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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Mobilizing the 30 actions from the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness together with non-profit organizations, those with living experience, regional council, municipal government and the greater community of people caring for those experiencing homelessness.

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Pineapple Flags is a capacity building enterprise that supports the social impact, non-profit and creative sectors. As the Founder and Creative Specialist I offer a variety of services including: research & evaluation, grant writing, program and curriculum design, social impact coaching, arts-based community building, and arts-based facilitation.Pineapple.

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Working closely with the Director of Communications and Advocacy and the YWCA Cambridge team, I engage in community-based research and networking to identify and develop advocacy priorities and implement the organizations advocacy strategy. YWCA Cambridge's advocacy is dedicated to taking forward issues that affect cis and trans women and girls and.

153 Frederick Street, Kitchener

In this role I am responsible for building the agencies (and communities) capacity to be responsive to important issues in our community as it relates to gender-based violence and the issues that inform it. I provide leadership to a committee of stakeholders involved in this work that provide strategic direction and expertise on region wide initiatives.

153 Frederick Street, Kitchener Ontario

Director of Youth Services As the Director of Youth Services I identified new opportunities and initiatives to support the organizations strategic goal of building out a youth services department. I was responsible for identifying community needs through systems level analysis, completing grant applications and identifying untraditional funding.

153 Frederick Street, Kitchener

Worked to develop programming responsive to the needs of girls, trans, two-spirited and non-binary youth in Kitchener- Waterloo. My work included writing funding proposals, building program curriculums, engaging stakeholders, conducting needs assessments and program evaluation work. I worked from an anti-oppressive feminist lens that centred on issues.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Intersectional cross-disability research and development at a national and local level. My job tasks vary based on project goals and expertise needs. Current focus is on social impact, digital community building, grant writing, and community based research.

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Local Character is a women's artist collective centralized in Downtown Kitchener, Ontario. One arm of Local Character serves as an incubator for artists to build their digital and e-commerce skills, scale their artisan businesses, and share skills through our collaborative website selling our individual art. The other arm of Local Character is arts based.

Wilfrid Laurier University - Kitchener, Canada Area

- Manage a variety of research projects varying in size. Ensure research processes, goals are set and timelines and deliverables are met, establish and maintain communication with stakeholders including community partners, research participants, and funders. Work with the research team assigned to each project to ensure a smooth working process, strong.

Wilfrid Laurier University, Kitchener Ontario

- Conduct university-community based research including: Qualitative and quantitative data collection, data analysis, report writing, formal presentations, and developing training tools/ facilitation.- Experience coordinating/managing and conducting all aspects of research projects from inception and defining goals, through data collection, analyzing.

In this role I coordinated and facilitated multi-agency cross-sectional planning tables to innovate around support barriers experienced by individuals experiencing 15+ years of persistent homelessness. This work involved identifying and addressing systemic barriers within the social service sector in Waterloo Region and working collaboratively to develop.

Ba, Psychology & Sociology

Activities and Societies: President- Habitat for Humanity WLU Chapter (2004-2007),Focused on community and social psychology with a.

Masters Of Social Work, Communities, Policy, Programs And Organizations

Activities and Societies: Student Representative: - Divisional Council and MSW Curriculum, Admissions, Practicum and Student.

Post Grad Certificate, Social Media Marketing

Focused on building online communities and social media marketing through research & evaluation, development of online strategies.