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EXAMPLES FROM EXPERIENCE

Clients and Projects

United Nations

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OVERVIEW

30 years of experience with the United Nations spans 4 pillars: sustainable development, international peace and security, human rights, and humanitarian action. 

Projects included strategic planning, expert facilitation of meetings and programmes, capacity building, and curriculum design.   

CLIENTS
  • UN Department of Peacekeeping (DPO/DPKO), 20 yr 

  • UN Development Programme (UNDP), 25 yr 

  • UN Women (UNW), 17 yr 

  • UN System Staff College (UNSSC), 17 yr 

  • UN Trust Fund Ending on Violence Against Women (UNTF-EVAW), 5 yr

  • Other Organizations  UNDPA/DPAA, UNFPA, UNICEF, OSAGI, UNDGO, UNAIDS, UN IAWG DDR, UNOPS, World Bank. 

FACILITATION
  • Technical and high-level meetings 

  • Capacity building and facilitation 

  • Gender equality capacity, facilitation 

  • Leadership development, strategy 

  • Strategy, facilitation global event 

Businesses and
Non Profits

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OVERVIEW

Private sector clients have secured facilitation and training support in international development, gender equality, cultural studies, and drug and alcohol counselling. 

Services to non-profits have included workshop facilitation and serving as a board member and officer in senior capacities.  

CLIENTS
  • Gender Associations International Consulting GmbH

  • Graybridge International Inc.

  • Salasan Associations / Dene Nation 

  • Canadian Centre on Substantive Abuse 

  • Canadian Coalition for Peacekeeping 

  • Institute for Coastal Research (ICR)

  • MATCH International 

FACILITATION
  • Global on-line retreats 

  • Gender equality training 

  • Cultural studies programme design 

  • National meeting of project managers 

  • Gender training in fragile states workshop 

  • Advisory Board Member, community

  • President, Vice-President, Regional Rep. 

Public Sector  

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OVERVIEW

Public sector clients include municipal, provincial, and national governments, and a cross-section of post-secondary educational institutions.  Adult, community, and international education, curriculum design and development, and environmental education.

CLIENTS
  • Government of British Columbia

  • Nanaimo City Council

  • Governments CIDA Partners 

  • Community Colleges 

  • Association of Canadian Community Colleges

  • Jamaica, Saskatchewan Sc/Tech)

  • University of British Columbia 

FACILITATION
  • Curriculum design, research, facilitation, and environmental education 

  • Economic development committee member 

  • Gender equality:  Bangladesh, China, Jamaica, Republic of South Sudan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, The Philippines 

  • Community and international education, adult basic education:  Douglas, Kwantlen, Malaspina.  Board retreat: North Island.  

  • Project implementation, gender, and development with community colleges 

  • Peer education for women, Feminist Research Action and Policy Network

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