Brendan Hunt
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Credentials
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Certification 1&2: Offices (Certified Joint Occupational Health & Safety Employee Representative)
Ontario Ministry of LabourAug, 2011- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Columbia College, Vancouver BC.
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Canada
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Geography Instructor
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Sep 2017 - Present
Instructor for Human Geography and Physical Geography courses. Received a 98% overall instructor score from student evaluations for all classes averaged since 2017. Geography representative at BC Council on Admissions and Transfers meetings. Successfully proposed a new Physical Geography course. Co-Chair of the Environmental Committee. Instructor for Human Geography and Physical Geography courses. Received a 98% overall instructor score from student evaluations for all classes averaged since 2017. Geography representative at BC Council on Admissions and Transfers meetings. Successfully proposed a new Physical Geography course. Co-Chair of the Environmental Committee.
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SNC-Lavalin
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Canada
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Civil Engineering
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700 & Above Employee
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Fluvial Geomorphologist
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Feb 2018 - Dec 2019
Provided fluvial geomorphic services for SNC-Lavalin's Environment and Geoscience division. Responsibilities included report writing, managing client submissions, liaison with clients, review of deliverables, and communication with team. Provided fluvial geomorphic services for SNC-Lavalin's Environment and Geoscience division. Responsibilities included report writing, managing client submissions, liaison with clients, review of deliverables, and communication with team.
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The University of British Columbia
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Canada
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Science Education Specialist
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Sep 2017 - Dec 2019
Participated in curriculum development project for University of Central Asia (UCA). Responsible for curriculum design and course development for "Surface Processes in Mountain Regions” and "Hydrology & Hydrogeology" as part of a new undergraduate B.Sc. program in UCA’s Earth and Environmental Sciences. Consulted with UBC faculty for content, pedagogy, activities, assignments and assessments. Also, provided guidance for UCA instructors. Participated in curriculum development project for University of Central Asia (UCA). Responsible for curriculum design and course development for "Surface Processes in Mountain Regions” and "Hydrology & Hydrogeology" as part of a new undergraduate B.Sc. program in UCA’s Earth and Environmental Sciences. Consulted with UBC faculty for content, pedagogy, activities, assignments and assessments. Also, provided guidance for UCA instructors.
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Simon Fraser University
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Canada
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Limited Term Lecturer
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May 2019 - Aug 2019
Limited Term Lecturer for first year undergraduate geography course: Climate Change, Water & Society. Limited Term Lecturer for first year undergraduate geography course: Climate Change, Water & Society.
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Teaching Assistant
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Sep 2014 - Aug 2017
Served as Teaching Assistant for undergraduate classes in the Department of Geography and the Faculty of Environmental Science, including Hydrology, Earth Systems, Intro. to Geomorphology, Intro. to Environmental Science, Intro. to Human Geography, and World Problems in a Geographic Perspective. Served as Teaching Assistant for undergraduate classes in the Department of Geography and the Faculty of Environmental Science, including Hydrology, Earth Systems, Intro. to Geomorphology, Intro. to Environmental Science, Intro. to Human Geography, and World Problems in a Geographic Perspective.
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Dillon Consulting Limited
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Canada
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Fluvial Geomorphologist
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Dec 2009 - Sep 2013
Water Resources Practice member as a Fluvial Geomorphologist providing fluvial geomorphic services in hydraulic and geomorphic analysis, hydrometric monitoring, river channel assessment, natural channel design, and valley corridor management and planning. Skills and roles included fluvial geomorphic assessment responsibilities (field methods), data and statistical analyses, stream corridor design, reporting, construction supervision, and post-construction geomorphic monitoring. Also, responsible for leadership, supervision, and training for geomorphic and hydraulic projects. Served as Submission Manager for various project proposals. Responsible for scope, budget, and schedule of anticipated project, delegating and scheduling tasks among team members, communication among individuals, and quality assurance/ quality control of deliverables. Served as Office Final Reviewer for office reports prior to submission to clients, as part of the company quality standard. Served as Joint Occupational Health and Safety Employee Representative for office, Practice Health and Safety Representative, and Provincial (Ontario) Health and Safety Representative. Also provided regular assistance to company Health and Safety Coordinator.
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University of Guelph
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Canada
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Researcher
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Apr 2007 - Jan 2008
Full-time position (Department of Integrative Biology) extending my undergraduate thesis study in riverine fluid dynamics. Thesis title: “Particle Capture Experiments using a Rigid Flat Plate and Flat-Bladed Submerged Vegetation”. Thesis was a laboratory investigation that examined fluid dynamics around submerged vegetation with implications for suspension feeders and sediment transport. Responsible for literature reviews, data collection, velocity measurements using ADV, data and statistical analyses, preparing technical figures, and report writing.
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Research Assistant
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Apr 2006 - Sep 2006
Summer position (Department of Integrative Biology) assisting various M.Sc., Ph.D., and post-doctoral limnology studies on riverine dispersion, coastal dispersion and reproductive success of mussels, as well as riverine transport and chemical sensitivity of mussel glochidia. Tasks included operating river flow dispersion (fluorometry) equipment and software for downstream changes in chemical concentrations, streamflow velocity and turbulence profile measurements using ADV, performing chemical sensitivity analysis, preparing technical figures using SigmaPlot, statistical analyses using SigmaStat, and data analyses.
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Research Assistant
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Apr 2003 - Sep 2005
Full-time summer positions (Department of Environmental Biology) assisting various graduate students with field and laboratory work pertaining to agroforestry systems. Studies involved groundwater quantity and quality, chemical leaching and filtration, soil moisture, crop growth success, and tree inventories. Also responsible in 2004 and 2005 for supervising and leading undergraduate research team, coordinating tasks, and presenting to stakeholders.
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Research Assistant
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Apr 2005 - May 2005
3-week summer position (Department of Ichthyology) assisting field and laboratory research for a M.Sc. study involving lake white fish larvae in Bay of Quinte. Collected lake white fish larvae, measured turbulence intensity at various sites in lake white fish larvae habitats, and conducted laboratory analyses.
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Education
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2014 - 2017
Simon Fraser University
Master’s Degree, Geography (Environmental Science) -
2002 - 2007
University of Guelph
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Geography
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