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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Building the department, team, strategies, and roadmaps to align the BCLDB with core government commitments and drive the organization towards building meaningful Indigenous reconciliation, a more diverse workforce, increased inclusion in the workplace, and removing the reduction of barriers to accessibility.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Built a global L&D department, team, and flexible processes and structures to permit rapid business growth while supporting the heart of the business - people - and bring best in class service and technical excellence.
• Designed, built and led a global Learning and Development department, outlining its structure, function and roles to support 11 offices across North America, Europe, and South-East Asia and bring workforce planning….
• Designed, built and led a global Learning and Development department, outlining its structure, function and roles to support 11 offices across North America, Europe, and South-East Asia and bring workforce planning and.
• Designed a scalable, blended learning Manager training program, training 170 (~85%) of managers and reducing delivery costs by 75% in eight months.
• Developed and delivered Professional Development Strategy including policies and programs and optimizing process resulting in a QOQ increase of PD engagement by 160%..
• Revised Performance Management process resulting in greater manager effectiveness in review process and feedback.

• I led and supported a number of corporate projects and initiatives including lead for Cannabis Retail training and development, the Modern Workplace Program, the Indigenous Learning Strategy in partnership and.
• Designed and implemented company-wide 5-year Indigenous Learning Strategy in partnership with Indigenous-led consultant team.
• Developed Leadership… Show more I led and supported a number of corporate projects and initiatives including lead for Cannabis Retail training and development, the Modern Workplace Program, the Indigenous Learning.
• Developed Leadership Development Strategy including coaching, competency toolkit and workshops for over 600 leaders across the business.
• Developed strategy and training plan to transition 5,000 onto new IT platforms and workflows of Modern Workplace Program.
• Designed and delivered “Leadership Anywhere, Anytime” to support 300 managers in leading hybrid and remote teams. Show less

• UWC strives to "make education a force to unite people, nations, and cultures for peace and a sustainable future". I worked with the boarding house team to support 10 staff and 74 students from over 35 countries to.
• Developed and lead first formal program evaluation to assess gaps and drive engagement strategy for student… Show more UWC strives to "make education a force to unite people, nations, and cultures for peace and a.
• Developed and lead first formal program evaluation to assess gaps and drive engagement strategy for student boarding.
• Designed and delivered first flagship leadership program with students from 45 countries to actualize school vision. Show less

Vancouver, Canada Area

• University and community partnerships were at the heart of the work at the Centre for Community Engaged Learning. My team supported and developed faculty to better engage in teaching, learning and research with.
• Developed and implemented professional development strategy for faculty and staff resulting in 75% increased engagement after the first year.
• Led the development of monitoring and evaluation framework and reported to senior leadership resulting in better data-informed decision-making.
• Individually managed and supported over 30 courses and respective instructors annually. Show less

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

I supported UBC students and faculty to partner with international organizations and undertake international development work. I worked as a facilitator, program and curriculum developer, and developed and managed relationships with international partner organizations in Mexico and Costa Rica.

Burnaby, BC

In support of the 2013, the BC government “GP for Me” program. A series of workshops supported the development of five strategic program areas. I facilitated groups of interdisciplinary health care practitioners through a design thinking process to find solutions for providing greater access to GPs for marginalized populations.

Vancouver, Canada Area

I have been involved in several projects at UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. In this project I co-designed and co-facilitated stakeholder engagement workshops for the development of a faculty-wide code of conduct to strengthen professionalism and professional interactions between students, staff, and faculty. The resulting work and recommendations.

Vancouver, Canada Area

This contract led to my eventual full-time role as a learning consultant at UBC. The project was a pilot course which we later scaled up to a first of its kind online pharmacy course that became a core part of today's pharmacy curriculum at UBC. I co-authored the research report published in a Pharmaceutical Sciences academic journal. In my role as a.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Citystudio is one of the most innovative and emergent places I have had the opportunity to work. This innovation hub brings together city staff, students, faculty and communities to co-create experimental projects that drive towards sustainability goals. In my role as an educational researcher I worked alongside a videographer to design and manage the.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Planned and facilitated cross-cultural, inter-generational focus groups to understand needs of new immigrants.Developed survey to understand local mentor perspectives.Synthesized findings and generated recommendations for future program development.

Kumamoto, Japan

Worked in rural Japan teaching elementary, junior high and community-based adult English language classes. Studied and worked, including curriculum development in Japanese.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Developed co-curricular language learning activities for English language learners on summer exchange.

Certificate, Organizational Leadership

Strategic HR Leadership Certificate Program: HR Leadership Aligning HR and Business Strategy DEI in HR Talent Management and Analytics.

Business Analysis And Project Management

Master'S Degree, Adult And Continuing Education And Teaching

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Cultural Anthropology