Controlled Substances Directorate / Office of Legislative and Regulatory AffairsDevelop and advance legislative amendments and regulations relating to harm reduction services, including: Research and analysis on policy considerations Building consensus with other teams internally Consulting with external stakeholders Providing oral and written advice to management through various briefing vehicles

Legislation and House Planning• Advise Ministers on the legislative and parliamentary implications of proposed policies and programs for consideration at Cabinet• Support Global Affairs Canada in:o Their development of legislation on international trade and development as it moves through policy approvals, the House of Commons, and the Senateo Their strategic approach to managing private member’s bills• Coordinate the Cabinet Committee on Operations

Strategic Policy Branch | Health Care System Division• Created various briefing products to inform the approach to working with provinces and territories on health system funding and reform, including:o Policy research and development o Meeting notes and speaking points prior to meetings with stakeholders, Cabinet, and other departments officialso Budget proposals and Treasury Board submissionso Speeches for House of Commons debates• Worked on a model to project Canadian health care expenditures

Economic Development Branch / Transportation• Review budget and Cabinet proposals from the Minister of Transport• Engage with Transport Canada to analyze and challenge the proposals• Provide advice to senior management and the Minister of Finance through clear written and oral briefs• Draft communication products, such as budget text• Conduct research related to Finance Canada’s priorities in transportation policy

• Analyzed and challenged ESDC departmental Treasury Board Submissions• Led on files related to youth employment• Worked internally with various TBS policy centres to provide advice on TB policies, expenditure management, legal requirements• Anticipated questions that TB ministers would ask and briefed senior management appropriately• Formulated written advice and recommendations to the President of TB and TB ministers to enable effective decision-making

ECON 280 Population and Economic Change, ECON 112 Introduction to Macroeconomics Graded exams and essays on economic topicsSupported learning of students via office hours and email

ECON 774 Economic Policy Analysis II, ARTSSCI 1D06 Calculus, ARTSSCI 3A06 Literature• Wrote assignments and solution sets to meet learning objectives outlined by professor• Coached professors in use of educational tools for online learning such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Brightspace Learning to help them redesign courses for an online teaching experience

Using Stata, performed data cleaning, data analysis, and report/paper writing for various economics research projects. Examples include:• Analyzed data from Statistics Canada’s Labour Force survey to investigate long-term care home workers’ hours, compensation, and working conditions • Examined labour market structures that may have facilitated the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care homes, comparing across provinces• Wrote academic paper to present findings to inform public policy discussion on the issue• Cleaned and analyzed data from Hamilton Food Share (network of food banks in Hamilton) intake surveys and user statistics to explore relationships between food bank usage, homelessness, and health • Performed data analysis of Canada Revenue Agency’s T3010 Charity Tax Returns to investigate revenue sources and expenditures of non-profit long-term care homes• Cowrote paper comparing funding between private, non-profit, and public long-term care homes and concluded with policy recommendations for making funding structures more equitable and efficient• Acted as research lab manager while the lab manager was on a two-month vacation: assisted researchers in data import, release, and software needs; troubleshooted problems with lab computers, virtual machines, and MobiKEY remote access; liaised with researchers looking to use the lab for future projects in negotiating data sharing and confidentiality agreements

For first-year a calculus course (ARTSSCI 1D06), first-year economics course (ECON 1BB3), and a third-year literature course (ARTSSCI 3A06).- Created and delivered tutorial classes to reinforce lecture material and went through examples of varying difficulties to keep students of different levels engaged - Addressed student questions in tutorials, office hours, and via emails - Wrote quizzes to ensure fair and comprehensive assessment of the class materials - Marked weekly homework and quizzes to keep track of how students in my tutorial were progressing, checked in and offered additional supports as necessary, and tailored tutorial content in response to concepts students found difficult - Created discussion prompts to engage students in critically thinking about class content

Environment and Land Tribunals Ontario - Assessment Review BoardCreated training manual for Case Workers and Case Coordinators by: Writing new material from interviews with senior staff Updating and compiling existing protocols and training documents from various sources Collected and compiled information about hearing rooms across Ontario to create an Accessibility Guide for appellants with accessibility needs Worked in this role during summers of 2017 and 2018.

• Develop an interactive e-book to educate and engage youth aged 8-14 on anxious feelings. anxiety disorders and how to manage them• Integrate narrative, scientific, and educational content about anxiety to write an engaging story• Work in a team using platforms such as PUB HTML5 and Inkscape to create interactive elements in the e-book• Reach out to researchers and experts in the field of children’s anxiety to plan and film interviews to include in the e-book

• In a team setting, perform qualitative research on teaching and learning• Design and facilitate focus group discussion• Collect and analyze qualitative data• Use existing literature and data to co-write a paper• Present findings at academic conferences on teaching and learning

Emergency Services• Performed data entry, validation, manipulation, and analysis with MS Excel to create graphs and write reports to evaluate performance of ambulance dispatch centres and provide recommendations for the enhanced performance and to assist management in decision-making of funding allocation to different municipalities• Worked in a team to revise the curriculum for training Ontario ambulance dispatchers• Proofread and edited course materials and performed graphic design of PowerPoint presentations • Helped write the report to evaluate the effectiveness of a pilot project of Simultaneous Notification, a technology to increase the efficiency of ambulance dispatching, independently completed the executive summary

• Teaches children and youth from Grade 4-10 in English, Math, Science and French• Works with parents and children to prepare individualized lesson plans• Assign and correct homework and evaluate children

Tutored newcomer children to help them improve their English and learn about Canadian culture.