Emily Edwards
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Experience
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Clinical Trials Ontario
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Canada
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Public Policy
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1 - 100 Employee
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Communications Officer
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Sep 2019 - Present
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Organic Council of Ontario
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Canada
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Policy Research and Communications Assistant
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Jun 2019 - Sep 2019
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TCAT - The Centre for Active Transportation
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Canada
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Healthy Built Environments Policy and Evaluation Associate
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Jan 2019 - May 2019
Conducted policy research and program evaluation for the Active Neighbourhoods Canada (ANC) project. The ANC project is a Pan-Canadian initiative that uses participatory planning to reach the goal of green, accessible, active and healthy neighbourhoods for all. I created content for a policy change toolkit hosted on the Active Neighbourhoods Canada project website, and I conducted the yearly program evaluation for the project funders (the Public Health Agency of Canada). Conducted policy research and program evaluation for the Active Neighbourhoods Canada (ANC) project. The ANC project is a Pan-Canadian initiative that uses participatory planning to reach the goal of green, accessible, active and healthy neighbourhoods for all. I created content for a policy change toolkit hosted on the Active Neighbourhoods Canada project website, and I conducted the yearly program evaluation for the project funders (the Public Health Agency of Canada).
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FoodShare Toronto
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Canada
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Assistant
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May 2018 - Sep 2018
Research assistant with the FLEdGE (Food Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged) Research Project, part of the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at Wiflred Laurier University. I was placed at FoodShare Toronto, where I completed a needs assessment report focused on food access for the York South Weston region of Toronto. Research assistant with the FLEdGE (Food Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged) Research Project, part of the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at Wiflred Laurier University. I was placed at FoodShare Toronto, where I completed a needs assessment report focused on food access for the York South Weston region of Toronto.
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State of New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services
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Concord, New Hampshire
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Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) Intern
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Jul 2016 - Oct 2016
Active Recreation Project -- collaborated with Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) NH to generate a report on the state of recreation access in high need communities using ArcGIS to create an inventory of recreation areas within the state to advocate and acquire funding for recreation and park improvements. Beach Project -- collected and analyzed water samples from certain freshwater beaches in order to develop a model for predicting high bacterial concentrations in real time and generated a cost analysis to determine the feasibility of a predictive model at other beaches in NH.
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Planning and Design Centre
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Research and Communications Intern
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Jan 2016 - May 2016
Worked on a team to implement open street events in Halifax, conducted a policy review of the Nova Scotia Motor Vehicle Act to identify restrictions and prohibitions on open street events, promoted events at public health and planning conferences, managed the PDC’s social media accounts, and updated website weekly. Worked on a team to implement open street events in Halifax, conducted a policy review of the Nova Scotia Motor Vehicle Act to identify restrictions and prohibitions on open street events, promoted events at public health and planning conferences, managed the PDC’s social media accounts, and updated website weekly.
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Town Of Merrimack
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United States
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Architecture and Planning
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1 - 100 Employee
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Town Planning Intern
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May 2015 - Aug 2015
Created and presented staff reports for applications going before the Zoning and Planning Boards, assisted in the revamp of the town’s Economic Development webpage Created and presented staff reports for applications going before the Zoning and Planning Boards, assisted in the revamp of the town’s Economic Development webpage
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Education
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University of Toronto
Master of Public Health - MPH, Social and Behavioural Health Sciences (Health Promotion) -
Dalhousie University
Bachelor of Community Design, Honours in Environmental Planning -
Bishop Guertin High School