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Oversee national education programs on wrongful convictions.- Implement education program’s strategic plan; analyze national stakeholder needs assessment and determine program goals and outputs; direct monitoring and evaluation; creative lead of web portal development.- Developed and implemented talent acquisition strategic plan, collaborated with team to determine organizational needs; responsible for recruitment, training, and leading team of 15+ staff and volunteers.- Write and manage three-year $350K Federal Department of Justice grant establishing national group supporting wrongful conviction advocates; report program progress to multiple stakeholders and Innocence Canada’s Board of Directors.- Conceptualize, author, and oversee the creation of curated resources, curriculum and training programs for youth, students, legal professionals, police, and the public; present and moderate public education presentations increasing awareness.- Draft education section in policy submissions to the Federal Minister of Justice and independent judicial consultants.- Build student program in support of Innocence Canada’s strategic objectives; grew program to include ~50 students and 10 partners per year.- Draft organization funding reports; present to the Board of Directors on program development and make recommendations for further growth.

Manage 11 law school chapters across Canada in both English and French jurisdictions in support of increasing access to justice within their communities.- Evaluate programs and develop individualized strategic plans to promote program growth while following organizational policies and procedures; increased volunteer opportunities by 5% and developed long-term partnerships ensuring continued growth, maximizing community impact.- Collaborate on developing policies and training materials for National Conference; lead training sessions, in English and French, for student program coordinators on all aspects of program management including stakeholder engagement, budget oversight, program development, recruitment.- Launched newest chapter at Lakehead University, negotiate with the academic institution and local organizations to develop specialized programs to increase access to justice for Indigenous communities in Thunder Bay and surrounding area.

Supported five team members by managing administrative tasks, communications with stakeholders, and event management. - Event planning and management of all logistics for 3-day National Training Conference bringing together ~60 students from across Canada.- Draft grant proposals and reports to provincial funders ensuring the continued success and growth of the program.

Lead contact for internal student programs; organize student recruitment activities, and support the diversity committee in implementing firm-wide initiatives.- Organize Canada’s largest law student recruitment process of on-campus and in-firm interviews with ~250 students across Canada and ~200 lawyers.- Collaborate with the marketing department and Chairs of the Diversity Committee and Student Programs to create marketing materials; develop website content aligned with the firm’s brand.

Responsible for all law school student records management, course scheduling and exam process. - Conduct detailed review of office procedures and implement new systems to streamline processes and increase accuracy and efficiency; successfully advocat for updated technology and digitization of records. - Hire, train and manage up to 15 unionized and non-unionized departmental staff.

Support law students to achieve their academic, professional and personal goals through personalized advising sessions, facilitated group sessions, or creating new programs and materials to meet students’ needs.- Assist in the planning and administration of student affairs related projects.- Act as liaison between faculties, departments, units and students with regard to procedures and regulations.- Management of Student Life & Learning projects such as Alumni Mentorship program and Peer Coaching program.- Create and edit website materials for Student Affairs Office and Clinical Legal Education website.- Involvement in Student Well-Being and Mental Health initiatives at the Faculty of Law.- Prepare academic planning materials tailored to students' year in program and present to groups ranging from 20 to 180 students.- Member of McGill University's Academic Advisors Network, the Faculty of Law's Clinical Legal Education Working Group and the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA).

- Coordinate and organize the creation of the course calendar for the 2012-2013 academic year.- Provide academic/personal counseling to students in order to ensure they utilize all resources available to maximize their experience while at McGill Law.- Direct contact with Bar Societies in regards to accreditation of the program and admission to examinations.- Update and create documents and procedures to facilitate the daily functioning of the Student Affairs Office.- Work closely with the Student Affairs Officer, Assistant Dean of Student Life and Learning and the Associate Dean Academic on exchanges, clerkships, university calendar, policies and procedures, registration materials, accreditation, amongst others.

- Organize various recruitment and networking events.- Provide career/personal counseling to students.- Main contact for students and employers at the Career Development Office.- Aid the Director in administrative tasks such as the creation of the CDO’s 1st Annual Report and graduation surveys, processing financial transactions, writing invitation letters and thank you notes.

- Coordinate schedules, appointments and meetings for two presidents of five major fashion companies.- First point of contact for all human resource/recruiting needs, which included creating job descriptions, posting positions online and with recruitment firms, receiving and assessing resumes, conducting first interviews and finalizing hiring.

- Translate and proofread all documents for France and Quebec, including a five-disc CD-ROM series on sales, exercise physiology, marketing, diet & nutrition and business management.- Collaborate in the creation of training materials for franchisees with authors including writing drafts and editing final copies.- Conduct simultaneous interpretation from English to French for week-long training programs.- Organize and hoste specialized training seminars for Curves employees in the metropolitan Calgary area. - Educate owners and implement the Curves business model for 8 new Curves branches.- Work in tandem with franchisees in personalizing and successfully launching their new business.