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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

With Bicycle Nova Scotia, I worked on increasing cycling in the province; for recreation, touring and everyday journeys. My main area of focus was developing the Blue Route, a 3,000km+ network of safe cycling infrastructure on roads and trails, spanning the entire province. • Developed an annual workplan and budget, writing proposals and grant applications to fund the workplan. • Managed budgets and timelines, tracking progress on projects with staff and partners and managing staff… Show more With Bicycle Nova Scotia, I worked on increasing cycling in the province; for recreation, touring and everyday journeys. My main area of focus was developing the Blue Route, a 3,000km+ network of safe cycling infrastructure on roads and trails, spanning the entire province. • Developed an annual workplan and budget, writing proposals and grant applications to fund the workplan. • Managed budgets and timelines, tracking progress on projects with staff and partners and managing staff and contracts as necessary to complete the workplan. • Built partnerships at the provincial level and at the municipal level in towns across the province to accomplish advocacy and project goals.• Started the pop-up infrastructure project in Lunenburg, including building and fostering relationships with the multi-stakeholder project team.Blue Route Hubs: Bicycle network plans for towns across Nova Scotia that link residents to the places they want to go by walking, rolling and cycling and connect the provincial Blue Route cycling network to community centres across the province.• Oversaw the project, including the budget, timeline and managing relationships with clients and funders • Worked with the AT Planner to finalize the network design and final concept designs for municipalities. Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

• Managed the social marketing and behaviour change events, including the World, European and North American Social Marketing Conferences. The last World event brought together 300+ attendees, with over 100 presentations on research and case studies for behaviour change from every continent, except Antarctica• Manage the social media content for World Social Marketing on: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, WordPress website and Mailchimp newsletter• Created and implemented… Show more • Managed the social marketing and behaviour change events, including the World, European and North American Social Marketing Conferences. The last World event brought together 300+ attendees, with over 100 presentations on research and case studies for behaviour change from every continent, except Antarctica• Manage the social media content for World Social Marketing on: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, WordPress website and Mailchimp newsletter• Created and implemented a communication plan to promote the Inaugural North American Social Marketing Conference• Reviewed papers submitted to conference for academic rigour, and curated conference program to ensure presentations included innovative research and programs addressing humanities key social issues. • Created and implemented a growing ‘Customer Retention Management’ system to help manage current and potential partners, sponsors and media contacts for the World Social Marketing events team Show less

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Sustrans is the charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle. In the Research and Monitoring Unit, I used qualitative and quantitative research methods to evidence the impact of Sustrans infrastructure and behaviour change projects. Community Links: A £36 million grant programme to fund active travel infrastructure in Scotland. • Managed a team of 5 people, overseeing the development of an impact evaluation plan, including impacts on place, health, safety, transportation… Show more Sustrans is the charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle. In the Research and Monitoring Unit, I used qualitative and quantitative research methods to evidence the impact of Sustrans infrastructure and behaviour change projects. Community Links: A £36 million grant programme to fund active travel infrastructure in Scotland. • Managed a team of 5 people, overseeing the development of an impact evaluation plan, including impacts on place, health, safety, transportation and social cohesion. Bike Life Report: Provides a snapshot of Created for 14 UK cities, to provide a snapshot of cycling. The reports are meant to be influencing documents for local politicians, with some of the statistics being reported by local media. • Managed a team of 3 people gathering the data required from participating cities, and ensuring it was an appropriate quality and standard to assess impacts of cycling. • Managed the relationships of the municipal government staff who we worked with to gather the necessary local data. • Worked in a larger team to develop updates to the model, which could better reflect the social impact of cycling, using the Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT) Show less

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Managed multiple evaluation projects for internal clients in the behaviour change and infrastructure departments, designing outcome evaluation plan, collecting and analyzing data and writing reports for internal and external audiences. • Conducted surveys, focus groups and found appropriate secondary data to evaluate programs and conduct bespoke research. Analysed qualitative data using thematic analysis and used Excel and R for quantitative analysis. • Used the tendering process… Show more • Managed multiple evaluation projects for internal clients in the behaviour change and infrastructure departments, designing outcome evaluation plan, collecting and analyzing data and writing reports for internal and external audiences. • Conducted surveys, focus groups and found appropriate secondary data to evaluate programs and conduct bespoke research. Analysed qualitative data using thematic analysis and used Excel and R for quantitative analysis. • Used the tendering process to find a research company to conduct a media analysis of cycling and walking in the UK• Worked with external contractors to conduct surveys and gather data such as traffic speed and volume. Found a research company through the tendering process to conduct a media analysis of cycling and walking in the UK. Show less

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Led a qualitative research project and used the findings to develop recommendations to improve the quality and quantity of engagement in sustainability across campus. • Conducted focus groups and used a thematic analysis to determine students motivations and barriers for engaging in sustainability and volunteering on campus.

Brighton, United Kingdom

• Developed online content to showcase the benefits to employers of hiring University of Brighton students for work placements

Innisfil

• Managed a multi-stakeholder project with the goal of allowing mobile access to the Town's geographic data in the field •Built relationships within the Town to encourage use of new geographic software and improve efficiencies in all departments

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Created a python script to automate processes of the Canadian Crop Inventory• Collected field data for crop identification of the 2013 season• Researched the TIMESAT program and assessed its use for determining seasonal parameters

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Updated road addressing for the National Geographic Database using custom tools created for Statistics Canada• Determined appropriate addressing using municipal and provincial sources• Assessed validity of information and made decisions regarding competing information

Innisfil

• Designed clear, simple mapbooks for Fire Services to find Town locations in Emergency Situations.• Planned and facilitated tutorials on ArcGIS and ArcCatalogue for the Planning and Engineering Departments• Analyzed streetlight costing structure through the collection of updated streetlight data and ArcGis tools

Milton

• Used AutoCAD and ArcMap to update the Town’s GIS system with assets adopted from new developments. • Created maps as requested from staff within all Departments at the Town. Created transit maps used in a brochure with updated summer bus schedule.

Bachelor'S Degree, Environment And Business

Activities and Societies: Waterloo Environment and Business Society, Sprouts Mentorship Program, Waterloo Environment Orientation, Varsity.

Master Of Science - Ms, Social Marketing & Behaviour Change

Activities and Societies: University of Brighton Food Co-op, C-Change Campaign