• Mentor students in the MA in English and Creative Writing program by providing rigorous and expansive feedback on creative theses• Report on student progress to program director• Facilitate masters oral defense process by posing pertinent questions and assessing performance

• Create and facilitate creative writing workshops focused on land-based writing exercises from a First Nations perspective for individuals living with mental health and substance abuse issues• Provide individualized feedback on works of poetry, fiction and nonfiction• Lead salons for BIPOC writers regarding challenges and successes in the writing and publishing world

• Provided teaching support on a cloud-based education technology platform for a course on the History and Evolution of Typography by grading bi-weekly assignments for 200 students and facilitating communication between students and the course instructor• Curated a guest talk with an industry professional in publishing and creative writing

• Conducted human behavioural and fMRI testing funded by the Canadian Institute for Health Research investigating the neural correlates of cognitive control across the adult lifespan• Recruited older adult and younger adult participants • Conducted telephone interview screening of hundreds of prospective and actual participants • Administered the NIH affect and cognitive toolbox as well as other behavioural tests and rating scales assessing domains such as cognitive functioning (MoCA), affect, circadian rhythms, and physical activity • Scheduled and facilitated experimental fMRI sessions• Prepared ethics and grant documents (University of Toronto REB, Rotman Research REB, and CIHR)• Ensured compliance with the TCPS2 and data security per TAHSN and PHIPA requirements• Facilitated communication between principal investigator, students, researchers, hospital staff, participants and the public• Scored, cleaned, entered and analyzed data • Responsible for all study finances

• Conducted human behavioural studies investigating affect, circadian rhythms, implicit and explicit memory, learning, context effects, decision-making, inhibitory processes and speed of information processing• Recruited older adult and younger adult participants via a departmental subject pool and media advertisements• Conducted interview screening of hundreds of participants for behavioural and fMRI studies• Administered neuropsychological tests, rating scales and experimental tasks assessing affect, attention, circadian rhythms, executive functioning, verbal and visuospatial working memory, implicit memory, incidental learning, intelligence, decision making and problem solving• Maintained research databases in Microsoft Access and Excel containing thousands of participant records, test results, experimental data and materials covering a period of 15 years; responsible for the maintenance of historical records • Conducted literature searches using various search engines, including MEDLINE, pubmed, PSYCInfo, SCOPUS, Web of Science, and others• Prepared ethics and grant documents (University of Toronto REB, CIHR, NSERC and NIH)• Ensured compliance with the TCPS2 and data security per TAHSN and PHIPA requirements• Facilitated communication between principal investigator students, researchers, university staff, participants and the public• Supervised, trained and interviewed 120 research assistants• Scored, cleaned, entered and analyzed data • Responsible for laboratory finances, equipment maintenance and website

• Conducted a behavioural study on the effects of lifelong bilingualism on implicit verbal interference using computerized tasks, neuropsychological tests and various questionnaires• Reviewed and synthesized the literature on the impact of bilingualism on executive functioning• Screened, recruited and tested 38 participants • Prepared all study materials, modified experiment programming in E-Prime software• Composed and submitted REB ethics amendment• Analyzed data using SPSS statistical software• Composed preliminary reports and presented data at lab meetings

• Facilitated various activities including board games and discussion with hospital clients• Performed librarian role by recommending and lending out books and maintaining a log of lent materials• Promoted a compassionate, stimulating and stigma-free environment by welcoming all clients into ongoing activities and ensuring each individual was treated with warmth, dignity and respect

• Assisted in the facilitation of activities to aid in the social development of children (ages 7–13) diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome• Completed clinical notes on the progress of children in the group • Consulted with parents and family members