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Dr J believes that being of service to others is one of life’s greatest honours and as such, she has endeavoured, in everything she does, to find ways to give back to the community in any way possible. By sharing her skills, abilities, and talents, she hopes to assist others in feeling empowered and fulfilled.
Conference Committee Experience
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2011 Active member of organizational team for The Western Conference on Science Education to be held July 6-8.
- 2010 Organized and coordinated Toastmasters District 60 Spring Conference for over 300 participants to include supervising 21 team members (each with their own portfolio and committee). Duties included defining the vision and mission, managing a budget under strenuous constraints while ensuring workshops, keynote speakers, events, food & refreshments, accommodations, advertisement, public relations, gifts, and keynote speaker travel arrangements, were all in place and of excellent quality. Also chaired biweekly conference committee meetings in an efficient and effective manner such that each team member was aware of the vision, of their responsibilities, was supplied with the information, equipment, and tools they needed to accomplish their portfolio, and felt empowered in their role.
- 2009 Volunteered as the Audio/Visual Chair for both the 2009 Spring and Fall District 60 Toastmasters conferences. Responsible for ensuring all audio/visual equipment was in place and functioning for all activities over the 2 ½ days of each conference. Was in close communication with the conference coordinator, the presenters, and the contest chairs to ensure all audio/visual needs were met smoothly and efficiently. This included sound checks, lapel microphone set up, dual projector coordination, PowerPoint presentations loaded and functional, movement of equipment between rooms, uploading of daily pictures to be displayed as a slide show, theme music primed and ready for individual officer entries during key events, and attending biweekly conference committee meetings.
- 2008 Volunteered as an Activator at the 2008 Fall District 60 Toastmasters conference. Duties included communicating with workshop presenters and ensuring their introductions were clear and effective; keeping the presenters on time during their workshops; ensuring presenter gifts were in place and presented at the end of workshops.
REVIEWER EXPERIENCE:
- 2010 – current Proposed Syllabi, Graduate Students, The University of Western Ontario
- 2010 – current Teaching Dossiers, Graduate Students, The University of Western Ontario
- 2010 – current Workshop Proposals: Educational Developers Conference
- 2009 – current Journal Submissions: The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning
- 2009 – current Grant Proposals: Educational Developers Caucus
- 2009 – current Book Reviews: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins
- 2006 – 2008 Conference presentation proposals: Western Research Days
- 2006 – 2008 Conference presentation proposals: UHN Research Days
Toastmasters International Leadership Experience
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2005 – present Various roles within Toastmasters International (TI) to include club coaching, club mentoring and Youth Leadership Program Coordinator, guidance committee member for various High Performance Leadership projects
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2009 – 2010 Division A Governor, District 60 Toastmasters
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2009 – 2010 Vice President of Education, Merritime Toastmasters Club
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2006 – 2009 President, Keynote Speakers Advanced Toastmasters Club
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2008 – 2009 Area 3 Governor, District 60 Toastmasters
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2007 – 2008 District 60 Youth Leadership Program Chair
Student Committees/Services
University Health Network/University of Toronto
- 2006 – 2008 Member of Trainee Affairs Committee
- 2006 – 2008 Post Doctorate Representative to CREdiT
- 2006 – 2008 Conference Committee Member, Western Research Days & UHN Research Days
Medical College of Wisconsin:
- 2004 – 2005 Community outreach program in the Centre for Science, Health, & Society
- 2004 – 2005 President – Graduate Students Association
- Committee Member - Graduate Out Reach Program
- Committee Member – Student Admission and Welfare Committee
- 2003 - 2004 Vice President - Graduate Students Association
- Graduate Student Representative - Graduate Studies Council
- Graduate Student Representative - Women’s Faculty Council
- Committee Member - Spotlight on Science
- 2002 - 2003 Physiology Representative - Graduate Students Association
The University of Western Ontario:
- 2000 – 2001 Lifelong Learning Commissioner, Student’s Council
- 1999 – 2001 Facilitator - Leadership and Mentorship Program
Other Service Activities
- 2006 – 2009 Reading for the kids at SickKids Hospital
- 1997 – 1998 Chairperson - Alberta Registered Massage Therapists Society
- 1991 – 1998 Various committee and executive positions – Alberta Massage Therapists Association & The Association of Massage Therapists & Holistic Practitioners
- 1985 – 1990 Combined Lab and X-Ray Technician Representative – Health Sciences Association of Alberta
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