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Freya Abbas

Freya Abbas

Educational Content Creator and Tutor

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    B.A. and M.A. in English from the University of Toronto | Current student at Georgian College

  • Education

    • Boyd Archaeological Field School

      2017 - 2017

    • University of Toronto

      2023 - 2024
      Master of Arts - MA English 4.00/4.00

      Activities and Societies: postcolonial theory reading group collaborative program in South Asian studies

    • Georgian College

      2024 -
      Anishinaabemowin/Ojibwe language

    • University of Toronto

      2019 - 2023
      Honours Bachelor of Arts - BA English 3.80/4.00

      Activities and Societies: Vic-One Mentor double major: linguistics and english

  • Experience

    • Montessori Experience Inc.

      Mar 2016 - Aug 2021
      Educational Content Creator and Tutor

    • INKspire

      Dec 2019 - Mar 2023
      Lead Writer

    • Write the World

      May 2020 - Aug 2020
      Community Ambassador

    • The Herd Archive

      Jul 2020 - Apr 2021
      Peer Review Coordinator

    • Cultural Survival

      Jan 2021 - May 2021
      Research and Publications Intern

    • Shrapnel Magazine

      Feb 2021 - May 2021
      Blogger

    • General Assembly Toronto

      May 2021 - May 2021
      Creative writing workshop facilitator

    • University of Toronto

      May 2021 - Aug 2021
      Sociolinguistics Research Lab Assistant

    • University of Toronto

      Oct 2021 - Mar 2023
      Research Assistant in the Dept. of English

    • Jackman Humanities Institute

      May 2022 - May 2022
      Scholar-in-residence

    • Jackman Humanities Building

      Sept 2022 - Apr 2023
      Undergraduate Research Fellow

    • University of Toronto

      May 2023 - Sept 2023
      Research Assistant

      Research Assistant for a project on lexicons of early modern English

    • University of Toronto

      May 2024 - Aug 2024
      Research Assistant

      Research assistant in the department of English for a project on editing the correspondence of Richard Baxter

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Working with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

      Indigenous Corporate Training Inc.
      Dec 2023

    • LivingWorks START- Suicide Awareness

      LivingWorks
      Nov 2020

    • Indigenous Awareness

      Indigenous Corporate Training Inc.
      Nov 2023

    • WCC workshop facilitation

      Writers Collective of Canada
      Oct 2020

    • Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans

      Government of Canada
      Sept 2020

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      Georgian College Dean's List Winter 2025 Georgian College May 2025
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      Shakespeare after Werstine graduate student bursary Western University May 2025
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      Clarendon Scholarship University of Oxford Mar 2025 Full funding for my DPhil in English at Oxford
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      Georgian College Dean's List Fall 2024 Georgian College Jan 2025
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      Graduate English Association Travel Grant ($200 CAD) - Sep 2024
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      Peter H. Russell Canada Prize ($1460 CAD) Innis College- University of Toronto May 2023 for a creative or academic piece on Canada (I won for a short story inspired by the history of the passenger pigeon in Toronto)
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      University of Toronto Excellence Award ($7500 CAD) - May 2023
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      Canada Graduate Scholarship- Master's ($17,500 CAD) - Apr 2023
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      Innis College Alumni Association Scholarship ($400 CAD) - Oct 2022
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      Zoltan Simo Undergraduate Award in the Humanities ($1500 CAD) - Sep 2022
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      Dean's list 2021-2022 University of Toronto Jun 2022
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      Jackman scholars-in-residence undergraduate award (1000$ CAD) Jackman Humanities Institute - University of Toronto May 2022
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      Winifred Florence Hughes scholarship (300$ CAD) Innis College- University of Toronto Nov 2021 Awarded to an Innis college student at the university of Toronto with a gpa of above 3.70 for the 2020-2021 school year.
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      UofT Dean's List (2020-2021) - Jun 2021
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      Firefly Creative Writing Bursary (400$ CAD) Firefly Creative Writing February 1, 2021
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      Innis College Exceptional Achievement Award (400$ CAD) Innis College- University of Toronto November 1, 2020 awarded to an Innis college student at the university of Toronto with a GPA of 3.7 or higher.
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      U of T Dean's List (2019 - 2020) University of Toronto June 1, 2020 Students on the dean's list have a cumulative gpa of 3.5 or higher.
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      Ontario Scholar - June 1, 2019 Awarded for graduating high school with 80% or higher average in top 6 grade 12 courses.
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      OSSTF Scholar's Award (400$ CAD) Ontario Secondary School Teacher's Federation Jun 2019 This was a graduation award I received at Richmond Hill High school from the Ontario Secondary School's Teacher's Federation for contributing to the school community and maintaining academic excellence.
    • Awarded to Freya Abbas
      City of Richmond Hill Youth Artist Award 2019 (for creative writing) (500$ CAD) City of Richmond Hill Mar 2019 This award is given to a talented individual who has made a large contribution to the culture of the City of Richmond Hill in any artistic field (e.g visual arts, music, film, etc.) I won this award in 2019 for creative writing.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Workshop Facilitator

      Issued by Writers Collective of Canada on Oct 2020
      Writers Collective of CanadaAssociated with Freya Abbas

    • Event Assistant

      Issued by Canadian Language Museum on Sept 2018
      Canadian Language MuseumAssociated with Freya Abbas

    • Fundraising Assistant

      Issued by Free The Children on Sept 2014
      Free The ChildrenAssociated with Freya Abbas

    • Student Volunteer

      Issued by Ontario Library Association on Sept 2013
      Ontario Library AssociationAssociated with Freya Abbas

    • Event Assistant

      Issued by Native Canadian Centre of Toronto on Aug 2018
      Native Canadian Centre of TorontoAssociated with Freya Abbas

    • Student Volunteer

      Issued by Project 99A on Jun 2017
      Project 99AAssociated with Freya Abbas

    • Student Volunteer

      Issued by iAscend on Sept 2020
      iAscendAssociated with Freya Abbas

    • RSG program facilitator

      Issued by University of Toronto on Sept 2020
      University of TorontoAssociated with Freya Abbas