Chris Benjamin Email & Phone Number

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Facilitates energy efficiency programming, works with professionals in the energy sector to ensure the best efficiency practices, connects clients to retrofitting programs and funding, shares information about best efficiency practices. Focused on working with communities on alleviating energy poverty, making buildings efficient, and green job growth for.

https://chris-benjamin.ca

I have written fiction and features for the CBC, Globe and Mail, Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Star, Chronicle Herald, Canadian Dimension, Saltscapes, Halifax Magazine, VoicePrint Canada, The Coast, This Magazine, Now Magazine, Fiddlehead, The Antigonish Review, Descant, Third Person Press, Nashwaak Review, Pottersfield Press, Rattling Books, The Society.

Halifax, Canada Area

"ABT is the best book promotion magazine in the country." --Marketing ReviewStrategically plan print, broadcast and online content covering Atlantic Books.Develop strategic partnerships with content creators and publishers.Assign and edit online, broadcast and print content.Create a strong voice for literature in Atlantic Canada.Assignment editing, story.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Assign and edit online and print content.Assignment editing, story planning, content development, style and visual development, sourcing, writing, editing, proofreading, social media content.

Halifax, Canada Area

Assignment editing, story planning, content development, online sourcing, writing, editing, proofreading, social media content for seasonal magazine and atlanticbookstoday.ca website.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Teaching non-credit course, Fundamentals of FictionDesigned and facilitated weekly workshops on story structure, writing novels, short stories, using figurative and sensory language, incorporating theme, developing characters, and editing.

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Funded by a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts, I was the writer in residence for the South Shore Public Libraries, based out of the Lunenburg branch in the old schoolhouse. In this role, I:Mentored writers and readers of all ages and abilitiesEdited and provided feedback on writing works in progressDesigned, prepared and facilitated workshops on a.

Halifax, Canada Area

I write features about urban environmental issues.

I write about environmental politics and culture in the Halifax area.

Pictou, New Glasgow, Antigonish

Mentor writers and readers of all ages and abilities by giving workshops, reviewing manuscripts, providing criticism and offering advice about publishing.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Reviewed compound daily CBC news transcripts, re-wrote and edited for anonline multimedia formatEdited text, video, photos, and audioFollow-up research filling out broadcast stories into fact-checked online stories

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Coordination and leadership of a network of significant health and environmental organizationsworking with Nova Scotia Environment to pass a provincial ban on cosmetic lawn pesticidesPublic education on the health and environmental risks of pesticides and the benefits ofalternative, organic lawn-care products and methods

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Developed access & equity program for a large cross-municipality land-use planning andhabitat conservation organizationWorked closely with geoscientists, engineers, urban planners, environmental educators, andother technical experts to remove employment barriers, especially for newcomer Canadianswith environmental skillsProvided training programs for 400.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Developed comprehensive volunteer program across the Greater Toronto Area for this smallnon-profit focused on accessible, sustainable urban food and transportation systems, involving200 diverse volunteers in campaigns, many of them new CanadiansImplemented anti-idling educational campaign across Mississauga and Toronto, working withretail gas outlets as.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Worked closely with multi-service agencies and low-income populations across two dense anddiverse Toronto neighbourhoods to identify healthcare gaps for newcomers and urbanAboriginals Based on consultations, wrote a successful grant application for $1.2 million tocreate new health outreach programs and fill important service gaps

Master'S Degree, Environmental Studies/Environmental Communication, A+++

Activities and Societies: Undercurrents Magazine: Editing Committee: Selected and edited articles for the annual faculty magazineMedia.

Bachelor'S Degree, Commerce/Marketing Communications, A-

Activities and Societies: Dalhousie Gazette newspaper: Writer: Wrote column on environment, business, and social justice

Master'S In Hockey Pool Dominance, Mario Lemieux