Bio

Current Activities

PhD Candidate, McGill University, in the Natural Resource Sciences department's Leadership for the Ecozoic program
Director, CMU Centre for Resilience
Instructor, Canadian Mennonite University
Board Director, Assiniboine Credit Union
Spokesperson, Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE)
Strategic Advisor, CAST Inc. (Creative Applications for Sustainable Technologies)
Strategic Advisor, Manoverboard Design
President, Polycoro Chamber Ensemble

Background

Co-founder, Fools + Horses Coffee
Co-chair, Transition Winnipeg
Former Board Director, Green Action Centre / Compost Winnipeg
Previously a bankruptcy and insolvency estate manager and financial counselor
Held policy and communications positions with lawmakers and advocacy organizations, including the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce
Worked in the communications industry as an editor and translator in Asia
Wrote a dissertation on the dynamics of the global financial system and impact on the environment
Named one of Manitoba's "Future 40 Under 40" (2015)

Education

MPhil in Economics, Cambridge University
BA in Political Studies (Hons), Theatre (Hons; Gold Medal), and Rhetoric & Communications, University of Winnipeg

(If I'm not doing that stuff, I'm probably singing)

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