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
Bystander Intervention Workshop Developer & Facilitator – University of Victoria
- Developed and facilitated a workshop for student leaders on how to disrupt (and, ultimately, prevent) “micro-aggressions” – the seemingly small, interpersonal enactments of systemic violence (which, when unchecked, can become the precursors to more escalated forms of sexualized violence)
- Content included: understanding and dismantling rape culture; power, privilege, and response-ability; safety, comfort, and strategic interventions; and, how to support survivors of assault
Professional Development
- Trauma-Informed Conflict Transformation Course
- Applied Behaviour Analysis Course
- Fabulous Facilitation Workshop
- Jackson Katz Prevention Educator’s Training
- Creative Facilitation Workshop
- Leadership Victoria Graduate
- Outdoor Educators Leadership Retreat
- Pan-Canadian Young Feminist Gathering
- Completion of Non-Credit Leadership Course
Community Involvement
- Trans Archives Symposium Workshop Facilitator
- Homospun Queer Dance Party Volunteer
- Feminist Rock Camp Instructor
- Queer Open Mic Host
- Sexual Assault Prevention Volunteer (Shambhala)
- South Island Pride Community Centre – Youth Programmer
- Residence Proctor, University of New Brunswick
- High School Athletics Coach (Volleyball, Basketball, Soccer)
Awards & Accomplishments
- B. Sc. Kinesiology & Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick Silver Medal
(Top Student in University Graduating Class in the Faculty, GPA of 4.2/4.3) - Dean’s List
- Alumni Merit Award
- Ellen S. Memorial Scholarship
- Agnes Grey Wilson Prize
- Martha Fraser McIntosh Scholarship for Academic Excellence
- Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta’s Bronze Medal
- Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Citizenship Medal
- Valedictorian