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Orillia, On, Ca

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

As the longest trail network in the world, the Trans Canada Trail connects Canadians and visitors to nature and to one another, from coast to coast to coast, through accessible and inclusive outdoor activities. Through collaboration and partnerships, we build, maintain and steward Canada’s national trail, a unique system of connected urban and rural trails.In my role, I support trail organizations and municipalities with three key directives: infrastructure & major repair trail projects, trailhead and interpretive signage, and co-managing the Planting for Tomorrow Program, which is planting 150,000 trees across Canada by 2028.

High Wycombe, England

The Global Changemakers are an international youth network of social entrepreneurs, community activists and advocates between the ages of 16 and 25. Global Changemakers are at the forefront of running innovative projects in their communities, shaping policy and sharing their grass-roots experience with institutions and platforms worldwide.I was selected to represent Canada at the Global Changemakers International Youth Summit alongside 59 other global youth from a pool of 3,400 applicants. We learned from each other's lived experiences in changemaking and sharpened our skills in media relations, facilitation, conflict resolution, nonviolence, fundraising, community capacity building and empowerment.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Curbside Cycle is a city-focused bicycle shop that encourages everyone to choose cycling as their primary mode of transportation. Their wide selection of city, European, cargo, folding, and e-bikes makes cycling an affordable and appealing option for families, businesses, and individuals who want to build a more sustainable future together.I worked as Creative Coordinator for the shop - researching and copywriting new products for the Shopify website, selecting and editing photos to follow brand guidelines, copyediting external communications, and producing accessible content for the shop's blog. I also continue to write, direct, produce, host, and closed-caption videos for the shop's YouTube channel.On the sales floor, I assisted customers with choosing the ideal bike for their needs, handled cash transactions, maintained CRM workflows, and trained new staff.

Toronto, Canada Area

Basecamp Climbing is a rock climbing gym in central Toronto that caters to families, new and experienced climbers. The gym prides itself on its safety record, inclusive and diverse community, and its commitment to supporting anyone who wants to enter the sport of rock climbing.I worked as a Front Desk Staff to welcome climbers to the gym, ensure safety waivers were signed before members entered the facility, and handled administration and financial transactions. I also worked as a Floor Supervisor: patrolling the climbing areas, ensuring safety protocols were followed by all members while maintaining a positive experience, enacting emergency wall rescues when required, and being first point-of-call for first aid emergencies.

Toronto, Canada Area

Alvéole strives to help people fall in love with bees, build ecological awareness and more sustainable cities and food systems. They create a strong sense of connection to nature in cities by bringing beehives to city rooftops and urban gardens all across Canada, the US, and Europe.I worked in a team of 4 to extract and jar thousands of pounds of honey produced on Toronto rooftops during the 2018 season. We coordinated our team's production speed to spin honey from the combs, ready the jars, individually label the jars with custom stickers for clients, and kept honey grades and origins separate from one another to ensure each client received only the honey their beehives had produced. We managed machine malfunctions, timing constraints, deadlines and personnel job reassignments to meet production goals on time.

I built up and supported a staff team in a way that maximized employee satisfaction and store sales through a transitional period for store leadership. I managed staff, provided direction and delegation, and completed managerial tasks in collaboration with the store and district managers.

Isle Of Iona, Scotland

The Iona Community is a dispersed ecumenical community working for peace and social justice, the rebuilding of community and inclusivity. The Abbey and MacLeod Centres on the isle of Iona are centres of welcome and hospitality that host approximately 20 staff, 60 volunteers, and over 2,000 guests each year.I supported 67 volunteers before and during their time on Iona, ensuring all paperwork was in order pre-arrival and providing ongoing empowerment for interpersonal and work-related issues that arose. I assisted paid staff with volunteer concerns, coordinating holiday time and personal support. I took pride in organizing extracurricular events for volunteers and staff to build relationships outside of work and ensure social cohesion.

Toronto, Canada Area

The Homegrown National Park Project is creating the world’s first citizen-led urban green corridor. The David Suzuki Foundation project stretches traditional notions of urban green space to include private, public and institutional spaces and encourages residents to bring nature to places that can be quickly and inexpensively transformed — their yards, balconies, rooftops, streets and alleys. It’s led by local residents, empowered by an innovative distributed leadership model.I co-organized six events throughout the season for a total of 5,000 people, including an annual neighbourhood event for over 2,000 attendees that involved food vendors and partner restaurants from across Toronto, musicians, and community partner groups. I ran logistics for obtaining all necessary permits from the City of Toronto and ensured all necessary people, equipment, and supplies were in place to run the event.

I worked with co-op members who were looking to find outdoor gear that suited their ideal needs, adventures and budget. I balanced multiple members' needs at once, thought creatively to offer alternative solutions to problems, and connected members with programs and initiatives in our city so they could get maximum enjoyment from outdoor activity.

London, England And Wales, Uk

The Otesha Project UK is building a community of people who see their lives as powerful tools for environmental and social change. We connect day to day choices with their global impacts, inspiring people to take positive and creative action for a fairer and greener world. Through training and support we empower young people from all backgrounds to take the lead in creating this change for themselves, their community and the wider world.I assisted with the planning and execution of a 500km cycling tour with 10 tour members across the length and width of Wales. We visited schools and community centres en route to deliver theatrical plays and workshops on sustainable living and communal activism. We lived our values by cycling the entire way, choosing a vegan diet for the tour, only buying food from local organic merchants, and making all decisions through consensus.

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

The Student Success Office helps students achieve success by fostering a fulfilling university experience through personal empowerment and individual support.I worked with the Outreach & Engagement team to inform students of our services, events, and ongoing initiatives throughout campus using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and the University of Waterloo website. I gained and improved upon my skills in videography, photography, writing for different audiences using various web platforms and learning the basics of Drupal and Adobe Illutrator.

Ottawa, Ontario

The NextUp! program brings together young leaders in social and environmental movements to collaborate and learn valuable skills useful for their work in changing Canada and the world for the better.I was a member of the first Ottawa cohort and learned about social justice and environmental issues alongside other influential Ottawa youth inspired to make a difference. We worked together with one another and leaders in Ottawa to find solutions to large-scale problems and trained in the skills of nonviolent resistance, government relations, media skills, group facilitation, active listening, capacity building, fundraising and inclusivity.

Ottawa, Canada Area

The Forest Communities Program (FCP) assists community-based partnerships to develop and share knowledge, strategies and tools to adjust to forest sector transition and to take advantage of emerging forest-based opportunities. The FCP community partnerships are located in defined geographic areas at a regional scale and include a mix of urban, rural and Indigenous communities.I worked with my supervisor to support the work of the 11 regional sites which helped their communities with a vast array of projects ranging from wildlife management, agroforestry, value-added forest products and land management decisions. This included professional writing, coordinating with various directors to facilitate local action in their forest communities, utilizing my French language skills, and working with diverse teams to share knowledge and resources between areas of governance.

Waterloo, On

Renison University College offers 220 residence spaces to first and upper year students, providing a safe, welcoming, and tight-knit community for students at the University of Waterloo.I supported new students living in residence as they navigated their first academic year of university. I organized floor events to build community among my residents, and communicated and worked alongside other dons and the Director of Residence to ensure safety, security, and wellbeing for all residents in the College. I was trained in crisis management, first aid protocol, conflict resolution, mediation, communication, and event planning, among many others.

Quesnel, British Columbia & Montreal, Quebec

Katimavik offers learning through volunteer service programs for young Canadians looking for a unique experience that enables them to make positive change in their lives and in communities. The six-month program focuses on the development of lifelong personal, professional and social competencies in the areas of civic engagement, autonomous living, healthy lifestyle and environmental stewardship.I volunteered full-time with non-profit organizations while living with 10 other volunteers from across Canada. During the day, I volunteered with a 70-student rural elementary school, ATD Quart Monde (an organization that focuses on personal empowerment for people living in poverty), and Santropol Roulant (an intergenerational community food hub that brings people together through food and community to break social isolation and build relationships). During our evenings and weekends we volunteered at community events and participated in skill-building activities to improve ourselves and our communities. Our Katimavik group organized a food drive involving 500 households in Montreal.

Perch Lake, Atikokan, Ontario

Northern Tier High Adventure provides Scouts with the opportunity to embark on weeklong canoe trips through Quetico Provincial Park and the surrounding lake country. I led groups of Scouts aged 11-18 and their adult troop leaders on canoe and kayak trips that lasted anywhere between 4 and 9 days. I was responsible for packing food, checking and preparing gear pre-trip, assisting the group with picking a route, hand-modifying military maps to include campsites and portage trails, and teaching the Scouts how to be responsible for ensuring their trip ran successfully while acting as a mentor along the way.

Toronto, Canada Area

Forest Valley OEC provides safe, active and enriching learning experiences by immersing students and staff in natural and urban environments and enables participants to practice personal responsibility and develop respect for themselves, for others and for their world. I co-taught classes of students between JK - Grade 12 alongside outdoor educators. We ran programming that was selected by teachers and worked with students to ensure their visit to the Centre was a success. I assisted with set-up and teardown, taught sections of the programming, and worked with another intern to ensure the on-site Maple Syrup program ran smoothly.

Quetico Provincial Park - Mink Lake Camp

The Ontario Ranger program introduces 17-year-old youths to work in the natural resources sector through an overnight work camp experience that spans two months. In Quetico Provincial Park on the northwest shore of Lake Superior, I performed park maintenance and heritage education by taking part in interpretive activities, as well as learning skills such as trail-brushing, canoe tripping, road upkeep, and campsite maintenance. Each Ranger in the summer of 2008 participated in two weeklong Park-interior canoe trips to complete backcountry campsite maintenance and cleanup.