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Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

Conducted policy research and program evaluation for the Active Neighbourhoods Canada (ANC) project. The ANC project is a Pan-Canadian initiative that uses participatory planning to reach the goal of green, accessible, active and healthy neighbourhoods for all. I created content for a policy change toolkit hosted on the Active Neighbourhoods Canada project website, and I conducted the yearly program evaluation for the project funders (the Public Health Agency of Canada).

Toronto, Canada Area

Research assistant with the FLEdGE (Food Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged) Research Project, part of the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at Wiflred Laurier University. I was placed at FoodShare Toronto, where I completed a needs assessment report focused on food access for the York South Weston region of Toronto.

Concord, New Hampshire

Active Recreation Project -- collaborated with Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) NH to generate a report on the state of recreation access in high need communities using ArcGIS to create an inventory of recreation areas within the state to advocate and acquire funding for recreation and park improvements.Beach Project -- collected and analyzed water samples from certain freshwater beaches in order to develop a model for predicting high bacterial concentrations in real time and generated a cost analysis to determine the feasibility of a predictive model at other beaches in NH.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Worked on a team to implement open street events in Halifax, conducted a policy review of the Nova Scotia Motor Vehicle Act to identify restrictions and prohibitions on open street events, promoted events at public health and planning conferences, managed the PDC’s social media accounts, and updated website weekly.

Merrimack, Nh, Usa

Created and presented staff reports for applications going before the Zoning and Planning Boards, assisted in the revamp of the town’s Economic Development webpage

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Social And Behavioural Health Sciences (Health Promotion)

Collaborative Specialization in Community Development

Bachelor Of Community Design, Honours In Environmental Planning

Activities and Societies: Society of Undergraduate Planners • Related Coursework: Urban Planning, GIS, Geology, Geography, Planning Law.

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