Experience

Solicitor General | Solliciteur général

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Research and Statistical Advisor

  • Feb 2023 - Present

• Project Manager

  • Mar 2020 - Feb 2023

  Leading the roll-out of video equipment to courts and correctional institutions to enable video appearances and virtual consultations with defence counsel.I provide project management services to manage timelines, project quality, and costs; identify and mitigate project risks; lead meetings and ensure that timely decisions are made and documented; develop materials to brief senior executives; and analyze and identify options to mitigate the effects of COVID on project progress.



Self-Employed

• Toronto, Canada Area

• Research Consultant

  • 2015 - Present

  I provide consulting services for quantitative research design/logistics and statistical analysis. I am currently advising on a research project investigating an intervention to prevent bacterial colonization among pregnant women. Services I provide include: - Randomization procedures - Advising on scientifically rigourous research design - A priori statistical power analyses - Descriptive and inferential statistics - Instruction in SPSS data entry - Assistance with writing results section of manuscripts



Attorney General | Procureur général

• Canada
• Legal Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Statistical Analyst

  • Feb 2019 - Mar 2020

  I use data to generate insights and provide policy recommendations to decision-makers. I use data to generate insights and provide policy recommendations to decision-makers.



Ontario Finance | Ontario Finances

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Policy Development Intern

  • Jul 2018 - Feb 2019

  I am using my policy development, research, and program evaluation skills in the Tobacco Policy Unit. I am focused on tax policy, enforcement, and inter-agency relationship building. I am using my policy development, research, and program evaluation skills in the Tobacco Policy Unit. I am focused on tax policy, enforcement, and inter-agency relationship building.



Attorney General | Procureur général

• Canada
• Legal Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Policy Development Intern

  • Jul 2017 - Jul 2018

  I am using my knowledge of social science research and methodology and program evaluation to assist in preparing recommendations for policy, particularly with respect to impaired driving. I am using my knowledge of social science research and methodology and program evaluation to assist in preparing recommendations for policy, particularly with respect to impaired driving.



Ryerson University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Coordinator

  • Aug 2016 - Jul 2017

  Managed day-to-day operations of a research project investigating the effects of a trauma-informed hip-hop dance program for youth who have experienced abuse or witnessed violence. This included compiling ethics document, participant recruitment, informed consent, training research assistants, liaising with project partners, literature searches, and manuscript writing. Managed day-to-day operations of a research project investigating the effects of a trauma-informed hip-hop dance program for youth who have experienced abuse or witnessed violence. This included compiling ethics document, participant recruitment, informed consent, training research assistants, liaising with project partners, literature searches, and manuscript writing.



Pearson

• United Kingdom
• Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Subject Matter Expert

  • 2013 - 2016

  Review of test bank materials (MyPsychLab) for new editions of Psychology textbooks and generation of new test bank items on short-term contract. I have contributed to test banks for the following texts: - Social Psychology: Fifth Canadian Edition (Aronson, Wilson, Fehr, & Akert) - Psychology: An Exploration, Canadian Edition (Ciccarelli, White, Fritzley, & Harrigan) - Children and Their Development: Third Canadian Edition (Kail & Barnfield) - Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding: Second Canadian Edition (Lilienfeld, Lynn, Namy, Woolf, Cramer, & Schmaltz)



Iowa State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Scholar

  • Jan 2015 - Apr 2015

  Supervisor: Dr. Christian A. Meissner Conducted a logistically complex two-session study investigating the influence of various police interrogation practices on the generation of truthful and deceptive alibis. This included supervising a large team of undergraduate research assistants. Supervisor: Dr. Christian A. Meissner Conducted a logistically complex two-session study investigating the influence of various police interrogation practices on the generation of truthful and deceptive alibis. This included supervising a large team of undergraduate research assistants.



Ryerson University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • 2011 - 2014

  Completed five graduate teaching assistant contracts at Ryerson University. Tasks included grading students' assignments and exams; providing constructive, encouraging feedback on students' written work; teaching study and writing skills; statistics tutorial instruction.

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

  Supervisors: Drs. John Turtle, Benjamin Dyson, and Kristin VickersAssisted on a project examining the use of Facebook to increase student engagement in large introductory university courses. My primary role was advising on the intervention; providing brief presentations in five introductory psychology courses relating news articles to course content; and managing the Facebook groups. The results of the study were published in Higher Education



Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted

• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Practicum Student

  • 2011 - 2013

  Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Ridley Designed and carried out a project investigating whether there is social stigma against exonerees. I completed the ethical review, created all testing materials, recruited participants, managed a team of research assistants, analyzed the data, and presented the results at the American Psychology-Law Society conference. A manuscript on this work is forthcoming. Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Ridley Designed and carried out a project investigating whether there is social stigma against exonerees. I completed the ethical review, created all testing materials, recruited participants, managed a team of research assistants, analyzed the data, and presented the results at the American Psychology-Law Society conference. A manuscript on this work is forthcoming.



University of Victoria

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2007 - Aug 2009

  Supervisor: Dr. Robinder P. Bedi Research Assistant on a project examining the factors that promote the development of a strong therapeutic alliance between counselling clients and practitioners. I assisted with the ethical review, tested participants, and contributed to a poster presentation at the Canadian Psychological Association. Supervisor: Dr. Robinder P. Bedi Research Assistant on a project examining the factors that promote the development of a strong therapeutic alliance between counselling clients and practitioners. I assisted with the ethical review, tested participants, and contributed to a poster presentation at the Canadian Psychological Association.