KEY SKILLS

Organizational

• Organized community and organization meetings, international conferences, workshops, speaker tours

• Screened and monitored student community service learning projects

• Overhauled complete office systems to maximize efficiency of operations, producing comprehensive procedure manuals

• Revised, updated and maintained official organization records

• Scheduled organization’s events and programs

• Computerized financial record keeping

 

Public relations

• Developed and maintained own faculty website

• Designed and distributed various publications, informational and promotional, including newsletters, brochures, posters, press releases, etc… (is it ok to use "etc…"?) using latest computer software

• Canvassed neighbourhoods to solicit public opinion and distribute information

• Conducted community outreach for public events and community projects

• Publicized events via media, community notice boards, internet and similar

• Solicited donations and sponsors for various public events

 

Oral and written Communication

• Canvassed neighbourhoods in political riding gathering and distributing information

• Liaised with various stakeholders: the public, community group representatives, government officials, business representatives, media, colleagues

• Performed front line customer service, answering and referring information requests from public, media, businesses and organizations

• Recruited speakers of diverse backgrounds for panels

• Edited manuscripts and working papers

• Created a street theatre production concerning Aboriginal Rights issue

• Co-wrote and performed in a cultural depiction of history of Canada

• Wrote various documents including academic journal articles, letters to the editor, opinion editorials, reflection pieces, conference papers, project proposals, job descriptions

• Traveled extensively in various parts of the world

• Coordinated information production and dissemination to stakeholders

• Recorded and distributed minutes of meetings

• Participated in cross cultural and national student exchanges

• Liaised with network of colleagues in various regions of the world (Europe, South America, Australia, Asia)

• Translated promotional material from English into French and Dutch

 

Leadership

• Supervised junior staff, volunteers and youth

• Managed federal political candidate office headquarters

• Managed and coordinated student and community group outreach programs and projects

• Mentored students

• Represented faculty to colleagues, media, union and community organizations

• Elected leader of undergraduate and graduate student associations

• Chaired and facilitated meetings, conferences and workshops

• Appointed as board member for provincial coalition of peace organization

• Responsible for cash and key control for busy university student union

• Co-Founder of various organizations: international youth group, postgraduate student association, peace and social justice group, community economic development initiative, e.g. Alaskans for Peace and Justice, Postgraduate student association, Youth building the future, RJ wind energy ctte

• Undertook financial management of the core operating budget and research accounts for a non-profit

• Responsible for the operation of organization during director and manager’s absences

• Participated in all aspects of hiring process of employees and volunteers

• Appointed to International Committee of newly created Peace Research Centre at University of Cordoba, Argentina; to union contract negotiating committee; to Canadian university student delegation

• Mediated disputes between co-workers, between employees and management

 

Research

• Analyzed complex subject material gathered via the internet, databases and printed documents for inclusion in syllabi, course notes, workshop printed material

• Evaluated community organization’s training program using qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, producing a final written report presented to board of directors

• Resourced committee meetings of community organizations

• Invited and appointed to be consultant on adhoc editorial committee for a small academic publisher in Toronto

• Reviewed academic textbook with reviews included on published book

 

Teaching/Training

• Taught a variety of university and community college lower and upper level sociology and criminology courses

• Coordinated team taught community college course in peace and conflict studies

• Liaised with university and community organizations, media, elected and appointed government officials, and public in university professor role

• Evaluated student work

• Designed, submitted funding proposal, and coordinated a community service learning project for university students

• Attended professional development forums

• Developed and facilitated middle school educator training, nonviolence training for German exchange youth

• Trained volunteers and junior employees in office procedures and systems.

• Facilitated informal discussion groups on peace, social class and diversity issues

• Co-designed a nonviolence strategy workshop

• Presented workshops, testimonials and papers at industry conferences, NGO public forums, local government council meetings on various social issues

• Provided training to local community organizations on nonviolence, alternatives to violence, team and trust building, social class

 

 

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