Kidist Paulos Asrat
Curriculum Vitae
kidistpaulosa@gmail.com
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
+251903276894
EDUCATION
- Primary Education: Ethiopia, France and England
- Secondary Education: Dover College, Dover, Kent, England
- B.A. Natural Sciences, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven PA, USA
- M.S. Clinical Nutrition/Nutrition Education, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
- PhD (ABD) Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA and
The National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City and the Solís rural research health center, Solís Valley, Mexico
- Certificate in New Media, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Advanced Studies in New Media, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Textile Surface Design, Ontario College of Art Design, Toronto, Canada
TRAINING
- Certificat de Langue Française
Institut Catholique de Paris: Institut de Langue et de Culture Française
- Advanced Diploma in Spanish Language
Centro de Enseñanza para Extranjeros: National Autonomous University, Mexico City, Mexico
- Film production workshop, Mexico City, Mexico
- Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language: International Communicative Languages Service, Toronto, ON, Canada
WORK EXPERIENCE
Present: Cultural Analyst
- Study, describe and analyze contemporary art and culture in both written and image form:
- 2007-Present: Freelance writer
- 2004-Present: Freelance designer
--Hand crafted and designed textile prints for patterned fabrics
--Hand crafted and designed decorative objects for homes and offices
- 2004-Present: Freelance graphic designer
--Designed promotional material for cultural organizations
- 2004-Present: Freelance website designer
--Designed websites for cultural organizations
- 2013: Docent
-- Cabbagetown Regent Park Community Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2000-2001: Film Research Assistant
-- Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 1998-2004: English Language Instructor and Computer Graphics Instructor
-- Toronto District School Board, Toronto
-- Catholic School Board, Toronto, ON, Canada
-- Bleecker Street Co-op, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 1998-2000: Board of Director, Secretary
-- Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 1994-1998: Counselor and Interpreter/Translator (Spanish, French and Amharic)
-- COSTI-Immigrant Services, Toronto
- 1993-1994: Assistant, Field to Table, Toronto
-- The Good Food Box
--- Assisted in developing and distributing a nutritious and inexpensive monthly grocery box,
for lower income multicultural Toronto residents
--- Assisted in developing nutrition education material to complement The Good Food Box
PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES
- October 25, 2014
--The Franciscan University of Steubenville The Power of Beauty conference, Steubenville, Ohio
Paper presented: Reclaiming Beauty
- March 19, 2016
-- United Nations Non-Governmental Organizations Committee on the Status of Women Conference 60, New York City
Parallel Event Workshop, New York
Presentation: "How do we empower young women in the Third World?: Teaching them to understand their own beauty, and the beauty around them."
Sponsor: Nation to Nation Networking Limited
- March 16, 2017
-- United Nations Non-Governmental Organizations Committee on the Status of Women Conference 61, New York City
Parallel Event Workshop, New York
Presentation: "Cookbook project toward the economic sufficiency of young Ethiopian women"
Cookbook prepared by Kidist Paulos Asrat and Kidist Foods, with photographs by Kidist Paulos Asrat
Sponsor: Nation to Nation Networking Limited
- January 2020
-- Sandford International School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Paper presented:
The Kidist Foods Expanded Project
ART: SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2001
-- Trinity Square Video, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, Canada
-- Short Film: Sketches
- 2001 Video Installation: (Toronto) Lake Ontario
Video Installation
-- Ryerson School of Image Arts, Room 302A
and
-- Trinity Square Video, 3rd Floor
Toronto
- 2001 Experimental Film
Gathering the Ripples
Experimental Film
Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing, France
2002
Neighborhood Trees
Photographs
- Ryerson Student Gallery, Toronto
2001
- Allan Gardens Conservatory, Toronto
2002
- Mississauga Central Library, Mississauga
Well-Patterned Design Exhibit
Photographs and designs
May 7 - May 31, 2019
- Mississauga Central Library, Mississauga
Ontario Views
Watercolours
July 4 - July 31, 2019
- Mississauga Central Library, Mississauga
The Mississauga Civic Centre
Photographs
October 7 - 31, 2019
OTHER CULTURAL PARTICIPATION
- Community Choir: New Brunswick, NJ, USA
- Gospel Choir: Lock Haven University, PA, USA
- Modern Dance Group: Storrs, CT, USA
- African Dance Group: New Brunswick, NJ, USA
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
- English: Excellent speaking, reading and writing
- French: Good speaking, reading and writing
- Amharic: Good speaking, reading and writing
- Spanish: Moderate speaking, reading and writing