's @Rosemary_Evans gives us a quick recap of all the global issues GII's has taken up in past years from food security to plastic waste. Our GII graduates have been inspired to undertake future study to continue to drive change. - Rosemary
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Congratulations on spending 9 months, almost a whole year, working through this really complex global problem. Coming together as a community to take up this challenge is an act of change. - Program Director, Zachary Johnston kicks off with opening remarks
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Glimpses from our mentor-mentee bonding session.
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Global educational challenges; basic skills - literacy, math; gender effect. Covid -19 exacerbated the issues. The impact on student learning has been very significant. The learning gap widened for lower income families. @OISENews @utschools @munkschool @GlobalIdeasTO
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20 student teams and 50 mentors join us this year to think about innovative #Ideas to tackle challenges in #GlobalEducation
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Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond @Stanford has inspired Dr Kijima and many educators. @munkschool @utschools @GlobalIdeasTO
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