Kara Santokie
Director Toronto Women's City Alliance
- Toronto ON
Kara Santokie, PhD, does policy analysis and works to increase civic engagement among women in Toronto.
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Biography
Kara has worked as a research analyst, program coordinator, consultant, professor of Political Science and music teacher. She has also worked in the field of international development in several countries for a number of years. As the Director of Toronto Women's City Alliance, she does policy analysis and works to increase civic engagement among women in Toronto.
Kara is a regular contributor to newspapers such as the Toronto Star and news outlets such as the CBC, CTV News and CP24.
Kara is also currently pursuing a teaching certification on mindfulness-based stress reduction at the Centre for Mindfulness, University of Massachusetts Medical School in the USA.
Kara directs two choirs in Toronto. Shout Sister Choir is a community choir for women and Parkdale Project Read Literacy Voices brings music to adult immigrant learners in Toronto.
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Accomplishments
Dr. F.M. Hill Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2007
Awarded by the Government of Ontario to an Ontario Graduate Scholarship recipient in the Faculty of Arts and Science.
Education
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Teaching Certification
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction
Graduation March 2017
University of Oxford
B.A.
Philosophy, Politics & Economics
2003
London School of Economics and Political Science
M.Sc.
International Relations
2005
University of Toronto
Ph.D.
Political Science
2012
Affiliations
- Shout Sister Choir : Choir Director
- Parkdale Project Literacy Voices: Choir Director
Languages
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Hindi
- Nepali
Media Appearances
Women’s Equality Office: Kara Santokie’s Big Idea
Toronto Star
2014-07-07
Name: Kara Santokie
Issue: Civic engagement and responsiveness: How Toronto can make people feel they belong ...
Toronto budget fails to address poverty reduction
Toronto Star
2015-01-23
Toronto may be richer than we think, but there are many people in this city who are poorer than we think.
The great divide in Toronto housing
Toronto Star
2015-03-14
Considering the February weather that Torontonians have just endured, the overheated housing market defies all logic. It feels a bit like saying that the average house price in Whitehorse just crossed $1 million.
Canada’s social programs will suffer under balanced budget law
Toronto Star
2015-04-11
With a federal election on the horizon, we’re now getting a peak at some of the goodies upcoming in the budget. Higher TFSA limits? Income-splitting for families? The prospect of a balanced budget law? “Yes, please!” we may be tempted to say.
Let’s focus on the real barbaric practices
Toronto Star
2015-10-07
In whom can we place our trust? The government? Other political parties? Certainly not each other, apparently. Keep an eye on your neighbour, we’re being urged during this election campaign; report them if something seems awry. Not scared enough yet? ISIS is coming! And on top of that, there just might be a homegrown plot brewing in your local Tim Hortons, so call it out. Take that with your double-double, you terrorist. This is Canada, and we don’t tolerate that sort of thing.
Articles
A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Ph. D. Graduate Department of Political Science
University of Toronto2012
Current approaches to sex trafficking appear to be neither very successful in stopping sex trafficking nor, more importantly, very effective in helping those women for whom it is intended. Rather, the overwhelming focus on the issue of prostitution obscures the more ...
