Bio

Experienced settlement and employment services leader, with 10+ years developing and implementing innovative programming. Highly skilled in stakeholder engagement, partnership building and grant writing, having secured $20m+ in funding as a lead writer and millions more as a member of grant teams. Strong understanding of internal process development and its role in driving client success at all steps of funded service life cycles. Focused deeply on improving the lives of new Canadians through creating and sustaining highly effective services, including pre-arrival employment services, career transitions for internationally-educated healthcare professionals, career development for highly barriered individuals and specialized skills development and social capital development opportunities for bilingual Francophone newcomers. Currently launching a new research project that will test whether connecting pre-arrival immigrants with employers in smaller urban and rural communities contributes to shifting their settlement destination away from traditional major metropolitan landing communities. Interested in the creation of knowledge through service-integrated research projects, the development and deployment of effective e-learning within employment services and the incorporation of flexible service delivery models.