Experience

VIDEA

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

• Executive Director

  • Sep 2002 - Present



University of Victoria

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Steering Committee Member - Global Development Studies Minor

  • Jun 2019 - Present



Oak & Orca Bioregional School

• Canada
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Director

  • Sep 2002 - Present

  I have had the immense privilege to be part of the Board of Directors at Oak and Orca School since it's early years. Both of our sons attended Oak and Orca, our eldest graduated from O and O at grade 12. Oak and Orca builds on a respect for the land and land based learning, alongside child centered education. We comprise an on site school, as well as home learning, and distributed learning schools. Check us out! https://oakandorca.ca/ I have had the immense privilege to be part of the Board of Directors at Oak and Orca School since it's early years. Both of our sons attended Oak and Orca, our eldest graduated from O and O at grade 12. Oak and Orca builds on a respect for the land and land based learning, alongside child centered education. We comprise an on site school, as well as home learning, and distributed learning schools. Check us out! https://oakandorca.ca/



British Columbia Council for International Cooperation

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

• Board of Directors Co-Chair

  • Sep 2019 - Sep 2021

• Board Treasurer

  • Sep 2015 - Sep 2019



Camosun College

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Guest Lecturer - BBA Marketing

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2020



University of Victoria

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Course Instructor - International Community Development

  • Sep 2017 - Dec 2017



University of Victoria

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Partner - Department of Gender Studies

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2016

  Co-investigator on SSHRC funded Partnership Development Programme research focused on the experiences of gender-equality and women's organisations in Zambia, Tanzania, and Uganda. Co-investigator on SSHRC funded Partnership Development Programme research focused on the experiences of gender-equality and women's organisations in Zambia, Tanzania, and Uganda.



British Columbia Council for International Cooperation

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

• Board Chair

  • Sep 2010 - Sep 2014

• Vice Chair Board Of Directors

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2010



Coady International Institute

• Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

• Guest Lecturer - Women's Leadership for Community Development

  • Aug 2009 - Sep 2014



ORCA (Organisations Collaborating Regionally for Action)

• Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

• Chair Of The Board Of Directors

  • Sep 2002 - Jul 2008

  ORCA coordinated the building of 3 of 2 collaborative child youth and family centres, one $9.5 mil in the Westshore, and one 2.5 mil in Sooke. Orca also supported the development of new forms of social partnership, the building of continuums of care, and the development of a cooperative, a society, and an informal governance relationship to bring together child and youth agencies working in Port Renfrew, Sooke, and the Westshore of Vancouver Island. ORCA coordinated the building of 3 of 2 collaborative child youth and family centres, one $9.5 mil in the Westshore, and one 2.5 mil in Sooke. Orca also supported the development of new forms of social partnership, the building of continuums of care, and the development of a cooperative, a society, and an informal governance relationship to bring together child and youth agencies working in Port Renfrew, Sooke, and the Westshore of Vancouver Island.



Sooke CASA

• T'Sou-ke, British Columbia, Canada

• Cooperative Chair Person

  • Nov 1999 - Sep 2002

  CASA was BC's first charitable coop! CASA brought together child youth and family serving agencies to build an amazing facility and social continuum of care to support all families, especially vulnerable families, in the Sooke area. CASA was BC's first charitable coop! CASA brought together child youth and family serving agencies to build an amazing facility and social continuum of care to support all families, especially vulnerable families, in the Sooke area.



Sooke Family Resource Society

• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chair Of The Board Of Directors

  • Apr 1998 - Sep 2001



Greenpeace UK

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of Campaign Groups Unit

  • Jan 1993 - Aug 1997



ActionAid UK

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Regional Officer

  • Jan 1990 - Dec 1992



Self-employed

• United Kingdom

• Dance Instructor

  • Sep 1985 - Apr 1988



Fit City

• Norwich, England, United Kingdom

• Dance Instructor

  • Sep 1983 - Aug 1985