Experience

Toronto Shelter Network

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Coordinator - Shelter Sector Pipeline Project

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  • Coordinate Shelter Sector Pipeline Project, an action research project to help shelter sector provide equitable employment in shelters for staff with lived experience• Surveyed 500 staff and service users about shelter employment conditions and opportunities• Recruited and facilitate multi-stakeholder working groups that inform the Pipeline Project• Developed best practices recommendations based on primary and secondary research findings• Advised shelter management and human resources staff on designing best practices pilots• Designed and coordinated emergency COVID-19 shelter staff recruitment system• Facilitated collaboration of City Divisions, shelters and schools on workforce projects