About Me
Katie Kish is from Bothwell, ON and currently resides in Toronto, ON. She is actively involved in various areas of the community ranging from environmental activism to educational charities. She is a member of the Golden Key International Honours Society for academic excellence and makes consistent appearances on the dean’s honours list.
She has had a variety of professional experiences ranging from early childhood education to the director of a national educational charity.
Katie enjoys doing volunteer radio programs at her local campus radio station, blogging for various grassroots activism blogs and doing live theatrical performances.
Volunteer Work
On campus Katie has been actively involved in freethought/critical thinking, environmental and humanitarian clubs on four different Canadian campuses. Currently she is on the Student Advisory Committee for the Centre for Inquiry – Transnational, runs the Secular Parenting group at the Center for Inquiry – Ontario and has been on the executive board for the Freethought Association of Canada since 2007 spearheading the widely successful Canadian Atheist Bus Campaign. She is a member of the Law Society at York, the Bachelor of Environmental Studies Student Association, Free the Children, Regenesis (an environmental group) and is a volunteer for the Ontario Urban Planning Association.
Academic Interests
Katie is currently an undergraduate student at York University. She will graduate from the faculty of environmental studies in April 2011 with an emphasis in urban planning. She wrote her thesis on environmental planning in Shanghai via new transportation initiatives. Her interests for graduate work are in two key areas:
Environmental Studies
- Using systems dynamics in the empowerment of slum dwellers lives, economy and social organization in the Global South.
- Post-war suburban development of Toronto; specifically in regards to Toronto’s urban planning and environmental justice in priority neighbourhoods.
- Environmental urban development and politics in Shanghai and China’s ghost cities
Educational Studies
- Using a wide variety of methodology to evaluate the effectiveness of inexperienced universities graduates teaching English as a Second Language overseas
- The development of critical thinking curriculum into English as a Second Language programs in Canada
Personal Life
Hopes and Dreams
When Katie was in grade 8 she developed 3 goals in life for herself:
- See the Terracotta Army in Xi’an, China
- Ride an elephant in India
- Get a PhD
While the things we decide in grade 8 aren’t always the best life decisions she has decided to fulfill her inner-child’s dreams and plans to do all 3 of these goals within her lifetime. Katie also hopes to teach English in Korea at some point between all the schooling and elephant rides.
Blogs
Katie writes at the following places:
Canadian Atheist – a group blog of young Canadian atheist activists where she resides as the “token-Christian”
White Girl in Korea – the blog where, once she gets to Korea, Katie will recount all her Korean stories
Liberal-Debutante – Katie’s old personal blog that may no longer reflect her views, writing style or personality (she may have matured a bit).
Themocracy
Radio DJs are hawt.
how stealth
i heart kate
I heart your vagina
Ciao Kate, I hope you feel better…
Thanks fabio.
kate. i heart all vaginas.
k8+kt-king=hawt
Funny, so do I (well, not quite all…)
Holy shitty nut ball breaker you’re gorgeous. And smart. And obviously cool.
Dream.
umm what the heck?????
am i even going to ask hotmail me back!
holy fuck what the hell this is messed up!!!!!!!!! this should be .. GRRR this is gay what tthe hell is wrong with you ppl ( are any of you guys hot????) hahahah if so add my msn hotchicky_1193@hotmail.com im 14 heehee
hey wats up girls wanna chat or something email me at generalkiller14@aim.com
Katie, you have lovely brests.
I heart geography as well.
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