Lynette Furtado Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Academic Funcations Coordinator 2023-2024Coordinated large-scale initiatives for over 200 first- & second-year students with a team of 12 executive members. Initiatives focused on professional development, social events, academic resources, and equity issues. Lead working groups on project operations & provide strategic oversight for diverse portfolios, including academic functions, mentorship, events, finance, and program advisory teams. This involves managing project scope, timelines, budgets, and funding. Acted as a liaison between the MPP, faculty, program teams, graduate union, visiting guests, and external organizations to foster partnerships, facilitate cross-program collaborations, enhancing student experiences and driving successful partnerships with internal and external stakeholders

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Policy Analyst 2023 - 2024Experienced in strategic thinking & leadership skills, managing a team of 15+ to plan & deliver mental health-themed panels, events, & professional development workshops, collaborating with academics & career professionals.Provided technical direction to analysts to lead concurrent policy and research projects effectively. Our team successfully developed the MHPI Impact Assessment (2023-2024), which evaluates mental health programming, conducts a provincial and national scan on mental health and equity-based policy and provided recommendations to the Munk School.Organize mental-health-themed roundtables to conduct qualitative and quantitative research on the diverse perspectives and experiences within the community, promoting a deeper understanding of mental health issues in the graduate community.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Project Manager and Team Lead in consultation with Cystic Fibrosis Canada. Consulted with the client to run a comparative analysis between countries that fund rare mutations, collected published and grey literature from other countries on existing access strategies for these mutations. Documented meeting deliverables, project plans and disseminating crucial information to the team, directors, client organization, and other stakeholders, fostering transparency and collaboration.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Responsible for delivering talks to youth-centred organizations. Jack Talks are centred on mental health, tools, and resources. Delivered a specially curated curriculum to an audience of 10 – 100 people. Certified Mental Health Training, Be There Certificate, Chapter Training, Mental Health 101Conducted large scale presentations and events with internal and external school organizations (ex. Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Schizophrenia Society, Jack Canada Talks). Presentations examined mental illness, wellness services, prominent social issues, barriers to York's community & explored methods to advocate & strengthen the community.Represented York University at Central, National Summits and collaborated with delegates, staff and external stakeholders across Canada, including the Minister of Health and Addiction, Carolyn Bennett.

Ontario, Canada

Curated specialized lesson plans for students with cognitive disabilities, to provide a greater curriculum for students and the academy. Gained an understanding of the barriers facing children in the disabled community, focusing on cognitive disabilities. Introduced online meetings platforms to school staff, to provide lesson through distanced learning during the COVID -19 pandemic.

Knowledge of policy development process & government planning to create policy proposals, briefing notes, and evaluate programs for the Curriculum, Assessment & Student Success Policy Branch at the Ministry of Education.Experienced in managing complex, issues, including disability funding initiatives, school board programs, scoring 150+ program applications, honing my ability in program analysis, & decision-making.Coordinated information-gathering sessions & managed stakeholder relationships, using focus groups and consultations to identify key issues in senior course types. Developed & presented policy solutions to senior leadership. Strong written communication skills, through the development of, briefing decks meeting notes, onboarding and training documents, demonstrating my ability to convey information in a clear & digestible way. Collaborated with a team of analysts in the design, development & implementation policy revision process to conduct an in-depth analysis of outdated Growing Success policy to consider inconsistencies, equity issues, & brief senior leadership on best practises within the field/literature to revise policy in assessment and reporting for K-12.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supported the advancement of court modernization initiatives through active involvement in pilot testing and the enhancement of service offerings.Managed all pre/post-court work including filing court documents, exhibits, preparing dockets; liaising with court staff, judiciary, counsel, clients, agency workers, jail staff and stakeholders to ensure proper case-flow.Ensuring all court proceedings and documentation are completed in accordance with provincial legislative requirements, ministry guidelines and standards.Interpreted & applied relevant legislations, guidelines, and directives (ex: Criminal Code, Child and Family Services Act, Rules of Civil Procedure).Regulated physical and virtual court proceedings by opening and closing court, upholding, communicating with the public, overseeing the progression of cases, record-keeping of all pertinent court documents, and diligently curating and preserving comprehensive logs and exhibits.Operated specialized courtroom technology tailored for in-person, virtual, and hybrid court proceedings, including but not limited to Crestron, audio and video recording systems, and electronic display equipment for presenting evidence. Regularly tested equipment by conducting pre-court, in-court, and post-recess testing to guarantee reliable performance

Peel, Ontario, Canada

Consulting with Brampton North residents to provide MPP Yarde with public concerns and calls for action.Liaised between stakeholders, professionals and the community to determine areas for research and analysis.Provided resources for conflict resolution.Conducted qualitative and quantitative research through the consultation of various parties to understand community issues.Contributed to a professional culture of respect, accountability, and open communication between colleagues, stakeholders, and the community.Informing Brampton residents of the party platform and providing direction to community resources.Contributed to a professional culture of respect, accountability, and open communication between colleague, stakeholders, and the community