Experience

Greening Homes Ltd.

• Canada
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Feb 2021 - Present



Forest Hill Village Business Improvement Area (BIA)

• Manager

  • Aug 2011 - Present

  I keep the BIA board of management on track to meet their goals, coordinate and execute all aspects of neighbourhood improvement projects via the ongoing implementation of the Streetscape Masterplan, liaise with municipal government and staff, respond to member, public and media inquiries, etc... This is city-building at the neighbourhood scale. I keep the BIA board of management on track to meet their goals, coordinate and execute all aspects of neighbourhood improvement projects via the ongoing implementation of the Streetscape Masterplan, liaise with municipal government and staff, respond to member, public and media inquiries, etc... This is city-building at the neighbourhood scale.



Freelance Photographer

• Event & Portrait Photographer

  • Jan 2002 - Present

  I photograph mostly events and portraits, and am available to shoot your linkedin profile photo, staff headshots, conferences, launch events, celebrations, website images, etc...http://yvonnebambrick.com/photography/ I photograph mostly events and portraits, and am available to shoot your linkedin profile photo, staff headshots, conferences, launch events, celebrations, website images, etc...http://yvonnebambrick.com/photography/



Self-employed

• Urban Cycling Consultant & Author

  • Dec 2010 - Present

  Author of The Urban Cycling Survival Guide: Need to Know Skills & Strategies for Biking in the City, March 2015 - available via ECW Press, http://www.ecwpress.com/urbancycling, or your favourite bookseller.Past member of the Metcalf Foundation's Cycle City Advisory Committee Columnist on CBC Radio summer 2012 - 'Bambrick on Bikes'.Interviews & Book reviews of note: - http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/everything-you-need-know-about-biking-urban-cycling-survival-guide-book-review.html- http://www.bikeleague.org/content/pop-shop-urban-cycling-guide- http://thecityfix.com/blog/guide-urban-cycling-qa-author-yvonne-bambrick-alex-rogala/- http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2015/02/an-urban-cycling-guide-for-even-the-most-skittish-riders/385541/#disqus_thread- http://dandyhorsemagazine.com/blog/2015/01/26/yvonne-bambrick-on-her-new-book-the-urban-cycling-survival-guide/- http://torontoist.com/2014/12/i-want-your-job-yvonne-bambrick-urban-cycling-consultant/- http://www.pedallove.org/bikes-mean-business-blog/2012/4/29/q-a-with-toronto-bicycle-maven-yvonne-bambrick.html



Law and Style Media Inc.

• 'The Circuit', Contributor

  • Mar 2011 - Mar 2020

  I occasionally wrote and photographed 'The Circuit' column for Precedent Magazine.http://lawandstyle.ca/author/yvonnebambrick/ I occasionally wrote and photographed 'The Circuit' column for Precedent Magazine.http://lawandstyle.ca/author/yvonnebambrick/



Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market

• Event Coordinator

  • Jun 2004 - Mar 2013

  Coordinated all aspects of the planning and execution of all pedestrian street events in Kensington Market. From preparation of permit applications, moderation of community meetings, etc... to booking bands, hauling barricades, hiring/coordinating staff & volunteers, and producing each event day. Blood, sweat, tears & laughter ;) Coordinated all aspects of the planning and execution of all pedestrian street events in Kensington Market. From preparation of permit applications, moderation of community meetings, etc... to booking bands, hauling barricades, hiring/coordinating staff & volunteers, and producing each event day. Blood, sweat, tears & laughter ;)



Kensington Market BIA

• Coordinator

  • Mar 2011 - Dec 2012



CBC

• Canada
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance Radio Columnist

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

  'Bambrick On Bikes', Tuesdays @ 4:50pm on Radio One, Here & Now. Cycling column presented weekly through June/Bike Month, then bi-weekly to the end of August. 'Bambrick On Bikes', Tuesdays @ 4:50pm on Radio One, Here & Now. Cycling column presented weekly through June/Bike Month, then bi-weekly to the end of August.



Green Power Magazine

• Primary Photographer

  • Sep 2009 - May 2010

  I photographed the cover, events & people featured in the inaugural issue of Green Power Magazine in 2009/2010. I photographed the cover, events & people featured in the inaugural issue of Green Power Magazine in 2009/2010.



Cycle Toronto

• Canada
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founding Executive Director, Director of Communications & Events

  • 2008 - 2010

  Served as the public face/voice of the bike union / cycling community in print, radio and television media, and in all professional contexts at conferences, meetings with City officials, events, etc...; Developed and directed the organisation in collaboration with the board of directors; Coordinated & executed multiple fundraising and stakeholder engagement events; Produced and maintained all organisational written/visual web & social media content; Regularly liaised with City staff, City Councillors, and cycling stakeholders; Made frequent public deputations at various City committee meetings; Sought out & solidified partnership opportunities; Wrote & coordinated several successful grant applications; Conceived and executed all organisational campaigns; Coordinated ad design, marketing materials & content submissions for variouspublications; Managed all communications with the public & partners.



Centre for Social Innovation (CSI)

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Animator (the original)

  • Feb 2007 - Nov 2008