Researcher

Academic History

Masters of Environmental Studies (MEs) 01/2021

York University

Honours BSc Integrated Science, minor in Linguistics 02/2008

Carleton University

Honours BSc Biology, minor in Chemistry 04/2007

Carleton University

Skills

Strengths include statistical/mathematical analysis, survey coordination, literature research and reviews, data visualization, data management, and finding creative solutions to the problems presented in a research environment.

6 years of experience using SPSS and Excel for statistical analysis of data.

Statistical proficiency includes experience with both inferential and descriptive statistics, regression analysis, ANOVAs, t-tests, Chi square, and more routine descriptive indicators.

Extensive experience using Excel including the Solver function, the Analysis Tool Pak, PivotTables, Slicers, VLookup, Comparing workbooks, Configuring Data Validation, Power Query, and Consolidating Information.

Highly Experienced in the use of Statistics Canada surveys including: Census of the Population, National Tourism Indicators, International Travel Survey, Monthly Civil Aviation Survey, Labour Force Survey, The Canadian Survey on the Provision of Childcare Services, Survey on Early Learning and Childcare Arrangements, Survey on Before and After School Care in Canada, Business Register, and Canadian Community Health Survey.

Highly skilled in performing literature searches and reviews, as well as synthesizing, summarizing, and extracting information from various sources.

Highly proficient in writing and editing reports, policy analysis, and conducting quantitative and qualitative research.

Advanced knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, Google Analytics, and Groupwise.

Highly flexible, self-motivated and adaptable performer with excellent attention to detail, a strong work ethic, professional attitude, and strong verbal and written communication skills.

Experienced in providing office support services.

Received Collective Impact Training through the Tamarack Institute.

Current Reliability Clearance; Secret Clearance has been obtained in the past, but has lapsed.

Relevant Work Experience

Research Specialist 11/2024 – 04/2025

Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services, Military Family Services, Remote Contracts

Developed a comprehensive report on the state of Unlicensed Childcare in Canada and its evolution in relation to the larger childcare sector. Analyzed relevant Statistics Canada data, relevant legislative distinctions between diverse regional jurisdictions, and academic research using a GBA+ lens. This analysis examines and highlights the impact of both the changing economic dynamics and the legislative environment on unlicensed childcare.

Produced a PowerPoint presentation on the preliminary results of this research and presented it to my project team and relevant stakeholders.

Collaborated with a research team on shared projects on the topics of community profiles, waitlist regulations and fees, and Indigenous issues related to childcare.

Developed and presented a location-based ranking tool reflecting various factors impacting the acuteness of need for childcare to distinguish between base locations.

Advised management on ad hoc research topics upon request.

Research Analyst 07/2021 – 08/2021, 11/2021 – 12/2021, 01/2022 – 04/2022,

08/2022–10/2022, 12/2023-04/2024, 07/2024-11/2024

Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services, Remote Contracts

Conducted a systematic analysis of three annotated bibliographies, from 2018 to 2020, consisting of 120 articles, to identify and summarize key issues affecting the well-being of military families and their access to necessary supports and resources.

Developed a report organizing these findings under key themes to determine what further services are needed and what gaps in available services remain for the purposes of bolstering the resilience of military families.

Conducted research and wrote a comprehensive report on the social, educational, and psychological impacts of school transitions on students from Canadian Armed Forces families as well as strategies used to mitigate these impacts. This report analyzed the results of more than 100 academic sources.

Developed a comprehensive report encapsulating the research I conducted on the barriers, supports and bridges to help-seeking behaviours among Canadian Armed Forces Members and their families in their struggles with Intimate Partner Violence. This included data from both academic articles and Statistics Canada reports.

Conducted research and wrote a report on interventions that address the use and experience of Intimate Partner Violence among Canadian Armed Forces Members and their families.

Generated an annotated bibliography on Intimate Partner Violence among Canadian Armed Forces Members and their families, with a focus on help-seeking behaviours and interventions.

Generated an annotated bibliography to identify and summarize key issues affecting the well-being of Canadian Armed Forces Members’ and their families’ as well as their access to necessary supports and resources from key academic articles from 2021.

Conducted research and wrote comprehensive report on childcare strategies developed for military populations in the US, UK, and Australia. The findings of this report will inform the development of a childcare strategy for the Canadian military.

Conducted research and wrote comprehensive report and annotated bibliography on the topic of Economic Abuse with an emphasis on Typologies, Vulnerabilities, Mitigation Approaches, and Awareness-Raising Campaigns.

Project Administrator 12/2022 – 06/2023

Parks Canada, Remote Contract

Synthesized environmental impact statements from peer reviewed scientific reports and grey literature for the Climate Change Information Center’s (CCIC) environmental impact database project

Updated Mendeley reference database

Advised on CCIC database formatting

Performed clerical duties

Took meeting minutes

Statistical Analyst 07/2015 – 08/2017

Department of National Defence, Ottawa, ON

Coordinated Project Horizon survey to measure attrition among recruits as part of a large multi-phase longitudinal study.

Collected, entered, cleaned, managed and organized information from large and small datasets into databases using SPSS and Excel to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and completeness.

Coded data to simplify, redefine, and combine variables to improve overall coherence of results.

Merged longitudinal SPSS and Excel databases to enable cross-cohort comparisons of variables and sub-populations.

Extracted data from Excel and SPSS databases and produced data tables and graphs to meet ongoing information requests from principal investigator.

Conducted statistical analysis on complex datasets and survey data using SPSS and Excel to answer requisite research questions.

Prepared relevant tables, text as well as custom data extracts for scientific reports.

Accessed and navigated online journal databases, scientific websites, and government websites to conduct reviews of social science literature and prepare and write reports.

Effectively managed the correspondence for the Project Horizon survey including responding to queries, sending surveys, forms, regular invites and reminders by email and preparing postcards to send by mail to increase survey response rate.

Tracked survey response rates across multiple study phases and prepared response rate reports.

Documenting guidelines and procedures of data management in a handbook.

Office Clerk 02/2015 - 06/2015

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Ottawa, ON

Downloaded protected documents using Crawford EDI software.

Strategically utilized Groupwise, SADRE, and provincial hearing calendars to determine the assigned federal representative on the claimant file and promptly provide them access to the necessary documents.

Maintained provincial tracking calendars to ensure that the appropriate Resolution Manager was rapidly provided with documents as soon as the hearings/calls were assigned.

Took initiative to develop a spreadsheet tool for the tracking calendar that drastically reduces the time required to update it.

Prepared the requisite individually tailored evidentiary packages for Resolution Managers to inform their engagement in hearings; both as a physical printed document and as a zipped package sent via SFE.

Entered SADRE milestones to track the progress of claimant files.

Maintained correspondence with various parties across the country using Groupwise.

Investigated discrepancies and addressed queries from the representatives.

Used, protected, and disclosed claimant information in keeping with Privacy Act requirements to ensure privacy of claimant information.

Engineered, implemented and modified a data management strategy with regards to the files organized in a milestone backfill project. Conducted descriptive statistical analysis to inform data management strategy.

Records Management Clerk 11/2014 - 02/2015

Health Canada, Ottawa, ON

Effectively applied the standard operating procedures in the preparation of official files for digitization and storage.

Boxed, entered tombstone information in LRS as well as the master list, and prepared boxes for post-scan storage in quick and precise fashion.

Responded to ATIP requests from clients by retrieving and transmitting relevant documents and records.

File Clerk 07/2014 - 10/2014

Recall, Ottawa, ON

Effectively applied the standard operating procedures in the preparation of official files for storage, classification and retrieval purposes.

Involved in shipping and receiving operations.

Worked effectively in a team oriented workplace.

Took initiative to anticipate and meet the team's needs on an ongoing basis.

Excelled in a fast paced, physically strenuous work environment.

Records Management Clerk 11/2013 - 04/2014

Privy Council Office, Ottawa, ON

Effectively applied the standard operating procedures in the preparation of official files for digitization.

Examined the structure of the original record and removed any obstacles that may impact the scanning process.

Identified and distinguished document types for the removal, disposal, and relocation of documents not subject to the digitization process.

Managed and handled classified and sensitive information as per departmental security awareness guidelines.

Research Associate 11/2008 - 06/2010

Canadian Tourism Research Institute (CTRI), Conference Board of Canada, Ottawa, ON

Retrieved, compiled and conducted analysis on Canadian tourism data from online sources and wrote multiple monthly, quarterly and annual reports. Worked closely with clients to identify data needs and produced tailored reports to meet identified criteria.

Conducted literature searches and reviews to contextualize data presented in reports for clients.

Independently created extensive Excel spreadsheets and SPSS databases for easy access and automated calculation, reducing the time required for analysis to a fraction of the previous.

Retrieved and analyzed Statistics Canada data including National Tourism Indicators, International Travel Survey, and Monthly Civil Aviation Survey.

Retrieved, cleaned, organized and analyzed deplanement statistics from vacation package providers (like Transat, Sunwing, Air Canada etc.).

Developed unique methods for data retrieval that allowed for an exponential increase in the amount of data collected. Developed and documented data management guidelines and procedures.

Conducted data analysis using SPSS, Excel as well as Google Analytics.

Presented data in tables, graphs, flowcharts and diagrams using Excel spreadsheets and SPSS outputs.

Maintained and updated the division website.

Survey Coordinator and Analyst 05/2008 -11/2008

Health Programs, Conference Board of Canada, Ottawa, ON

Forecasting Physician Supply and Need in Ontario:

Supported the testing of a forecasting model for the supply and need for physicians in Ontario for the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

Coordinated a physician survey for the project, provided strategic direction, supported the development of relevant survey materials, developed correspondence (invites, reminders), and tracked respondent feedback.

Retrieved and analyzed data including custom tables from the Labour Force Survey and Canadian Community Health Survey, developed by Statistics Canada. I combined this with data from the National Physician Database and the Supply, Distribution, and Migration dataset from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

Conducted analysis of Ontario physician supply and presented results by requisite North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Major tasks also included data cleaning, coding and data management employing Excel spreadsheets. Conducted regression analyses on physician data to determine how identified factors affected physician productivity using Excel and SPSS.

Summarized, edited, proofread, and presented data results (tables, charts, graphs using SPSS), analysis and final conclusions in detailed report.

Carbon Disclosure Project:

Merged data tables, developed data tables, and conducted descriptive analysis of ownership statistics based on shareholder data to track voluntary disclosure of carbon emissions from various companies.

Conducted response quality assessments and analysis of data using Excel.

Presented summary of results, analysis and conclusions in concise reports and Power Point presentations.

Research Assistant 11/2007-05/2008

Investment Partnerships Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, ON

Conducted the data collection and analysis for Invest in Canada Bureau Semi-Annual Performance Report 2007.

Performed phone surveys with investment officers regarding details of work done and progress made during semi-annual period.

Involved in troubleshooting gaps and inconsistencies in the data and conducting correspondence, respondent tracking and response quality assessment.

Focused on cleaning, coding, managing and analyzing data using SPSS and Excel. Developed tables, graphs and diagrams using Excel spreadsheets and SPSS outputs.

Conducted literature reviews to contextualize data included in the report.

Summarized results, analysis and conclusions into concise report.

Collected and conducted descriptive statistical analyses on foreign direct investment (FDI) data from international Canadian missions, regional offices and Investment Services for a departmental performance report.

Compiled reports and graphics (graphs, charts, logic models) for the Invest in Canada Bureau to aid presentations by directors.

Coder 09/2007-01/2008

Opinion Search, Ottawa, ON

Conducted data collapsing and classification of written responses for ease of quantitative analysis.

Conducted data entry.

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