Extracurricular

Apathy is Boring: Halifax RISE Ambassador Cohort 10

August-November 2022- I worked with the non-for-profit Apathy is Boring through their RISE program. Through the program, I did community outreach, helped write and publish a zine on the topics of housing rights and precarity in Halifax as part of a team. You can read the zine here:

https://issuu.com/risec10/docs/hidden_housing_rise_zine_nov25

Girl Guides

10th year, ongoing- I have been participating with Girl Guides for the past 10 years and have held a leadership role such as the youth member with Sudbury's Girl Guides Special Events Planning Committee. I helped organize and MC various special gatherings and award ceremonies on the committee.

Now I volunteer with a Brownie/Guide unit where I help run activities and trips for girls ages 7-12.

Nova Scotia Sandboxes: Creativity and Innovation Bootcamp

April/May 2022- I gathered with post-secondary student from universities across Nova Scotia at the Dalhousie Agricultural campus to address food security from an industry perspective. We had the chance to interview to steakholders, learn about human-centered design/problem solving, and work on prototyping and ideation. I was in a group that had a focus on the goat/sheep industry.

Artwork

In my free time I like to practice art, mainly beadwork. Recently, I've been improving my skills in and experimenting with fish leather tanning.

Canadian Roots Exchange: Indigenous Youth Policy Hack-a-ton- on Distinction Based Health Legislation

November 2021- I worked with a group of other Indigenous youth from across Canada to learn about and write a policy brief on Indigenous distinctions-based health legislation as part of engagement by Indigenous Services Canada.

What I'm working on now...

2022/2023 School Year- Helping to establish an Indigenous student science interest group at Dalhousie University

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