ASB Team, 2024-2025
DR. ARNE KISLENKO
ASB Faculty Advisor
akislenk@torontomu.ca
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Arne Kislenko is a Professor of History at Toronto Metropolitan University and an instructor at Trinity College, University of Toronto. Arne is the founder of ASB and has served as faculty adviser since its inception in 2006.
Arne is an avid traveler and believes that travel is one of the best educations. He has won numerous teaching awards, including the prestigious 3M National Teaching Fellowship, Toronto Metropolitan's President's Award for Teaching Excellence, the Province of Ontario Leadership in Faculty Teaching (LIFT) Award, and being named Ontario’s “Best Lecturer” by TV Ontario following its first “Academic Idol” contest. Before academia, Arne worked with Canada Immigration for 12 years as a Senior Officer, dealing with many high profile and national security cases. He appears regularly in the media and advised on/appeared in numerous TV documentaries, including as host of the National Geographic television series "Living in the Time of Jesus" (2011). A full bio is at www.kislenko.com.
JORDAN LE ROUX
ASB Program Coordinator
jordan.leroux@torontomu.ca
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Jordan Le Roux is in her fourth and final year of the History BA program at TMU and is very excited to be reviving ASB for the 2024-2025 year!
Jordan's experience studying History has led her to develop a passion for international relations and global affairs, and she hopes to pursue graduate studies in these fields. She is also involved in several student groups at TMU and hopes to continue contributing to the community through coordinating the 2025 ASB Team.
VACANT
Project 2025 – Team Leader 1
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ASB is searching for two Team Leaders to be involved in all aspects of planning our May 2025 Trip (location TBD). Please stay tuned to our Instagram page (@asbtmu) regarding applications.
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VACANT
Project 2025 – Team Leader 2
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ASB is searching for two Team Leaders to be involved in all aspects of planning our May 2025 Trip (location TBD). Please stay tuned to our Instagram page (@asbtmu) regarding applications.
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CAITLIN RUSSELL
Alumni Advisor
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Caitlin graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University in 2017 after being a member and coordinator of ASB TMU for 4 years. She cites her time with ASB as the most important and influential aspect of her post-secondary career. Caitlin now works in the non-profit sector and continues to be involved with ASB in an advisory capacity. As an avid traveller, she keeps ASB's core values at the heart of every trip she takes and aims to help further develop the ASB curriculum to ensure an ethical, community based approach to international engagement.
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