Bio

Founder:
Ambit Gender Diversity Consulting 

Victoria Sexual Assault Centre

Over my 5 years at the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre, I held a range of positions.

Prevention Coordinator & Educator

• Tailored curriculum and delivered Project Respect workshops for youth (age 12-24) using participant-centred models of learning
• Content of workshops included of gender diversity, sexualized violence, consent, bystander intervention, and intersections of identity
• Organized and co-facilitated youth social-action meetings as well as regional and national youth conferences and events
• Contributed to the vision and direction of the Centre as a whole through engagement in staff, policy making, and anti-oppressive practice committee meetings

Trans Inclusion Workshop Facilitator

• In collaboration with a group of trans and gender variant community members, designed and delivered workshops to local service providers on how to adopt more trans-inclusive policies and practices within their agencies.

Core Training Facilitator

• Within a steering committee, designed and lead the facilitations of a “Core Training” for all VSAC staff and volunteers that offered a lens for understanding violence through a systemic framework
• Content centred on understanding how historic and ongoing colonization impact the ways in which we see gender-based violence today, and on how to develop relationships of consensual allyship and support

Prevention Educators’ Alliance Co-Coordinator

• Coordinated communications and meetings between local prevention educators, and harm-reduction and anti-violence workers to strengthen network of youth service providers in Victoria
• Organized visioning, needs-identification, skill-sharing, and collective- and self-care events, as well as a two-day Participatory Action Research (PAR) retreat

Safer Spaces Coordinator – University of New Brunswick

• Developed and facilitated interactive presentations, workshops, and events for groups ranging in size from 3-150 people
• Through education and awareness-raising, established a welcoming environment for students, staff, and faculty of all gender identities and sexual orientations to live, learn, and access needed resources
• Facilitated conversations around the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity with other facets of identity such as religion, race, ability, and country of origin