Emma Loewen

Experience

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  Telpay

  Apr 2013 - Aug 2013

  Summer Intern
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  First Capital Realty

  Jul 2014 - Sept 2015

  Sustainability Coordinator

  - Researched and wrote sustainability reports for 93 LEED certified properties to be incorporated into promotional material.- Analyzed and proposed a variety of potential sustainable initiatives and programs to be integrated into First Capital Realty’s properties.- Created community outreach guidelines to facilitate sponsorship and volunteer initiatives for the company at a national level.- Created visualizations from Excel data and edited the 2014 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report.- Translated corporate presentations into French. Show less

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  Toronto Foundation

  Sept 2014 - Mar 2015

  Community Initiatives Intern

  - Analyzed 27 Community Foundation livability reports for replicable and innovative policies and made strategic recommendations for initiative adoption to Toronto Foundation senior executives. - Completed program evaluation of the long lasting impacts of Toronto Foundation’s Recipe for Community Program across three Toronto neighborhoods.- Identified and summarized research and data for the compiling of the 2015 Toronto Vital Signs Report.

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  The Public Good Initiative

  Sept 2015 - May 2017

  Policy Consultant

  - Prepared a feasibility study outlining legislative and technical hurdles of implementing a geothermal energy system in an existing heritage neighborhood. Study also outlined funding and key stakeholder engagement opportunities.- Provided leadership and guidance to team members in fulfilling deliverables, including research and data direction, chairing meetings with stakeholders and the client, and communication with PGI directors.

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  Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change

  Apr 2016 - Aug 2016

  Summer Policy Analyst

  Land Use & Water Policy Branch- Using Excel and STATA, amalgamated multiple open and internal data sources to create a model for calculating excess soil production by developments throughout Ontario. Data was presented to branch managers and used to inform environmental standards in regulation development.- Conducted jurisdictional scan including 9 provincial/state and 14 municipal governments to identify best practices related to GHG inventory and reporting by the public sector.- Supported the drafting of an excess soil regulation through synthesizing comments from regular meetings with multiple internal government bodies. - Organized and maintained accurate records of dozens of internal and stakeholder meetings.- Coordinated 12 public community consultations related to the proposed GTA growth plan and development of an excess soil regulation. Show less

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  University of Toronto

  Sept 2016 - Apr 2017

  Graduate Research Assistant

  - Supported the City Hall Task Force initiative at the School of Public Policy and Governance.- Provided research support to task force members including jurisdictional scans and legal summaries.- Took meeting notes and prepared summaries of meetings to Task Force members, university faculty, and the public.- Identified short term policy solutions to improve the efficiency and governance of Toronto City Hall.

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  The Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship

  Aug 2017 - Mar 2018

  Research Assistant
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  The Atmospheric Fund

  Oct 2017 - Jul 2018

  Policy & Advocacy Coordinator
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  Waterfront Toronto

  Jul 2018 - Jul 2021

  Innovation & Sustainability Analyst
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  RMI

  Apr 2021 - now

  • Manager - Third Derivative

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Manager - Urban Transformation

    Mar 2023 - Sept 2023

  • Senior Associate - Urban Transformation

    Apr 2021 - Mar 2023
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  Mark1

  Jan 2024 - now

  Founding Member

  Mark1 is a developer-as-a-service for capital intensive, first of a kind climate technologies.