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-Responsible for the planning and coordination of STEM programming for girls and non-binary youthwith events ranging in size from 25-100 participants. Work effectively with internal and externalstakeholders, including industry organizations and other Outreach Coordinators to ensure thesuccessful delivery of programming.-Provide support for undergraduate, graduate and faculty Women in Engineering community membersby maintaining the budget and overseeing the purchasing for all committee events and assist withevent planning and logistics.-Advertise and promote all Women in Engineering initiatives through newsletters, website, socialmedia accounts.-Work closely with various departments within the Faculty of Engineering including undergraduaterecruitment, advancement, and alumni relations to ensure success of Women in Engineeringinitiatives and to meet needs of other departments.

• Oversee the administration and coordination of all of our education and community engagement programs including camps, tours, and clubs by maintaining program registration, managing the schedule, recruiting and training volunteers, maintaining the budget and ensuring overall success of the program.• Research, establish and maintain new community service and outreach initiatives that support the human-animal bond in our community and work to keep pets with their owners.• Assist with social media posts and website design

• Managed full adoption program including recruiting, interviewing and educating adopters and processing of adoption paperwork to move animals out of the shelter. • Worked closely with community partner organizations to increase the success of the adoption program.• Trained and supervised a team of 5-10 adoption volunteers.• Organized and oversaw adoption events at satellite locations and interacted with prospective adopters, staff and volunteers.• Implemented new adoption software to increase the efficiency of virtual adoptions during the pandemic which allowed us to maintain our pre-pandemic adoption numbers.

• Responsible for the everyday care of animals in the shelter, many of which come in with different health and/or behavioural concerns.• Work closely with the behaviour coordinator to conduct assessments on dogs and perform behaviour modification for dogs with specific problems.• Interview potential adopters to ensure suitability and offer suggestions to help with the transition of the dog into the adoptive home.• Participate in regular team meetings to discuss improvements that could be made.• Work closely with foster parents to ensure they have everything they need for success.• Fear Free certified.

Assisted the primary researcher with conducting cognition tests on dogs, socializing and exercising dogs during non-testing time to ensure good welfare.Watched videos and recorded behaviours performed by kittens during nail trim trials and by dogs during cognition tests which required focus and attention to detail.

• Assist veterinarian with restraining animals, pre-operative and post-operative care of patients, assist during surgery and dentistry, running blood work and lab work, dispensing medication, preparing vaccines, relaying important health information to clients.• Educating and explaining the importance of animal health to all of our clients was a key aspect of my job.• Responsible for training and supervising new staff.