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Work Experience	Summer 2011-2012       Gardens by Nature                  Guelph, ON Garden Design and Maintenance Crew Lead   §  Garden layout and planting plan design   §  Responsible for overseeing other employees and directing work   §  Residential garden maintenance and installation Fall 2009–Summer 2011   Spirit Tree Estate Cidery      Caledon, ON Baker §  Supervising production, and baking Summer 2010           City of Boulder Greenways           Boulder, CO Integrated Pest Management Crew (IPM) §  Responsible for carrying out management goals for Invasive Weed Species on open space lands. §  Methods Included: Mechanical (Hand pulling, shovels, chainsaw, hand saw) and Chemical (Spray and drip herbicide application). §  Use of City vehicles and machinery, database maintenance, ArcGIS mapping and volunteer supervision. Summer 2009       David Warburten and cie       Hockley Valley, ONT  Landscape Maintenance Crew Lead §  Understand garden and planting plan and supervising maintenance crew. §  Garden and property maintenance including: planting, weeding, pruning, organic soil amendments, pest control and aeration. Spring 2009             Pink Dirt Landscaping                   Boulder, CO Sub-Contract Landscape Laborer Oct 2008- Dec 2008          City of Boulder OSMP          Boulder, CO Trailhead Maintenance Technician (Seasonal) §  Trail construction and maintenance, building, installing and maintenance of benches, signs, picnic tables, fences and parking. Mar 2008-Oct 2008          City of Boulder OSMP           Boulder, CO IPM Crew Member (seasonal) §  (Same as above IPM crew work in summer 2010) Jan 2007 – Nov 2007                Sinapu                        Boulder, CO Non-Profit  Program Assistant §  Phone calling, data entry, filing, organization, education and outreach, volunteer supervision, slideshow preparation and event planning, research and report writing. §  Coordination with Environmental student groups. May 2005 – May 2006        CU Wildlife Initiative            Boulder, CO Director §  Planning, organizing, and implementing events and campaigns §  Supervising all group volunteers and activities. Including day and weekend long service field trips. §  Volunteer for the organization prior to Director position with similar and evolving responsibilities beginning in August 2002 §  May-July 2006: Contract Organizer responsible for: writing and implementing a proposal to combine several groups, hiring and training new Director.
Education	2012                       University of Guelph                       Guelph, ON         ·    Master’s Landscape Architecture (MLA)         ·    Thesis on Pilgrimage experience of landscape and place         ·    Peer Book Award, Five Dean’s Scholarship’s, Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship 2006                      University of Colorado                   Boulder, CO §  B.A. in Anthropology §  5 times on Anthropology Deans List §  Focus on environmental anthropology and indigenous and land rights issues.
Other Experience and skills	2006–2010       Wildlands Restoration Volunteers        Boulder, CO §  Ecological restoration, seed collection and trail building volunteer. §  Crew Leader (certificate) 2008               Wilderness Medicine Outfitters                    Colorado   §  Certificate of Completion in Wilderness First Aid. 2006                     Aang Seriean, NGO                  Arusha, Tanzania   §  International Summer School in Anthropology, Environment and   Development.