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● Editorial work: substantive and copy editing in the social sciences sector
● Writing: fact sheets, white papers, and reports; strong focus on HIV/AIDS sector
● Planned, implemented, and managed the first coordinated stream of over 15 events at an International AIDS Conference (2006) that focused on African/Black diasporic populations of North America and Europe; subsequently produced a written report that contributed to the early development of the African Black Diaspora Global Network in HIV and AIDs (ABDGN)
● Advise various organizations on equity and inclusion themed events and learning resources for their professional audiences
● Engage with practitioners via emergent learning and adult education principles, with ongoing commitment to prioritizing Indigenous knowledge
● Assess practitioner assignments, providing constructive feedback, and prompts for deeper engagement, as needed
● Collaborate on emergent CNAC projects, including hosting a national webinar panel and contributing DEI expertise to CNAC policies and documents
● Developed content and design for the first bilingual DEI intranet site, made up of multiple pages
● Supported the operation, expansion of Employee Inclusion Groups (EIGs) through training, coaching, and designing frameworks and processes to guide core team members and Executive Sponsors
● First lead for DEI communications, including stakeholder engagement and partnering with corporate communications
● Design and deliver enterprise interactive DEI workshops, facilitated discussions, and learning events
● Provide subject matter expertise and consultation on various topics and issues, including bilingual communications, team inclusion practices, and HR policies
● Create, pilot, and scale the DEI workplace mentorship program that intentionally focuses on equity deserving groups
● Responsible for DEI data collection design, in collaboration with the HR Information Systems Team, focusing on ethical design and use of data to help drive DEI objectives
● Initiated and co-developed several company-wide equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) metrics and documents that were data-driven: EDI-focused scholarship application; EDI Climate Survey; EDI-focused Curriculum Checklist; EDI 4-year Action Plan
● Actively supported staff in their ongoing transformation towards equity and inclusion conscious practices; coached staff in communications and EDI approaches to work; held space for difficult and transformative conversations as staff team
● Co-facilitated events with members (racialized and non-racialized) that provided spaces to explore challenges and possibilities related to EDI
● Collaborated with Inclusion and Engagement Leads for 2SLGBTQ+ members and Indigenous members
● Liaised with Quebec stakeholders for rapid relationship building and co-creation
● Reviewed translated French materials for cultural relevance and plain language delivery
● Facilitated interviews and group-based virtual prototyping workshops in French using Miro and Zoom
● Co-led a 3-year national project providing partnership support, cultivating collaborative leadership, and coaching to 20+ organizations and 40+ individuals leading projects to increase women's participation in political and community action (funded by Status of Women Canada)
● Authored a toolkit of evidence-informed, action-oriented recommendations and resources on how to equitably fund and optimize partnership projects focused on systems change
● Applied journey mapping, human-centred design, and developmental evaluation principles based on client profile and needs when developing various webinars, workshops, resources, and working sessions with clients
● Managed day to day related operations and supervision across interdisciplinary teams
● Project and budget management including workplan development, delegation, monitoring
● Initiated creative, productive means to engage a new staff complement and foster collaboration
● Developed and maintained liaisons and partnerships at local, governmental, and strategic levels
● Refined and implemented an outcome-focused program planning template and coached staff
● Established a breastfeeding/chestfeeding peer support group based in allyship and anti-oppression practice