Tiina Maripuu

Tiina is currently completing her Anthropology M.A. Her Masters Research Paper will be a thematic analysis of grief in the medical records of the older adults diagnosed with Dementia.  

Tiina has been accepted into the Anthropology Ph.D. program starting in September 2021 at the University of Toronto. She will be focusing on the socio-emotional well-being of the elder individuals in the institutionalized settings in Ontario. In parallel to the M.A. and Ph.D. Tiina has also enrolled into the Collaborative Specialization Program “Aging, Palliative Care and Supportive Care Across the Life Course” offered by Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. Tiina earned her B.A. in Anthropology with a minor in History in 2020 from University of Toronto. She is currently volunteering at the call lines with the National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE). In her time off, Tiina enjoys cooking, hiking, camping as well as knitting and needlepoint.