Experience

ABLE2: Support for People with Disabilities

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

• Siblings Group Facilitator

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  - Design, plan, organize, and lead age-appropriate activities for children of siblings with disabilities - Collectively identify group rules based on feedback from children to ensure safety / comfort - Exercise strong listening, communication, and therapeutic skills while supporting youth recounting life events - Establish, maintain, and develop a channel of communication with families - Provide additional support, information, and resources to children and families as required - Partake in staff debrief meetings to share experiences, brainstorm solutions Show less



Canada School of Public Service

• Policy Analyst

  • Jun 2013 - Present



Camp Misquah

• Canada
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Camp Counselor

  • Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

  - Responsible for the safety, health, and well-being of campers with developmental disabilities at overnight camp - Understand individual needs of campers and provide tailored support - Interact and engage with campers to facilitate the creation of a fun and active environment - Leverage strong communication and teamwork abilities to problem solve effectively and ensure comfort of campers - Awarded “Counsellor of the Week” - Responsible for the safety, health, and well-being of campers with developmental disabilities at overnight camp - Understand individual needs of campers and provide tailored support - Interact and engage with campers to facilitate the creation of a fun and active environment - Leverage strong communication and teamwork abilities to problem solve effectively and ensure comfort of campers - Awarded “Counsellor of the Week”



Carleton University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Content and Writing Tutor

  • Jan 2016 - Jun 2016

  - Exercise professionalism, appropriate accommodation, and confidentiality to build rapport and offer content and writing support for range of academic endeavours to a student with developmental disabilities - Help enhance student’s achievement, confidence, and satisfaction in school - Collaboratively devise work plans - Exercise professionalism, appropriate accommodation, and confidentiality to build rapport and offer content and writing support for range of academic endeavours to a student with developmental disabilities - Help enhance student’s achievement, confidence, and satisfaction in school - Collaboratively devise work plans



Carleton University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  - Gather information from databases and synthesize, reference, and summarize findings to inform research on Applying Habermas’ Communicative Action Theory in the Social Work Counselling Relationship to help promote uptake of social work counselling interventions - Effectively provide written and oral reports - Gather information from databases and synthesize, reference, and summarize findings to inform research on Applying Habermas’ Communicative Action Theory in the Social Work Counselling Relationship to help promote uptake of social work counselling interventions - Effectively provide written and oral reports



Library of Parliament

• Canada
• Libraries
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Student Analyst

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

  - Quickly yet thoroughly research and prepare reports on national issues for Members of Parliament - Collaboratively work under pressure to ensure timely submission of reports to stakeholders - Exercise attention to detail and meticulousness to compile and organize data in databases and develop and format presentations - Quickly yet thoroughly research and prepare reports on national issues for Members of Parliament - Collaboratively work under pressure to ensure timely submission of reports to stakeholders - Exercise attention to detail and meticulousness to compile and organize data in databases and develop and format presentations



Canadian Cooperative Association

• Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Student Analyst

  • Sep 2012 - Apr 2013

  - Propose innovative business proposal to then HRSDC for social financing in Canada - Engage in successful negotiations with MPs to transfer co-operative file under Industry Canada to reflect breadth of the co-operative business model - Investigate and successfully present a new operational direction for the Board of Directors and CCA staff - Instrumental in planning, organization, and delivery of Parliamentary reception and lobby day - Propose innovative business proposal to then HRSDC for social financing in Canada - Engage in successful negotiations with MPs to transfer co-operative file under Industry Canada to reflect breadth of the co-operative business model - Investigate and successfully present a new operational direction for the Board of Directors and CCA staff - Instrumental in planning, organization, and delivery of Parliamentary reception and lobby day



Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre

• Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Student Research Assitant

  • Feb 2009 - Jun 2009

  - Sensitively administer, collect, and enter youth survey data into database and analyze results on adolescent lifestyles, eating disorders, suicidality, and flag concerning surveys to colleague - Dynamically co-facilitate University of Ottawa Mini-Enrichment Program on mental health - Take personal initiative to research, prepare, and present study on PowerPoint entitled “A Review of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a Treatment for Social Anxiety” in Annual Institute of Mental Health Research Conference Show less