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- Assessed gaps and develop solutions and changes to improve club function. Changes include increasing communication between sub-teams through a centralized platform, and increasing presence in the University of Toronto community through collaboration with associations outside of the Engineering Faculty. - Responsible for managing teams of students, by overseeing meetings and plans for events, checking in to ensure timelines are met and developing solutions to any problems that may occur between team members or within event plans.- Managed and oversaw sustainability related events such as including developing plans for moving to an online platform, overseeing events and projects in each sub-team, reviewing plans, timelines, finances, and marketing, and finances.- Working to spread awareness about sustainability to the University of Toronto and Toronto communities, through events such as the Sustainability Conference which draws students and professionals together to learn about sustainability, and through research and development of projects including the design of the first outdoor green wall in Toronto.

- Coordinating a eight person Professional Development Team in managing events and activities- Interacting with other sectors of SEA University of Toronto to coordinate the success of events.- Connecting with external bodies to organize their attendance to SEA Professional Development Programs. - Planning an executing the annual Sustainability Career Fair, connecting students with companies and possible employment opportunities in the sustainability area.- Managing the SEA Sustainability Mentorship Program, working to connect students with mentors who can guide them as they move forward into industry and advise them regarding knowledge about the sustainability sector and general knowledge about life in engineering.

Led tours for prospective undergraduate students for the University of Toronto. Acts as a contact point for prospective students to share personal experiences and information about application to and life at U of T. Provides a leadership role in the tours, having to think quickly and answer difficult questions, while mitigating problems on the tours.

- Responsible for management of orchestra rehearsal spaces, organization of concerts and events. - Collaboration with an Executive Team is done to ensure events and concerts run smoothly. - Responsible for scheduling and organizing meetings, and overseeing the team. Booking venues, interacting with promotional bodies, applying and receiving affiliations and sponsorships, promoting concerts, overseeing funds and maintaining timelines is done, along with facilitating good interpersonal relations between members of the Executive Team, members of the orchestra and external collaborators.- Implemented changes to improve visibility in the community, offer better resources and structure and increase online presence and update outreach techniques. Done through updates to the orchestra constitution and more proactive measures for outreach to the community.

Transitional role to become Managing Director. Slowly transitioned from internal tasks such as running meetings, managing a team and communicating with members to external communications and tasks including organizing events and interacting with sponsors and venues.

Acts as a connection to the academic community at the University of Toronto, researching the processes and requirements for graduate programs, as well as undergraduate thesis and research opportunities. Responsible for planning events to introduce students in Civil Engineering to life in Academia, and the opportunities they may have through graduate studies. Works with a team to make these events, inviting, engaging and logistically efficient.

- Studied and worked with graduate students in air pollution research for the cities of Toronto and Montreal. - Participated as a part of the Urban Scanner project, a partnership between Scentroid Scanners and the University of Toronto for mobile air pollution measurement using a custom sensor system and vehicle. More details about this can be found at the University of Toronto Transportation and Air Quality Research Group. - Published on three papers for contributions, submitted to the Transportation Research Board. Details on specific contributions available on request.

- Tutored Grade 10-12 students in Pre-Calculus, allowing for development of teaching and presentation skills, quick thinking was required to teach the material in a new way for better understanding. - As a curriculum development team member, design strategies were used to identify a problem present within the public education system present in British Columbia. Through analysis of curriculum for Grades 6-12, lesson plans involving more instructor-student connection and personalized learning for classes of 5-10 students were developed.

- Developed designs for a net zero retrofit of a heritage building. Done through technical research and data interpretation to produce a design for the building that produced net zero carbon emissions. - Utilized LEED certification guidelines and requirements for design by creating the design according to LEED Gold requirements to produce a design for a LEED Gold building. Worked with a client to achieve the goal, within their specifications, and interacted with the client throughout the process. - Acted as a leader during meetings to make sure no goals were missed. Utilized personal skills to interpret requirements and create a design that satisfied all parties. - Guided a 6 person team in dissection of the problem and development of solutions. Acted as a resource for direction, reaching out to clarifying points with the client and acting as a mediator during conflicting opinions.

Tasked to create and execute an effective organization system for the school’s music library.

Worked to develop strategies for an effective learning environment for a large group of 5-6 year old children. Skills were developed for understanding different learning and being able to communicate through them.