Work experience
COORDINATION & MANAGEMENT
BC Eco Seed Co-op - Operations Manager
Capital Region Food and Agricultural Initiative Roundtable (CRFAIR) - Food & Farmland Access Project - Coordinator
FarmFolk CityFolk - BC Seedy Saturday/Sunday Capacity Building Project, BC Seed Gathering Coordinator
Linking Land And Farmers (LLAF) - Coordinator
Rivershed Society of BC - Program Director
Sooke Country Market - Co-Coordinator
Sooke Region Food CHI Society - New Farmer Mentorship Program Coordinator
ADMINISTRAtive support
FarmLINK.net
Foodlands Cooperative of BC
SOIL Apprenticeships
Young Agrarians
FIELD
ALM Organic Farm | Full Circle Seeds
JI Organic Garden
Rebecca's Garden
Design
Website | Brian Grison
Website | Marco Fraticelli
Website | Terry Ann Carter
Training
FACILITATION & CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION
Defusing Hostility
Designing Impactful Virtual Workshops Foundations
Emotional Intelligence
Essential Skills For Training & Facilitation
Facilitate for Freedom: Anti-oppression Facilitation Fundamentals
Facilitate Meetings That Ignite Joy & Belonging
Foundations of Collaborative Conflict Resolution
The Gathering Makeover Live Series
How to Have Difficult Conversations
How to Give Effective Feedback
Mediation Skills Level 1
Together: A Gathering for Facilitators
Tough Team Conversations
Unpacking White Privilege in the Food Movement
Other Fun Training & Workshops
Boundaries: Setting them, holding them, loving them!
Communicating Change in Times of Constant Crisis
Cultivating Cultures of Care: The Power of Compassion at Work
Big Canoe Paddler | Certification
Lakewater Level 1 - Basic Tandem | Certification
The Way of Water: Exploring Local Ecosystems with Heather Bird Harris and Renee Royale
Wilderness First Aid - 50 Hour | Certification
Memberships
BC Marine Trails
Gorge Park Community Garden Society
Recreational Canoe Association of BC
South Vancouver Island Farmers Institute
Victoria Canoe & Kayak Club
SELECTED VOLUNTEER APPOINTMENTS
Victoria Canoe & Kayak Club - Big Canoe Program, Paddle for the Kids | Current
Gorge Park Community Garden Society | 2019 - Current
Sooke Region Food CHI Society - Secretary, Director, Website Support | 2011 - 2021
UBC Land and Food Systems Tri Mentoring Program - Mentor | 2019 - 2020
New Entrants Action Team, Sustain BC - Participant | 2017 - 2018
SELECTED invited presentations
Seeds at the Root of Food Security
CRFAIR and the Food Literacy Working Group
Food Security, Sovereignty & Environmental Health
Guest Presentation UBC School of Population & Public Health, 522: Topics in Environmental Health
10 Ways to Build Seed Community
Guest Presentation Galiano Seedy Saturday
Hands In the Dirt, Heart In the Community: Living Food Work That Matters
Guest Presentation UVic Gender Studies 201: Gender Food & Power
Communicating with Heart: Collaborative Conflict Resolution on the Farm
Young Agrarians Williams Lake Mixer
And other favourite topics to teach & present on
Growing & Cleaning Seeds
Seed Saving 101
Planning a Seed Garden
Planning for Land