PERSONAL INFORMATION

Birthdate:          February 10, 1969, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Marital Status:   Single
Citizenship:        Canadian

MASTER OF ARTS - Geography (1992-95)
     Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
     Thesis: Tourism Planning in Prince Edward Island: An Evaluative Framework

BACHELOR OF ARTS (Honours) - Geography; Minor in French (1987-91)
     Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
     Thesis: Physical Change in First Lake Watershed, Halifax County, NS, 1964-1989

• Produced Vision Clare 2004, a 5-year Tourism Strategy and Action Plan for Municipality of Clare, Clare Tourism Association, and Clare Chamber of Commerce
• Liaising with community tourism interest groups (e.g. Festival Acadien de Clare, Recreation…)
• Maintaining tourism section on Municipality of Clare website
• Very familiar with provincial tourism departments (Tourism NS, Marketing Agency, TIANS…)
• Coordinated marketing for 1999 English and French Doers & Dreamers Travel Guide
• Organized and lead all-day community public consultation presenting tourism strategy draft
• Initiated community tourism communications: newsletter, email discussion list, toll-free number
• Developed a database for tourism attractions and services

FREELANCE WEBSITE DESIGNER (January 1998 - present)

• designed and maintaining website for Elmtree Environmental Ltd.

CARTOGRAPHER/MULTIMEDIA (August 1997 - January 1998)
      Seabed Exploration Associates Inc., Halifax, Nova Scotia

• created and edited digital maps and diagrams for North Atlantic Pipeline Partners (NAPP) regulatory application document
• provided creative and technical support for CDROM version of NAPP application document
• designed company website: www.seainc.ca

SESSIONAL INSTRUCTOR - Cartography  (1994 - May 1997)
      Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

• designed and delivered second year undergraduate cartography course
• presented lectures and labs weekly up to 70 students
• utilized topographic maps, survey equipment, air photos, satellite imagery
• employed Aldus FreeHand to design thematic maps
• supervised and instructed teaching assistants
• sample course outline

GEOMATICIST (May 1996-Nov 1996)
      Canadian Cartographics Ltd., Coquitlam, BC

• prepared maps and diagrams for contract proposals
• evaluated map publishing workflow: Microstation and Intergraph GIS
• organized map sales and marketing records for Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley
• collected marketing data while visiting over 250 map clients in Greater Vancouver

CUSTOMER TRAINING INSTRUCTOR (1995-96)
      Creo Products Inc., Burnaby, BC

• delivered electronic prepress courses to American printing technicians
• employed various page layout, imposition and proofing software
• documented instructor and student training materials
• interviewed co-op students for training positions

TOURISM RESEARCHER - M.A. thesis fieldwork (1993-1995)
      Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

• evaluated success and support for a provincial tourism plan in Prince Edward Island
• designed and implemented survey to 150 residents of Cavendish, PEI
• synthesized secondary data: exit surveys, consulting reports, visitor guides

TEACHING ASSISTANT - Cartography, Statistics, Tourism (1992-1994)
      Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

• conducted computer labs using FreeHand, Excel, StatView
• designed, instructed and graded lab assignments and exams

• Operating Systems     Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Macintosh, DOS, Windows NT
• Word Processing       Microsoft Word, Word Perfect
• Graphics                    Aldus FreeHand, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PhotoDeluxe, CorelDRAW!, Cricket Graph
• Statistics                    StatView, Systat
• Spreadsheet               Microsoft Excel
• Internet                      HTML, Microsoft Frontpage, various browsers: Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer
• Miscellaneous             CuteFTP, WinZip, Adobe Acrobat Reader

Familiar with while at...

• Seabed Exploration:     CARIS GIS, ArcView GIS
• Canadian Cartographics:   Bentley Microstation, Intergraph Modular GIS (MGE), Image                                             Viewer, MGE Base Imager, MGE Map Finisher
• Creo Products:                    QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop, ScenicSoft Preps, Creo                                              Virtual Proofer, Creo Digital Blueline

• Vision Clare 2004: Tourism Strategy and 5-year Action Plan. Presentation and Official Endorsement (bilingual meeting, February 23, 1999)
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• Vision Clare 2004: Destination French Acadian Shore. Presented draft tourism strategy to community tourism stakeholders (bilingual meeting, November 28, 1998)
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• Tourism Planning in Prince Edward Island: Implications of Confederation Bridge. Presented to 4th year undergraduate course at Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS (March 24, 1998)
• Rapporteur Report: Tourism Workshop. Presented at Looking Beyond the Periphery: an International Summer Institute, UPEI, Charlottetown, PEI (August 1-10, 1996)
• Evaluating Tourism Planning in Prince Edward Island: The Case of Cavendish. Presented at Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Montreal, PQ (June 1995)

MEMBERSHIPS

• Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia (TIANS, June 98 - present)
• Evangeline Trail Tourism Association (voting member on board of directors, June 98 - present)
• Western Valley Tourism Action Committee (June 98 - present)
• Canadian Association of Geographers (1994 - present)
• SFU Geography Graduate Association (1993-1995)

AWARDS

• SFU Master Student Teaching Assistant Scholarship (1992-1994)
• President's Entrance Scholarship, Saint Mary's University (1987)

• Academic tutor - assisted Grade 7 students in reading, spelling, social studies
• Movie Extra, Hockey, Travelling, Writing, Baseball, Tennis, Rollerblading, Cross-country skiing