1. KATIA
SOL
MADJIDI,
PH.D.
616
Plateau
Drive
•
Kensington,
CA
•
94708
•
(510)
390-­‐4646
•
katia7sol@gmail.com
SUMMARY
• Specialist
in
transformative
learning,
leadership,
Indigenous
worldviews
and
global
studies
• Extensive
global
and
cross-­‐cultural
experience,
spanning
50+
countries
and
30+
Indigenous
Nations
• 15+
years
of
teaching
experience,
including
four
university
courses,
invited
course
lectures,
workshops,
intercultural
and
intergenerational
dialogue
circles,
and
leadership
development
programs
• Excellent
academic
record,
with
numerous
publications,
conference
presentations
and
awards
• Areas
of
expertise
include:
§ Indigenous/Aboriginal
Knowledge
§ Participatory,
Community-­‐based
and
§ Transformative
Learning
Collaborative
Qualitative
Research
§ Adult
Education
§ Comparative
Education
§ Leadership
Development
§ Ecopsychology
§ The
Dynamics
of
Global
Change
§ Intergenerational
&
Intercultural
Dialogue
§ International
and
Community
Development
§ Social
Movements
§ Freirian
Pedagogy
§ Gratitude
Practice
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY
OF
TORONTO-­‐
ONTARIO
INSTITUTE
FOR
STUDIES
IN
EDUCATION
Sept
2006-­‐June
2014
DEPARTMENT
OF
LEADERSHIP,
HIGHER
AND
ADULT
EDUCATION
Doctor
of
Philosophy,
Adult
Education
and
Community
Development
Additional
certification
in
two
collaborative
(interdisciplinary)
PhD
degree
programs:
•
The
Dynamics
of
Global
Change
(Munk
School
of
Global
Affairs-­‐University
of
Toronto)
•
Comparative,
International
and
Development
Education
(CIDEC-­‐OISE)
Dissertation
(successfully
defended
November
5,
2013):
The
Ecology
of
Transformation:
A
Relational
Study
of
the
Ecology
of
Leadership
Program
at
the
Regenerative
Design
Institute
Committee:
Dr.
Jean-­‐Paul
Restoule
(Supervisor),
Dr.
Edmund
O’Sullivan,
Dr.
Deborah
Barndt
STANFORD
UNIVERSITY
Sept
1996
-­‐
June
2000
Master
of
Arts,
Education
Thesis:
Breaking
down
Boundaries:
The
Use
of
Dialogue
Groups
and
Participatory
Education
for
the
Healing
of
the
Human
Divide
(Supervisor:
Dr.
Martin
Carnoy)
Specialization:
Interpersonal,
Cross-­‐Cultural
and
Interracial
Dialogue
&
Communications
Bachelor
of
Arts,
Honors
–Latin
American
Studies
Honors
Thesis:
Revolucão
Humana:
Stories
of
Struggle
and
Human
Transformation
within
the
Movimento
Sem
Terra
(Brazil)
(Advisor:
Dr.
Kathleen
Morrison)
Specialization:
Social
Movements,
Freirian
Pedagogy,
and
Education
in
Latin
America
Minor–Spanish
and
Portuguese
SCHOOL
FOR
INTERNATIONAL
TRAINING
Culture
&
Development
Program,
Brazil
Sept
-­‐
Dec
1998
Coursework:
Overseas
experiential
learning
program
(study
abroad),
focusing
on
Brazilian
culture,
Portuguese
language,
research
methodology,
and
issues
of
social
justice
SAN
FRANCISCO
STATE
UNIVERSITY
Wildlands
Studies
Program,
Nepal
June
-­‐
Aug
1997
Coursework:
Summer
semester
abroad,
combining
classes
in
the
field
with
a
two-­‐month
trek
in
the
Himalayas.
Focus
on
Integrated
Conservation
and
Development.

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AWARDS
AND
DISTINCTIONS
William
Taylor
Fellowship,
Social
Sciences
&
Humanities
Research
Council
of
Canada
Awarded
to
the
most
outstanding
social
sciences
doctoral
student
in
Canada;
$5000/year
for
two
years.
2008-­‐2011
Doctoral
Research
Award,
Social
Sciences
&
Humanities
Research
Council
of
Canada
2008-­‐2011
Highly
competitive
two-­‐year
doctoral
research
grant;
$20,000/year
for
two
years
Ranjit
Kumar
Graduate
Fellowship,
Foundation
for
International
Training
($3,000)
2010-­‐2011
Awarded
to
one
student
at
the
University
of
Toronto
each
year
on
the
basis
of
academic
excellence
Doctoral
Completion
Award,
University
of
Toronto
($8,400)
2012-­‐2013
Doctoral
Completion
Award,
University
of
Toronto
($3,000
top-­‐up
to
OGS)
2011-­‐2012
Ontario
Graduate
Scholarship
($15,000)
2011-­‐2012
Academic
Excellence
Award,
University
of
Toronto
($3,000)
2011-­‐2012
SGS
Travel
Grant,
University
of
Toronto
School
of
Graduate
Studies
($1,750)
Awarded
highest
amount
of
all
applicants
2010-­‐2011
Academic
Excellence
Award,
University
of
Toronto
($3,000)
2010-­‐2011
Academic
Excellence
Award,
University
of
Toronto
($3,000)
2009-­‐2010
Doctoral
Guaranteed
Funding
Award,
Ontario
institute
for
Studies
in
Education
Full
scholarship
plus
guaranteed
funding
top-­‐up
(~$22,000/year
for
four
years)
2006-­‐2011
Dean’s
Award,
Harvard
Graduate
School
of
Education
$42,000+
value,
with
admission
to
PhD
program
–
declined
to
attend
OISE/UT
2006
Graduate
Fellow;
Peabody
Dean’s
Fellowship,
Scholarly
Fellow;
Vanderbilt
University
2006
$200,000+
in
grants
and
fellowships
with
admission
to
PhD
program–
declined
to
attend
OISE/UT
Overseas
Research
Grant,
Stanford
University
Center
for
Latin
American
Studies
($2,500)
1999-­‐2000
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed
Publications
K.
Madjidi,
“Educating
for
Unity
&
Global
Transformation,”
manuscript
currently
under
peer
review,
Journal
of
Transformative
Education,
SAGE.
K.
Madjidi,
“Solos
and
Spirit
Spots:
Aboriginal-­‐based
Spaces
for
Silence
in
Education,”
in
Silences,
pp.
73-­‐74.
Council
of
3M
National
Teaching
Fellows
and
the
Society
for
Teaching
and
Learning
in
Higher
Education,
Gatineau,
QB,
June
2008.
K.
Mundy,
K.
Bickmore,
R.
Hayhoe,
M.
Madden
and
K.
Madjidi
(Eds.),
Comparative
and
International
Education:
Issues
for
Teachers.
CSPI
and
Teachers
College
Press:
Toronto,
ON
and
New
York,
NY,
2008.
K.
Madjidi
and
J.P.
Restoule,
"Comparative
Indigenous
Ways
of
Knowing
and
Learning,"
Chapter
Four
in
Comparative
and
International
Education:
Issues
for
Teachers,
ed.
Karen
Mundy
et
al.,
CSPI
and
Teachers
College
Press:
Toronto,
ON
and
New
York,
NY,
2008.
D.
Schugurensky
and
K.
Madjidi,
“Reinventing
Freire:
Citizenship
Education
in
Schools
and
Social
Movements
in
Brazil,”
Chapter
Nine
in
The
Sage
Handbook
of
Education
for
Citizenship
and
Democracy,
ed.
James
Arthur,
Ian
Davies
and
Carole
Hahn,
SAGE,
London,
2008.

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Non-­‐Refereed
Publications
K.
Madjidi,
"Bahá’í
Institute
of
Higher
Education
Established
to
Provide
Educational
Opportunities
for
Oppressed
Religious
Minority
in
Iran."
History
of
Education:
Selected
Moments
of
the
20th
Century.
Edited
by
Daniel
Schugurensky.
Online:
www.oise.utoronto.ca/research/edu20/moments/1987bihe.html,
2006.
Several
reports
evaluating
the
progress
and
results
of
projects
funded
through
government
agencies
such
as
CIDA,
FAC,
and
HRSD.
Ghost
River
Rediscovery,
Calgary,
AB,
2002-­‐05.
K.
Madjidi,
Breaking
down
Boundaries:
The
Use
of
Dialogue
Groups
and
Participatory
Education
for
the
Healing
of
the
Human
Divide,
Stanford
University
School
of
Education.
77
pp.,
Stanford,
CA.
2000.
K.
M adjidi,
R evolucão
H umana:
S tories
o f
S truggle
a nd
H uman
T ransformation
w ithin
t he
M ovimento
Sem
T erra,
U ndergraduate
H onors
T hesis,
S tanford
U niversity.
1 10
p p.,
S tanford,
C A,
2 000.
K.
M adjidi,
T ransforming
T radition:
T he
S ignificance
o f
t he
R e-­‐creation
o f
T raditional
D ances
in
B ahia,
Brazil,
S chool
for
I nternational
T raining,
C eará,
B razil,
1 998.
K.
M adjidi,
A nalysis
o f
t he
H istory,
M ethodology,
a nd
S uccess
o f
t he
Jamundi
P rimary
S chool,
Foundation
f or
t he
A pplication
&
T eaching
o f
t he
S ciences.
C olombia,
1 998.
SELECTED
PRESENTATIONS
TEDx
Talk
K.
Sol
Madjidi,
“The
Transformative
Power
of
Gratitude,”
TEDx
Mission,
City
2.0,
Madrone
Studios,
San
Francisco,
October
13,
2012,
<
http://tinyurl.com/TEDxKatiaSol>.
Invited
Conference
Plenary
K.
Madjidi,
“Indigenous
Ways
of
Knowing
and
Learning,”
Keynote,
Diversity
and
Equity
in
Education
Conference,
Eotvos
Lorand
University,
Budapest,
Hungary,
February
2012.
Refereed
Conference
Presentations
K.
Sol
Madjidi,
“Relational
Theory
–
A
New
Research
Paradigm
for
our
Times,”
Annual
Meeting
of
the
Comparative
and
International
Education
Society,
Toronto,
ON,
Canada
(Upcoming-­‐
March
2014.)
K.
Madjidi,
“Transnational
Religious
Actors:
Shaping
Global
Educational
Norms,”
Annual
Meeting
of
the
Comparative
and
International
Education
Society,
New
York,
NY,
March
17-­‐21,
2008.
K.
Madjidi,
“Comparative
and
International
Education
for
Teachers,”
Annual
Meeting
of
the
Comparative
and
International
Education
Society,
panel
chair
and
presenter,
New
York,
NY,
March
17-­‐21,
2008.
K.
Madjidi,
“Educating
for
Unity
&
Global
Transformation,”
World
Council
of
Comparative
Education
Societies,
Sarajevo,
Bosnia-­‐Herzegovina,
September
3-­‐7,
2007.
K.
Madjidi,
“Participatory
Development
for
Community
Transformation,”
31st
Annual
Conference
of
the
Association
for
Baha'i
Studies-­‐North
America,
Toronto,
ON,
August
16-­‐19,
2007.
K.
Madjidi,
“Indigenous
Epistemology
for
Global
Education
and
Transformation,”
4th
Annual
Conference
on
Indigenous
Education:
Asia/Pacific,
Vancouver,
BC,
July
19-­‐22,
2007.
K.
Madjidi,
“Comparative
Indigenous
Ways
of
Knowing
and
Learning,”
Annual
Meeting
of
the
Comparative
and
International
Education
Society,
Baltimore,
MD,
USA,
February
25-­‐March
1,
2007.
Other
Presentations
K.
Sol,
“The
Ecology
of
Transformation:
A
Relational
Study
of
the
Ecology
of
Leadership
Program
at
the
Regenerative
Design
Institute,”
CIDEC
Seminar,
OISE-­‐University
of
Toronto,
October
31,
2013.

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st
K.
Sol,
“Youth,
Elders,
and
Ancestors:
Revisioning
Communities
in
the
21
Century,”
Institute
of
Noetic
th
Sciences
15
International
Conference,
July
17-­‐21,
2013.
K.
Sol,
“Remembering
the
Original
Instructions:
Youth
and
Elders
Reweaving
the
Sacred
Web,”
Institute
of
th
Noetic
Sciences
15
International
Conference,
July
17-­‐21,
2013.
K.
Sol
Madjidi,
“Tools
for
Inner
Resilience,”
Northern
California
Regional
Transition
Conference,
October
12,
2013.
K.
Sol
Madjidi,
“The
Ecology
of
Leadership,”
Northern
California
Regional
Transition
Conference,
October
6,
2012.
K.
Madjidi,
“The
Bioneers
–
A
Revolution
from
the
Heart
of
Nature,
”
Transformative
Learning
Centre
Monthly
Circle,
OISE/UT,
Toronto,
ON,
November
2010,.
K.
Madjidi,
“Aboriginal
and
Cross-­‐Cultural
Peacebuilding
through
Circle
Processes,”
Safe
Schools
Conference,
OISE/UT,
Toronto,
ON,
September
29,
2007.
K.
Madjidi,
“Pioneer
Leadership,”
Leadership
Calgary,
Preparation
and
presentation
of
nine
hour
curriculum,
May
2006.
K.
Madjidi,
“Indigenous
Youth
Leadership,”
Alberta
Council
for
Global
Cooperation,
Annual
Meeting,
2004.
K.
Madjidi,
“Unity
in
Diversity,”
Closing
Plenary,
Global,
Environmental
and
Outdoor
Education
Council
(GEOEC)
Annual
Conference,
Canmore,
Alberta,
2003.
K.
Madjidi,
“Indigenous
Youth
Leadership,”
Plenary,
FGL
Open
Global
Business
Society’s
Global
Youth
Forum
Calgary,
Alberta,
2003.
K.
Madjidi,
“Youth
Leadership,”
Plenary,
Youth
Development
Through
Recreation
Services,
National
Symposium,
Calgary,
Alberta,
2003.
K.
Madjidi,
“Connecting
Indigenous
Youth,”
Ghost
River
Rediscovery
Public
Engagement
Tours,
Alberta
and
British
Columbia,
Canada,
2003
and
2004.
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
REGENERATIVE
DESIGN
INSTITUTE
Co-­‐facilitator,
E cology
o f
L eadership
P rogram
October
2012-­‐
Present
• Co-­‐facilitate
a
six
month
adult
education
program
for
40
individuals
from
various
backgrounds,
focusing
on
the
development
of
their
personal
and
community
leadership
abilities
• Emphasis
on
“leadership
from
the
inside
out,”
or
cultivating
transformation
through
developing
practices
of
self-­‐awareness,
nature
connection,
and
building
conscious
learning
communities.
SOLYOGA
Lead
F acilitator
–
G ratitude-­‐
A
T hanksgiving
R etreat
November
22-­‐24,
2013
• Designed,
organized
and
led
a
weekend
training
focused
on
cultivating
a
gratitude
practice
• Developed
curriculum
and
facilitated
weekend
long
course
for
16
participants
DEPARTMENT
OF
GLOBAL
STUDIES,
WILFRID
LAURIER
UNIVERSITY
Contract
A cademic
S taff,
T heories
o f
I nternational
D evelopment
Sept-­‐
Dec
2009
• Led
w eekly
t utorials
o n
t he
t heories
o f
i nternational
d evelopment
f or
9 0
s tudents.
• Designed
lesson
p lans;
m et
w ith
s tudents.
• Responsible
for
a ll
m arking
a nd
g rade
a ssignments.

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DEPARTMENT
OF
ABORIGINAL
STUDIES,
UNIVERSITY
OF
TORONTO
Teaching
A ssistant,
I ntroduction
t o
A boriginal
S tudies
Sept
2007
-­‐
Dec
2009
• Led
w eekly
t utorials
o n
A boriginal
a nd
I ndigenous
s tudies
f or
1 20
s tudents.
• Designed
lesson
p lans
i ncorporating
c ultural
c ontent
a nd
A boriginal
w ays
o f
k nowing
a nd
learning,
s uch
a s
c eremony
a nd
I ndigenous-­‐based
p edagogy,
i nto
t he
c lassroom
• Met
w ith
s tudents;
r esponsible
f or
a ll
m arking
a nd
g rade
a ssignments.
ONTARIO
INSTITUTE
FOR
STUDIES
IN
EDUCATION,
UNIVERSITY
OF
TORONTO
Graduate
Assistant,
Comparative
and
International
Education
Course
Sept
2006
-­‐
April
2008
• Assistant
for
Comparative
&
International
Development
Education
course
• Helped
to
prepare
and
welcome
weekly
guest
lecturers,
facilitated
class
discussions,
and
supported
students
between
classes.
Also
responsible
for
the
preparation
and
distribution
of
course
materials,
organization
of
technical
materials
in
support
of
the
class
curriculum
(videos,
online
learning
resources,
etc.),
management
of
the
course’s
online
forum
and
website,
and
the
preparation,
compilation
and
editing
of
the
course
textbook.
GUEST
LECTURES
Ontario
Institute
for
Studies
in
Education
•
“Comparative
Indigenous
Ways
of
Knowing,”
Comparative
and
International
Education:
Issues
for
Teachers
Course,
November
2007,
November
2008,
September
2009,
October
2010
• “Participatory
Development,”
Introduction
to
Community
Development
Course,
2008.
University
of
Calgary
•
“Indigenous
Issues
in
Latin
America:
Ghost
River
Rediscovery’s
Indigenous
Leadership
Program
in
Bolivia,
Guyana
&
Dominica,”
Latin
American
Studies
203.01
Course,
2005.
•
“Education
and
Development:
Stories
of
Struggle
and
Human
Transformation
in
the
Brazilian
Landless
Rural
Workers’
Movement,”
Latin
American
Studies
203.01
Course,
2004.
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
REGENERATIVE
DESIGN
INSTITUTE
Dissertation
R esearch
Nov
2010-­‐
Nov
2013
• Three-­‐year,
in-­‐depth
participatory
action
research
project
to
assess
how
transformative
learning
is
cultivated
within
the
Ecology
of
Leadership
program
at
the
Regenerative
Design
Institute
• Mixed-­‐methods
quantitative
and
qualitative
research
study,
incorporating
community-­‐based
participatory
action
research,
in-­‐depth
interviews,
surveys,
arts-­‐based
methods,
and
sharing
circles.
Study
has
reached
over
200
participants
in
various
forms
of
engagement.
• Co-­‐developed
an
innovative
360
degree
survey
for
program
participants
to
assess
their
own
inner
and
outer
leadership
development
as
well
as
for
them
to
receive
global
feedback
on
how
they
are
perceived
in
these
capacities
by
people
in
their
various
circles
and
communities.
• Defended
November
5,
2013
KEYI
STRATEGIES
A ssistant
E ditor,
Commonwealth
Series
on
Social
Entrepreneurship
Dec
2010-­‐Sept
2011
• Assisted
Dr.
Ruth
Shapiro
in
editing
the
Commonwealth
Club
series
on
Social
Entrepreneurship,
published
by
Stanford
University
Press.
The
book
includes
chapters
by
luminaries
in
the
field
such
as
Muhammad
Yunus,
Bill
Drayton,
Premal
Shah,
Sally
Osberg,
and
Jacqueline
Novogratz.
• Content-­‐edited,
proofread
and
provided
editorial
feedback
on
all
chapters
as
well
as
on
the
introduction,
round
robins
and
conclusion.

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ONTARIO
INSTITUTE
FOR
STUDIES
IN
EDUCATION,
UNIVERSITY
OF
TORONTO
Research
A ssistant,
C omparative
a nd
I nternational
E ducation
M ay
2 007-­‐June
2 008
• Assisted
w ith
v arious
a spects
o f
t he
functioning
o f
t he
C omparative,
I nternational
a nd
Development
E ducation
C entre,
i ncluding
s upporting
t he
f ormation
o f
a
C IDE
s tudent
association
a nd
c ore
o rganizing
s tructure
a s
w ell
a s
p roduction
o f
n ewsletters
a nd
r eports
Co-­‐Editor,
Comparative
and
International
Education:
Issues
for
Teachers
May
2007-­‐
June
2008
• Coordinated
communications
and
planning
between
editors,
authors,
and
publisher
• Managed
the
editing
and
submission
of
all
chapters
and
of
the
final
manuscript
• Completed
a
full
editorial
and
proofreading
revision
of
the
textbook
• Contributed
a
chapter
on
Comparative
Indigenous
Ways
of
Knowing
and
Learning
STANFORD
UNIVERSITY
Master’s
Thesis
Research
Sept
1999–June
2000
•
Studied
the
role
of
cross-­‐cultural
and
interracial
dialogue
groups
in
transforming
human
relationships.
Participatory
action
research
project,
including
the
facilitation
of
a
series
of
dialogue
groups
over
a
two-­‐year
period
and
the
design
of
an
intercultural
dialogue
curriculum.
Honors
T hesis
R esearch
•
J une
1 999-­‐June
2 000
Analyzed
t he
implementation
o f
F reirian
p edagogy
w ithin
t he
B razilian
L andless
R ural
Worker’s
M ovement
( MST).
T raveled
t o
r ural
s ites
w here
M ST
h ad
s eized
a nd
o ccupied
land,
c onducting
r esearch
o n
g rassroots,
p articipatory
e ducation
w ithin
t he
m ovement.
FOUNDATION
FOR
THE
TEACHING
&
APPLICATION
OF
THE
SCIENCES
(FUNDAEC-­‐
COLOMBIA)
Educational
Research
Analyst
June–August
1998
•
Conducted
an
evaluation
of
a
newly
developed
primary
school
system
for
potential
application
throughout
Latin
America.
Traveled
to
Costa
Rica
and
Ecuador
to
visit
parallel
educational
sites.
Conducted
interviews
and
on-­‐site
research
and
composed
a
final
50-­‐page
analysis.
SAN
FRANCISCO
STATE
UNIVERSITY
WILDLANDS
STUDIES
PROGRAM
(NEPAL)
Student
Researcher
June–August
1997
•
Researched
the
integration
of
conservation
and
development
within
the
Nepalese
WWF
park
system,
analyzing
the
potential
for
inclusion
of
local
peoples
into
park
management
in
the
newly
opened
Shey
Phoksundo
region.
OTHER
RELEVANT
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
EMERGENT
PERFORMANCE
CONSULTING,
LTD.
D esign
P artner
J uly
2 011-­‐
P resent
• Design
partner
for
an
innovative
consulting
company
focusing
on
transformative
and
experiential
educational
experiences
and
leadership
development
from
an
emergent
paradigm.
• Member
of
team
of
consultants
that
provides
innovative
educational
solutions
to
individuals
and
organizations
based
on
a
model
of
deep
living
and
precise
engagement.
REGENERATIVE
DESIGN
INSTITUTE
Coordinator,
I ntergenerational
D ialogue
C ircle
April-­‐November
2 011
• Coordinated
an
intergenerational
and
intercultural
Peacemakers’
Council
of
youth
leaders
and
Elder
mentors
currently
working
with
underserved
youth
in
East
Bay,
San
Francisco
and
Marin
County
communities,
together
with
Penny
Livingston-­‐Stark
and
Belvie
Rooks.
• Responsible
for
a ll
logistics
a nd
p lanning,
o utreach
t o
s takeholders,
c reating
a
c ollective
vision
f or
t he
e vent
w ith
e xisting
p articipants,
p lanning
f or
o ngoing
c ommunity
i mpact
and
i nvolvement,
c ommunications
t o
a ll
p articipants,
e tc.

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GHOST
RIVER
REDISCOVERY,
CALGARY,
ALBERTA
Program
Coordinator,
International
Indigenous
Youth
Leadership
Oct
2002–Aug
2006
• Directed
an
international
Indigenous
youth
leadership
program
for
an
Aboriginal-­‐based
non-­‐
profit
organization
that
specializes
in
experiential,
cultural
education
programs.
• Responsible
for
all
aspects
of
program
coordination
and
management,
including
project
design
and
delivery,
fund-­‐raising,
budget
management,
hiring,
recruitment,
staff
training,
program
expansion,
promotions
and
marketing,
and
public
relations.
• Successfully
fundraised
over
$3
million
CAD
to
support
the
programs
• Provided
diverse
programs,
ranging
from
two
to
eight
months’
duration,
for
up
to
500
Aboriginal
youth
annually,
resulting
in
the
youths’
emergence
as
community
leaders.
• Recruited,
hired,
and
managed
30+
staff
across
international
locations,
in
challenging
and
remote
sites
• Conducted
regular
site
visits,
program
evaluations,
and
extensive
reporting
to
funding
agencies
INTERNATIONAL
TEACHING
CENTRE,
HAIFA,
ISRAEL
Program
Officer,
Quality
Controller
Sept.
2000–May
2002
• Worked
overseas
at
a
multicultural
international
organization
with
800
employees,
overseeing
correspondence
related
to
grassroots
education
and
training.
• Responsible
for
upholding
a
high
degree
of
excellence
in
correspondence
with
over
180
countries
and
territories.
Position
required
excellent
writing
and
analytical
skills
and
comprehensive
geographical
and
cultural
knowledge.
• Analyzed
budgets
and
monitored
ongoing
financial
needs
for
individual
overseas
volunteers
as
well
as
large-­‐scale
educational
training
projects
around
the
world.
• Awarded
special
projects
in
addition
to
regular
responsibilities,
i.e.
compilation
of
periodic
newsletter,
creation
of
country
analyses
and
reports,
and
document
editing.
ACADEMIC
SERVICE
AND
ASSOCIATIONS
Dynamics
of
Global
Change
Collaborative
PhD
Program
Steering
Committee
Member
• Selected
as
student
representative
for
the
steering
committee
of
the
Dynamics
of
Global
Change
PhD
program
at
the
Munk
School
of
Global
Affairs
Department
of
Adult
Education
and
Counseling
Psychology
Faculty
Search
Committee
Member
• Selected
as
student
representative
for
a
faculty
search
committee
for
a
new
faculty
position
in
the
department
of
Adult
Education
and
Community
Development
Comparative,
International
and
Development
Education
Student
Association
Co-­‐Founder
• Helped
to
initiate
and
co-­‐found
the
CIDE
Student
Association
–
now
a
flourishing
student
association
with
an
annually
elected
core
organizing
team
and
over
100
members
Indigenous
Education
Network
(IEN)
Member
Transformative
Learning
Centre
(TLC)
Member
Volunteer
–
Music
One
Earth
Community
Conferences
2007,
2010,
2012
(OISE-­‐UT)
Comparative
and
International
Education
Society
(CIES)
ADDITIONAL
EDUCATIONAL
CERTIFICATIONS
AND
TRAINING
Member
Emotional
Healing
and
Community
Renewal
for
Youth
and
Elders,
Helping
Professionals
from
Aboriginal
and
Non-­‐aboriginal
Communities,
Canadian
Institute
for
Transpersonal
and
Integrative
Sciences
-­‐
Oct
2008-­‐May
2009
• Year
long
training
led
by
Dr.
Beth
Hedva
(transpersonal
psychologist),
Grandmother
Sara
Smith
(Mohawk
Elder)
and
Kim
Haxton
(Potawatomi
teacher
and
ceremonialist)

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Students
trained
in
facilitation
and
counseling
for
both
individual
and
community-­‐based
healing,
particularly
in
Aboriginal
communities
but
also
in
non-­‐Aboriginal
contexts.
Four
Seasons
Permaculture
Design
Certification,
Regenerative
Design
Institute
Oct
2012-­‐present
• Permaculture
design
certification
course
Ecology
of
Leadership
Program
–
Regenerative
Design
Institute
Feb-­‐
June
2011
• Five
month
leadership
development
program
focused
on
inner
and
outer
leadership
in
one’s
personal
life,
community
and
service
path/work
(part
of
participatory
research
project
for
my
PhD)
Cultivating
Women’s
Leadership
Training
-­‐
Bioneers,
Ocate,
NM
July
2010
• One
week
training
with
Nina
Simons
and
Toby
Herzlich
on
developing
women’s
leadership
capabilities
Awakening
the
Dreamers
Symposium,
Pachamama
Alliance,
Toronto,
ON
• Attended
symposium
June
2010
The
Emerging
Wisdom
Culture
-­‐
State
of
the
World
Forum
and
Wisdom
University
March
2010
• One
week
course
of
the
Wisdom
University
and
State
of
the
World
Forum,
with
an
integral
focus
and
intensive
teaching
by
Paul
Ray,
Jim
Garrison,
Lester
Brown,
Randy
Hayes,
Marcela
Olivera,
and
others.
Awakening
the
Divine
Feminine
-­‐
Divine
Feminine,
Awakened
Masculine
Institute
Oct
2009
• Weekend
course
on
healing
and
awakening
the
sacred
feminine
Women’s
Ceremonial
Training,
Sacred
Fire,
Six
Nations
ON
Feb-­‐Sept
2009
• Participated
in
monthly
women’s
ceremonies
and
training
led
by
Diane
Longboat
(Leading
Earth
Woman)
(Mohawk-­‐Haudenosaunee)
at
the
Sacred
Fire
on
Six
Nations
Territory
Leadership
Calgary-­‐
Volunteer
Calgary,
Calgary,
AB
Sept
2005-­‐June
2006
• Year-­‐long
in-­‐depth
leadership
training.
Curriculum
focused
on
the
Human
Venture
and
the
Pioneer
Leadership
Journey,
including
aspects
of
personal
responsibility,
social
and
cultural
co-­‐
responsibility,
the
creative
realization
process,
and
the
cultivation
of
tools
of
wisdom
and
judgment.
Rediscovery
International
Training,
Rediscovery
International
(Pearson
College,
BC)
June
2003
• Two
week
intensive
training
in
facilitating
cultural
outdoor
education
programs,
based
on
Indigenous
wisdom
and
focused
on
developing
participants’
connections
with
themselves,
one
another,
and
the
land.
Ruhi
Institute
Facilitator
Training
Sept
2001-­‐Feb
2003
• Seven
course
training
to
become
a
facilitator
for
the
Bahá’í-­‐inspired
Ruhi
Institute
training
program,
focused
on
developing
spiritual
capabilities
for
transforming
our
global
civilization
VOLUNTEER
&
COMMUNITY
ACTIVITIES
CommuniTuesdays
–
Member
Dec
2011-­‐
present
Keeva
A
Cappella
–
Community
Choir
June
2011-­‐present
Voices
of
Unity
-­‐
Community
Choir
Nov
2009-­‐June
2011
“Harmony
Circle”
Children’s
Virtues
Classes-­‐Founder
and
Educator
March
2009-­‐June
2010
Echo
Women’s
Community
Choir
September
2007-­‐May
2008
Leadership
Calgary
–
Program
Guide
July
2005-­‐
June
2006
Women
in
Spirituality
–
Board
Member
Jan
2004-­‐June
2006
Alberta
Youth
Movement
Coordination
Team-­‐
Chairperson
Aug
2002-­‐Feb
2005
Youth
Activities
Committee
–
Youth
Developer
(Haifa,
Israel)
May
2001–May
2002
Stanford
Race
Dialogue
Program
–
Initiator
and
Facilitator
Jan
1999–June
2000
Talisman
A
Cappella
–
Fundraising
Director,
Member
Sept
1999–June
2000
Youth
Year
of
Service
program,
Bolivia
–
Volunteer
Sept
1995–May
1996

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CROSS-­‐CULTURAL
AND
INTERNATIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Dual
citizen
of
the
United
States
and
Canada,
with
mixed
European
and
Native
American
(Cherokee)
ancestry.
Firsthand
experience
living
in,
travelling
to,
and
working
with
communities
in
the
following
countries:
• Argentina,
Aruba,
Bolivia,
Bonaire,
Bosnia-­‐Herzegovina,
Brazil,
Canada,
Colombia,
Costa
Rica,
Croatia,
Dominica,
Dominican
Republic,
Ecuador,
Germany,
Guyana,
Finland,
France,
Hungary,
Indonesia,
Israel,
Italy,
Mexico,
Poland,
Portugal,
Nepal,
the
Netherlands,
New
Zealand,
Saint
Lucia,
South
Africa,
Spain,
Switzerland,
Thailand,
Uruguay,
the
United
Kingdom,
the
United
States,
and
Venezuela.
And
with
the
following
Indigenous
Nations:
• Quechua, Aymara, Guarani, Mapuche, Makushi, Arawak, Kalinago, Maori, Anishinaabe, Mohawk,
Plains Cree, Swampy Cree, Nakoda, Haida, Haisla, Wet’suwet’en, Kwakwaka’wakw, Nlaka’pamux,
Okanagan, St’at’imc, Ktunaxa, Cowichan, Tsmishian, Gitksan, Dene, Kainai, Siksika, Tsuu T’ina,
Métis, Cherokee, Chippewa, and Saami
I have facilitated numerous cross-cultural and interracial dialogue circles, bringing together of people from
diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds to increase understanding and work together toward common
causes.
LANGUAGES
• Fluent
in
Spanish,
Portuguese
• Basic
French
(was
previously
fluent)
• Completed
introductory
level
courses
in
Arabic,
Hebrew
and
Farsi
REFERENCES
Academic
References
Jean-­‐Paul
Restoule,
PhD
(Dokis
First
Nation,
Anishinaabe)
Associate
Professor
of
Aboriginal
Education
Department
of
Leadership,
Higher
and
Adult
Education
Ontario
Institute
for
Studies
in
Education
of
the
University
of
Toronto
jeanpaul.restoule@utoronto.ca
Academic
Supervisor
Edmund
O’Sullivan,
PhD
Professor
Department
of
Leadership,
Higher
and
Adult
Education
Ontario
Institute
for
Studies
in
Education
of
the
University
of
Toronto
edmund.osullivan@utoronto.ca
Committee
Member
Deborah
Barndt,
PhD
Associate
Professor
in
Environmental
Studies
Faculty
of
Environmental
Studies
York
University
dbarndt@yorku.ca
Committee
Member
Daniel
Schugurensky,
PhD

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Professor
School
Of
Public
Affairs
and
Social
Transformation
Arizona
State
University
dschugur@asu.edu
Community
and
Professional
References
James
Stark
Co-­‐Director,
Regenerative
Design
Institute
415-­‐868-­‐9670
james@regenerativedesign.org
Colleague,
The
Ecology
of
Leadership
Beth
Hedva,
PhD
Transpersonal
Psychologist
Co-­‐Director,
Canadian
Institute
for
Transpersonal
and
Integrative
Sciences
beth@hedva.com
403-­‐247-­‐1441
Belvie
Rooks
Co-­‐Founder,
Growing
a
Global
Heart;
Board
member,
Institute
of
Noetic
Sciences
415-­‐596-­‐8311
bjr@mcn.org
Colleague,
Intergenerational
and
Intercultural
Dialogue
work
NB:
*PLEASE
NOTE
THAT
DUE
TO
A
CHANGE
IN
PERSONAL
CIRCMSTANCES
I
HAVE
ALSO
CHANGED
MY
NAME
IN
RECENT
YEARS.
FOR
WEB
AND
PUBLICATIONS
SEARCHES,
I
CAN
ALSO
BE
FOUND
UNDER
THE
NAMES:
•
Katia
Sol
(Name
I
Currently
Use)
•
Katherine
Madjidi
(Legal
Name)
•
Kathy
Madjidi
•
Kathy
Wiatt
(Maiden
Name)