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Stratford, Ontario, Canada

Stratford, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Ontario Health is an agency of the Government of Ontario.I worked collaboratively on contract with organizational subject-matter experts, senior executives, physicians and clinicians, to prepare a full array of accessible materials to help stakeholders, including patients, doctors, Ontario Health Teams (OHTs), and others, access and implement integrated care that improves the patient experience, advances the province's Digital First for Health strategy, reduces the burden on emergency departments, hospitals, and in-person clinics, and improves efficiency in Ontario's health care system. Work included extensive COVID-19 pandemic response materials, as well as knowledge translation and activation and executive communications. Also prepared materials to assist the Ontario Telemedicine Network in its transition to Ontario Health as part of system transformation.

Toronto, Canada Area

Health Shared Services Ontario (formerly Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres, OACCAC) was an agency of the Government of Ontario created to support health-system integration, along with home and community care. It is now part of Ontario Health.● Effectively developed and executed communications strategies and plans for multiple audiences, including messaging that significantly enhanced organizational reputation, improved understanding of evolving technologies, and supported the smooth transition of OACCAC to Crown-agency status ● Successfully led the collaborative development and writing of province-wide issues-management and crisis communications strategies and communications plans● Planned, researched, edited and wrote a wide range of engaging, accessible materials for multiple internal and external audiences, including annual reports, annual business plans, media releases, key messages, policy documents, correspondence, fact sheets, Q&As, marketing collateral, videos, executive remarks/speeches, briefing notes, online content and responses to provincial oversight bodies that promoted greater understanding of organizational value within the health care system ● Crafted all communications (including speeches, remarks, program notes, marketing materials, etc.) and developed exhibit hall booth concept and content for Achieving Excellence Together, the largest professional-development conference of its kind in Canada, leading to a record number of abstract submissions (more than 200), registered delegates (more than 1,300), booth visits (more than 50 percent of attendees) and the highest satisfaction levels (more than 80 percent) in the event’s two-decade history● Provided senior communications counsel to executive team during a period of sustained system transformation, ensuring organizational resources were better understood and effectively deployed

Toronto, Canada Area

Argyle is one of Canada’s leading full-service public relations and marketing communications agencies. ● Successfully managed multidisciplinary teams to deliver impactful, competitive and cost-effective communications solutions on time/budget for a wide range of corporate and public affairs clients ● Led communications strategy, plan and proposal development and implementation, along with stakeholder and media relations strategies, delivering award-winning results that included the global IABC Gold Quill Award for Excellence in Media Relations, the industry’s top international honour● Developed impactful messaging and content aligned with client business objectives/priorities and actively participated in spokesperson preparation and training on sensitive, high-profile issuesClients included: President's Choice Financial, PC Mobile, Canadian Diabetes Association, Ontario College of Trades, Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, Children's Aid Society of Toronto, DHL, Marketwire/Sysomos, Novartis, Real Estate Council of Ontario, Travel Industry Council of Ontario, Electrical Safety Authority of Ontario, Enterprise Holdings, Government of Ontario, Toronto Transit Commission, Staples, Nestlé and others.

Toronto

Second-in-command in editorial department of national publication with 1.1 million readers, the largest paid-circulation business magazine in Canada (and the country’s second-largest magazine newsroom). ● Successfully managed all facets of editorial operations and coverage, resulting in increased readership and unprecedented National Magazine Award nominations, including shortlisting for Canadian Magazine of the Year ● Led innovative content development and presentation, resulting in increased profile, media recognition and newsstand sales, including the annual Best Places to Work and MBA ranking issues, the publication’s largest single generator of advertising revenue● Directed and edited features and investigative reports that generated critical and industry acclaim; wrote compelling display copy, infographics and stories, including foreign-reporting assignments

Toronto

Covered British Columbia in a two-person bureau for weekly newsmagazine with 2.5 million readers. Member, Legislative Press Gallery of British Columbia.

Previous positions at Maclean’s (since 1987) included Researcher-Reporter in foreign section and Assistant World Editor.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Philosophy

Master Of Arts - Ma, Professional Communication (School Of Communication & Culture, Faculty Of Social & Applied Sciences), 4.04 Gpa (4.33 Scale)

Level 3 (Advanced) Award In Wines And Spirits, With Overall Distinction In Theory And Blind Tasting

WSET, based in London, UK, is the leading international provider of formal sommelier training. Also completed Level 1 (Foundation).