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Courses: Biology for first-year undergraduate science students, Critical Thinking for fourth year Biomedical Science undergraduates

Course: Microbiology for Nursing undergraduate students

- Facilitated online and in-person interactive STEM workshops to help undergraduate and high school students be better equipped for their STEM journeys and expose them to various STEM pathways. - Executed science communication training to ensure undergraduate and high school students would be able to effectively engage low-income and racialized communities. - Supported youth in developing their resumes, interviews and presentation skills to prepare them for the work field. - Collaborated with a team to provided resources and mentorship for underserved high school students to develop their academic, social and emotional skills.

- Promoted from Support Learning Group (SLG) Leader role due to dedication towards student learning, strong teamwork skills and work ethics- Facilitated lesson plans and interactive activities on a weekly basis for first year calculus or second year organic chemistry students; provided advice to students/peers on how to implement good study habits to help improve their grades - Enhanced my leadership skills by managing a group of 4-5 staff members and scheduling regular group meetings and one-on-one meetings, to addressing any concerns or obstacles that the group may have faced in their sessions- Collaborated with co-workers to help resolve conflicts while respecting differences of staff and students - Developed strong communication skills by organizing and running training and professional development workshops for a team of 15 members- Learned to be objective by attending and observing my colleagues’ sessions and providing them with constructive feedback accordingly

Project: A-SALT (Analyzing Salt Across Lakes in Tanks) - Received a competitive, university-wide research grant called University Research Opportunity (URO) to contribute to a global salt experiment, under the supervision of Dr. Stephanie Melles (the principal investigator)- Created a salt gradient across 30 mesocosms using water collected from Lake Opeongo, Algonquin Park at Harkness Fisheries Laboratory to see how the diversity of zooplankton communities varied over a period of 6 weeks- Received training on how to analyze microscopic species from water samples using a flow camera Collaborated with group members to analyze the diversity of the zooplankton communities in the mesocosms using a flow camera- Researched and composed a literature review of relevant journal articles as found in Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Pollution journals, for the benefit of subsequent researchers taking the project- Enhanced my presentation skills by preparing and presenting a poster presentation of our findings at the interdisciplinary research symposium called “Science at the Interface Research Symposium”- Improved my ability to pay attention to close detail by carefully collecting samples from the field and storing them samples for future analysis

Projects: TeaTime4Science & Tea time in an urban watershed: Effects of road salt addition on tea bag decomposition- Awarded an Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to contribute to an international project (i.e., TeaTime4Science) that aimed to study the effect global warming had on soil decomposition rates - Strategized on how to effectively select over 20 feasible sites to conduct research at; took extensive notes to ensure that each site can be easily found during sampling periods- Developed strong research and writing skills by thoroughly synthesizing in-depth literature reviews using various search engines and databases to understand the impacts climate change has on the quality of soil- Learned to interpret and analyze quantitative findings using Repeated Measures ANOVA and Microsoft Excel to ensure the rates at which soil decomposition was occurring can be visualized and monitored- Enhanced presentation skills by communicating scientific findings from the project to audiences with minimal to no experience in the scientific field at the 2017’s SATI Research Symposium- Acquired an appreciation of the importance of collaborating with interdisciplinary researchers on international projects