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Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Canada Area

Providing one-on-one supportive employment counselling to clients (intake, assessment, service plans)Providing information, resources, and making referrals when necessary Regularly following-up with clients regarding their job searchWorking within a team to support and promote assisted job connectionsFacilitating job search workshops Updating and.

Toronto, Canada Area

"Advancing Youth in the Food Services Industry" Program CoordinatorResponsible for recruiting, interviewing, and conducting intake for 25 youth ages 13-24 to participate in the programSuccessfully retained and graduated 25 youth from the programScheduled dates, relevant trainings, and other programming activities (including Food Handlers Certification.

Working Remotely

Publishing and illustrating The Energy Mix, an online e-digest on climate and energy issues, using WordPress and MailChimp.Selecting appropriate, creative commons and public domain photos to accompany articles. Posting content to Facebook, Twitter when required.Writing summary articles to promote Drawdown's list of climate solutions.Created a marketing.

Toronto, Canada Area

Worked as a placement student with the Newcomer Youth Leadership Program. Built skills in small and large group facilitation with youth.Assisted with the after-school Homework and Mentorship Support Program to provide one-on-one support to youth ages 13-24, in the areas of education and employment.Completed confidential case notes when required and.

Toronto, Canada Area

Worked with a team to prepare and deliver sexual violence prevention/consent education workshops, using an intersectional and anti-oppressive framework. Strengthened oral presentation and facilitation skills. Participated in outreach at the college to promote Upstander, consent, and other services and events offered by the Diversity, Equity and Human.

Toronto, Canada Area

Worked as a placement student at the agency's after-school program, The Nook Children's Program. Developed, facilitated, and co-facilitated social justice, recreational, and arts-based programming for children ages 5-12. Assisted with grant writing and donation request writing.Assisted in developing and implementing a survey using Survey Monkey to assess.

Ottawa, Ontario

Attended monthly meetings; discussed issues related to communications, finances, and governance. Assisted in editing and contributing to a social media manual for the organization. Coordinated the recruitment of a new Executive Committee for the Youth chapter, the Sierra Youth Coalition (SYC). Acted as liaison between the Board and the Executive Committee.

Working Remotely

Collaborated in the re-design of a second year undergraduate course, "Roots of Conflict, Violence and Peace". Reformulated, edited, and created lecture material and content on the subject of peace and conflict studies, to engage students in an accessible and comprehensive way. Developed testing material (quizzes) to assess students' success in the course..

Ottawa, Ontario

Managed the organization's social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Flickr). Posted regularly to the organization's social media pages to engage followers in issues related to women's rights.Assisted with general research as well as media tracking and reporting.Created photo quotes, memes, and appealing social media graphics using Canva.Worked.

Ottawa, Canada

Researched a variety of issues related to environmental and economic justice.Researched and analyzed primary and secondary date and sources.Updated and contributed to reports on resource extraction companies to inform the public. Organized basic quantitative data using Excel

Waterloo, Ontario

Researched the prevalence international human rights law and international humanitarian law in peace studies programs and literature.Analyzed various University program and course descriptions in the field of Peace Studies, and analyzed works by well-known peace scholars to assess their inclusion of human rights language.

Waterloo, Ontario

Marked course work for a second year Conflict Resolution class. Responded to students' questions in a timely and appropriate manner.

Ottawa

Managed the organization's social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter).Conducted online outreach and advocacy.Updated the website with relevant news items using CiviCRM.Researched and organized the Endangered Species of Canada e-book.

Hanoi Province, Vietnam

Conducted soft skill workshops on conflict resolution, teamwork, and leadership, and gender equality.Taught English to both staff and students at the vocational college. Developed a survey to assess the needs of students and developed workshops based on this information. Assisted the college with editing promotional material in English.

Community Worker Diploma, Community And Social Service Work

Activities and Societies: The Yoga Club GBC (President) , Bad Subject: "Consent IRL" trainingDean's List. Relevant courses included.

Master'S Degree, Peace And Conflict Studies

Activities and Societies: Amnesty International Waterloo Chapter (WPIRG Action Group), Consensus Workshop, 2014 (WPIRG Action Group).

Honours Bachelor Of Social Sciences, Conflict Studies And Human Rights, Magna Cum Laude

Courses taken include: Women, Racism and Power, Research Methods (Qualitative and Quantitative), International Relations, Track-Two.