Emily Lewis

Experience

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  CIH Ventures

  Feb 2009 - Apr 2020

  Customer Support Representative
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  Arrowleaf Cellars

  May 2015 - Oct 2015

  Server and Counter Staff

  •Server and counter staff at a family-owned winery in the North Okanagan•Served food and wine to customers•Operated the cash register•Kept premises clean and well-presented•Educated clients on wine selection as well as food and wine pairings

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  Arrowleaf Cellars

  May 2016 - Sept 2016

  Server and Counter Staff

  Returned for a second summer at Arrowleaf Cellars. Same job description as before.

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  The University of British Columbia

  Jul 2016 - Aug 2018

  • conducted preliminary literature review for a research project studying various aspects of rural health (such as health promotion, health behaviour, and food security) and community engagement within the Okanagan region in British Columbia• worked on a multi-disciplinary team • conducted interviews over the phone or on-site in communities• co-facilitated a community photo-voice workshop • assisted in academic writing activities for proposed papers• an academic publication was produced from this project Show less • performed research activities such as transcribing audio interviews, formatting a training manual, updating the lab website, creating training materials for new lab members, transferring survey data from Fluid Surveys to Qualtrics, and assisting with recruiting and promotion for the Small Steps for Big Changes (SSBC) program• worked in a lab with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows studying health behaviour change• as a counsellor for the SSBC program, counselled members of the public diagnosed with prediabetes on health behaviour change using motivational interviewing counselling (one-on-one) and exercise coaching at a local YMCA, as well as educated participants on dietary sugars• created my own qualitative research project using SSBC data, which I analyzed in Nvivo, wrote up, and presented at the Faculty of Health and Exercise Science graduate research day and the BC-SHEPS conference Show less • worked on a project that was a partnership between the Faculty of Nursing and Faculty of Management at UBC Okanagan, Interior Health Authority, and the Faculty of Social Work at Thompson Rivers University, studying rural citizen-led health coalitions in British Columbia • responsible for administrative tasks such as keeping meeting minutes and scheduling meetings • completed research activities such as summarizing survey data in tables, creating case studies to summarize and compare the communities studied, assisting with developing a qualitative coding framework, coding interview data using Nvivo, participating in a literature review, as well as helping to disseminate knowledge to research participants• assisted in the organization and facilitation of a symposium designed for knowledge translation as well as scope out how we might translate research into practice• set up and managed a secure and organized cloud drive to allow safe and ethical sharing of research data across campuses and assisted members of the research team with set up and usage of this resource Show less

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant - BC Rural Health

    May 2017 - Aug 2018

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant - Diabetes Prevention Research Group

    May 2017 - Jun 2018

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant - Entrepreneurial Activites of Rural Citizen-Led Health Coalitions

    Jul 2016 - Feb 2018
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  The University of British Columbia

  May 2021 - Aug 2023

  Research Assistant
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  The University of Lethbridge

  Sept 2023 - now

  Graduate Research Assistant