Experience

The Riverwood Conservancy

• Canada
• Conservation Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Enabling Garden Coordinator

  • Mar 2012 - Present

  - Designed all Enabling Garden programs with a focus on special education classes from local school boards, youth with mental health challenges and community organizations supporting people with Autism, developmental delays and acquired brain injury. - Facilitator of land-based wellness workshops for people living with challenges such as: trauma, anxiety, depression, cancer, bereavement. - Coordinator of Indigenous programming including the Indigenous Spirit Journey Program, led by Indigenous elders and the annual Jingtamok~Riverwood Indigenous Social coordinated in partnership with an Indigenous elder. Show less



Sunnybrook

• Canada
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Horticultural Therapist in Veterans Unit

  • Mar 2011 - Mar 2012

  Supported veterans with dementia and post-traumatic stress disorder in the Horticultural Therapy program in the Veterans Unit of Sunnybrook Hospital. Supported veterans with dementia and post-traumatic stress disorder in the Horticultural Therapy program in the Veterans Unit of Sunnybrook Hospital.



Evergreen Canada

• Canada
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher and Volunteer

  • Apr 2010 - Mar 2012

  - Promoted outdoor experiential learning as part of the school program and summer camp to strengthen local students' connection to nature and enhance their understanding of environmental and sustainability issues. - Connected land-based learning to specific aspects of the curriculum. - Used skills in leadership and group dynamics to build a positive learning environment and to support the teaching team with group challenges. - Promoted outdoor experiential learning as part of the school program and summer camp to strengthen local students' connection to nature and enhance their understanding of environmental and sustainability issues. - Connected land-based learning to specific aspects of the curriculum. - Used skills in leadership and group dynamics to build a positive learning environment and to support the teaching team with group challenges.



Greenery Unlimited

• United States
• Design Services

• Landscaper

  • May 2004 - Sep 2008

  Worked with landscape team installing and maintaining private gardens across southern Ontario using primarily native plants and natural, eco-friendly materials. Worked with landscape team installing and maintaining private gardens across southern Ontario using primarily native plants and natural, eco-friendly materials.



The Jean Tweed Centre

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Counselor

  • Jan 1989 - Dec 1996

  - Facilitated group and individual counseling sessions for women experiencing challenges with substance use and mental health issues. - Designed and delivered workshops on trauma, anger management and assertiveness training specifically in relation to substance use. - Taught addiction and trauma counseling skills to community agencies and at province-wide social service conferences. - Facilitated group and individual counseling sessions for women experiencing challenges with substance use and mental health issues. - Designed and delivered workshops on trauma, anger management and assertiveness training specifically in relation to substance use. - Taught addiction and trauma counseling skills to community agencies and at province-wide social service conferences.



Toronto District School Board

• Canada
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teacher, W. A. Porter Collegiate

  • Sep 1989 - Jun 1990

  - Successfully engaged students in Grade 9 and 10 English, Dramatic Arts and Media Studies through use of a wide range of written, verbal and experiential teaching material. - Successfully engaged students in Grade 9 and 10 English, Dramatic Arts and Media Studies through use of a wide range of written, verbal and experiential teaching material.



Vauxhall College of Further Education

• Lecturer

  • Sep 1980 - Jun 1981

  - Creatively integrated socially relevant material into the English, Communications, Life skills and Music curricula for students at risk of exiting the system. - Presented curriculum within a clearly defined anti-racist, anti-oppression framework. - Advocated on behalf of students in the development of collaborative school-to-work partnerships with local businesses. - Creatively integrated socially relevant material into the English, Communications, Life skills and Music curricula for students at risk of exiting the system. - Presented curriculum within a clearly defined anti-racist, anti-oppression framework. - Advocated on behalf of students in the development of collaborative school-to-work partnerships with local businesses.