Resume

• 2012

  Coordinate orders and payments for the Oak Street Housing Co-op and surrounding neighbourhood's Good Food Box Program.

  FoodShare Toronto

  Creative Writing Workshops

  Teaching

  Proofreading

  Freelance Writing

  Arts Administration

  Qualitative Research

  Government Proposals

  Research Funding

  Academic Writing

  Literary Theory

  Grant Reviewing

  Research Proposals

  Research Projects

  Adult Education

  Editorial Consulting

  Literary Editing

  Poetry

  Rhetoric

  Copy Editing

  Grant Writing

  Wrobel

• 2011

  OCAD University

  Self Employed

  University of Toronto

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences\n\nDesign and teach composition courses intended to practice and review composition skills

  grammar

  and research methodologies – emphasis on writing about art and an attention to multiple artistic and design mediums.

  Sessional Instructor

  OCAD University

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Design and teach critical reading

  writing and research strategies to non-native English speakers. Create and implement hybrid course material (in-class and online).

  Instructor

  Seneca College - Part-time Studies

  Specialize in writing and editing services for Canadian artists and galleries: press releases

  exhibition proposals

  artist statements and other promotional materials.

  Self Employed

  Not Far From The Tree

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Tides Canada Initiative

  Internship\n\nWrite and design funding documents: case statements

  letters of inquiry

  grant and award applications. Create project work plans. Research funding opportunities.

  Funding Proposal Writer

• 2005

  York University

  Not Far From The Tree

  Developed assignments and delivered lectures in a variety of subject areas

  including: literary forms

  creative writing

  literature

  and rhetoric.

  Course Director and Teaching Assistant

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  York University

  Polish

  English

  Canadian Graduate Scholarship for Doctoral Studies (CGS)

  SSHRC supports new and ongoing programs of research through three-year grants

  based on peer-review judgment of the probable significance of the contribution to knowledge in the social sciences and humanities. Annual research funding granted from 2006-2009.

  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

  Faculty of Arts Graduate Assistantship

  University of New Brunswick

  Albert Shaw Memorial Award for Poetry

  University of Waterloo

  Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)

  Ontario Ministry of Training

  Colleges and Universities

  Tom York Memorial Writing Award

  University of Waterloo

  University of Waterloo

  Honours Bachelor of Arts

  Rhetoric and Professional Writing

  York University

  Ph.D.

  English Literature

  University of New Brunswick

  Masters

  English Literature and Creative Writing

• 2004

  Katharine

  Wrobel

  University of New Brunswick

  Canada's longest living literary journal

  The Fiddlehead is published four times a year at the University of New Brunswick with international circulation.\n\nRead literary submissions. Vetted and promoted the annual poetry competition.

  Editorial Assistant

  The Fiddlehead International Literary Journal

  New Brunswick

  Canada

  University of New Brunswick

  Managed an editorial team and designed a peer-review process for poetry submissions. Applied for financial assistance from various university faculties and organizations. Organized poetry readings and other literary events.

  Poetry Editor

  Querty Magazine

  New Brunswick

  Canada

  University of New Brunswick

• 2003

  UNBC - University of Northern British Columbia

  Seneca College - Part-time Studies

  George Brown College

  Toronto

  ON

  Provide individualized writing consultations to students in a variety of academic and professional disciplines. Design and facilitate writing and research skills workshops for native and non-native English speakers. Consult students on academic referrals and support services.

  Writing Instructor

  New College Writing Centre

  University of Toronto

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Tutoring and Learning Centre Advisor

  George Brown College

  Conducted interviews with editors and authors of independent Canadian literary journals. Researched online technologies and publishing processes. Wrote multiple chapters for a book that published our findings.

  Researcher

  LitCan Research Network

  British Columbia

  Canada

  UNBC - University of Northern British Columbia