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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Montreal, QC

• Monitored innovative jurisprudence and solicited original case comments from academics and practitioners.
• Led small teams tasked with reviewing, evaluating, and editing submissions to the Journal.
• Collaborated with the Journal's Executive Committee to keep the team working smoothly.

Montreal, QC

• Facilitated tutorials to train first-year law students in legal research methods, memo writing, and oral advocacy.
• Worked with a team to design and implement legal research assignments and evaluate students' written work.

Toronto, ON

• Drafted a market guidance paper on the enforceability of exclusion clauses in tendering contracts.
• Developed a portfolio of legislation and policies affecting public-private partnerships in Canada and the United States.
• Synthesized academic and think-tank research on public-private partnerships for a compendium.

Montreal, QC

• Researched the law of intergovernmental agreements and identified, analyzed, and synthesized modern and authoritative legal sources to bring an academic work up-to-date.

Toronto, ON

• Assessed the adaptation strategies of electrical utilities for extreme weather under climate change and authored a report on the topic for submission to a major Ontario transmission and distribution utility.

New York, NY

• Investigated the relationship between climate variability and violence in Chad and Sudan as part of a follow-on study motivated by research that quantitatively linked El Niño and civil conflict.For background, see.

New York, NY

• Taught the weekly laboratory component of an undergraduate climate science course.
• Evaluated students’ work and tutored students one-on-one and in small groups during office hours.

Guelph, ON

• Examined and transcribed the letters of Joel R. Poinsett, a 19th century American statesman in Latin America.

Guelph, ON

• Facilitated twice-weekly collaborative learning sessions with students enrolled in difficult undergraduate courses, specifically Introductory Microeconomics and Principles of Behaviour (Psychology).

Toronto, ON

• Assisted in a successful lobbying effort to make industrial electricity charges fairer and more efficient.
• Co-authored a technical study on electricity rates for industrial customers based on analyzed data.

Guelph, ON

• Governed the academic, financial, marketing, and HR affairs of an organization serving 18 500 students.
• Participated in the resolution of politically sensitive campus issues.

Toronto, ON

• 2009: Built and managed a contact database and acquired experience in the Ontario energy sector.
• 2008: Developed and executed an analysis of a multi-million dollar research investment program.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Climate Science And Policy

A specialized graduate degree program in climate science and policy now at the Columbia Climate School.

Education record

Bachelor Of Laws (Llb) / Bachelor Of Civil Law (Bcl)

Academic Exchange: Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba) — Honours, International Development (With Distinction)

Semester Abroad: London, UK