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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Providing advisory services to the development industry, community groups, & local government.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Edmonton, Canada Area

-Supports efforts with partners and stakeholders to stretch current & traditional concepts in non-market housing delivery.-Researches corporate housing policies & plans that increase the supply of affordable & safe housing to achieve the City's strategic goal of Improving Edmonton's Livability

Vancouver, Canada Area

Strata Corporations are the fastest growing type of housing and governance in Canadian Metropolitan area, in BC alone 29,000 and growing. Our service provides strata councils will governance support service with respect to problem identification (repairs/deficiencies), problem prioritization, and transparency of budget accountability.

Metro Vancouver

The Green Streets Game (www.greenstreetsgame.com), a gamified public space engagement & design process. Our mission as a collective of planners & artists that promote fun & accessible public engagement processes. Achievements:⋄ Provided engagement opportunities for + 350 residents across 15 workshops on the Point Grey-Cornwall Corridor Project (Client City of Vancouver)⋄ To date + 1000 Vancouver residents reached.

Vancouver, Canada Area

⋄ Coordinated the Surrey City Centre stakeholder working group; Translink, Fraser Health, SFU, City of Surrey & RCMP. ⋄ Branded and re-launched working group as Transportation Alternatives for Surrey City Centre, TASCC. ⋄ Evaluated the business models of North America’s top end-of-trip bicycle facilities.

Pacific Northwest

NAIOP REC is an inter-university case competition. In teams, participants create and present a development proposal for a multi-faceted and challenging real-world project.• Challenge: interdisciplinary collaboration & initial limited knowledge of private development.• Solution: I took advantage of mentorship & learning opportunities, & applied my experience in conflict resolution.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Impact study: ‘Urban Aboriginal Sensitivity Training for Vancouver City Staff & Police.’• Challenge: Report & research methodologies needed to reflect the stakeholder diversity• Solution: Employing participatory & mixed methods captured diverse worldviews.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Implemented programming through a Public Health framework • Restructured programming to reflect the language & cultural needs of clients. • Exceeded engagement quota by 50%, 800 francophone residents engaged.

Canada

CYH is a youth-driven organization that educates and activates young people on various social issues.• Responsibilities: Coordinate, Design, and deliver popular education workshops related to social issues and action-planning. Recruit, train, and manage the volunteer team.• Instructed +70 workshops across Canada to + 2000 participants. • Trained over 100 facilitators.• Facilitated Canada-wide research project ‘Dig In,’ • Developed & Piloted Meal Exchange's ‘Stomach This!’ a youth-focused food security workshops

Campaign promoting poverty mitigation polices (micro finance) with annual bicycle tours from Canada to Mexico (6 wks 3,000 km).• Responsibilities: Fundraiser, rider & social media coordinator.• Raised over $70,000• Provided conflict resolution workshops• Created rider manual for subsequent tours

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Coordinated front desk support services for routines & emergencies operations. • Coordinated a staff of over 200 people (service staff, front desk staff, trades, & security).

Master’S Degree, School Of Community And Regional Planning

Activities and Societies: ‪◼︎1st Place 2013 NAIOP Real Estate Challenge PNW◼︎ Real Estate & Affordable Housing ◼︎ Conflict resolution.

Bachelor'S Degree, Human Geography | Health & Society, Class One Grad

Activities and Societies: ◼︎ Golden Key Society ◼︎ President of Health & Society Student Society (2005) ◼︎ Equity Ambassadors