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Canada

• Teaching assistant for full-time students attending BrainStation's Software Engineering Diploma Program. Technologies learned as part of the program include JavaScript (ES6), Node, React, Express,, Node, MySQL.
• Grade projects and provide feedback on progress
• Conduct code reviews for 30+ students
• Contribute to daily stand-ups with Education Team and provide 1-on-1 mentorship to students

• Author journal response articles and conduct research on evaluating pandemic response strategies and post-pandemic recovery.

• Project Management: Facilitated timely completion of research and product development activities by optimizing workflows and maintaining consistent client communication, ensuring high engagement and project alignment.
• Generalist Capacities: Additionally serve as a research assistant for literature reviews, a laboratory technician for product testing, and an administrator for internal operations. Developed standardized documentation.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant for SSH105 Critical Thinking: "Rational discourse has long been viewed as a principal force for social change. In this course, we will examine the structures and principles that undergird.
• Interactive Tutorials and Digital Learning: Led two weekly tutorial sessions aimed at deepening student comprehension of critical thinking principles and ensuring preparedness for evaluations. Recorded Zoom tutorials.
• Tailored Worksheets: Created custom worksheets highlighting key concepts and questions, which were collectively addressed during tutorials to foster interactive learning.
• Resource Curation: Maintained a comprehensive database of course and tutorial materials, ensuring students had continuous access to necessary resources. Actively shared relevant university resources to assist students.
• Grading: Graded tests, midterms, and exams efficiently and in a timely manner, while monitoring for signs of plagiarism.
• Office Hours: Conducted weekly office hours for one-on-one student consultations, to provide additional academic support.

• Comparative Program Analysis: Conducted comprehensive internal and external reviews of research funding opportunities that led to strategic changes in portfolio of internal funding programs.
• Training and Onboarding: Developed and executed a training program for the newly-hired Programs Administrator, which included hands-on technical training, work reviews, progress tracking, and a comprehensive resource.
• Enhanced Documentation: Standardized committee documentation methods, driving important discussions among key stakeholders.

Toronto, Canada Area

• End-to-End Program Management: Administered a diverse portfolio of research grants and awards programs. Involved in full lifecycles of each program, from conceptualization to post-award monitoring.
• Digital Transformation and Efficiency: Re-engineered administrative processes by replacing paper-based systems with digital platforms, enhancing efficiency and ease of access to essential documents. Developed templates.
• Financial Planning and Oversight: Ensured fiscal integrity by confirming available finances, setting disbursement quantities, establishing budgetary guidelines, and later setting up cost centers for recipients.
• Efficient Adjudication: Organized panels of reviewers from various faculties and facilitated their evaluation through a digital review and scoring system. Produced comprehensive score reports to support their.
• Communication and Information Dissemination: Responsible for the communication plan, including announcements, call-for-proposals/nominations, and application guidelines. Spearheaded in-person and online information.
• Program Metrics and Optimization: Implemented a performance tracking system for the program portfolio, leveraging data collection and feedback loops to facilitate continuous improvement.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Grant Application Reviews: Coordinated with the applied research advisor in reviewing researchers' federal grant applications pre-submission, identifying gaps and providing actionable feedback to enhance clarity and.
• Legal Document Preparation: Prepared simple legal documents such as amending agreements and faculty intellectual property waivers. Made minor adjustments to content and layout of various types of agreements before the.
• Database Management: Managed input of pertinent grant agreement details into research information database, providing reliable resources for faculty and staff.
• Agreement Facilitation: Coordinated the full execution of various types of agreements between university researchers, university authorities, and external industry partners, ensuring full compliance and completion of.
• Special Projects and Intern Training: Provided ongoing support for special projects, and played a crucial role in the onboarding and day-to-day guidance of student interns.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Contract Review and Information Management: Reviewed newly-approved research contracts, extracting key details such as funding details, reporting requirements, and intellectual property rights to populate Research.
• Legal Document Preparation: Prepared faculty intellectual property waivers, which ensure that IP rights are in compliance with governmental and industry funding agreement terms.
• Approval Process Facilitation: Coordinated the collection of required signatures from researchers and university authorities to finalize and fully execute waivers and various types of agreements.
• Event Representation and Coordination: Actively represented the Research & Innovation Office at campus-based and external events, and collaborated with other departments to organize and execute academic conferences.
• Office Organization: Spearheaded and completed the long-overdue project of archiving and preparing for the disposal of historical paper files.

Authored case study summaries of six pivotal Canadian legal decisions for their inclusion in the upcoming third edition of 'Readings in Health Care Ethics.'

• Website Management: Revitalized the Entrepreneurship Research Institute (ERI) and Ryerson Entrepreneur Institute (REI) webpages to enhance their usability and relevance.
• Pilot Project Leadership: Implemented and executed a pilot project for creating student personas representing the Entrepreneurship Major demographic. This included conducting interviews with students and alumni.
• Faculty Support: Acted as a resource for department faculty members, available to assist with their individual needs.

Toronto, Canada Area

• REI is "a university-wide program, initiated by the Office of the Provost, to motivate students and alumni to actively discover new for-profit and non-profit innovations and act on them to start up new businesses.
• Community Engagement: Managed memberships of 103 student members, while spearheading a series of member engagement initiatives that aimed to improve their professional and personal development.
• Talent Acquisition: Led recruitment efforts for student members in Fall 2015, attracting 261 applicants and successfully onboarding 44 new members.
• Event Coordination: Organized and hosted regular General Meetings for 100+ student members throughout the school year.
• New Initiative Leadership: Pioneered and executed the inaugural "Rookie Night," which facilitates comprehensive training for new student recruits. This initiative has since been established as an annual program.

Diploma, Software Development

(Partial) Master Of Arts - Ma, Philosophy

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba (Honours), Philosophy

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcomm, Business Management

Major in Human Resources Minor in Psychology