Over the past year, it has truly been my pleasure to share the healing modality of yoga and meditation with the women of FSCC. Each group of women has been very unique, and I have enjoyed tailoring the classes to the different needs of each group. I continue to work hard to create classes that are both safe and challenging, but most importantly, fun! I always enjoy receiving feedback about how I can make the classes even better for these groups. I look forward to the continuation of the program through 2018!

Works privately and at various studios in Edmonton sequencing and facilitating a variety of yoga classes including Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, Kids Yoga, and yoga for people with physical limitations. Avery has experience in yoga studio managerial duties such as class scheduling, creating class descriptions and website development and maintenance. She is also proficeint in operating MindBody Software. While working at The Yoga Center, Avery helped to manage the Karma Yoga Program, including creating a training manual, communications books, responsibility check list and provided one-on-one training to volunteers. She also assisted with front desk and customer service duties including student registration, payments and purchases and general orientation to the studio.Most significantly, over the past three years, Avery has had the opportunity to interact with many clients from all walks of life. It has helped her to develop excellent client care and customer service skills and to enhance and develop a deep passion for community health and wellness.

Responsible for day-to-day operations and administration of Noorish Yoga Studio. Duties also included preparing financial reports, administering payroll, creating the studio schedule, managing volunteer programs, and performing evaluations and assessments of the studios classes, workshops and special events. Perhaps most significantly, the Manager is responsible for administering excellent customer service and client care. It is imperative to maintain positive relationships with all clients and to address all complaints in a prompt and professional manner. The manager is also responsible for preparing and updating training manuals, as well as hiring and on-boarding all employees and volunteers. She was the direct supervisor for the Assistant Manager, yoga teachers and all volunteer staff. She also managed the studio calendar, and planned special events and workshops for the studio.Finally, this position also included managing all marketing and social media for the Noorish Yoga studio. This involved creating posters for workshops, managing the social media pages, and copy writing a monthly newsletter for studio clientele.

Responsible for the development, implementation, maintenance, and evaluation of the Prairies/NWT Region’s Youth Strategy Program to educate youth about breast cancer risk reduction, early detection, and overall breast health information, as well as volunteerism and philanthropy.The primary focus of the position is on health promotion. Responsible for providing feedback from the youth perspective to Fund Development and Volunteer Resources and connects youth wanting to fund raise or volunteer to CBCF staff.

As a Youth Worker in the YESS START Program, I provided front line individual support, counselling services and manages case loads for client residents of a group living facility. In an administrative capacity, I managed all the client files, ensuring they were kept organized and up to date. Provided data entry from the hard copy files in the computer based system. I was also responsible for planning, promoting and facilitating unique and diverse activities for clients and staff. An important part of this position was to ensure compliance to all agency and government policy in order to ensure a safe environment.

In this position, I provided educational camp sessions three times a week for English Language Learner students at Edmonton Public Schools, which met the program’s specific objectives. I was in charge of authoring program evaluation reports to measure objectives and I acted as a mentor to all students and provided each student with individualized guidance, attention and support.

As Administrative Assistant at Wellspring Health Centre, I acted as first point of contact for all clientele, both in-person and via telephone and email. In addition to providing excellent customer service, I also managed and maintained detailed client files of multiple therapists and was trusted to assess clients to determine the type of appointment necessary for their condition. I conducted the transfer of paper client files to Microsoft Excel format and managed all computer-based information for the therapists. I also provided light cleaning work to keep the waiting area looking inviting to clients.