Natalie Gerum Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

As a member of the Leadership Team of UBC's Centre for Student Involvement and Careers (CSIC), I led educational, community, and leadership initiatives across Faculties and the Vice-President, Student's portfolio. - Leading the developmental directions of the CSIC, with focus on staffdevelopment and integrating academic initiatives - Collaborating with university partners, including Faculties andLibraries, to elevate academic leadership in student developmentSupervising the Educator role and collaborating on learning initiatives - Co-leading Jump Start (UBC’s week-long academic orientationprogram involving approx. 4000 first-year students, 400 studentleaders, and 100 faculty), specifically developing FYE staff team (15),leading faculty engagement, and overseeing all academic components - Co-leading UBC’s Collegia program (a year-long orientation programfor first-year commuter and Indigenous students), with particulareducational leadership support for the new Indigenous program - Directing UBC’s curricular initiative in JEDI leadership and inclusivecommunity building (50 facilitators & 1500 student leaders per year) - Staff development across UBC Student Services - Special learning initiatives as they arose

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

In this new position, I worked to elevate educational and training practices inthe First Year Experience (FYE), student leadership, and staffdevelopment portfolios of the Centre for Student Involvement and Careers - Co-developing UBC's first-year transition program Jump Start, specifically directing student leadertraining, and designing/facilitating/assessing leadership curriculum - Co-directing the first curricular approach for UBC’s Collegia program - Managing UBC’s curricular initiative in responsible and inclusivecommunity building, with particular focus on JEDI curriculum design,facilitator training, and program assessment - Leading UBC's Peer Programs Community of Practice across the VPStudents Portfolio - Staff development across CSIC - Special learning initiatives as they arose

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Working in a central unit to foster student engagement and leadership development across UBC - Developing UBC’s new leadership initiative in community building - Leading UBC’s Peer Programs Community of Practice - Acting as the lead staff advisor and supervisor to UBC's Student LeadershipConference (one of North America’s largest student-run conferences) - Co-leading UBC's Student Engagement Officers Community of Practiceacross all UBC Faculties - Facilitating student leader training for Jump Start - Consulting across Faculties to enhance experiential learning

Metchosin, British Columbia, Canada

Directing annual 3-week residential program for approx 120 Canadian and International high school-aged youth - Hiring, training, and coaching professional staff team annually (6-8 team members) - Hiring, training, and coaching international youth animator team (20 team members) - Facilitating the annual design of a new curricular program on themesof leadership, community building, international issues, civicengagement, JEDI, and self discovery - Leading all program logistics, including budgeting, program marketing,registration, and risk management - Facilitating sessions for participants, through outdoor learning, arts-based education, Indigenous learning, and experiential education - Leading program assessment and reporting

Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada

Working in this backcountry residential education program attended by approx. 1000 students across British Columbia each year (ages 8-17 years old)Training, managing, and coaching staff team (5-10 team members)Coordinating logistics for visiting schools (registration, travel, etc)Overseeing backcountry risk management proceduresDesigning and teaching experiential outdoor curriculum in sustainability and climate change educationEvaluating programPresenting on Sea to Sky Outdoor School at professional and industry conferences

Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Co-founded and co-directed an interdisciplinary research centre - the Centre for Place and Sustainability Studies - with the Canada Research Chair in Environmental Education at Lakehead University. Engaged collaborators across the university and Thunder Bay to imagine and enact initiatives to enhance sustainability in Northwestern Ontario.

Masters Of Education (Med - Thesis)

Areas of Research - place-conscious learning, climate change education, community-engaged learning, higher education, pedagogy, engaged.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba - Thesis), Geography

International Baccalaureate Diploma

Education record