Kidist Paulos Asrat
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
EDUCATION
I. PRIMARY EDUCATION:
ETHIOPIA, FRANCE AND ENGLAND
A. SANDFORD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
(Then, THE ENGLISH SCHOOL)
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
PRIZES AWARDED:
General Knowledge Prize
Awarded Laura Ingalls' Little House on the Prairie
ARTISTIC PARTICIPATION
1. Piano performances
2. Theatrical performances
3. "Visual" poem
Published in the annual English School yearbook:
The Raggle Taggle Snake
B. ECOLE INTERNATIONALE BILINGUE
(Then: ECOLE ACTIVE BILINGUE)
Paris
France
C. NORTHBOURNE PARK SCHOOL
(Then: BETTESHANGER SCHOOL)
Betteshanger Estate
Kent
England
School Head Girl
PRIZES AWARDED
1. French
2. Music
3. Divinity (Scripture)
4. Ballet (3rd place in regional competition)
5. Thesis paper on French Queen Marie Antoinette
Requirement for Astor Scholarship
Scholarship Awarded for Dover College
ARTISTIC PARTICIPATION
1. Piano Performances
2. Ballet Dance Group
3. Theatrical performances
a. Potiphar's Wife
in the musical
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat
b. The Strawberry Seller
in the musical
Oliver
SPORTS PARTICIPATION
1. Netball Team
2. Field Hockey Team
II. SECONDARY EDUCATION:
ENGLAND
DOVER COLLEGE
Dover
Kent
England
ASTOR SCHOLARSHIP
PRIZES AWARDED
1. Music Prize
2. Poetry Prize
Dover College School Yearbook Publication
Poem The Dancer (Poetry Prize)
MEMBER
1. Dover College Alumni Association
2. Old Dovorians' Club
ARTISTIC PARTICIPATION
1. Editor
Dover College Student Newsletter
2. Music
Dover College Choir
3. Theatre
As Mme Smith In French play: La Cantatrice Chauve
4. Sports
a. Netball Team
b. Field Hockey Team
5. Social work
Weekly visits to an elderly lady, Mabel
III. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION:
UNITED STATES AND CANADA
A. LOCK HAVE UNIVERSITY
Lock Haven
Pennsylvania
USA
B.A. NATURAL SCIENCES
Four-year Scholarship
PRIZE AWARDED:
International Students Club
Appreciation Plaque
ARTISTIC PARTICIPATION
A. Music
1. Solo Piano Performances of Grieg, Mozart,
Handel and Debussy
At various venues and events
2. Soloist and member of:
The Lock Haven University Choir
B. SCHOOL COMMUNITY
A. Organizer and member of:
1. The International Students' Singing Group
2. Member of the Lock Haven University's
American Square Dance group
3. Founding member and Participant of:
a. The Annual Lock Haven International Students' Festival
b. The International Students' Festival
Panel Discussion Group
B. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
New Brunswick, NJ, USA
M.S. Applied Nutrition/Nutrition Education
PRACTICAL COMPONENTS
Participation in community-based nutrition programs
For low-income families
1. Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
2. Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
ARTISTIC PARTICIPATION
1. Community Choir
New Brunswick
New Jersey
USA
2. African Dance Group
New Brunswick
New Jersey
USA
CULTURAL ENRICHMENT
1. Regular audience member
At the Rutgers Film Society
2. Frequent travels
to nearby New York City
visiting museums, galleries, and
attending free concert rehearsal
concerts at Lincoln Center
of their classical music
orchestral repertoire
C. UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Department of Nutritional Sciences
Storrs
CT
USA
PhD (ABD) Nutritional Sciences
PRIZES, AWARDS
AND POSITIONS
1. Teaching Assistantship
Full tuition waiver with salaried teaching post
teaching fundamental nutrition courses to
undergraduate students
2. Research Grant and Assistantship
For Field Work, Clinal Analyses
And Project Development
University of Connecticut
In Collaboration With:
a. The Mexican National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition -
(Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición
Salvador Zubirán)
Mexico City
Mexico
b. The Research Center of Rural Studies
of the Solis Valletthe Solis Valley
(Centro de Estudios Rurales del Valle de Solís)
Solis Valley
Mexico
c. The Glenn Tisman
Hematology/Oncology Laboratory
Whittier
CA
USA
ARTISTIC PARTICIPATION
AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT
STORRS CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY
DANCE GROUP
Storrs
CT
USA
CENTRO DE ENSEÑANZA PARA EXTRANJEROS
(CEPE)
National Autonomous University
Mexico City
Mexico
1. Performed with CEPE's
Mexican Folklore dance group as a soloist
2. Cultural Enrichment:
Travel and study, visiting towns and villages,
and attending theaters, films musicals,
concerts, festivals, and local performances
throughout Mexico
D. RYERSON UNIVERSITY
Toronto
ON
Canada
1. Certificate in New Media
Film/Photography/Digital Arts
2. Advanced Studies in New Media
Film/Photography/Digital Arts
PRIZES AWARDED
Yearly grants towards artist's material costs
ARTISTIC PARTICIPATION
1. Film, video and photograph
viewings of my works
a. The Ryerson Gallery
Toronto
ON
Canada
b. Trinity Square Video
Toronto
ON
Canada
c. The Ryerson Gallery
Toronto
ON
Canada
d. Allan Gardens Conservatory
Toronto
ON
Canada
e. Le Fresnoy –
Studio National Des Arts Contemporains
Tourcoing
France
E. ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
Textile Surface Design
Toronto
ON
Canada
TRAINING/COURSES/WORKSHOPS
A. INSTITUT CATHOLIQUE DE PARIS
INSTITUT DE LANGUE ET DE CULTURE FRANÇAISE
Certificat de Langue Française
(French Language Certificate)
Paris
France
B. INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE
RECHERCHE MÉDICAL
(INSERM)
Interviews and discussions
With INSERM scientists
Paris
France
C. CENTRO DE ENSEÑANZA PARA EXTRANJEROS
(CEPE)
Advanced Diploma in Spanish Language and Literature
National Autonomous University
Mexico City
Mexico
D. CARRILLO GIL MUSEUM
Film Production Workshop
Mexico City
Mexico
E. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGES SERVICE
Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language
Toronto
ON
Canada
F. OPEN STUDIO, Toronto Canada
1. PRINTING TECHNIQUES
2. BOOKBINDING
G. TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
1. WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES
2. DRAWING TECHNIQUES
Toronto
ON
Canada
H. ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO
1. WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES
2. DRAWING TECHNIQUES
Toronto
ON
Canada
I. TORONTO BOTANICAL GARDENS
Toronto
ON
Canada
1. BOTANICAL DRAWING TECHNIQUES
2. BOTANICAL WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES
J. TORONTO HARBOURFRONT CENTRE
Toronto
ON
Canada
TEXTILE WORKSHOPS
EXPERIENCE
CURRENT
CULTURAL ANALYST
Writer
Photographer
Designer
A. 2004-Present
Well-Patterned
a. Textile and Decor Designer
b. Graphic Designer
Toronto and Mississauga
ON
Canada
B. 2004-Present
Kidist Paulos Asrat Photographs
a. Photography for websites
b. Photography for special events/conferences
b. Photography for special events/conferences
Toronto and Mississauga
ON
Canada
C. 2000-2001
Ryerson University
Film research assistant
Toronto
ON
Canada
D. 1998-2004
Toronto District School Board
1. English Language Instructor
2. Computer Instructor
Toronto
ON
Canada
E. 1998-2004
Catholic School Board
1. English Language Instructor
2. Computer Instructor
F. 1998-2004
Bleecker Street Co-op
Computer Graphics Instructor
Toronto
ON
Canada
G. 1998-2000
Trinity Square Video
Board of Director, Secretary
Toronto
ON
Canada
H. 1994-1998
COSTI-Immigrant Services
Language and Cultural Interpreter
Amharic, Spanish and French
Toronto
ON
Canada
I. 1993-1994
Field to Table
Developing and distributing
healthy grocery box
"The Good Food Box"
For lower income
Toronto residents
Toronto
ON
Canada
J. 1990-1992
Instituto Nacional de
Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion
Salvador Zubiran
Rural health station in the State of Mexico
Mexico City
And the Solis Valley
Mexico
SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
A. 2001
Trinity Square Video
Film: Sketches
Toronto
ON
Canada
B. 2001
B. 2001
Ryerson School of Image Art
Video installation:
(Toronto) Lake Ontario
Toronto
ON
Canada
C. 2002
C. 2002
Le Fresnoy, Studio National
des Arts Contemporains
Film: Gathering the Ripples
Tourcoing
France
D. 2002
D. 2002
Allan Gardens Conservatory
Photographs:
Neighborhood Trees
Toronto
ON
Canada
EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS and CONFERENCES
A. October 25, 2014
Franciscan University of Steubenville
The Power of Beauty Conference
Visual Presentation: Reclaiming Beauty
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Steubenville
Ohio
USA
B. March 19, 2016
United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals Conference
Commission on the Status of Women
Presentation/Speech: Strength in Beauty
United Nations
New York, NY
USA
C. March 16, 2017
United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals conference
Commission on the Status of Women
Presentation/Speech:
Cookbook Project to Economic Sufficiency
of Young Ethiopian Urban Women
United Nations
New York, NY
USA
D. May 7-31, 2019
Mississauga Central Library
Exhibition
Designs and Decor: Well-Patterned
Mississauga
ON
Canada
E. July 4-31, 2019
E. July 4-31, 2019
Mississauga Central Library
Exhibition
Watercolor Paintings: Ontario Views
Mississauga
ON
Canada
F. October 7-31, 2019
F. October 7-31, 2019
Mississauga Central Library
Color Digital Photographs: The Mississauga Civic Centre
Mississauga
ON
Canada
G. August 18 - September 6, 2021
Riverwood Conservancy
Visual Arts Mississauga
Online group exhibit: Sunflowers
Kidist Paulos Asrat
Color Photograph:
Riverwood Barn Sunflower Glow
Mississauga
ON
Canada
H. August 23 - September 23, 2022
Riverwood Conservancy
Visual Arts Mississauga
Online group exhibit:
Southern Ontario Wildlife
Kidist Paulos Asrat
Color Photograph:
Black Crowned Night Heron: Sentinel
Mississauga
ON
Canada
I. January 14, 2023
Sandford International School
Paper Presented
At the Sanford International School
Addis Ababa Alumni Reunion:
The Kidist Foods Expanded Project
Sandford International School
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
SPECIAL SKILLS
1. Research and research methods
2. Writing and Editing
For various publications, including:
a. American Thinker
b. ChronWatch
c. Frontpage Magazine
3. Digital photography and editing
4. Digital video and editing
5. Website Design
6. Graphic Design
7. Artistic renditions
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
1. English: Excellent Speaking,
1. English: Excellent Speaking,
Reading and Writing
2. Amharic: Excellent Speaking,
Good reading and Good Writing
3. French: Good speaking,
Reading and Writing
4. Spanish: Moderate Speaking,
Reading and Writing
TRAVELS
Ethiopia
France
England
Wales
Germany
The Netherlands
Italy
Macedonia
Serbia
Croatia
The United States
- New York
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Ohio
- Iowa
- Minnesota
- Georgia
- California
Canada
- Ontario
- British Columbia
- Quebec
- New Brunswick
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