Ive Velikova Email & Phone Number

Canada

Over the past 6 years, I've leveraged empathetic science storytelling to build climate optimism and create a more just world. I bring scientific rigour to the conversation, assess how climate solutions benefit people and nature, and work with local communities to effect change on the ground. My formal academic training science communicator, plus extensive.

• Producer, writer, and creator of Science Sucks, an interview-style podcast that celebrates curiosity and inspires interest in the world around us
• Interviewed 50+ STEM professionals and reached an international audience of 8K listeners

Relay Education is a Canadian charity delivering hands-on programming about renewable energy, conservation, climate change and green careers. We deliver renewable energy and environmental education programs in classrooms and communities, fostering the next generation of green energy leaders. As the Solar Program Coordinator, I develop, coordinate, and.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Led a team of 4 communications professionals; managed multiple projects, a diversified workload, rapidly changing priorities and urgent deadlines; provided mentorship to communications staff using the latest research.
• Designed, executed, and evaluated 10+ annual campaigns to disseminate research to our target audiences and mobilize communities to take action on climate change
• Nurtured relationships with stakeholders in the climate and sustainability sector; worked closely with communities and organizations across Canada
• Led EDI initiatives and worked with the Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement at Carleton University
• Created and led 6 climate justice workshops, giving 100+ climate activists tools to mobilize their communities to climate justice

• Strategically researched, wrote, and designed bite-sized, sharable stories to combat COVID-19 misinformation (wrote story hooks, incorporated evidence-based research and accessible language)
• Designed & scheduled 1-4 weekly posts across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram; reached 13.8 million unique users

• Project: Parents/Guardians experiences accessing rental housing accommodations for Ontarian children with sight impairments
• Developed a community-based, research-driven toolkit with adherence to the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) communication standards
• Liaised with CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind) to arrange for accessible printing including Braille and human-narrated DAISY Audio for the toolkit

Shared the stories of Laurentian University researchers through an independently produced video series

Mcmaster University

• Led three engaging weekly tutorials for 75+ Introductory Psychology students
• Learned and applied skills in oral communication, scientific writing, and effective use of multimedia to communicate complex science topics to a specific audience

Master'S Degree, Science Communication

Courses: Audiences & Issues; Traditional Media; New Media; SciComm Practice; Learning Theories & Practice; Design Theory; Rhetorical.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Psychology, Neuroscience, And Behaviour, Summa Cum Laude