Emma Loewen

Emma Loewen

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Manager -Third Derivative at Rocky Mountain Institute

  • Education

    • École Oak Park High School

      2007 - 2011
      High School Diploma (French Immersion Program) with Honours

      Activities and Societies: Community Service Committee

    • University of Toronto

      2011 - 2015
      Honour Bachelors of Arts (B.A.H.) Urban & Environmental Studies

      Activities and Societies: Co-President of Urban Studies Student Union (URSSU)

    • University of Toronto

      2015 - 2017
      Master of Public Policy (MPP)

      Activities and Societies: Public Good Initiative Consultant

  • Experience

    • Telpay

      Apr 2013 - Aug 2013
      Summer Intern
    • 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

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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

    • 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.

    • The Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship

      Aug 2017 - Mar 2018
      Research Assistant
    • The Atmospheric Fund

      Oct 2017 - Jul 2018
      Policy & Advocacy Coordinator
    • Waterfront Toronto

      Jul 2018 - Jul 2021
      Innovation & Sustainability Analyst
    • 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
    • Mark1

      Jan 2024 - now
      Founding Member

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

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Project Management Professional (PMP)®

      Project Management Institute
      Dec 2020
      View certificate certificate
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Advisory Board Member

      Issued by Model Alliance on Aug 2017
      Model AllianceAssociated with Emma Loewen
    • Instructor

      Issued by Art City Toronto on Jan 2013
      Art City TorontoAssociated with Emma Loewen
    • Content Developer

      Issued by DemocracyKit on Jan 2017
      DemocracyKitAssociated with Emma Loewen