Christine Bilsky Email and Phone Number

• Independently responsible for the ongoing assistant and care of a 28-year-old woman living with special needs, including assistance with mobility and hygiene. • Plans and facilitates learning activities to support the maintenance of psychological health, and actively completes monitoring.• Performs regularized and systematic evaluation of progress and state of well-being. Aggregates this information and data for regular sharing with family members.

- Chair the Patient/PHC Advisory Committee- Member of the Implementation Working Group- Support in implementation co-ordination specifically PHC Model development, curriculum development, software development.- Lead the development and execution of the PHC recruitment, training, management and supportfor the Women’s College FHT.- Support and enable regular PHC communication with the PPs, cancer information support and Sr. Specialist at the WCH FHT location.- Assist in development of communication pathways and safe transfer of information between PPs and volunteer PHCs- Participate in the quality assurance and risk plans development and execution.- Contribute to PHAC-related financial, progress and year-end report development and submission

- Manage and coordinate day-to-day activities of all in person provincial education programs and services, including Family Days in London, Hamilton and Ottawa, and previously, Chronic Pain Management Workshops. - Working closely with the nation-wide mission team, planning and implementing education programs and initiatives that align with national and provincial strategies and objectives. - Lead for Camp Cambria, a specialized summer camp for 140 children living with arthritis. Responsibilities include: development and management of programming, camp budget and policies (i.e. risk management, emergency procedures, etc.), recruitment and training of over 60 camp volunteers and staff, key contact person with Cambria, as sponsor, corresponding with 175+ families, overseeing the day-to-day operation of camp, logistics and execution thereof. - Working collaboratively with the Senior Manager, Education Services, in the development and implementation of a nation-wide camp approach. - Working collaboratively with the nation-wide symposia lead to plan, develop and implement an annual Ontario-based symposum. - Actively collaborates on provincial programming with key stakeholders, namely children’s hospitals, community health centres, and local partners to maximize service delivery and outcomes of the Arthritis Society.- Liaising with staff in Ontario and across the country on a regular basis.

• Identified and researched grant opportunities and individual financial donors which involved managing the pre-grant process and contributing to proposal and report development. • Conducted in-depth primary and secondary research on international programs and organisations related to women and children’s health.

• Responsible for critically and efficiently reviewing credentials of prospective applications for accuracy and completeness required for admission to the College. • Responded to electronic, online, and in-person inquiries from prospective members and other key stakeholders in a knowledgeable and timely manner, consistently ensuring accuracy of provided information.• Supported project teams and College management through consideration and evaluation of managerial methods and procedures for processing high-volume data submitted as registration information.

• Responsible for conducting research on potential foundations, philanthropic opportunities, and grants relevant to health care initiatives with children in Southeast Asia. • Conducted database administration for customer relationship management. This included the use of Raiser’s Edge included pulling quires and data, creating reports on lapsed donors, inactive accounts

• Responsible for critically and efficiently reviewing credentials of prospective applications for accuracy and completeness required for admission to the College. • Responded to electronic, online, and in-person inquiries from prospective members and other key stakeholders in a knowledgeable and timely manner, consistently ensuring accuracy of provided information.• Supported project teams and College management through consideration and evaluation of managerial methods and procedures for processing high-volume data submitted as registration information.

Summer of 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014• Led the repeated and successful implementation of a 72-hour play-based curriculum for pre-Kindergarten children, involving skill-building activities and parent-involvement strategies. • Supervised five staff members, including three high school students from the ‘Focus on Youth’ program. This included providing preliminary training, delegating tasks and coaching on best practices in the workplace. • Actively provided referrals and support to parents, including resources related to speech-language pathology, mental health, among other areas.

• Developed research methods and skills by assisting in collecting and summarizing relevant literature to help CUPE update its Health and Safety guide on workplace violence and Equality material on harassment. • Gained valuable workplace experience in a social justice advocacy organization. • Enhanced skills in social bookmarking, wiki and other web-based tools, including Zotero, for collaborative research and writing.