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• Lead industry engagement for the Critical Minerals Centre of Excellence, advising companies on Government of Canada funding opportunities and identifying the best-fit programs to support their initiatives;
• Oversaw NRCan's assessment of critical mineral funding applications for the $1.5 billion Strategic Innovation Fund, coordinating with multiple teams to ensure strategic and technical alignment across the Lands and.
• Directed my team’s contributions to Government of Canada battery planning, leading on briefing notes, meetings, taskings, and coordinating efforts with stakeholders and other government departments.

• Led on the Committee on Energy Research and Technology (CERT) International Energy Association (IEA) file.
• Supported development on the Canadian Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) National Strategy and worked with Indigenous partners.
• Prepared briefing notes, decks, and speaking notes at the MIN, DM, ADM and DG level relating to CCUS and IDEA.
• Engaged and collaborated in the OERD EDI Community of Practice and supported NRCan and OERD colleagues to make a more inclusive environment.

Provided guidance and assistance as a member of the NRCan's IDEA Advisory Committee which included organizing Safe Space Events, coordinating with NRCan's Accessibility Network, and providing feedback on NRCan's IDEA and Accessibility plans.

• Coordinated division’s first employee learning event on World IP Day: engaged with external and internal stakeholders, led contracts with audio-visual services and translation services, coordinated team meetings and.
• Prepared briefing notes, decks, and speaking notes at the ADM and Director General and led on topics of national security, climate security, IDEA, and World IP Day.

Spearheaded the creation of the EDI group as part of the Canadian Water Network's YP Committee. Took initiative by being the project manager of the EDI's Water Café event; engaged and coordinated with stakeholders, led team meetings, and organized timelines and deliverables.

Edited and contributed to the Canadian Science Policy Centre's Conference Magazine, as well as online editorials.

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

• Performed an analysis of drinking water security threats to drinking water systems, created an assessment framework for climate change adaptation to better identify the costs and impacts to drinking water security and.
• Employed an interdisciplinary approach to foster collaboration between the economics and engineering research teams, and presented results at conferences. exacerbated by climate change.

University Of Ontario Institute Of Technology

• Created and organized a video database in order to keep track of 200+ videos
• Assisted in the creation of a coding framework which was heavily supported by education literature and themes
• Learned how to use NVivo software, and developed a coding transfer process to ensure the integrity of the files
• Used the framework to code video logs and analyzed them using statistics embedded within NVivo

• Focused on the drinking water treatment, specifically on predicting the removal of micropollutants (e.g. cyanotoxins, cannabinoids, and BTEX) using ozonation.
• Planned, designed, and led research projects including spearheading an ozone generation bench-scale lab set-up.
• Simulated and validated the degradation of key micropollutants under varying water quality and ozone conditions.
• Implemented the use of analytical chemistry methods such as LC-MS and LC-OCD.

University Of Ontario Institute Of Technology

• Acted as the main contact for a transition program aimed at first years promoting a balanced approach to university life
• Created workshops for different areas of student life dealing with nutrition, diversity, budgeting money
• Conducted interviews in order to assess student’s progress throughout the program, and planned yearlong events and activities

University Of Ontario Institute Of Technology

• Conducted an ecological assessment of seven sites along Oshawa creek in a partnership project with the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority (CLOCA). Main goal was to assess the role of urbanization on the.
• Collected water quality and environmental data- nitrogen, phosphorus, ash-free dry mass, velocity- and analyzed the data using various statistical software
• Performed mathematical modelling in order to determine the effect of different ecological factors on algal biomass

University Of Ontario Institute Of Technology

• Researched tools for creating online content focusing on the Constructivist learning, web-based learning, cognitive theory of multimedia and field experience literature
• Created online content and manuals for FELC online (a web-based learning tool used for all those involved in the consecutive education field experience placement)
• Collected user statistics and analyzed this data in order to assess the impact of the website on users

Master’S Degree, Civil And Environmental Engineering

- Part of the Collaborative Water Program - Thesis topic, " Predicting the Removal of Micropollutants in Water Treatment Plants using.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Major In Biology, Minor In Math

Activities and Societies: -Committee Student Representative for Office of the Provost Admission -Faculty Captain for September Orientation.

Bachelor’S Degree, Education

Activities and Societies: -Philanthropy and Social Chair for the Bachelor of Education Student Association -EnviroMentors- Taught.