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CDCSSSocial Researcher
Jan. 2020 - Dec. 2020Castlegar, British Columbia, CanadaThis was a contract to investigate potential solutions to homelessness in a rural area.
In this project, I was successful in identifying a number of viable solutions to homelessness and poverty, but except for the idea that the solutions are more profitable than the problems, I admit that I had very little that was actually "new". It has turned out that people had been developing solutions for some time, and my report merely outlined them. Having said that, I did find other communities implementing what I had outlined within a month of submitting the report. "The solutions are MORE PROFITABLE than the problems".
Castlegar & District Community Services SocietyProgram Coordinator
Sep. 2019 - Mar. 2021Castlegar, British Columbia, CanadaAssisting individuals and families who were homeless or at risk of being homeless to find permanent or temporary shelter.
CSocial Researcher
May. 2019 - Jan. 2020Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada"The Castlegar Study" Investigating Labour Mobility in a rural area. In this study I unpacked the complicated interrelationships between public narratives, labour mobility, housing and poverty. The project involved an inductive study of the community, using a community survey as a tool for engaging a population reluctant to speak openly on these complicated issues. The resulting breakdown of narratives revealed that productivity was heavily influenced by popular dialogue, and in that way the toxic dialogues that had plagued the community in the past had a very large influence on the economic prosperity there.
Castlegar & District Community Services SocietyFamily Support Specialist
Jun. 2018 - Sep. 2019Castlegar, British Columbia, CanadaArranging and fulfilling court-ordered supervised visitation
APEX Deployment Business SolutionsFreelance Video Editor
Jan. 2018 - Dec. 2022Central Kootenays BC, CanadaThis is a casual role for me, something I do for myself and freelance.
APEX Deployment Business SolutionsWebsite Editor
Jan. 2017 - Dec. 2022Central Kootenays BC, CanadaThis is a casual role for me, something I do for myself and occasionally freelance. In doing this I have also developed some skill at photography and video editing, as well as social media content.
Chances Community Gaming CenterFood and Beverage Manager
Jan. 2017 - Aug. 2017British Columbia, CanadaMarketing of Banquet space and restaurant, Hiring and training of staff, maintaining monthly inventory and purchases, booking banquet space, Processing deposits and keeping records of sales. Reporting on sales and marketing initiatives, hosting clients in restaurant and banquets, liaising with community groups and business contacts, booking and managing entertainment.
APEX Deployment Business SolutionsInnovator In Chief
Mar. 2016CanadaInnovative thinking is as profitable as it is rare. Provided with accurate information, I can save your company far more money, time and maintenance than I ever charge. I started advocating for 'redeployment' and 'accurate deployment' back in 2010/11, around the time when the Federal Transportation Minister announced that automated vehicles- the next big disruption- were going to have a significant impact. In 2018, the BC Labour Market Outlook caught on to this, tepidly, and suggested that mobility and well as accurate placement or people in jobs would be a necessity in the next ten years. In 2019 I outlined the impact of local cultural narratives on productivity, revealing that Toxic Dialogue is actually in the service of private interests competing at the expense of general prosperity. In 2020 I outlined how the Real Estate industry is leaving untold millions of dollars on the ground by ignoring the potential of a low-end housing market. That report, while not claiming to have invented anything or "solved" anything in itself, did show how poverty and homelessness could be eliminated to the general benefit of the entire economy. In 2021 I completed an innovative Return to Work (RTW) program for survivors of trauma and/or abuse. By itself it is of greater utility than the programs currently running through Work BC. However the true value lies in the different ways that I can adapt the premise to other populations. Ask how APEX Deployment can recover your labor costs through easy-to-implement, organic solutions.
Apex DeploymentBusiness Analyst, Consultant, Trainer and Innovator
Mar. 2016Kootenays, BCBusiness Analyst. I provide actionable intel to businesses. Times are changing, and businesses need to move with that, to pivot and reorient as needed. It certainly is popular to say that this is what we are doing, but the fact is that other countries are NOT just saying it. They are doing it, and selling to your customers. I find that people insulate in times like these. They retract any openness they may have felt and rely on doing what they have been doing. What they may not realize is that their competition, which may not even be in this country, is also relying on them to do that. And so when they need a voice like APEX Deployment, a voice that approaches problems from every angle, they retract into themselves. There has never been a greater market for the kind of agile innovative thinking that APEX Deployment brings to the table, because the stakes have rarely been higher, and the potential savings in time, money and general drain on resources has rarely been greater. If at some point in the last year, you have heard somebody say, "This is just the way things have always been done", then you need to contact APEX Deployment.
If your staff turnover is at or above the average for your industry, then you need to contact me.
If you find yourself thinking that people move on as soon as you train them, then you need to contact me.
If you have trouble attracting or keeping staff,
If your key staff are getting competitive offers to leave you,
If you hear the terms recruiting, onboarding, training, and leadership more than a couple of times every week,
Then contact APEX Deployment Actual, practical, innovations.
TIER Support ServicesCommunity and Vocational Worker
Apr. 2014 - Sep. 2016Kelowna, British Columbia, CanadaAssisting adults with developmental challenges access opportunities to socialize and social supports, and meaningful work.
H1M PhotographyFreelance Photography
Jan. 2013 - Dec. 2022British Columbia, CanadaI am an amateur taker of pictures. I mostly do landscape pics of the Kootenays right now because that's where I live. I have dabbled in making videos, but would not offer such services for sale at this time.
Modern Health Solutions CounsellingCognitive Behavioral Therapist
Sep. 2004 - Apr. 2014Okanagan, BCOperated as an independent personal therapist.
Lincoln Six Echo BooksWriter
Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2022British Columbia, CanadaWriting for business purposes, for personal use, and to contribute to the current knowledge base. I write in a number of genre including Science Fiction, Literary Non Fiction, Horror, as well as essays in Cultural Critique. I have published several not-terrible poems, and self-published two books of essays. My writing is challenging, most especially to anyone who is a fundamentalist at heart. If you like exploring topics in new ways, then you want to read my books.
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