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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Executive Director of The Cross Ministry and Community Partnerships Initiatives Branch, Preventive Community Services Division, Alberta Community and Social Services.The Preventive Community Services Division provided over $350 million in funding to over 400 non-profit organizations. The Cross Ministry and Community Partnerships Initiatives (CCPI) Branch of the Division provided strategic support, policy analysis, data management and governance, and Information Technology (IT) support to the Division.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Managed the WPRC and supported various initiatives including the Task Force to End Homelessness, but later shifted to a sole focus on homelessness as Project Director, Homelessness Initiative.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

The Government of Manitoba Cross-Department Coordination Initiative (CDCI) was a cross-department unit of the MB Departments of Health, Family Services, Healthy Living and Seniors, and Housing and Community Development. CDCI was tasked with the administration of $9 million of provincial homelessness funding and other projects related to people with complex health and/or social needs.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

The Main Street Project (MSP) is a shelter for people who may be intoxicated. In addition to 70 emergency shelter spaces, MSP also operates a 21-cell detention facility for people detained under the Intoxicated Person’s Detention Act, as well as a 25-bed Detoxification Unit, a 45-bed transitional shelter, and a case management team.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Reporting to the Division Board of Directors and a National Chief Executive Officer in Toronto, managed arthritis-related education, fundraising and advocacy programs and projects in Manitoba.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Administered employment programs, including student finance and social work support, to people with multiple barriers to employment under contract to Alberta Career Development and Employment.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Developed social research and advocacy projects on behalf of marginalized groups in partnership with other agencies, advocacy groups, and the University of Alberta.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Performed all executive functions relating to the operation of six seniors “lodges” and seven seniors “self-contained” apartment buildings, supervising over 100 staff with an annual budget of $3.5 million.