Experience

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  Niagara Region Public Health

  • Niagara, Ontario, Canada

  • Covid-19 Vaccination Clinic Assistant

    • May 2021 - Present
    • Niagara, Ontario, Canada

    Responsible for registration and check out of clients at Niagara Region Public Health Mass Vaccination Clinics throughout the Niagara region. This role also included answering general questions about the clinic functions, vaccinations in general and Covid-19 vaccines in particular. (Leading up to this paid position I also completed 160 hours as a clinic volunteer in the months of March and April.)

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  Trish Crawford Photo

  • Greater St-Catharines-Niagara Metropolitan Area

  • Photographer/Owner

    • Sep 2020 - Present
    • Greater St-Catharines-Niagara Metropolitan Area

    In my photographic work, I seek to capture the 'beauty in the everyday'. I enjoy finding the allure in seemingly mundane things and in the experiences we often overlook.

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  Chorus Niagara

  • Communications Officer

    • Sep 2017 - 2020

    External communications and social media for Chorus Niagara, Niagara's premier 100-voice symphonic ensemble including the children's division, Chorus Niagara Children's Choir. I managed the organization's Facebook page and Twitter feed, act as the Webmaster, produced short promotional videos for concerts, workshops and other activities. I produced pre-concert sponsor acknowledgement videos, wrote press releases and contributed to all print based collateral used to promote the concert season and also to raise the profile of the organization in the community.https://www.chorusniagara.org

  • Social Media Manager

    • Apr 2015 - Aug 2017

    Managed the organization's Facebook page and Twitter feed, acted as Webmaster, produced short promotional videos for concerts, produced pre-concert sponsor acknowledgement videos, wrote press releases and other text based documents used to promote the concert season and also to raise the profile of the organization in the community.

  • Administrative Director - Chorus Niagara Children's Choir

    • Jul 2015 - Jul 2017

    All administrative functions for a 3 choir choral children's music program includingl; registration and payment processing, marketing, social media, concert planning, design of non-digital advertising collateral and web management.

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  Chorus Niagara

  • St. Catharines, Ontario

  • Marketing Copywriter & Marketing Team

    • Sep 2009 - May 2015
    • St. Catharines, Ontario

    Wrote all press-release materials for the 4 concert performance season, plus other ancillary activities and productions. Contributed written texts to Choirs Ontario Newsletter and CNotes. Consultant for web and other marketing media design and content. (Voluntary position)Producing short promotional videos season concerts (see PROJECTS below).Curating promotional/informational Storify projects for season concerts (see PROJECTS below).

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  Self-Employed

  • St. Catharines, ON

  • Child Care Provider

    • 1999 - 2009
    • St. Catharines, ON

    Provided in-home child care to my own children and others including before and after school care.

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  Avalon Sexual Assault Center

  • Halifax, Nova Scotia

  • Training Coordinator

    • 1994 - 1997
    • Halifax, Nova Scotia

    Designed, implemented and evaluated training program for volunteer crisis-line providers. Designed, implemented and evaluated training for external service providers including first responders and emergency room workers, high-school and post-secondary students. Obtained grant funding to pilot a sexual assault survivor support group for women under the age of 18 - Nova Scotia Health Promotions Fund.

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  Avalon Sexual Assault Centre

  • Halifax, Nova Scotia

  • Assistant Volunteer Coordinator

    • 1993 - 1994
    • Halifax, Nova Scotia

    Supervised a roster of 80 volunteer crisis-line volunteers. Maintained and updated crisis line worker handbooks and policies. Collected and analyzed monthly crisis line statistics.

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  Mainline Needle Exchange

  • Halifax , Nova Scotia

  • Outreach Worker

    • 1993 - 1994
    • Halifax , Nova Scotia

    Provided safe injection education to I.V. drug users. Provided safer sex practice education to the community at large. Agency representative on community working groups dealing with street violence, safety and health education.

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  Service for Sexual Assault Victims

  • Halifax, Nova Scotia

  • Project Coordinator

    • 1991 - 1992
    • Halifax, Nova Scotia

    Research, design and production of new agency brochures, fact sheets and other agency literature pertaining to sexual assault and abuse.