Experience

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  Real canadian superstore calgary, ab

  Jun 1993 - Aug 1998

  Assistant front end supervisor

  Promoted from entry-level position within three years where I then was responsible for the management of over 100 front-end staff and daily financial deposits, transactions and accounting.

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  Real canadian superstore

  Jun 1993 - Aug 1998

  Front end supervisor

  Promoted from entry-level position within three years where I then was responsible for the management of over 100 front-end staff and daily financial deposits, transactions and accounting.

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  Red deer college students' association

  Mar 1995 - May 1996

  Internal vice president and board of governors member

  Represented a student population of 4000 in pertinent student issues locally, provincially and nationally. Successes included the development of an annual student scholarship fundraising campaign and a volunteer centre to promote student involvement in the broader community. I was also responsible for representing students on the Board of Governors as well as planning internal events such as student orientation and a provincial student conference.

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  Red deer polytechnic

  Mar 1995 - May 1996

  Internal vice president and board of governor’s member

  Represented a student population of 4000 in pertinent student issues locally, provincially and nationally. Successes included the development of an annual student scholarship fundraising campaign and a volunteer centre to promote student involvement in the broader community. I was also responsible for representing students on the Board of Governors as well as planning internal events such as student orientation and a provincial student conference.

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  Boys and girls club of red deer red deer, ab

  Jun 1996 - Sept 1996

  Campaign coordinator

  Initiated the first annual door-to-door fundraising campaign which included project planning, management and implementation, volunteer coordination and public marketing and outreach.

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  Africa community technical services

  Oct 1999 - Apr 2000

  Technology coordinator and water health educator

  Planned, managed and implemented both an income-generating pilot slow sand filtration project as well as a community health education initiative in a rural community in Uganda.

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  Government of alberta

  Jun 2000 - Dec 2001

  Intergovernmental officer

  Responsible for coordinating the work to establish a new provincial government office with the goal of sharing Alberta’s public sector expertise with other countries. This included research, project development, proposal writing, developing training programs for international senior officials, evaluation, marketing and communications.

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  University of alberta

  Jan 2002 - Oct 2002

  Project coordinator, uofa international

  Responsible for project development, coordination, management, monitoring, and evaluation for international development projects including the planning and implementation of training programs for international delegates.

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  University of alberta

  Feb 2004 - Sept 2005

  Researcher/project manager

  Responsible for research related to global governance, international human rights protocols, and free trade. Also assisted with writing and editing numerous publications and planned a number of research conferences.

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  John humphrey centre for peace and human rights

  Mar 2005 - now

  Executive director

  Responsible for the operational and executive management and leadership of a human rights and peace education organization. This position has allowed me to build strong capacities in educational programming and development, fund development, public policy development, human resource management, event planning, community engagement, human rights legislation, research and much more.