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Leveraged the University of Toronto’s reputation as a regular writer and reporter for the University of Toronto Magazine, Trinity Magazine, the UTSC Commons, the Victoria College Annual Report and St. Michael’s Magazine.

Conducted interviews and wrote an ongoing series of social reports for the Actors’ Equity Union.Wrote internal communications material for executive search firm The Caldwell Partners.Created, wrote, sold and devised a publicity strategy for own novel, Alms (Penguin Books, 2003). Alms was nominated for a regional Commonwealth Prize as Best First Book, and selected by the Ottawa Citizen as one of the year’s best novels.Contributed numerous reviews to the Globe and… Show more Conducted interviews and wrote an ongoing series of social reports for the Actors’ Equity Union.Wrote internal communications material for executive search firm The Caldwell Partners.Created, wrote, sold and devised a publicity strategy for own novel, Alms (Penguin Books, 2003). Alms was nominated for a regional Commonwealth Prize as Best First Book, and selected by the Ottawa Citizen as one of the year’s best novels.Contributed numerous reviews to the Globe and Mail’s Books section.Pitched, sold and wrote articles for Chatelaine, Explore, Canadian Business, the Toronto Star, enRoute, the Huffington Post.Hosted, wrote scripts, conducted interviews for and promoted Imprint, TVOntario’s highly successful book show. Imprint won a Gemini Award for Best Talk Series in 2004.Interviewed, produced mini-documentaries, and acted as replacement host for CBC News Network’s On the Arts. On the Arts won a Gemini Award for Best Lifestyle Information Series in 1997. Produced, organized crews, and supervised staff of ArtEffects, an innovative news magazine show on TVOntario.Created two popular radio segments for CBC Radio’s Later the Same Day.Co-created and sat on the interfaith spirituality panel for CBC Radio’s Sounds Like Canada. Provided commentary for many other television and radio shows, including: Midday, Play, The World at Six and The Gill Deacon Show, as well as shows on The Knowledge Network and CityTV.Organized production efforts for Shadow Dancing, a $4.5 million feature film. Sat on the board of the Central Toronto Community Health Centre for three years. Fluent in French, semi-fluent in Spanish. Show less

Edited monthly newsletter, wrote stories for the website and magazineWrote speeches, proposals, social media, brochures, advertisements, web copy, media releasesContributed to case for support and two annual reportsConducted and shot video interviews Presented public talk on artificial intelligenceInitiated "Lunch and Learn" speaker seriesPitched and placed articles in external media