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Guelph, Ontario

• Identifies, evaluates, and monitors agricultural and environmental science-related policies of relevance to Ontario farmers. Provides policy research, monitoring, and analysis on science-based topics to the farming community. Contributes to OFA’s development, awareness and advocacy of sound policy positions.• Analyzes existing and proposed agricultural and environmental policies from a science perspective to assist OFA’s Board of Directors to set sound policy positions.• Prepares and presents backgrounds, findings, and policy alternatives on emerging issues to OFA’s Board of Directors, Policy Advisory Council, and other interested audiences.• Provides OFA members with assistance and/or advocacy in the resolution of farm related issues. Supports OFA staff through collaboration with government program delivery staff and administrators to address difficulties within government program policies. • Builds and maintains a broad network of industry contacts to facilitate understanding and awareness of issues. Participates/liaises with external committees and/or working groups and other industry agencies as necessary to further OFA policy objectives.

Guelph, Ontario

• First point of contact for incoming telephone communication from OFA members• Respond to all member and non-member inquiries or questions through active investigation; Maintain superior relationships, consultation, and potential solutions for effective resolution options• Handle complex and escalated customer service issues; Provide background information regarding issue, including probable resolution. Direct inquiries if needed to appropriate sources• Provide information on the OFA, and all Member Benefits• Complete all administration tasks, maintain accurate information in OFA membership database• Coordinate card and receipt mail outs to printing house • Coordinated mailing of membership agreements• Entering of membership information into database• Process new memberships with the OFA, including membership cards and receipts• Monthly processing of member renewal invoices and associated payments• Assist Manager to compile and maintain statistical information

Erin, Ontario

• Coordinated supplier, manufacturer, and retailer production deadlines, as well as other various administrative tasks.• Scheduled daily, as well as long-term tasks, projects, and events for upper management personnel. Duties included preparation of packages and presentations, order and delivery date programming, as well as large scale show preparation and setup.• Organized inventory of raw materials through to finished products while overseeing quality control and proper on-time deliveries to various retailers across Canada and the US.• Interacted with customers through personal, phone, and online communications.

Ballinafad, Ontario

• Conferred with clients regarding price and type of arrangement desired and the date, time, and place of delivery. • Designed arrangement according to client's requirements, utilizing knowledge of design and properties of materials, or select appropriate standard design pattern.• Planned arrangement according to client's requirements, utilizing knowledge of design and properties of materials, or select appropriate standard design pattern.• Ordered and purchased flowers and supplies from wholesalers and growers.• Performed office and retail service duties such as keeping financial records, serving customers, answering telephones, selling giftware items and receiving payment.• Decorated or supervised the decoration of buildings, halls, churches, or other facilities for parties, weddings and other occasions.

Caledon, Ontario

• Trained in an elite equestrian athletics program, in order to further my competitive knowledge and skill set.• Cared for and trained upper level equine athletes. Responsible for preparation of programs that ensured the physical and mental fitness of both horse and human competitors in a highly successful international competition program.

Halton Hills, Ontario

• Greeted customers and ascertained the needs and wants of each customer. Recommended, selected, and helped locate or obtain merchandise based on customer requirements.• Described merchandise and explained use, operation and care of products to customers. Answered questions regarding the store and its merchandise. • Maintained knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.• Managed stock inventory and requisition of new stock. Placed special orders to acquire desired products.

Erin, Ontario

• Managed daily operations of a commercial horse boarding operation, including care and maintenance of facility and its animals. Duties included assessing quality of feed and its rations, handling, first aid, training routines, and general animal care of all stabled horses.• Communicated with equine owners, updating them on the care and routines of their animals.• Formulated feeding programs based on performance and body condition for equine athletes for optimal training and health.

University Of Guelph

Thesis Title: Effects of Source and Level of Dietary Roughage and Ractopamine (Optaflexx) Supplementation on Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics and Meat Quality in Beef Cattle. • Developed and implemented procedures resulting in the successful completion of a large, one-year project. • Created and interpreted statistical models for analysis of projects, utilizing Statistical Analysis Software (SAS), including programming of orthogonal polynomial contrasts. • Formulated experimental feed regimens meeting requirements set forth by the Nutrient Requirement Council. • Worked in small, as well as large, government-inspected operations, including research stations and abattoirs. • Monitored and organized University of Guelph Insentec computerized feed intake data system.• Collected growth performance data, including biweekly body weights, feed intake, feeding behaviour, and biweekly feed samples and analysis. • Skilled in intravenous blood collection and centrifuge operation.• Collected critical carcass measurements and samples from Cargill Meat Solutions, including grade fat measurements, lean yield, marbling, and yield grade. • Experienced in conducting sensitive laboratory analysis including spectrophotometic determination of hydroxyproline collagen content (total and soluble), intramuscular fat determination, ether extraction and shear force determination. • Conducted evaluation on meat quality for trial, including muscle dissection of both longissimus and semitendinosus muscles, colour, pH, cook loss and shear force.• Completed scientific abstracts and presentations for scientific conferences and annual beef industry and research meetings.

Guelph, Ontario

Effects of Market Weight on Conventional Versus Natural Finishing of Beef Cattle.• Created and implemented experimental design and analyses for trial.• Formulated experimental diets; conventional (growth implants and ionophores) and natural (no growth implants or ionophores) diets for trial, meeting requirements of the Nutrient Research Council.• Performed on-site weight measurement and blood collection, as well as bi-weekly feed sampling and analysis.• Completed and analyzed trial successfully, including creating and programming of SAS, and interpretation of statistical results.• Trained summer and part-time students in laboratory methods.• Supervised abattoir protocol and sample collection at University of Guelph Meat Laboratory.• Conducted scientific analysis of growth performance (including body weights, average daily gains, feed intakes, and feed efficiencies), carcass characteristics (hot carcass weights, longissimus muscle area, marbling, grade fat, lean yield, yield grade and quality grade) and meat quality evaluation (colour, pH, cook loss and shear force).

Guelph, Ontario

ANSC*2340• Responsible for 3 lab sections per week.• Discussed and collaborated lab work information with course professor and fellow teaching assistant.• Prepared and presented course and lab material.• Answered questions regarding abattoir practises for a variety of animals produced for agriculture, as well as animal physiology.• Invigilated midterms and exams.

University Of Guelph

ANSC*3120• Facilitated weekly lab sessions for course sections, including in-classroom and field-work related lessons.• Set up and presentation of course lab material, including instruction of students in the use of Microsoft Excel.• Organized and implemented nutrient digestibility trials, involving in-vitro nylon bag experiments in ruminally cannulated cattle.• Invigilated midterms and exams.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Animal Bioscience

Bachelor Of Science Honours, Animal Biology