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Mechanical Designer/Mad Inventor, NanoOne Materials Corp. 

Science, English, History Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Sciences, Vancouver City College, Vancouver, BC

Advisor, Canadian Red Cross and United Nations


Bachelor of Arts - Socio-cultural Anthropology, Western University, London, ON


Master of Arts - International Studies and Diplomacy, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK

Senior Principal Engineer, 

Amazon Lab126


Bachelor of Science,

Computer Science, Cornell School of Engineering

House Manager - Lelum 'u tu S'sta-ehl teyt-en (House of Honourable Mothers)


Bachelor of Social Work, University of Victoria, BC


Diploma, Classical Acting, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, UK

Student Recruitment Officer, Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia

Bachelor of Arts, Communication and Media Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Veterinarian, Elk Lake Veterinary Hospital


ZOOM SPEAKER

Chief Specialist, Financial Crime Intelligence and Thematic Reviews, Danske Bank

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Sciences Po Paris (Campus Reims), FR

 Bachelor of Arts, International Security, Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs, FR

Director, Team Select Inc

Bachelor of Science - Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Director, Strategic Finance, BC Ministry of Health

Bachelor of Commerce in Business Technology Management, UBC Sauder School of Business, Vancouver, BC

Master of Public Health in Health Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston MA

Head and neck surgeon, Rhinologist, Otolaryngologist, Ear, nose, and throat specialist

Associate Professor

Co-Director of Rhinology/Endoscopic Skull base Surgery Fellowship Program

Director of Rhinology Research

Departments of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, and by courtesy, of Neurosurgery,

Stanford University School of Medicine


M.D. - General Medicine, Ph.D. - Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

B.A. Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Senior Reporter, CoinDesk

Police Constable, Detective Constable, West Vancouver Police Department

Bachelor of Arts, Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Careers in law

Managing Partner, Arvay Finlay LLP

Bachelor of Arts (Honours with Distinction), Political Sciences, Huron University, London, ON

Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC


Articling Student at Lawson Lundell LLP.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours), History, Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Advanced Diploma, Business Management, BCIT, Vancouver, BC


Juris Doctor, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC

Senior Counsel, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI)

Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Economics, Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Juris Doctor (Law Degree), University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

Island Health/Cowichan district Hospital Panel session #1


Radiological Technologist, Island Health

Bachelor of Science & Bachelor of Education, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC

Bachelors of Science in Radiological Technology, Advanced Diploma in Radiological Technology, University of Toronto/Michener Institute, Toronto, ON


Registered Respiratory Therapist

Cowichan District Hospital

Island Health

Respiratory Therapy Diploma, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Calgary, AB

Island Health/Cowichan district Hospital Panel session #2

Clinical Director, Community and Primary Care, Registered Nurse, Island Health

Bachelor of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

Master of Health Administration, University of Regina, Regina, SK

Health Care Aid & Safety Coordinator, Island Health

Entrepreneurial Business, Capilano College, North Vancouver, BC

Red Seal Sheet Metal from the Sheet Metal Workers International Association, (local 280)

Certificate program followed by Diploma Program in Occupational Health and Safety, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB