Isabelle Dufresne-Lienert
Director of Scouting Development at Association des Scouts du Canada- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish Professional working proficiency
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Credentials
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eLearning Module on Lobbying and Advocacy
ITCILOSep, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
Women in Leadership
LinkedInDec, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Leading with Stories
LinkedInNov, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Agile Instructional Design
LinkedInOct, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Become an Instructional Designer
LinkedInOct, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Measuring Learning Effectiveness
LinkedInOct, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Teaching Techniques: Writing Effective Learning Objectives
LinkedInOct, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Instructional Design Essentials: Models of ID
LinkedInSep, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Instructional Design: Adult Learners
LinkedInSep, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Instructional Design: Creating Video Training
LinkedInSep, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Instructional Design: Needs Analysis
LinkedInSep, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Instructional Design: Storyboarding
LinkedInSep, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Instructional Design: Working with SMEs
LinkedInSep, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Crisis Counselor training
Crisis Text LineMay, 2019- Oct, 2024 -
Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue training
KAICIIDFeb, 2017- Oct, 2024 -
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management InstituteJun, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
Standard First Aid and CPR/AED Level C
Canadian Red CrossFeb, 2019- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Association des Scouts du Canada
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Canada
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Philanthropic Fundraising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Scouting Development
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Jun 2022 - Present
Spearhead the Scouting development department at l'Association des scouts du Canada.My mission is to grow Scouting by improving the experience of our scouts and volunteers.
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Project Officer
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Oct 2019 - Jun 2022
Manage the project 'Les scouts s'impliquent dans la communauté' (funded by Service Jeunesse Canada), a climate action themed civic engagement program for over 100 youth.
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Equitas - International Centre for Human Rights Education
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Canada
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Program Assistant
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Feb 2019 - May 2019
Based in Montreal, Equitas is Canada’s most recognized and active human rights education (HRE) organization. I worked on bringing together youth from across Canada to share with decision makers and each other the amazing actions they took across the year through Equitas' Speaking Rights program to support the respect of human rights in their communities. Successes: - Organised and managed the logistics of the National Youth Forum 2019, a 3 day training for 30 youth representatives and youth workers from 11 youth organisations across Canada (booking transport, lodging and catering, managing all participant correspondances) - Came under budget for the event by keeping track of anticipated costs and consolidating all expenses Show less
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Association des Scouts du Canada
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Canada
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Philanthropic Fundraising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Management Consultant
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Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
L'Association des Scouts du Canada brings together nearly 17,000 Scouts in Canada with a mission to promote and support the development of young people through non-formal education in French so that they can play an active role in society to build a better world. This 80 hour consultancy was to develop the plan and tools for the next two years of development of an education program for youth on the Sustainable Development Goals and community engagement across the association. Successes: - Delivered an objective and key results matrix to lead program development over the next 2 years, approved by the Youth Programme Director, including a results-based monitoring and evaluation plan - Presented key recommendations to the Youth Programme Director based on a process analysis - Developed and delivered the content of a support toolkit for scout leaders to deliver the programs, including one presentation, 4 product two-pagers, 2 educational games and 1 promotional leaflet Show less
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World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM)
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Malaysia
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Non-profit Organizations
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200 - 300 Employee
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Program Development Intern
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Mar 2018 - Nov 2018
At the World Scout Bureau Global Support Centre, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, I took on the role of Youth Programme Intern for 8 months. This role mixed project management in the field of education for the Sustainable Development Goals (ESDG) with strategic support to the Global Youth Programme Director's ongoing projects, as well as capacity building for regional and national offices. Successes: - Managed the content development of a guidelines and an activity toolkit on ESDG in Scouting with a team of 10 volunteers - Facilitated 4 workshops on ESDG for education specialists and managers - Developed two quality self-assessment tools on Youth Programme and Youth Involvement to be used by Regional and National officers for performance evaluation (in partnership with the department of organisational development) - Consolidated and analysed data to write a statistical report on global youth involvement in the organisation - Coordinated the organisation of a Film Festival with a selection of 20 films to mark the centennary of the Rover branch (17-25 year old programme) - Creating development proposals for improvement and review of ongoing educational programmes and events - Optimised an ecological performance accreditation process by developing new standard operating procedures - Tracked and kept ongoing communication with one of the organisation's main educational partners This role also included timely support with desk research, content creation and review, and logistical support to the Youth Programme Director, and on tasks related to WOSM Services' platform, E-learning platform, Diversity and Inclusion, and the development of the organisation's Theory of Change. Show less
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Centre culturel et communautaire Henri Lemieux
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Canada
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Entertainment
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Operations Agent
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Aug 2017 - Feb 2018
In my role in this community centre in LaSalle, I took on various tasks in direct support to the organisation's Director, including being a teacher, a customer service agent, and an IT support clerk, Successes: - Taught over 50 people to use various computer software (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Facebook, etc.) in 2h workshops - Optimised the centre's visitor occupation registry through Excel for quicker and easier data entry and analysis - Responded to customer service requests at a reception desk with tasks such as activity and course registrations, and event ticket sales Show less
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Equitas - International Centre for Human Rights Education
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Canada
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Assistant Event Coordinator
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May 2017 - Jun 2017
For a second time, now as returning assistant coordinator, I was tasked with delivering the 38th International Human Rights Training Program by coordinating logistics and providing hospitality services to 90 international human rights workers over 3 weeks. Successes: - Trained and led a team of 10 assistant coordinators and the core hospitality partner to deliver 4 micro events (registration day, gala dinner, vernissage and BBQ, award ceremony) - Managed the schedule and tasks of 10 volunteers to help achieve the outcomes of the event - Coordinated the consolidation of the final logistics report Show less
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Forum Social Mondial 2016
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Canada
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Events Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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General Coordination Assistant
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Mar 2016 - Sep 2016
The 12th World Social Forum was a 6 day event welcoming over 10,000 members of global civil society from more than 120 countries. My role was to provide continuous support to the event's general coordinator to ensure the success of this forum for dialogue and alliance building around global justice and alter-globalisation. Successes: - Planned the event logistics specifications for over 10 locations with the head of logistics and managed partner communications and agreements during the event - Tracked and reported progress of over 10 working groups of volunteers and 6 staff members in planning the event over 4 months to the general coordinator - Raised 200,000$CAD for the project through supporting the writing of 2 successful grant proposals - Consolidated and edited the first draft of the final event report Show less
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International Bureau for Children's Rights
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Canada
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Monitoring And Evaluation Intern
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Feb 2016 - Apr 2016
As practicum for a university course on monitoring and evaluating development projects, I joined the bureau to support the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer during the inception of an integrated evaluation practice in the organisation. Successes: - Wrote the employee reference manual on data collection and survey analysis for evaluating the organization’s capacity building projects and child protection interventions in collaboration with the M&E coordinator (included reviewing litterature and best practices, synthethising data, and editing content) - Compiled on a weekly basis a list of funding opportunities for the General Director - Developed and reviewed the mapping report on the situation of children in Angola for a capacity building project Show less
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Equitas - International Centre for Human Rights Education
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Canada
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant Event Coordinator
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May 2015 - Jun 2015
In a team of 10, under the supervision of the 2 event coordinators, I was tasked as intern with delivering the 36th International Human Rights Training Program by coordinating logistics and providing hospitality services to 90 international human rights workers over 3 weeks. Successes: - Coordinated the logistics (meals, decoration, entertainment, promotion) of a dinner reception for over 100 participants and guests - Optimized inventory management to better run the participants' lounge and promotional goods kiosk (evaluated suppliers, purchased promotional goods, kept track of inventory, and consolidated sales reports) Show less
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Food Security Education Officer
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Jun 2014 - Aug 2014
The "Gardens in Bins" was a project that offered an introduction to urban agriculture to raise awareness among participating citizens of the Émard and Côte Saint Paul communities on what they can do to strengthen local food security. I took on the role of 'Gardening education officer' for the summer. I was also hired as administrative assistant to the executive director for the following year.Successes:- Onboarded 6 organisations (nurseries, subsidized housing communities, retirement homes, day camps) to lead 15 workshops on urban agriculture and food security with 645 participants (5 to 80 years old) - Redesigned the program's promotional material- Created an urban agriculture educational game for youth- Consolidated monthly visa expenditures and weekly expense reports for the executive director Show less
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Greening Officer
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Jun 2013 - Jun 2014
As 'embellishment and cleanliness officer', I facilitated activities on urban agriculture, led volunteers in doing shore clean-ups and was administrative assistant to the general director.Successes:- Greened the Ville-Émard community over 2 months (one summer) through maintaining 1 community garden, building 6 container gardens, leading over 60 volunteers in 4 shore clean-ups, planting 7 trees, weeding out 4 flower plots and planting 30 vines.- Took initiative to create a new promotional pamphlet for the urban agriculture program- Consolidated visa reports and made payment authorisations Show less
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Bureau du 100e Anniversaire de LaSalle
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Montréal, Québec
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Volunteer Coordinator
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Jun 2012 - Jul 2012
How to better celebrate 100 years of the City of LaSalle than with a big festival celebrating local identity and cultural diversity? My role: coordinate the community volunteers that would support the operations of this 7-day event Successes - Trained, coordinated and supervised a team of 30 volunteers in 2 months - Managed a database of volunteer’s schedules and needs - Created a 20-page volunteer guide to support the team How to better celebrate 100 years of the City of LaSalle than with a big festival celebrating local identity and cultural diversity? My role: coordinate the community volunteers that would support the operations of this 7-day event Successes - Trained, coordinated and supervised a team of 30 volunteers in 2 months - Managed a database of volunteer’s schedules and needs - Created a 20-page volunteer guide to support the team
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Association des amputés de guerre
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Montréal, Québec
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Outreach Officer
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Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
One summer, one mandate: educate hundreds of young people on the inclusion of people with disabilities and on being safe while they play, as part of the intensive annual PLAYSAFE campaign organized by the War Amps association. Successes: - Facilitated 25 workshops and activities, reaching over 300 youth in summer camps One summer, one mandate: educate hundreds of young people on the inclusion of people with disabilities and on being safe while they play, as part of the intensive annual PLAYSAFE campaign organized by the War Amps association. Successes: - Facilitated 25 workshops and activities, reaching over 300 youth in summer camps
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Education
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2021 -
MITx on edX
Micromasters in Data, Economics and Development policy, Economics -
2013 - 2017
McGill University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Development Economics and International Development -
2015 - 2016
University of Geneva
Exchange program, Bachelor of Arts, International Relations -
2014 - 2014
Coady International Institute, St. Francis Xavier University
Diploma in Development Leadership, Skills for Social Change Certificate -
2011 - 2013
Dawson College
Diploma of College Studies, Fine Arts -
2006 - 2011
Collège Sainte-Anne
High School Diploma, 91%
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