Kyle Hill (2010 - 2011)
Canada
Kyle holds an MSc in Diagnostic Imaging from Oxford and a BSc in Physics and Mathematics from Mount Allison University in New Brunswick and is currently completing his PhD at Oxford’s Department of Surgery. His interests and achievements range from medical imaging to volunteering with a UNDP Public Health project in Chernobyl, teaching in Jamaica, and working for Google Inc and as a NASA Research Associate.
Kyle hails from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and as a Rhodes Scholar is in the final stages of writing his dissertation for his PhD in University of Oxford's Department of Surgery. His medical imaging research enables early-stage diagnosis of lung diseases such as emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis. Due to Oxford’s extensive research collaborations, much of his PhD work has been completed in Paris.
Outside the classroom, Kyle has embraced a wide-ranging set of activities and volunteer opportunities: in summer 2006, he was the only Canadian selected for the prestigious NASA Academy near Washington, DC; during his 2007 summer, Google noticed his keen interest in Internet technology and hired him to do market research in London, England; in the summer of 2008, Kyle taught high school science to economically disadvantaged students in rural Jamaica. Most recently, he spent his 2009 summer volunteering with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Chernobyl, Ukraine, where he completed a health education project and promoted a healthy and active lifestyle to local youth.
During his year as a Sauvé Scholar, Kyle will be doing a feasibility study on a Teach for Canada program. If Kyle concludes that this program is politically and economically viable, Teach for Canada will aggressively recruit a national teacher corps of Canada's top recent university graduates to teach for 2+ years at schools in need; namely, in Aboriginal communities, economically disadvantaged communities, and rural communities. Classroom by classroom, student by student, Teach for Canada will make Canadian education more equal by addressing the most challenging schools. Not only will the Teach for Canada corps bring unbridled enthusiasm and commitment to the schools, but, later in life, they will become business leaders and newspaper editors, politicians and judges, community leaders and school board members; and, because of their experience teaching in public schools, they will be lifelong advocates for educational equality in Canada.
Kyle's breadth of experience and keen interest in Canadian affairs recently led to his selection as a 2010/2011 Action Canada Fellow. He is also an award-winning jazz trombonist who recently recorded an album with the Donut Kings, an Oxford-based jazz combo. When not wracking his brain to apply his analytical training to abstract problems, Kyle can be found training for a marathon, adventuring through Europe, and cheering on the Habs and the Blue Jays.
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On February 18th 2011, the Globe and Mail published an Op Ed piece co-written by Kyle calling for the creation of a network of Canadian expatriates to advance Canada's economic interests abroad.
Mother Tongue
English
Country of origin
Canada
Country of Residence
Canada
Profession
Communications Technology, Political science, Science
