Lori Cooper Email & Phone Number

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Mississauga

- Guide Deaf and hard of hearing job seekers through their job search process- Facilitate English-American Sign Language dialogue to ensure the applicants are able to market themselves to employers and recruiters.

Mississauga, ON

Developed and facilitated the only fully Deaf employability workshop in Peel Region and Eastern part of Canada.Also assist non-deaf staff colleagues with their Deaf and hard of hearing clients by providing English literacy support, deaf interpreting, motivational support, and cultural mediation.

Peel, Halton And Dufferin Regions

Temporary placement in this particular position October 2012 - May 2013.Intake and counselling of Deaf and hard of hearing job seekers to enhance their employability and to improve their job search strategies, marketing documents, interview preparation, and job maintenance skills. Occasional communication facilitation at the clients' job interviews..

Ontario, Canada

To seek and enlist participation of Deaf/HoH/Deaf-Blind community members, employers and community service providers in the Employment Access Framework Project happening this year.Met and interview individuals with lived experiencesNov 15th - I will be presenting on this at the ODEN Conference (provincial)Nov 29th - I also will be presenting at Disability.

Toronto, Canada Area

Uses Signing Naturally 1, 2 and 3.

Toronto

Came out of retirement (by request) to teach American Sign Language - Signing Naturally Levels 1 and 2. Aug 2013 - taught level 3A at the ASL Immersion Camp at Ontario Camp of the Deaf, Parry Sound. Aug 2014 - 1B.

Toronto, ON

Contracted to teach American Sign Language classes usually 15 people per class, 4 classes per year. Also at the ASL Immersion Camp for most of these years.

2195 Bayview Ave., Toronto, ON

Intake; placement and reporting of volunteers in all the departmentsScreen and place Community Service Orders candidatesCoordinate volunteer appreciation eventsGive tours of the centreRespond to various requests for information from the publicand many other duties, related and not.

Mississauga, ON

Toronto, ON

Public, motivational speakingPromote Deaf people and our abilities to the public and corporations ASL instruction in the workplaceASL tutoring and rust-proofing servicesArticle writing, published

Toronto, ON

Received management training to improve diversity at the management level. (3 months)Internship at the Bob Rumball Centre of the Deaf (3 months)

Saint John, New Brunswick

- Assisted job seekers with marketing documents, assertiveness skills, job search strategies, job maintenance skills- Supported clients to approach employers to apply for positions- Guest speaker on CBC Radio to discuss employment barriers for Deaf and hard of hearing job seekers - created a shockwave of awareness among the public.- Member of the Premier's.

Dartmouth, NS

Provided administrative assistance to Sr. Clerk, Initiated and processed purchases of operational and capital items, Processed travel claims of 30+ employees, Overseen the 2.8 mil budget yearly, Assisted Sr Clerk with annual financial reports, And many other things. Did a secondment of 4 months as a receptionist - compromised with 24 other employees by.

Halifax, NS

Provided comic relief as the character Lydia who has a crush on the leading character.Appeared in several newspapers with positive reviews.

Halifax, NS

Revised consumers' index cards with updated information of their NS Bonds purchase transactions (this was before their computerized data entry).

Ketch Harbour, NS

Assisted Sr. Clerk with administrative and financial processes,Pick up and process mail from local general store.Go to town (Halifax) and headquarters (Dartmouth) for pick-up and deliveries of supplies and documents.Provide administrative and purchasing assistance to the station staff.Bring station vehicles to garages for scheduled maintenance procedures.

Cet, Management

Activities and Societies: CHS Equity Training - for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people to be managers so employment equity can and do.

Diploma, Data Entry

Activities and Societies: 1st yr - Secretary of Student Council 2nd yr - President of Student Council Start of my public speaking.

Diploma, Academic

Activities and Societies: I'm a classic example of a unsupported mainstreamed disabled student. I was 1 of 3 'handicapped' students out of.