Volunteer experience
Volunteer reflection
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always volunteered. Before I was able to work my parents told me volunteering would be a great way to develop work ethic, a network and learn valuable skills to make myself more employable. In high school, I was a part of the “double-cohort”, along with being the first year two grades would finish high school at the same time, they also added 40hours of compulsory volunteer work in order to graduate. I recall a re-positioning of my volunteer perspectives in high school. I realized I had skills to offer as a volunteer and shifted from a purely learning through volunteering position to a hybrid learn and give back what you can model. This approach has been fundamental in my life, when I moved back to Canada with a guilty conscious from working in the mining sector I leaned on volunteer opportunities to find myself, re-orient, re-develop and eventually shift my career. The volunteer experiences listed below are my most recent projects. I’m currently open to joining advisory boards.
Communications VP and Treasurer for Disc NS,
(May 2020-August 2022)
As the Communications Vice President, I ensured that all members received timely updates regarding the various disc sports, from local leagues, to competitions, to public health orders.
As the Treasurer I was responsible for the distribution of funding to development programs, insurance coverage, membership reporting to Ultimate Canada and fundraising activities for the organization.
Translator (EN/FR,FR/EN) and Facilitator at Common Good Solutions
(April 2021-August 2021)
As the translator and facilitator, I translated the business-to-business social enterprise
workshops, documentation, and training. I also aided in developing, delivering, and facilitating
French language workshops, focus groups and documentation on social enterprise for the
French-Canadian market. Through this role, I participated in the Social Enterprise Policy World
Forum (July 2021) as a French language interpreter, translator, and French language help desk.
Volunteer at Bike Sauce!
(October 2015-July 2019)
As a volunteer mechanic, I developed youth bicycle mechanic training, scheduled youth
volunteers, and worked on increasing volunteer base, diversifying the volunteer collective and
patronage while increasing visibility of equity seeking populations represented at the shop.
Cook at Out of the Cold Shelter
(August 2021-December 2021)
As one of the cooks for Out of the Cold, I cooked a meal once a week, this included chopping vegetables, boiling, frying and baking. I developed recipes that were scalable for the shelter and I also served the meals and cleaned the kitchen after each meal.
Volunteer Coordinator at Bike Again!
(March 2020-July 2021)
As the volunteer coordinator, I maintained the list of volunteers, scheduled training, and worked on increasing volunteer base, diversifying the volunteer collective and patronage while increasing visibility of equity seeking populations represented at the shop.
Lead, proposal and grant writing specialist at the Novalea Farmers Market Collective
(May 2021- September 2021).
As the lead for grant writing and proposals I have worked to apply for federal and provincial. Specifically, I developed a grant addressing social isolation of visible minority groups of youth and young adults in Halifax Needham provincial electoral district in Halifax