Quinna Laver

Experience

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  Thrifty Foods

  Apr 2012 - Sept 2014

  Cashier

  Provided excellent customer service. Attended to the needs of the public. Maintained a clean and organized till and float. Fielded calls and in-person feedback, questions, and concerns.

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  Residence Life and Education - University of Victoria

  Sept 2015 - Apr 2018

  - Welcomes and engages Community Leaders and Campus Partners at the University of Victoria's Programming Resources Centre.- Analyzes the need for interventions and trends in the student population, and implements appropriate passive and active programs for the UVIC Residence Life and Education Staff. Creates posters, information boards, and social media to engage staff. Completes tasks from supervisors independently on a project-based format. Tracked supply quantities and ordered more as needed. Created training materials and trained new Community Leader in active and passive project management. Show less

  • Programming Resource Centre Attendant

    Jan 2015 - Apr 2018

  • Residence Education Community Leader

    Sept 2015 - May 2017
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  Parks Canada

  May 2017 - Oct 2017

  Student Visitor Services Attendant

  ​- Attends to the well being, safety, and enjoyment of visitors to the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve (GINPR) by enforcing Park Regulations. Works under time constraints, with a diverse and close team, manages projects (as a group and independently), fields questions and concerns from members of the public, and works to always have clients leaving on a positive note.- Administrative projects include creating a spreadsheet database for compiling social media publication, tracking visitor feedback and incidents, writing year end reviews for Park Reserve improvements, and helping to reconcile financial statements. Show less

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  University of Victoria

  Sept 2017 - Apr 2018

  Research Assistant - Sociology Department

  Working for the Sociology Department under Martha McMahon on Feminist New Materialisms and Environmental Sociology.- Analyzes Canadian policy documents, news publications, and academic articles, and produces summaries and research papers for Martha McMahon on the topic of agriculture, climate change, and feminist new materialisms. Works independently on projects assigned in weekly meetings and summarized findings.- Gathered background materials, filtered through documents, websites, and news articles, and contacted government organizations for reports and policy documents. Show less

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  Parks Canada

  May 2018 - Sept 2018

  Student Visitor Services Attendant

  ​- Attends to the well being, safety, and enjoyment of visitors to the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve (GINPR) by enforcing Park Regulations. Works under time constraints, with a diverse and close team, manages projects (as a group and independently), fields questions and concerns from members of the public, and works to always have clients leaving on a positive note.

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  BC Public Service

  Sept 2018 - Apr 2019

  Worked in the Assistant Deputy Ministers Office for Corporate Services for the Natural Resource Ministries in the BC Public Service.- Skilled in all Microsoft applications. Drafts, reviews, and sends internal government communications. Updates and maintains the division filing system (LAN).- Project support on a lean initiative. Communicated with internal and external stakeholders through meetings, PowerPoint presentations, emails, and a newsletter using a consistent brand and plain language. - Project lead on the Public Employees Community Service Fund fundraising events. Pursued building a positive culture and fostering a community of giving through fundraising events.- Trained in writing Briefing Notes, Information and Records Management, the Plain Language Act, Project Foundations, Lean, Indigenous relations and reconciliation, and Policy Essentials. Show less

  • Co-op Student - Client Services Branch

    Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  • Co-op Student - Assistant Deputy Ministers Office

    Sept 2018 - Dec 2018
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  Parks Canada

  Apr 2019 - Jul 2022

  Trains, schedules, and performance manages the Visitor Services Team containing 10 staff (5 of which are commercial vessel operators) at three separate field locations (Sidney, Pender Island, Saturna Island). Manages a $18,000 budget. Monitors and coordinates field operations and trains vessel operators. Works with colleagues amidst the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure a safe and healthy opening to the season for staff and visitors to the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve. Is passionate about the long term sustainability of visitor offers in the Salish Sea. Show less

  • Visitor Services Team Leader

    Apr 2020 - Jul 2022

  • Administrative Assistant

    Oct 2019 - Apr 2020

  • Visitor Services Attendant

    Apr 2019 - Oct 2019
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  Dalhousie University

  Sept 2022 - Jun 2024

  Graduate Student

  Completed a Masters in Marine Management degree; graduate project focused on connecting youth to Inuit-led ocean stewardship through the formal education system (https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/handle/10222/83664).Passionate about connecting people to the ocean and its wide variety of habitats and creatures, science communication, and creating just and equitable systems of ocean and water governance and access. Acquired extensive research and analysis experience.Elected as President to the Marine Affairs Student Society (November 2022-December 2023). Elective courses include: Community Co-Management, Marine Protected Areas, Conservation Systems Management (GIS), Fisheries Management, and Oceanography. Show less

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  Torngat Wildlife Plants and Fisheries Secretariat

  May 2023 - Dec 2023

  Research Internship

  Collaborates with a team of expert Inuit educators on the Paigitsaiguk ("Taking care of it") Project through contributions to the Putjotik/Snow Crab education kit. Research in the field of ocean literacy, co-management, land-based learning, and supporting culturally and locally relevant science and social studies curriculum content and assessment in Nunatsiavut from K-12. Assisted with the Labrador Land and Waters Science Camp and traveled to Makkovik to work with colleagues and visit crab processing plant.Contributed to setting up the Co-management Commons (https://www.co-management.ca/), a platform designed to share relevant open access resources (academic papers, grey literature, and theses) and to connect co-management practitioners and students in the North.Also held the position of Administrative Assistant for the office. Took notes, created briefings, organized files, and communicated with partners, members of the public, and staff in a professional and friendly manner over email, phone, and in person. Show less

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  Government of Northwest Territories

  Sept 2024 - now

  Parks Planning and Operations Officer