Experience

Office of the Representative for Children and Youth

• Canada
• Legislative Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Project Lead

  • Aug 2018 - Present



First Nations Health Authority

• Canada
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Policy Analyst

  • Aug 2017 - Jul 2018



Government of Alberta

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Divisional Researcher

  • Nov 2011 - Jul 2017

  Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General. Research, Policy and Planning Unit of the Policy and Program Development Branch. Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General. Research, Policy and Planning Unit of the Policy and Program Development Branch.



University of Victoria

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• MA

  • Sep 2008 - Apr 2012

  I studied under the Studies in Policy and Practice Program. My thesis research lies in the field of Girls' Studies and focuses on the self-perception of identity in girls between the age of twelve and sixteen in relation to social culture. I studied under the Studies in Policy and Practice Program. My thesis research lies in the field of Girls' Studies and focuses on the self-perception of identity in girls between the age of twelve and sixteen in relation to social culture.



CAMH

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

• Research Assistant

  • Nov 2010 - Jul 2011

  - Conducted face to face interviews with children between the ages of eight and sixteen. - Administered surveys to adult participants. - Liaised with local community group to recruit participants in study. - Conducted face to face interviews with children between the ages of eight and sixteen. - Administered surveys to adult participants. - Liaised with local community group to recruit participants in study.



West Shore Parks and Recreation

• Youth Worker

  • Nov 2009 - Jun 2011

  I facilitated weekly three hour girls groups focused on developing resiliency, critical thinking and healthy decision making skills with girls between the ages of twelve and eighteen. I facilitated weekly three hour girls groups focused on developing resiliency, critical thinking and healthy decision making skills with girls between the ages of twelve and eighteen.



Dr. Susan Boyd

• University of Victoria

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 2008 - Apr 2011

  - Research and analyze media coverage regarding illegal drugs in Canada. - Research and compile criminal justice statistics involving illegal drugs in Canada from 1908 to the present. - Data entry and management using Nvivo. - Research and analyze media coverage regarding illegal drugs in Canada. - Research and compile criminal justice statistics involving illegal drugs in Canada from 1908 to the present. - Data entry and management using Nvivo.



Indigenous Services Canada | Services aux Autochtones Canada

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Resercher/Analyst

  • Jan 2005 - Sep 2007

  - Collected, summarized and processed historical documents required to process claims arising from abuses suffered by attendants of the Indian Residential School System. - Synthesized material into reports, communications and document collections required for litigation and alternative dispute resolution processes. - Collected, summarized and processed historical documents required to process claims arising from abuses suffered by attendants of the Indian Residential School System. - Synthesized material into reports, communications and document collections required for litigation and alternative dispute resolution processes.



West Coast LEAF (Legal Education and Action Fund)

• Canada
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Social Science Researcher

  • 2001 - 2005

  - Adult youth trainer and facilitator for the “No Means No” program. - Monitored the BC government's policy changes to the Violence Against Women in Intimate Relationships policy and drafted a letter to the Attorney General of BC in response to policy changes. - Researched and helped create submissions on the provincial government’s budget cutbacks, resulting violations of UN conventions and effects on the rights of women, particularly those facing violence. - Adult youth trainer and facilitator for the “No Means No” program. - Monitored the BC government's policy changes to the Violence Against Women in Intimate Relationships policy and drafted a letter to the Attorney General of BC in response to policy changes. - Researched and helped create submissions on the provincial government’s budget cutbacks, resulting violations of UN conventions and effects on the rights of women, particularly those facing violence.