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Key Competencies

  • Grace Under Fire
  • Genuine commitment for equitable access to education
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills
  • Proficient in creating personalized safety, return to school, and care plans
  • Strive for professional excellence through continuous improvement
  • Strong critical thinking skills
  • Superb ability to engage in active listening and empathy
  • Fantastic organizational skills
  • Demonstrates ethical conduct and integrity
  • Person Centered approach

Additional Training, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • ASIST Trainer (Suicide First Aid)
  • Conflict resolution training
  • Trauma informed navigation and workplace training
  • Leadership training
  • Stress Comprehension and Management training
  • Gender and Sexual Diversity training
  • Indigenous History and Allyship training
  • Class 5 Drivers License (no restrictions)
  • Indigenous Canada
  • Mental Health First Aid
  • Safe Talk
  • Standard First Aid: CPR-C-AED
  • Group Facilitation
  • Adept in various technology, including assistive technology, Moodle, Canva, SharePoint, Kaltura, GSuite & Microsoft applications
  • Plan to Protect (0-18 and Vulnerable Adults) Certification

Professional Experience

Learning Technologist, TRU, March 3, 2025- Present

  • Support and assist with the development, implementation, and analysis of new technologies that improve the learning process
  • Research, recommend, create, and implement appropriate educational technologies and tools
  • Maintain current knowledge of research pertaining to higher education, emerging technologies, digital pedagogy, mobile applications, universal design and learning theory
  •  Assist OLFMs, Faculty, and Staff in improving their ability to model effective integration of educational technologies
  • Collaborate with partners to support OLFMs, Faculty, and staff to use academic technologies and active-learning strategies
  • Ability to promptly learn innovative and contemporary technologies, and related software skills, and to test, configure and thoroughly understand them
  • Knowledge and understanding of instructional design as it relates to course delivery
  • Collaborate with a diverse set of audiences with wide ranges of understanding of open and online learning
  • Ability to maintain currency and knowledge in synchronous and asynchronous Learning Management Systems in an online environment

ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Intervention Training)Trainer, self-employed, January 25, 2025- Present

  • Facilitate two-day interactive workshops in groups of 8- 30 people
  • Promote reducing the stigma surrounding suicide, promote mental health supports, and assist in putting more caregivers into communities who are trained in Suicide First Aid (ASIST)
  • Ensure a safe, inclusive, and educational environment for all participants
  • Collaborate with co-trainer(s) to deliver and adapt content and activities based on participants
  • Maintain certification by continuing to deliver workshops on an ongoing basis
  • Handle sensitive topics and participant disclosures with care and professionalism

Program Advisor School of Nursing, TRU, July 29, 2024- February 28, 2025

  • Proactively advise undergraduate and graduate programs to current and prospective students
  • Develop program plans that are efficient and effective to student’s unique end goal(s)
  • Informs students of other available resources on campus, such as Counselling, Accessibility Services, the Wellness Centre, and School of Nursing Learning Strategist
  • Collaborate and contribute to cross functional teams with various departments and people (Grad Studies, Future Students, Faculty, Deans Program Coordinators, Enrollment Services, TRU World and Student Awards)
  •  Support the selection process for BScN, MN, and MN-NP applications
  • Participates in the planning of course offerings per academic year
  • Access transfer credit eligibility based on post-secondary transcripts
  • Engage in continuous training and professional development related to assigned programs.
  • Maintains student files in accordance with TRU policy around data retention and destruction
  • Participate in career fairs, trade shows, and recruiting events
  • Provides training to other staff relating to course and program advising, admissions processes, advising theory/practice and systems management

Accessibility Service Advisor, TRU, January 2, 2024- March 31, 2024 (Contract)

  • Created a training guide for Accessibility Services Advising at TRU
  • Engage in a holistic and person-centered approach for student accommodation plans
  • Develop, implement and coordinate individual accommodation service plans for students according to established policies, guidelines and best practices
  • Reviews professional medical and psycho-educational documentation to determine functional limitations and appropriate accommodations for their studies
  • Work with the Director and other members of the Accessibility Services and Student Services team for complex and/or multi-faceted student cases
  • Maintains contact with students receiving accommodations (follow up, changes to documentation and/or accommodations, providing additional resources)
  • Create in depth case notes and maintain up to date confidential records within the department
  • Provides initial approval for and assist with applications for Provincial and Federal disability grants, as well as applications to other agencies for service and technology supports
  • Refers students to other TRU services and/or community agencies as appropriate
  • Participate at Open House and information booths at TRU
  • Delivers information and engages in informational sessions for TRU faculty, staff, and the community concerning the department’s services and particular accessibility issues
  • Assist in exam invigilation during peak periods

Assistive Technology Specialist, TRU, January 9, 2023- January 1, 2024 (Contract)

  • Engage in a holistic and person-centered approach to assistive technology solutions
  • Keep up to date with research and development in assistive technologies and disability-related legislation
  • Meet with students to review, train, and provide ongoing assistive technological support related to their unique accommodations plan
  • Keep up to date with various university policies and procedures
  • Work in cross-functional teams, engaging in teamwork and collaborative solutions for student cases
  • Provide training for departmental adaptive technology
  • Educate current and prospective students the steps in obtaining accessibility services
  • Provide technological support for the Accessibility Services Student Portal
  • Ensure the maintenance and updating of sensitive student information and other records in accordance with established procedures
  • Process alternate form application forms for textbooks on behalf of students
  • Ensure the departmental database system is updated regularly and undergoes necessary technological improvements and developments
  • Make updates on a regular basis to webpages
  • Facilitate presentations to various departments to increase awareness and understanding of accessibility services and various disabilities
  • Liaison with Assistive Technology BC and facilitate Technology Action Plan meetings
  • Proficiently defuse high-stress scenarios such as panic attacks and technology trouble shooting, ensuring a stable environment during exams

Academic Advisor & Director of Student Services, Rhodes Wellness College, December 2019- November 2022

  • Employ a trauma-informed approach to manage situations, particularly related to disabilities and mental health, to offer immediate and sensitive resolutions
  • Discuss and create options for educational planning that aligns with a student’s personal and professional history, while also navigating individual circumstances and their unique reality
  • Develop education re-entry plans for individuals who have taken a leave of absence due to medical or personal emergencies, ensuring a smooth transition
  • Handle inquiries regarding Canadian student loans, including details about Appendix 8 and eligibility criteria
  • Ensure timely and appropriate delivery of support services, including coaching and counselling
  • Conduct regular check-ins with individuals during and post-crisis, assessing emotional well-being, self-care strategies, and ongoing needs
  • Experience in intricate decision-making processes, requiring an ethically focused, problem-solving, and solution-seeking mindset
  • Conduct individual and group training sessions for diverse technology and industry-related informational workshops
  • Facilitate and coordinate (in person, over the phone, and virtually) events, case management meetings, and technology training
  • Assign practicum placements that align with a student’s specific interests and scope of practice
  • Create all virtual classroom pages and ensure student exam accommodations are set prior to writing
  • Independently manage a caseload of 300+ students

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, Thompson Rivers University

ASIST Trainer, LivingWorks

Life Skills Coach Certificate, Rhodes Wellness College

Human Resources Post Baccalaureate– in progress