Manijeh Ali has been teaching nutrition at John Abbott College since 1993. Manijeh has a BSc. in Dietetics and Human Nutrition from McGill University, a MSc. in International Nutrition from Université de Montréal, and a graduate diploma in Education from the University of Sherbrooke. Her Master's degree focused on participatory research in the area of food security in Malawi, Central Africa. Doing post-graduate work at McGill, she continued her research work in Ghana, West Africa in the area of Health Assessment and Education. From 1993 to 2003, she worked with many organizations in West African countries particularly in Ghana and with the F.A.O of United Nations in Afghanistan. Manijeh is also a performing artist (dancer) and the artistic director of the QuebeAsia Dance Performance Series (www.quebeasia.org)