Christopher Ford Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Richmond Hill

Markham, ON

• Lead the development of SCMRH’s first Strategic Plan
• Co-designed and managed an employee engagement project at 7 member workplaces with a budget of over $40,000, which exceeded all expected targets and contributed to scope 3 GHG reductions of 3.6 tonnes CO2e
• Lead the development of Marketing & Sales Strategy, and assisted in its implementation

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

IMI201 - Fundamentals of Marketing

Markham, ON

• Gained a strong understanding of economic drivers and needs of small businesses as coordinator of a non-profit that supports over 150 small and medium-sized businesses
• Created and executed the 2017 Marketing Strategy for the Markham Village BIA, and directly manages marketing budget of over $35,000
• Identified a need for two distinct summer student roles to support daily business operations, and designed and hired for those roles
• Aided in the planning and facilitation of three major community events, each with community attendance of well over 10,000 people
• Directly planned and facilitated several smaller community events with attendance of up to 3,000 people

Civic Centre

• Consulted with key stakeholders to update, promote and develop training materials to support the City of Markham’s Sustainable Purchasing Guide
• Performed the first sustainable purchasing audit as part of larger strategy to further sustainable purchasing practices at the City
• Participated in many staff and community engagement projects, including co-leading a staff engagement campaign focused on paper use reduction, outreach at community events, and developing and facilitating a workshop on.
• Experienced significant organizational change and exposure to change management strategies through an office move and department merger with the Asset Management Department

Marshall's, Markham

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

- Member of five-person team responsible for all general communications and marketing materials for the department, including social media planning and management, development of training/presentation content, creating various forms of media (ie. videos, websites, info-graphics, photographs, posters, et cetera) to be used to for promotional purposes, often.

Toronto, Canada Area

Ontario, Canada

The Vandoo - Vanier College's Newspaper since 1966 (York University)

Created a safe and fun environment for all child, youth, and/or adult program participantsTaught/led various activities (i.e. Archery) in a fun and exciting way, while ensuring the safety and well-being of all participants

Msc, Sustainability Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Social Sciences (Equity & Social Policy), 7.75/9 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Vanier College Against Bullying, The Vandoo, YFS Access Centre, Centre for Human Rights Volunteer, Men's Rugby.

Certificate Of Completion, French (Explore)

Activities and Societies: La Conseil des ÉtudiantsI completed a month at the University of Saskatchewan's Language Centre (USLC) as a part.