I expect quality work from myself and from others.  I work well independently, as well as co-operatively with others and I believe in following through on the commitments that I make.  I have good communication skills.  I am organized and creative and I have a good sense of humour.

I have extensive experience in: Windows 95/98/ME, all Corel Suite versions, Quark Xpress, Netscape Communicator, several web promotion programs, various scanning programs, earlier versions of programs within the “WordPerfect” family, various graphics programs, desktop publishing, and original graphic design.  I am also familiar with a few accounting programs such as Simply Accounting ( formerly Bedford Accounting,) several tax programs, dbase, Harvard Graphics and several fax/modem programs.

Independently, I have designed and I maintain the following web sites:

Co-owner: Personally Yours Stationery Products Pasadena, NF
June 1990 - June 1994
My husband and I co-owned a small printing company in which various stationery products were customized for people.  The customized work included original graphical design. I was also responsible for the administrative side of this operation.

Researcher: The Venture Centre, Pasadena, NF
October 1993 - December 1993:  Paid Position.
Duties included: Compiling statistics on several communities - primarily Pasadena; forecasting future growth trends; and compiling relevant information.  I also set up several modem/online programs for the Centre's Manager. This gave him access to a computerized network which allowed him to communicate with other incubators throughout the world.  In addition, I produced a "special edition" of Venture Visions newsletter. (Also see, my Literary Vitae, for additional work with The Venture Centre.)

Director: Disabled Persons Working Together, Toronto, ON
October 1985 - May 1989:  Paid Position.
Duties included: Financial planning; fundraising; completing grant applications; looking after all aspects of personnel matters; supervising volunteers; scheduling and monitoring all programs and services; being a liaison between funders, the board, staff, and volunteers; attending board meetings and giving general updates on the organization's activities; arranging special events such as mall displays, workshops, and various meetings; attending functions to represent the organization; providing information to the public and the organization's membership; working with committees within the organization to develop policies and procedures, reviewing and revising by-laws; and helping other community groups to develop their organizational structure and mandates.

Volunteer Program Co-ordinator: Ontario March of Dimes, Hamilton, ON
May 1983 - September 1983:  Non-Paid Position.
Duties included: Developing a volunteer program for this organization's Hamilton Region, and I began to create a similar volunteer program for the agency which was intended for use on a provincial basis.

School Awareness Project Manager: Ontario March of Dimes, Hamilton, ON
February 1982 - February 1983:  Paid Position.
The goal of this project was to increase children's knowledge of disabilities, and to teach them to interact with people who have disabilities in a positive non-apprehensive manner. During the course of a year, three other staff in addition to myself, working in teams of two, conducted aware sessions with over 25,000 students, ranging from grades Junior Kindergarten to Ontario’s Grade 13.
Duties included: Budgeting and Bookkeeping; drafting proposals; supervising project staff and activities; scheduling and conducting awareness sessions; keeping statistics; being a liaison between the project staff and Ontario March of Dimes officials; and working with a representative of the Hamilton Board of Education, to create a disability awareness teaching manual for use in classroom settings.  Since this manual was not finished by the project's termination date, I continued with this task in my personal time until the manual was completed.

Accessibility Assessment Staff: Ontario March of Dimes, Hamilton, ON
August 1981:  Paid Position.
Duties included: Assessing apartment buildings to determine wheelchair accessibility and preparing written explanations of what renovations would have to be made in order to allow people with disabilities to live in these apartments.

Project Worker: Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton, ON
May 1981 - July 1981: Paid Position.
Duties included: Assisting in the establishment of the Library's Resource Centre for Disabled Persons; and completing a detailed report on the library's accessibility needs.  This report was later used as a reference when accessibility changes were made to the library.

Student Field Placement:  Ontario March of Dimes, Hamilton, ON
September 1980 - April 1981: Non-Paid Position.
Duties included: Co-ordinating a public awareness program concerning myths about people with disabilities; public speaking at seminars and workshops; and to develop a public education manual concerning disability myths for training new staff and volunteers with the organization.
Final Grade: A

Project Worker: Ontario March of Dimes, Hamilton, ON
May 1980 - September 1980: Paid Position.
Duties included: Formulating a transportation survey concerning people with disabilities; conducting both personal and telephone interviews; and compiling the results of the survey.

Student Field Placement: Information Burlington, Burlington, ON
January 1980 - April 1980: Non-Paid Position.
Duties included: Working independently to develop a public education program concerning myths about people with disabilities, which I would put into effect during my second year field placement, at the Ontario March of Dimes. (See above - September 1980 - April 1981.)
Final Grade: B.

Project Typist: Information Burlington, Burlington, ON
May 1979 - August 1979: Paid Position.
Duties included: Updating information for the centre.

Camp Counsellor: Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto, ON
June 1978 - July 1978: Paid Position.
Duties included: Supervising recreational activities for mentally impaired teenagers at a day camp, in Burlington, Ontario.  This position was funded by Timothy Eaton Memorial Church.

Recreation Staff: Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto, ON
August 1977: Paid Position.
Duties included: Assisting in organizing and running recreational programs for the residents of Bloorview Children's Hospital, in Willowdale. Ontario.  This position was funded by Timothy Eaton Memorial Church.

Assistant Program Director: Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto, ON
June 1977 - July 1977: Paid Position.
Duties included: Assisting in co-ordinating recreational activities for children and teenagers with physical disabilities, at Sunnyview Public School Day Camp, in Toronto, Ontario.

Arts & Crafts Instructor: Bloorview Children's Hospital Willowdale, ON
July 1975 - August 1975: Paid Position.
Duties included: Co-ordinating and running arts and crafts programs for the hospital's residents.

Typist: Canadian Progress Club International, Toronto, ON
September 1971 - April 1975: Paid Position.
Duties included: Assisting in the preparation of weekly mail-outs.

Parish Council General Member: St. John’s Anglican Church, Halifax, NS
February 2001 - February 2004. Non-Paid Position.
Duties include: On Parish Council, I, and others, were assigned a liaison role between Parish Council and the various committees. In such a position, I attended my assigned committee meetings and relayed requests and communications between the two parties. In March 2001. I was the liaison for our Spiritual Development Committee.

Board Member At Large: Access Apartment Project Inc., Toronto, ON
January 1987 - April 1989: Non-Paid Position.
Duties included: Assisting in the establishment, from concept to reality, an independent living apartment project with attendant care, for physically disabled adults.  This involved a team effort to develop an organizational structure; policies and procedures for board members, staff and volunteers; finding a project location, and securing funding.  I was also the Chairperson for the Tenants Selection Committee.

Board Member At Large: The Centre for Independent Living, Toronto, ON
June 1986 - February 1987:   Non-Paid Position.
Duties included: Assisting in planning the organization's direction and activities.

Member At Large: Ontario March of Dimes - Twenty Emerald North,
Independent Living Conference Committee, Hamilton, ON
August 1983 - November 1983: Non-Paid Position.
Duties included: Assisting in recruiting guest speakers; preparing agendas; processing conference evaluations; and supervising the conference.

Member At Large: The 1981 Planning Committee,
Carey House - Halton Cheshire Homes Inc., Burlington, ON
October 1980 - June 1981: Non-Paid Position.
Duties included: Assisting in organizing a public awareness day concerning disability related issues, held at Burlington Mall, on May 2nd, 1981, for the purpose of bringing attention to the International Year for Disabled Persons.

Member At Large: The Burlington Committee on Services to the Physically Disabled, Burlington, ON
October 1979 - January 1981: Non-Paid Position.
Duties included: Promoting public awareness of disability related issues such as: accessibility; transportation; employment; and human rights.

Member At Large: The Burlington Handi-Van Advisory Committee - Burlington Transit, Burlington, ON
October 1979 - March 1981: Non-Paid Position.
Duties included: Giving input on the parallel transit system for people with disabilities, and providing insight on how the system could be improved.

Director At Large - Residents' Representative: Carey House Board of Directors - Halton Cheshire Homes Inc., Burlington, ON
September 1979 - May 1980: Non-Paid Position.
Duties included: Being a liaison between the Residents' Committee and the Board of Directors; and being the Chairperson of the Residents' Committee.

Human Service Management: George Brown College, Toronto, ON
September 1986 - June 1987: Evening Studies Program - 1 year.
Course Curriculum: Management Context & Techniques; Structure Politics - Dynamics of Organization; Funding & Fund Raising; Personnel Practices in Human Service Agencies; Board Agency & Community Relations; and Financial Management of Service Agencies.
Graduated with Honours.

Human Services Administration: The Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, (formerly called Sheridan College) Oakville, ON
September 1979 - May 1982: Full-Time Program - 2 years.
Course Curriculum: Introduction to Canadian Law & Justice; Business Law; Social Policy Development & Delivery; Sociology - Key Issues in Society; Psychology; Introduction to Social Research; Human Development; Recreation & Leisure Programming; Health Care Procedures; Industrial Relations; Public Relations; Facility Design & Maintenance; Government Pensions; Interviewing Techniques; Principles of Administration; Human Services Administration; Personnel Administration; Administrative Finance; Accounting; Purchasing; English & Media Studies; Effective Language Skills; Public Speaking; and Marriage & intimacy Relationships.
Diploma received.

The Hugh R. Geldart Memorial Award: The Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, (formerly called Sheridan College) Oakville, ON
March 1981: First Recipient.
This award is presented annually by the college to a student in the Human Services Administration Program.  This award is based on the Late Hugh R. Geldart's personal philosophy that students in this program "should not have to be spoon-fed, but should be innovative and possess leadership skills."  With this philosophical thought in mind, the award is:
"For academic Merit, demonstrated career potential, and a high degree of independence and initiative in thought and action while a student of the Human Services Administration Program."

The Richard John Newman Scholarship: The Lions Club of Toronto Central, Toronto, ON
June 1980.
The Lions Club of Toronto Central - The Harry A. Newman Foundation, awards this scholarship annually to a person with a disability, living in a Cheshire Home facility, in Ontario.  The recipient of this scholarship must demonstrate a desire to pursue a career and develop leadership skills.

For my literary accomplishments, please refer to my Literary Vitae.

I enjoy using computers; writing; listening to music; travelling; meeting people and art appreciation.

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