EXPERIENCE
Work History
INSTRUCTOR AND ADMINISTRATION, MINI UNIVERSITY @ BRANDON UNIVERSITY
2018 - Present; 2010 - 2014
Provide participants with fun, safe, child centered activities covering the variety of topics and courses offered by Mini University. Administrative duties include assisting with registration, promotion, supplies, working as a team leader, organizing staff interviews, hiring, staff training, organizing meetings with upper management and staff, planning and implementing new programing (Girls Can... - 2021), supervising participants for early drop off, late pick up, and lunch time, working as Evening Supervisor for Community groups from outside of Brandon, written Archaeological reports to be submitted to Historic Resources Brandon of Mb Government, Assisting with grant applications.
Course taught have included: Archaeology, Rocks and Gems, Survivor Camp, Astronomy, Sing, Sing, Sing, Movie Making, CSI, EcoKids, Pet Science.
Specialty Camps/Programs:
Archaeology, Horse Sense, Survivor Camp, Girls Can...
RIDING INSTRUCTOR / STABLE HAND, PRAIRIE BREEZE STABLES AND RIDING SCHOOL
2013 - Present
Instruct riding lessons, catch, groom, and tack up horses/ponies before lessons, lead horses/ponies during lessons, Help instruct students in proper techniques for working with and around horses/ponies. Help with chores around the barn, feed, muck out stalls, yard maintenance, Assist in the planning and implementation of camps and youth programing offered at the stable.
LIVESTOCK MANAGER, PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION OF MANITOBA
2016 - 2018
Duties included organizing and running Equine and Cattle shows during the three big events run by the Provincial Exhibition. Organizing committee meetings, taking minutes, handling all entries for livestock shows, creating financial reports, customer service, contacting and booking officials for shows, and dealing with all other components of the shows.
PROGRAM ASSISTANT, BRANDON UNIVERSITY - CAMPUS RECREATION
2012-2014
Responsible for scheduling classes and events for Campus Recreation, maintaining social media site, advertising programs, registering students and community members for classes, promoting Campus Recreation to the campus community.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD TECHNICIAN
2011
Assisted in the excavation at the Woodpecker II site; responsibilities included excavation, floor mapping, preliminary identification of artifacts, and documentation of excavation.
SCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY BRANDON UNIVERSITY
2009 - 2011
Responsible for curation, identification, sorting, cataloguing, and packaging for storage of cultural material recovered from past field work.
STUDENT FIELD WORKER, AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOODS CANADA, BRANDON RESEARCH CENTRE
2007 - 2011
Beef Program - Dr. H Block, 2011
Pathology - Dr. D McLaren, 2010
Barley Breeding Program - Dr. M Therrien, 2010
Barley Breeding Program - Dr. B Legge, 2008 - 2009
Beef Program - Dr. S Scott, 2007 - 2008
Responsibilities included preparing samples for analysis and initiating preliminary levels of analytical processes, working in the field, greenhouses, and laboratory, tending crops, caring for cattle, taking samples from crops/livestock, seeding, harvest, producing procedure manuals, phone surveys, and assisting in the PCR laboratory.​