Work Experience
EN Consulting Group Inc., Toronto, Ontario
January 2013 – present
President and Managing Partner
The People’s Queen Street, a social mission project of EN Consulting Group
October 2013 – present
Founder and Project Co-Lead
Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure, Province of Ontario
September 2009 – January 2010
Senior Advisor, Community Relations, Office of the Minister
EN Consulting
March 2005 – December 2012
Principle and Senior Consultant
South East Downtown Redevelopment Initiative (SEDERI)
June 2002 – February 2005
Executive Director
Community Bulletin Newspaper Group
March 2001 – March 2002
Sales & Marketing Manager
Direct Impact Marketing Inc.
November 1998 – February 2001
Senior Manager, Market Research
Criterion Research
May 1997 – October 1998
Associate Researcher
Burak Jacobson Research Partners
June 1995 – April 1997
Call Centre Manager
Action For Change Communications
January 1992 -December 1994
Fundraising, Outreach & Campaign Consulting
Canadian Physicians for Aid & Relief
June 1990 – December 1991
Fundraising Manager
Canadian Peace Alliance
October 1989 – April 1990
Manager, Direct Response Fundraising
St. Lawrence Centre for Arts
October 1987 – February 1989
Box Office Systems Manager
New Democratic Party of Ontario
January 1987 – September 1987
Telephone and In-Person Fundraising, Campaign Organizing
Mime Unlimted
January 1986 – December 1986
Marketing Manager
Issues for the Next Generation
January 1985 – September 1985
Conference Organizer
McPherson Playhouse Foundation, Victoria, B.C.
September 1978 – July 1984
Assistant Front of House Manager/Publicity Assistant
Volunteer Experience
Livewords reading series
February 2008 – present
Producer & Host
South East Downtown Network Alliance (SEDNA), Toronto
September 2007 – present
Chair and President of the Board
Toronto Centre Provincial Liberal Association
July 2008 – August 2011, July 2013 – August 2014
Board Member
Toronto Centre Federal Liberal Association
July 2008 – August 2011
Board Member
Windmill Line Co-operative Homes Inc.
October 1998 – September 2009
Co-operative Housing Sector Delegate, October 2005 – September 2007 and October 2008 – September 2009
Board of Directors, August 2008 – July 2009
St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association Delegate, October 1998 – September 2004
Diamond Cherry Reading Series
October 2006 – October 2007
Producer & Host
Union Station Revitalization Public Advisory Group, City of Toronto
January 2003 – October 2006
City appointed Member-at-Large
St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association
Delegate, October 1998 – September 2004
President, April 2000 – March 2002
Peace Magazine
January 1990 – June 1990
Contributing Editor
Canadian Youth Coalition
April 1988 – March 1989
Steering Committee Member and Event Coordinator
Charles Hastings Co-operative Homes Inc.
October 1986 – September 1988
Co-operative Housing Sector Delegate, October 1987 – September 1988
Board of Directors, October 1986 – September 1987
Education
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1991, 1994 – 1995
Undergraduate study in Philosophy and Political Science.
University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
1982 – 1984
Completed two years of undergraduate study in Art History, Creative Writing, Political Science.
Oak Bay High School, Victoria
1976 – 1978
High School Diploma
Glenlyon-Norfolk School, Victoria
1973 – 1976
Completed Grade 10 – academic program
Awards
- Vital Innovation Award, 2014 for the People’s Queen Street, Toronto Community Foundation
- Old Town Toronto Citizen of the Year, 2004, St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association
Publications
- Poems published in:
- Rampike Magazine
- Misunderstandings Magazine
- Jones Av
- Articles published in:
- The Bulletin
- The Mark News
- Peace Magazine
Books
- The Fissures of our Throats (Guernica Editions 2014)
Chapbooks
- Instructions for Pen and Ink (Cactus Press 2010)
- Free Translation(Cactus Press 2009)
- Arguments for Breath (lyricalmyrical 2007)
- Nights in the City of the Dead (Aeolus House 2006)
Professional Memberships
- Centre for Social Innovation
- Canadian Urban Institute
- League of Canadian Poets