Agrifood Research Resume

Summary	Community Based Research and Development Ø  project planning and management Ø  development of research tools and methodology Ø  fieldwork - personal & group interviews, focus groups, community collaboration - networking  Ø  program evaluation Ø  statistical & qualitative analysis Ø  professional case study & report writing BC Agri-food Sector Development Ø  secretariat services provided to emerging small scale food processor's association of BC Ø  organization of sector stakeholders: small scale growers, organic farmers, processors, retailers, farm-gate - community markets, restaurants, food security & policy making bodies, federal & provincial government, others …   BC Agriculture, Land & Resource Base Research Ø  agricultural land use, small scale agriculture, organic farming, secondary specialty food processing, co-operatives & alternative strategies for marketing, production & labor Ø  agro-forestry - non-timber forest products, herbs, botanicals & nutraceuticals, eco-forestry  eco-certification and value-added wood industry
Education	Currently Completing Social Work Degree @ UVic / Honors, Member of the Golden Key Honors Society Uvic Currently completing the Restoration of Natural Systems program in the School of Environmental Science UVic Credit Union Business Development Program / Investment Planning Certification Canadian Management and Human Resource Certification
Professional Experience	Current Researcher, British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC Current Researcher / CED Consultant, Community Venture Development Services, Victoria, BC Current Researcher CEDCO 1985 - 2000 Personal and Commercial Banking / Financial Planning, Calgary Co-op Credit Union; The Co-operators; Nelson and District Credit Union; Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce; Royal Bank of Canada
Professional and community activities	LifeCycles Project Society, current Secretary of the Board International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) Victoria 2002 conference steering committee member Restoration of Natural Systems (UVIC) Island Chef's Association Taste of Gold, volunteer (Sept 2001) Feast of Fields / Farm Folk City Folk, 3rd annual volunteer
References & writing samples	Available upon request