Tahmid Huq Easher

Faculty Member at Olds College of Agriculture & Technology
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Credentials

  • Respect in the Workplace
    Respect Group
    Apr, 2023
    - Oct, 2024
  • EHS Worker Health & Safety Awareness Training
    University of Guelph
    Jan, 2020
    - Oct, 2024
  • Accessible Service Provision
    University of Guelph
    Jan, 2019
    - Oct, 2024
  • Making Education Accessible
    University of Guelph
    Jan, 2019
    - Oct, 2024
  • Research and Project Management Course, Professional & Academic Skills Development
    University of Guelph
    Jan, 2019
    - Oct, 2024
  • Laboratory Safety
    University of Guelph
    Oct, 2018
    - Oct, 2024
  • Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS) 2015
    University of Guelph
    Oct, 2018
    - Oct, 2024
  • Effective Communication & Delivery, Time Management, Student Psychology and Stress Management
    LEAD
    Feb, 2018
    - Oct, 2024
  • Learning to Teach - Professional Development Workshop for Grad students
    McGill University
    Jan, 2010
    - Oct, 2024
  • MiTi Graduate Teaching Workshop
    McGill University
    Jan, 2010
    - Oct, 2024
  • ISO 14001: Environmental Management System Auditor Training Course
    Bureau Veritas
    Jul, 2013
    - Oct, 2024
  • Hazardous Waste Management Training for laboratory personnel
    McGill University
  • Introduction to Biosafety
    McGill University
  • Safe Use of Biological Safety Cabinet (BSC) Training
    McGill University
  • Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS)
    McGill University

Experience

  • Olds College of Agriculture & Technology
    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Faculty Member
      • Apr 2023 - Present

      Teaching and research position in the Bachelor of Digital Agriculture program at the Werklund School of Agriculture Technology, Olds College. Teaching and research position in the Bachelor of Digital Agriculture program at the Werklund School of Agriculture Technology, Olds College.

  • Western University
    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Sessional Lecturer
      • Aug 2022 - Jan 2023

      - Taught two courses, Watershed Hydrology (300 level course) and Natural Science of Environmental Problems (300 level), at the Department of Earth Sciences. - Prepared course materials and maintaining the courses in the learning management system; teaching scheduled class and delivering curriculum; consulting students with learning course materials; evaluating exams and assignments stipulated to course outline; and participating collegially where course co-ordination is required. - Taught two courses, Watershed Hydrology (300 level course) and Natural Science of Environmental Problems (300 level), at the Department of Earth Sciences. - Prepared course materials and maintaining the courses in the learning management system; teaching scheduled class and delivering curriculum; consulting students with learning course materials; evaluating exams and assignments stipulated to course outline; and participating collegially where course co-ordination is required.

  • University of Guelph
    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Graduate Teaching Assistant
      • Sep 2018 - Aug 2022

      • Responsibilities: Assisting the course instructor in conducting classes and grading students' coursework • Facilitated seminars, taught lectures, and mentored students in their projects. • Service: Graduate Student Representative in two faculty member recruitment committees for a new major (Indigenous Environmental Science) in the BSc degree • Local Organizing Committee Member: International Conference on Pedometrics 2019 • Responsibilities: Assisting the course instructor in conducting classes and grading students' coursework • Facilitated seminars, taught lectures, and mentored students in their projects. • Service: Graduate Student Representative in two faculty member recruitment committees for a new major (Indigenous Environmental Science) in the BSc degree • Local Organizing Committee Member: International Conference on Pedometrics 2019

  • Let's Talk Science | Parlons sciences
    • Canada
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Volunteer Coordinator
      • Nov 2020 - Dec 2021

      • Responsibilities: Training volunteers to facilitate STEM outreach activities for students K-12 grades • Maintaining, updating, and digitizing science kits, materials, and visual illustrations for the activities • Achievement: Developed and facilitated Let’s Talk Climate symposium, which was adopted later by the national site to run the symposium regionally • Service: Panelist in two symposiums on Climate Change and Sustainability • Responsibilities: Training volunteers to facilitate STEM outreach activities for students K-12 grades • Maintaining, updating, and digitizing science kits, materials, and visual illustrations for the activities • Achievement: Developed and facilitated Let’s Talk Climate symposium, which was adopted later by the national site to run the symposium regionally • Service: Panelist in two symposiums on Climate Change and Sustainability

  • North South University
    • Bangladesh
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Lecturer
      • Apr 2015 - Sep 2018

      • Responsibilities: Designed courses, developed syllabus, and prepared teaching materials • Assessed and supervised students' coursework & academic activities • Research: Investigator and co-investigator in four academic research projects and supervised and co-supervised seven undergraduate students in their thesis • Service: Outreach Program Coordinator to promote environmental education and recruitment • Established collaborative links outside the university with industrial, commercial, and public organizations Projects: Preventing future algae blooms in the northeastern wetland regions in Bangladesh through a low-cost and locally available phosphate management program; Is there any difference between climate finance and overseas development assistance? The case of Bangladesh; Is Manganese in potable water a public health Concern in Bangladesh; When adaptation goes wrong: a case study of tidal river management in Kalicharanpur, Jessore, Bangladesh Show less

  • Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC)
    • Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • Water Resources Consultant
      • Jan 2015 - Apr 2015

      • Responsibilities: Critically reviewed and prepared an analytical and projection report on sector-wise water demand-supply scenario through assessing current water quantity and usage status in Bangladesh • Engaged stakeholders in measuring future water risk, and prepared reports, framework, and figures Project: Economic risk analysis of water scenario in Bangladesh (funded by WWF and H&M) • Responsibilities: Critically reviewed and prepared an analytical and projection report on sector-wise water demand-supply scenario through assessing current water quantity and usage status in Bangladesh • Engaged stakeholders in measuring future water risk, and prepared reports, framework, and figures Project: Economic risk analysis of water scenario in Bangladesh (funded by WWF and H&M)

  • Institute of Livelihood Studies (ILS)
    • Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • Research Associate (Part-time)
      • Jan 2009 - Apr 2015

      • Responsibilities: Developed project proposals for environmental research programs • Coordinated and conducted a variety of research activities • Articulated publications • Delivered presentations throughout the research program and disseminated the research upon its completion • Responsibilities: Developed project proposals for environmental research programs • Coordinated and conducted a variety of research activities • Articulated publications • Delivered presentations throughout the research program and disseminated the research upon its completion

  • Virgin Plus
    • Canada
    • Telecommunications
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Sales Associate
      • Jun 2014 - Dec 2014

      • Responsibilities: Met and exceeded customers' expectations by providing communication and technical solutions • Demonstrated initiative in learning and understanding new products, services and offerings • Handled customer escalations and acted as a liaison to resolve customer concerns • Responsibilities: Met and exceeded customers' expectations by providing communication and technical solutions • Demonstrated initiative in learning and understanding new products, services and offerings • Handled customer escalations and acted as a liaison to resolve customer concerns

  • Kognitive Sales Solutions
    • Canada
    • Advertising Services
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Field Marketing Representative
      • Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

      • Responsibilities: Worked for the Bank of Montreal in promoting and selling their Master Cards. • Executed promotions and any other assigned duties, and initiated conversations with customers. • Maximized sales/activations and reported results to Program/Field Manager. • Responsibilities: Worked for the Bank of Montreal in promoting and selling their Master Cards. • Executed promotions and any other assigned duties, and initiated conversations with customers. • Maximized sales/activations and reported results to Program/Field Manager.

  • BRAC University
    • Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • Research Associate
      • May 2012 - Nov 2013

      • Responsibilities: Steered research activities, prepared publications, facilitated capacity building programs for stakeholders, organized seminars, workshops, and training on climate change and wetland management, • Worked in preparing a fair climate compensation mechanism for climate negotiations at COP 18 & 19 • Research: Led two projects and worked on four other projects • Service: Trained government officials, emergency response units, political leaders, vulnerable communities, journalists, and field researchers on climate science and disaster risk management Projects: Strengthening governance for wetland management policies in Bangladesh (funded by GIZ); Role of governance against climate change-induced migration in southwestern Bangladesh (funded by ANSA); A range of approaches to address the risk of loss and damage: A fair compensation mechanism for international climate negotiation, Bangladesh (funded by UNFCCC); Moving towards “climate-smart” BRAC Bangladesh: Transforming the programs of BRAC climate-sensitive, adaptive and resilient (funded by BRAC Bangladesh); Reducing vulnerability of ultra-poor women affected by climate change through viable livelihood options, Coastal Region, Bangladesh (funded by BRAC Bangladesh); Monitoring the soil salinity in Southwestern Bangladesh. Show less

  • Emile A. Lods Agronomy Research Centre, McGill University
    • Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
    • Summer Field Assistant
      • Jun 2013 - Sep 2013

      • Responsibilities: Collected and processed soil and water samples in the field, and processed the samples in the lab • Carried out duties like weeding, harvesting, washing, weighing, and carrying crops in the field • Responsibilities: Collected and processed soil and water samples in the field, and processed the samples in the lab • Carried out duties like weeding, harvesting, washing, weighing, and carrying crops in the field

  • McGill University
    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Oct 2010 - Dec 2011

      • Responsibilities: Assisted Ph.D. students in running field sampling and laboratory experiments on gas, soil, and water quality analysis • Executed administrative, logistic, and information technology support tasks in a soil ecology lab • Prepared an IWRM plan to reduce the impact of phosphorous runoff in the Pike River watershed • Service: Trained summer undergraduate students in field sampling and laboratory analysis Projects: Water quality analysis to measure phosphorus loss from two artificially drained agricultural fields using DRAINMOD modeling within pike river watershed; Bedford, QC; Gas and soil sampling for “Earthworm-induced decomposition and denitrification in riparian buffers and agricultural land”, Bedford & Sainte Anne de Bellevue, QC (funded by NSERC). Show less

  • Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)
    • Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • Research Officer
      • Sep 2009 - Aug 2010

      • Responsibilities: Designed methodology for field research, selected study area through visits, steered research in the remote communities, prepared field reports, and disseminated results with stakeholders • Managed financial, logistics, and administrative tasks for field research and dissemination workshops • Output: Developed three participatory action research tools to generate information from climate-vulnerable communities and relevant stakeholders • Service: Trained other researchers on using the developed research tools to conduct field data collection Projects: Gender, social capital, local government & climate change adaptation in Bangladesh; Social studies of the economics of adaptation to climate change in Bangladesh (funded by World Bank) Show less

  • North South University
    • Bangladesh
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Graduate Assistant
      • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

      • Responsibilities: Assisted faculty members in taking exams, preparing lecture notes, and grading papers • Organized departmental seminars, events, and workshops • Service: Performed administrative, logistics, webpage designing, and financial tasks to facilitate the launch of the master’s program of the department • Responsibilities: Assisted faculty members in taking exams, preparing lecture notes, and grading papers • Organized departmental seminars, events, and workshops • Service: Performed administrative, logistics, webpage designing, and financial tasks to facilitate the launch of the master’s program of the department

  • Bangladesh Center for Advanced Studies (BCAS)
    • Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • Research Intern
      • Oct 2008 - Mar 2009

      • Responsibilities: Conducted social scoping of a wetland water pollution project • Output: Prepared manuals, presentations, and posters on safe chemical handling for the industrial workers • Compiled a report on the status of corporate social responsibilities of the industrial sector in Bangladesh Projects: Water quality assessment and industrial impacts on agriculture and fisheries in Mokosh Beel area, Safipur Bazar, Kaliakur, Bangladesh; Safe chemical handling manual for ready-made garments worker Show less

  • Unnayan Shahojogy Team (UST)
    • Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • Interpreter (Part-time)
      • Oct 2003 - Jun 2007

      • Responsibilities: Assisted international graduate students who visited Bangladesh for their research purpose. • Translated and interpreted for these international students to help them in collecting data in several rural areas of Bangladesh. • Facilitated several focus group discussions on people's perceptions of micro credit programs. • Aided to analyze impacts of NGO on rural livelihoods in Bangladesh. • Responsibilities: Assisted international graduate students who visited Bangladesh for their research purpose. • Translated and interpreted for these international students to help them in collecting data in several rural areas of Bangladesh. • Facilitated several focus group discussions on people's perceptions of micro credit programs. • Aided to analyze impacts of NGO on rural livelihoods in Bangladesh.

Education

  • University of Guelph
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental Science
    2018 - 2023
  • McGill University
    Master of Science - MS, Integrated Water Resources Management
    2010 - 2011
  • North South University
    Bachelor of Science, Environmental Science
    2005 - 2009
  • Notre Dame College
    HSC in Science, English & Bengali Literature & Grammar; Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
    2001 - 2003
  • Dhaka Residential Model College
    SSC in Science, Bengali, English, Mathematics, Higher Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Social Science
    1993 - 2001

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