Samantha Cotterell Email & Phone Number

Whitehorse, YT, CA

Yukon, Canada

Thunder Bay

• Represented Ontario Government regularly in dynamic inter-agency working groups, collaborating on complex projects, utilizing attentive listening skills to understand different points of view, anticipating conflicts.
• Utilized strong research and analytical skills to collect the best available data to support policy review and recommend options for more effective and well adapted policy
• Worked well independently and as a team to complete sensitive and high priority projects within tight timelines
• Coordinated and interacted in consultation workshops and engagement sessions, including members from Indigenous communities, government agencies and NGOs, to receive input on different policy proposals and projects
• Gained experience writing decision notes, briefing notes and reports, as well as reviewing comments received on policy proposals, effectively synthesizing a diversity of ideas, information, and issues in a clear and.
• Reviewed policy pieces, identified gaps, conducted thorough literature reviews and analyzed results to support options analyses, prepared reports and presented recommendations for amendments to policy

Whitby, Ont

• Discussed and reviewed expedition details with students, answered questions and calmed concerns, resulting in increased bookings on to expeditions
• Maintained thorough up to date knowledge of expeditions to best describe each expedition to students and be able to answer questions confidently and accurately
• Listened closely to students’ questions, concerns, and interests allowing me to recommend expeditions that best fit their needs and desires
• Demonstrated marketing and technical skills using social media such as Facebook to promote information and follow up sessions about expeditions, increasing student attendance at sessions
• Prepared expedition training packages for schools to ensure they had all the information they needed for a successful and fulfilling expedition
• Liaised with UK office regarding availability on expeditions to ensure proper communication and avoidance of overbooking expeditions

Honduras

• Effectively organized weekly schedules for school groups and kept them updated and aware of the schedule ensuring all research surveys were conducted in a timely manner
• Delivered lectures and practicals to 20+ students per week, enhancing their knowledge and skills of GIS and GPS
• Efficiently conducted herpetology, invertebrate, bird, bat, and habitat surveys, resulting in improved data collection and decreased processing time
• Collected and relocated 30 long spine sea urchins, assisting senior scientist in reintroducing species to a coral reef
• Demonstrated ability to work and live in extreme weather environments in order to collect field data

Master’S Degree, Master Of Environmental Science (Menvsc.), Conservation And Biodiversity, 4.0 Gpa

Graduate Certificate, Non-Profit Leadership And Management, 4.0 Gpa

This program broaden my skills pertaining to the non-profit sector. It helped me develop competence in program planning, development and.

Honours Bachelor Of Science (H.B.Sc.), Environmental Science

Graduated with Honours in Environmental Science. Minored in Biology.