Experience

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  University of Toronto Scarborough

  • Greater Toronto Area, Canada

  • Course Instructor

    • May 2022 - Present
    • Greater Toronto Area, Canada

    From May to August of 2022, and then again from September to December 2022, I designed and taught a fourth year special topics seminar course with the University of Toronto - Scarborough's Department of Arts, Culture, and Media. Course Code: MDSD01H3Y Senior Seminar: Topics in Media and ArtsC...

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  University of Toronto

  • Canada
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Research Assistant

    • Sep 2020 - Present

    Academic Research Assistantship Experience:Research Assistant, McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology (Sept 2020-Pres)• Assisting discrete tasks at the McLuhan Centre for Art and TechnologyResearch Assistant, Sexual Representation Collection (SRC) (Sept 2021 - Dec 2022)• Working under Dr. Patrick Keilty’s “Pleasurable Data” SSHRC Insight Grant
• Examining digital politics in the sex industries; assisted discrete tasks at the SRC• Curated a public exhibit of 1920s-1950s era stag films on display from August to November 2022 Research Assistant, Bell University Labs Chair (Sept 2020 - Aug 2021)• Worked under Dr. Matt Ratto, Bell University Labs Chair• Collaborated with researchers from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) on the development of a smoking cessation Motivational Interviewing (MI) chatbot used in behavioural interventions

  • Teaching Assistant

    • May 2021 - Present

    Teaching Assistantships:Course Code/Title: INF1324H - Critical Infrastructures
Faculty/Institution: Faculty of Information, University of Toronto (St. George)

Course Code/Title: INF2241H - Critical Making: Information Studies, Social Values, Physical Computing
Faculty/Institution: Faculty of Information, University of Toronto (St. George)Course Code/Title: INF2311H — Managing Audio-Visual Materials
Faculty/Institution: Faculty of Information, University of Toronto (St. George)

Course Code/Title: INF2184H – Appraisal for Records Retention and Archives Acquisition
Faculty/Institution: Faculty of Information, University of Toronto (St. George)

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  Pantheon Projects

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA / London, Ontario, CA / ...

  • Artistic Director, Creative Producer, Director of Marketing, Artist & Pla...

    • May 2017 - Present
    • Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA / London, Ontario, CA / ...

    In early 2017, I began my stint as the Artistic Director of two award-winning performing arts ad-hocs across Canada: Winnipeg, Manitoba's ArtLaunch Theatre Company and Southern Ontario's Pantheon Projects.Pantheon Projects is an award-winning experimental theatre/performance troupe based ...

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  The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Postgraduate Research Student

    • Oct 2019 - Sep 2020
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    In my time as a postgraduate research student in the MA Performance Practice as Research course at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, I... • Undertook laboratory exploration of performance practice as a way of research
 • Participated in workshops and seminars that challenged and inter...

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  Content Refined

  • Remote

  • Freelance Writer / Ghostwriter

    • Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
    • Remote

    As a freelancer and ghostwriter at Content Refined, my responsibilities were as follows:• Created high quality, professional crafted, and well written articles for a wide international client base on a variety of subjects including (but not limited to): Business and Marketing, Social Media Analyt...

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  Let's Learn Digital

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Virtual and Augmented Reality Trainee

    • Nov 2019 - Nov 2019
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    • Instructed in the history, fundamental aspects, and creative possibilities of VR and AR 
 • Focused on creating and managing immersive technology environments and designing 3D scenes
 • Experimented with interactivity using Oculus Rift and Touch technology 
 • Comprehensively introduced to the ...

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  Royal Botanical Gardens

  • Burlington, Ontario

  • Assistant Wedding Ceremony Coordinator

    • Apr 2019 - Sep 2019
    • Burlington, Ontario

    As an Assistant Wedding Ceremony Coordinator with the Royal Botanical Gardens, my roles and responsibilities were as follows:• Coordinated, organized, and personalized wedding ceremonies for individual clients and acted as a liaison for all ceremony-related queries and/or responsibilities leading...

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  Western University

  • Canada
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Student Writer-in-Residence

    • Sep 2018 - Apr 2019

    This innovative program – unique in North America – was developed in 2013 by the University Students’ Council and the Department of English and Writing Studies. The mandate of the program is to provide support for an accomplished undergraduate writer while allowing other students to benefit from the writer’s creativity, expertise, and organizational skills. The SWIR fosters exchange among aspiring student writers and contributes to the culture of creativity across campus, within the London area, and across literary genres, media, and technologies.

  • Editor-in-Chief at AHSC Publications

    • Mar 2018 - Apr 2019

    As the Arts and Humanities Students' Council Publications Editor-in-Chief for the 2017-18 school year at the University of Western Ontario, my responsibilities are as follows:• Ensuring the publication of one issue of "Symposium" (Creative) and "Semi-Colon" (Academic) per semester, managing and working alongside the Creative and Academic Managing Editors, Layout and Copy Editors, and Publications Committee to promote calls for submissions, plan and execute two launch parties, and oversee the selection of works.• Ensuring that one issue of "Premier" is published before September 1st in order to be distributed in the Arts & Humanities faculty Orientation kits during Orientation Week to all incoming first year students in the faculty.• Sit on the Arts & Humanities Students' Council, ex-officio, voting, and chair the Publications Committee, ex-officio, voting.

  • Arts & Humanities Faculty Head Soph

    • Nov 2016 - Mar 2018

    Faculty Head Sophs are responsible for coordinating events and programs for first year students during Orientation Week and throughout the academic year. Responsibilities include:• Hiring Programming Assistants for the Arts & Humanities constituency alongside academic representatives from the faculty and Orientation Program personnel. • Working closely alongside other faculty and residence Head Sophs, the Arts & Humanities Faculty Students' Council, the faculty's Associate Dean, Orientation Week Coordinators and Staff, and the Orientation Planning Committee at Western University to plan and execute programming before, during, and after O-Week.• Hiring a team of Orientation volunteers ("Sophs") for the Arts & Humanities constituency, coming up with a strategic plan alongside a creative theme to create programming to integrate incoming first year students into the Western community, both academic and extracurricular, and facilitating all meetings and events for the Soph Team year-round.• Organizing behind-the-scenes organizational and administrative logistics related to the Orientation Program, which is the largest in Canada, to secure and guarantee its success.

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  TAP Centre for Creativity

  • London, Ontario

  • Resident Artist (Studio 2D)

    • Sep 2018 - Apr 2019
    • London, Ontario

    • Devised a site-specific multidisciplinary installation and lecture in March of 2019
 entitled "Objects: London, Portrait of a City."• Granted a private studio space for creative, experimental, and research purposes
 • Participated in critiques for other artists working across discipli...

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  Brightspark Travel Canada

  • Toronto; Montreal; Quebec City; Ottawa; Gettysb...

  • Educational Tour Leader

    • Apr 2017 - Jun 2018
    • Toronto; Montreal; Quebec City; Ottawa; Gettysb...

    BrightSpark Educational Tour Leaders are trained to become thoroughly familiar with the history and geography of specific tour destinations, to manage large groups and deal with emergencies, to handle all on-site logistics, and to safely and effectively engage teams of students.• Trained in Québe...

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  Theatre Ancaster

  • Ancaster, Ontario

  • Drama Associate

    • Jul 2015 - Aug 2016
    • Ancaster, Ontario

    • Taught, assisted, and worked with children between the ages of 7-14, developing, enhancing, and rehearsing artistic skills (incl. acting, singing, and dancing) in preparation for camp productions and showcases.• Co-handled behind-the-scenes/administrative issues including ticket sales and distr...