Experience

Solicitor General | Solliciteur général

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager, Animal Welfare Policy Unit

  • May 2022 - Present

  Managing a team of 6 policy staff working on new regulations under the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, which created the first fully provincial animal welfare enforcement model in Canada.

• Team Lead

  • May 2020 - Jul 2022

  Providing leadership to a team working on new regulations under the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, which created the first fully provincial animal welfare enforcement model in Canada. Our team also supported the province’s response to COVID-19 to ensure the health and safety of Ontarians, including developing the Reopening Ontario Act.

• Manager, Indigenous Engagement

  • Oct 2019 - May 2020

  Led a small team responsible for engagement with Indigenous organizations on the development of regulations under the new Community Safety and Policing Act.

• Executive Assistant to the Assistant Deputy Minister - Public Safety Division

  • May 2018 - Oct 2019

  Supported both the Public Safety Division and Public Safety Training Division, comprised of 7 branches and a number of diverse portfolios including community safety grants, forensic sciences, private security, animal welfare, policing and police training reform.

• Executive Assistant to the Assistant Deputy Minister - Strategic Policy, Research and Innovation

  • Jan 2018 - May 2018

  Supported four branches with over 30 active policy files.

• Senior Policy Advisor

  • May 2016 - Jan 2018

  Led the development of Ontario’s Strategy to End Human Trafficking, across 10 ministries with input from diverse perspectives of survivors, front-line community agencies, public safety representatives and Indigenous organizations.Led the engagement with a range of Indigenous organizations on a legislative framework for First Nations policing in Ontario.

• Policy Advisor

  • May 2015 - May 2016

  Led the ministry’s contributions to It’s Never Okay: An Action Plan to Stop Sexual Violence and Harassment.



Ryerson University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2012 - May 2015

  Four research assistantship positions on several topics including: Indigenous justice policy (Toronto Gladue court), international development (Sustainable Development Goals), renewable energy policy and Indigenous band membership.Through these assistantship positions, I:• Applied expert knowledge on Indigenous affairs to analyze and summarize case law using CanLii on Indigenous band membership disputes, for a project informing the development of membership codes for Indigenous bands• Developed a comprehensive 30 page report on the Sustainable Development Goals covering multiple areas of inquiry, including diverse views (those of scholars, non-governmental organizations and civil society actors) as well as exploring connections between the Sustainable Development Goals and other areas of inquiry, including the climate change negotiations in Lima and Paris• Developed a comprehensive 60 page report, in partnership with another research assistant, comparing renewable energy policy in Ontario and Ohio and assessing the fact and fiction of green energy policy and the green economy• Demonstrated high academic achievement and effective research design in winning an Undergraduate Research Opportunities (URO) research grant in the amount of $6,500 to study the Toronto Gladue court

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2014 - Apr 2015

  Collaborated with other graduate assistants in developing best practices for grading student examinations and essays for the Fall 2014 Social Policy (Politics) class as well as the Winter 2015 Canadian Politics class.Applied expert knowledge of the subject matter of social policy and Canadian politics to accurately grade examinations and essays, resulting in communication from supervisor in commendation of excellent and detailed work.Developed original tutorial materials for students demonstrating creative and innovate thinking, to encourage participation and critical thought on social policy and Canadian political issues.



Robinson Heeney LLP

• Canada
• Law Practice

• Legal Assistant

  • Sep 2012 - Aug 2014

  Cultivated strong relationships with clients and facilitated client retention through telephone, email and in-person interactions, leading to positive feedback from clients to supervising lawyers regarding work ethic and attitude.Developed legal materials and research materials through preparation of letters, affidavits of documents, trial records, as well as through designing and writing monthly newsletters on contemporary issues in employment law.Demonstrated a high degree of initiative, resulting in the improvement of new client development through creating and managing multiple social media platforms for the firm.