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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal, Canada Area

Montreal, Canada Area

Consultancy mandates for international agencies, such as UNEP, UNDP, FAO to support national governments in developing climate change adaptation projects, and provide quality advice on all aspects of sustainable development, environmental management and on accessing financial mechanisms, such as the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

Montreal, Qc, Canada (Home-Based)

Research mandate in collaboration with ILRI (CGIAR) on the constraining and enabling factors to the uptake of medium- and long-term climate information in decision making.

Nairobi, Kenya

Research mandate: Systematic review to establish the scientific evidence base of CSA practices related to agronomy, agroforestry, livestock, post-harvest management and food-energy systems with relevance to the 3 CSA outcomes: food production, climate change adaptation and mitigation, to inform the next steps in development of agricultural programming and policy.

Montreal, Canada Area

Project 1: Responsible for the development of an adaptation prioritization tool (8 months):• Developed a climate change adaptation conceptual framework • Conducted a literature review to grasp current adaptation prioritization tools • Built a tool using MCA, CEA and NCA on MS Excel to prioritize adaptation policy options to reduce climate change impacts on health in developing regions• Operationalized tool with a case study to demonstrate usefulness to community-based adaptation Project 2: In charge of evaluating vulnerability assessments of built environment in Canada’s North (6 months)• Reviewed grey and peer-reviewed literature to identify research gaps• Collected data via stakeholder and expert semi-structured interviews to identify opportunities and needs• Designed a vulnerability assessments analytical framework on MS Access to analyse methodologies and outputs• Evaluated climate change vulnerability assessments to identify best practices

Montreal, Canada Area

Research Assistant – Southeast Asian Massif Research Lab (Dr Sarah Turner) Oversaw several simultaneous projects• Climate data analysis (anomaly detection) for the China-Vietnam borderland• Review of Chinese papers on ethnic minorities and climate in China• Journal articles and chapters proofreading and editing• Design and maintenance of McGill SSCOW, SEA, & Student-Parent websites• French-English and Chinese-English translation

Montreal, Canada Area

Assisted professors in their courses during 4 semesters by:• Providing constructive feedback to students • Preparing and reviewing professors’ presentations for classes

Paris, France

In charge of setting up France-China Foundation • Researched collaborators in France and China • Defined Foundation’s objectives with major collaborators • Developed the foundation’s statutes

Beijing City, China

Organized logistics of athletes’ transportation & freight shipment back to Australia for 290-member team.

Beijing City, China

In charge of coordinating the French translation team and projects (team of 50)• Planned project development and managed a team of 50 translators• Coordinated multiple projects within tight timelines in a highly pressured environment with several clients• Liaised in Chinese between the French speaking team and other departments• Managed the editing process of translated content to ensure quality to clients

Ma, Geography

Thesis title: Cash crops and climate shocks: Flexible livelihoods in Southeast Yunnan Province, China

Certificate, Permaculture Design

Permaculture Design Certificate

Graduate Diploma (Dess), Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Public Health

Project title: Electronic waste management in North America and their exports to emerging countries

Ba, Chinese & Management Studies