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Ecological Integrity

Recent Projects

Executive Director, Ontario Headwaters Institute, Nov '08 -

• Facilitated Board retreat, establishing new organizational priorities
• Crafted significant re-design of the OHI website: (www.OHWI.ca)
• Authored two submissions to the Environmental Registry
• Coordinated and chaired a symposium on Preserving Ontario’s Freshwater, held March 27, with 107 participants from all sectors and many areas across the province,
• Developed a 25 minute power-point presentation on the importance of Ontario’s headwaters,
• Facilitated series of seven community workshops on the importance of headwaters, delivered in conjunction with 13 partners from Elora to Peterborough in early 2010, and
• Coordinated and chaired a second annual symposium, held May 11, 2010, on Integrated Watershed Management, co-sponsored by Conservation Ontario and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, with 96 participants

Part-time Work: July '07 – Nov '08

• Primary care-giver to a member of my family
• Small contracts in organizational administration, including work on Policy and Procedure manuals for both the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects and the National Insolvency Qualification Program
• Team Lead, Ontario Stewardship Ranger Program, summer of 2008
• Volunteer author, Reach by Reach, Ontario’s first community-led watershed regeneration plan, for the Taylor Massey Project

Policy Advisor, Air Policy & Climate Change Branch, MOE: Dec '05 – June '07

• Supported the development of cabinet submissions on air quality issues
• Editor of a comprehensive internal report on Ontario’s efforts to meet Canada-wide standards for particulate matter and ozone
• Co-led MOE’s involvement in municipal emission reduction, liaising with the GTA Clean Air Council and helping to manage external consultants