BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250506T232601EDT-63009utEXM@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250507T032601Z DESCRIPTION:Get the inside scoop on the jobs you want!\n\n\n \n STEM Edition \n \n \n Work Your BA Edition\n \n \n Public Service Careers Edition\n \n \n Health Edition\n \n \n Green Careers Week Edition\n \n\n\n\nINDUSTRY INSIDER - STEM EDITION\n\nA Closer Look at Global Health/Humanitarian Careers \n February 23\, 2022\n 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm\n RSVP through myFuture\n\nInterested in knowi ng more about how to develop a humanitarian career as a medical/scientific professional? Come hear what Dr. Johnson\, MD\, MPH\, Associate Professor at ɬ﷬\, CEO of Humanitarian U and President of the Canadian Associati on of Emergency Physicians has to say about running a humanitarian start u p that trains & certifies professionals for a career in humanitarian relie f. (https://humanitarianu.com)\n\nSpeaker/Bio:\n\nDr. Kirsten Johnson MD\, MPH\, is a Health Advisor for the Canadian Red Cross’ Health in Emergenci es Program. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency M edicine at ɬ﷬ and has spent the past fifteen years practici ng Emergency Medicine at the ɬ﷬ Health Centre hospitals in Montreal\, Canada. She also works as a physician in the Cree and Inuit com munities of Nunavik. She is President of the Canadian Association of Emerg ency Physicians and CEO of Humanitarian U\, a social enterprise that has t rained over 33\,000 professionals at the WHO\, UN partner agencies\, Emerg ency Medical Teams\, academic institutions and humanitarian organizations. \n\nDr. Johnson has worked in emergency and disaster medicine\, disaster r isk reduction\, humanitarian response\, coordination and health sector cap acity building throughout the world. Her research has focused on genocide\ , child combatants\, sexual gender-based violence and conflict-related hea lth\, mental health and psychosocial support. She has worked extensively o n the development of technical guidance and toolkits\, briefings\, publica tions\, and book chapters across the emergency management cycle in fragile \, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings including Humanitarian U’s As sessment of the Impact of eLearning on Humanitarian Aid work (2019)\, UNFP A’s State of the World Population Report (2015)\, Global Humanitarian Medi cine and Disaster Relief in Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine (2015) and Méde cins Sans Frontiers book on Professionalizing Humanitarian Action (2012). She is involved in humanitarian professionalization\, working on the devel opment of competencies and standards for the training\, education and cert ification of humanitarian responders globally.\n\nModerator: \n\nYinan Yu is a first year master student in Transcultural Psychiatry in the Departme nt of Psychiatry at ɬ﷬ under the supervision of Dr. Mónica Ruiz-Casares. Her current research focus on inadequate child supervision i n low- and middle-income countries. Her research interests are cultural pe rspectives of mental health and mental health concerns in immigrant popula tions.\n\n\nINDUSTRY INSIDER - WORK YOUR BA EDITION\n\nIndustry Insider - A Closer Look at Communications Careers\n\nJanuary 19\, 2022\n 1:30 pm - 2: 30 pm\n RSVP through myFuture\n\nWondering how to build a communications ca reer with a BA? Come hear what Darryl Levine\, Director of Public Affairs and Communications\, City of Côte Saint-Luc has to say & get your question s answered.\n\nSpeaker/Bio:\n\nDarryl Levine was born and raised in Montre al. He graduated from Vanier College (Liberal Arts)\, ɬ﷬ (P hilosophy)\, and Concordia University (Journalism). He has worked in marke ting and communications for 20-plus years with stints at YES Montreal\, I. C. Axon (e-learning)\, Kelly+Aylen Marketing Communications\, Openface Int ernet\, and the City of Côte Saint-Luc. Small teams require one to do a lo t of things well (or well-enough)\, so he has added to his skill-set video graphy\, video editing\, website creation\, graphic design\, and social me dia management.\n\n\nIndustry Insider - A Closer Look at Public Relations Careers\n\nFebruary 2\, 2022\n 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm\n RSVP through myFuture\n\n Seeking a career that lets you express your creativity or take advantage o f an interest in pop culture? Then maybe what Meg Sethi\, the CEO of Alche mysts Inc.\, a digital and PR agency serving the spirits\, wine\, beer\, a nd RTD industries\, has to share is for you!  Join us on Feb 2nd to get Me g’s perspective on how to shine in your interviews and get a PR job\, what to expect when you start\, how her agency wins new clients\, and where sh e thinks the industry is heading.\n\nSpeaker/Bio:\n\nMeg Sethi\, CEO & Age ncy Director Alchemysts Inc. - https://www.linkedin.com/in/megsethi/\n\n\n Featured in The Toronto Star\, Product Magazine\, Addicted Magazine and Me tro News\n Toronto Board of Trade “Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year” Award Nominee\; and Ontario Notable (PR & Communications) Award Nominee\n\n\n\n Industry Insider - A Closer Look at Sustainability Careers \n\nFebruary 9\ , 2022\n 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm\n RSVP through myFuture\n\nWondering what to do w ith your BA in Environmental Studies & Development? Come hear what Jelena Lalic has to say about working in the private sector & the municipal gover nment and how her athletics helped her in her work!\n\nJelena finished her BA in Environment and Development at the ɬ﷬'s School of Environment a nd her Masters in Geography\, Public Policy and Public Administration at C oncordia University. She has been working for three years in the private s ector at ERA Environmental and eight years of experience working for the C ity of Montreal in environment. Throughout her career at the city\, she pu t in place the ISO 14001 environmental management system for the borough o f Saint-Laurent which won at the Montreal Sustainability Gala in 2015 as t he first public institution in Québec putting in place such a project. She also has experience in various projects related to the environment such a s leading green alley projects\, implementing organic waste\, managing com munity gardens\, working in partnership with local NGOs among other things . She also has 15 years of experience in coaching track and field at the p rovincial and national levels\, working for the Saint-Laurent Sélect track and field club\, that helped her throughout her career in environment.\n \nRaynald Macher-Poitras obtained his B. Eng. at ɬ﷬ and the n his M.Sc. in environmental science at UQAM. After more than 10 years wor king in sustainable urban redevelopment at Ville de Montréal\, he is now h ead of the ecological transition section at Le Sud-Ouest where he manages a team of professionals working on climate change adaptation projects\, ur ban agriculture and sustainable transportation.\n\n\nINDUSTRY INSIDER - PU BLIC SERVICE CAREERS EDITION\n\nAre you curious about career paths in the public service? Here’s your chance to get an insider’s look at the public service! Join us for a ɬ﷬ CaPS Industry Insider speaker event with a p ublic servant who will share their experiences and answer your questions a bout government careers.\n\nIndustry Insider - A Closer Look at Communicat ions Careers\n\nJanuary 19\, 2022\n 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm\n RSVP through myFutur e\n\nWondering how to build a communications career with a BA? Come hear w hat Darryl Levine\, Director of Public Affairs and Communications\, City o f Côte Saint-Luc has to say & get your questions answered.\n\nSpeaker/Bio: \n\nDarryl Levine was born and raised in Montreal. He graduated from Vanie r College (Liberal Arts)\, ɬ﷬ (Philosophy)\, and Concordia University (Journalism). He has worked in marketing and communications for 20-plus years with stints at YES Montreal\, I.C. Axon (e-learning)\, Kell y+Aylen Marketing Communications\, Openface Internet\, and the City of Côt e Saint-Luc. Small teams require one to do a lot of things well (or well-e nough)\, so he has added to his skill-set videography\, video editing\, we bsite creation\, graphic design\, and social media management.\n\n\nIndust ry Insider - A Closer Look at Sustainability Careers \n\nFebruary 9\, 2022 \n 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm\n RSVP through myFuture\n\nWondering what to do with yo ur BA in Environmental Studies & Development?  Come hear what Jelena Lalic has to say about working in the private sector & the municipal government and how her athletics helped her in her work!\n\nSpeaker/Bio:\n\nJelena f inished her BA in Environment and Development at the ɬ﷬'s School of En vironment and her Masters in Geography\, Public Policy and Public Administ ration at Concordia University. She has  been working for three years in t he private sector at ERA Environmental and eight years of experience worki ng for the City of Montreal in environment. Throughout her career at the c ity\, she put in place the ISO 14001 environmental management system for t he borough of Saint-Laurent which won at the Montreal Sustainability Gala in 2015 as the first public institution in Québec putting in place such a project. She  also has experience in various projects related to the envir onment such as leading green alley projects\, implementing organic waste\, managing community gardens\, working in partnership with local NGOs among other things. She also has 15 years of experience in coaching track and f ield at the provincial and national levels\, working for the Saint-Laurent Sélect track and field club\, that helped her throughout her career in en vironment.\n\nRaynald Macher-Poitras obtained his B. Eng. at ɬ﷬ Univer sity and then his M.Sc. in environmental science at UQAM. After more than 10 years working in sustainable urban redevelopment at Ville de Montréal\, he is now head of the ecological transition section at Le Sud-Ouest where he manages a team of professionals working on climate change adaptation p rojects\, urban agriculture and sustainable transportation.\n\n\nINDUSTRY INSIDER - HEALTH EDITION\n\nIndustry Insider - A Closer Look at Dietetics Careers\n March 9\, 2022\n 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm\n RSVP through myFuture\n\nWonde ring what to do with your Nutrition or Dietetics degree?  Curious to learn more about what its like working as a healthcare professional in business ? Come hear what Janna Boloten\, Nutrition Science Advisor\, at Abbott has to say & answer your questions.\n\nSpeaker/Bio:\n\n Janna Boloten is a re gistered dietitian with 10 years of work experience across healthcare and business settings. Since 2017\, Janna has worked at Abbott\, on the Nutrit ion Science team\, where she collaborates with other departments\, includi ng Research & Development and Marketing\, as well as external healthcare p rofessionals\, to translate the most relevant nutrition research and guide lines into practical actions for care providers and people. In her role\, she specializes in diabetes and healthy aging. \n\nPrior to joining Abbott \, Janna spent 3 years in private practice and as a clinical dietitian at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal. She also worked for 3 years as a medical nutrition sales representative for Nestle Health Science\, where s he gained sales\, marketing and business development skills. Janna is now  pursuing a Masters' in Health Management\, and has a B.Sc. in Dietetics an d Human Nutrition and a B.A in Psychology from ɬ﷬ in Montre al. \n\n\nIndustry Insider: A Closer Look at Nutrition Careers \n March 16\ , 2022\n 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm\n RSVP through myFuture\n\n\n Wondering what to d o with your Nutrition degree? Curious to learn more about what it's like w orking as a nutrition professional in your own business? Come hear what Em manuelle Dumoulin\, has to say and answer your questions.\n\n\nSpeaker/Bio :\n\nEmmanuelle Dumoulin\, Registered Dietician\, and creator of Passion f or Nutrition\n Passionate about food and communication since her childhood\ , Emmanuelle recently took the plunge and created her own business to shar e her knowledge and passion for nutrition. Her motto: to transmit this pas sion to others\, allowing them to practice healthy eating\, in all simplic ity\, for the pleasure of their taste buds and ultimately\, for their over all health.\n\nWith 8 years of experience in the public health field\, in particular prevention and health promotion\, and being a two-time mother\, she is committed to the development of culinary skills from childhood.\n \nEmmanuelle focuses on simple meal planning and organization as well as o n the involvement of children in the kitchen. All of this is accomplished through a positive approach that allows people to feed themselves with pas sion.\n\n\nIndustry Insider: A Closer Look at Biology Careers at Health Ca nada\n March 30\, 2022\n 1:30 - 2:30 pm\n RSVP through myFuture\n\nCurious to learn more about what a biologist does at Health Canada?\n\nCome hear wha t Dr. Jane Pappas\, Senior Biologist at Health Canada has to say & get you r questions answered.\n\nSpeaker/Bio:\n\nJane was born and raised in Montr eal\, Canada\, but loves to travel the coasts of any continent. She clearl y appreciates her Alma mater\, ɬ﷬\, having completed her BS c\, PhD and a Postdoctoral Fellowship here. Jane’s first love is for scien ce and medicine but regulatory and policy work have always kept her fascin ated as well. That’s why she chose a career with the Government of Canada. Jane is a Senior Biologist and Scientific Evaluator at Health Canada\, wh ere she works with a team of Chemists and Biologists to protect human heal th and the environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act\, 1 999. In this role\, Jane also works with other agencies\, such as the Inte rnational Agency for Research on Cancer\, a part of the United Nations’ Wo rld Health Organization (the WHO). There she helps to evaluate candidate a gents of human carcinogenesis. \n\n\nINDUSTRY INSIDER - GREEN CAREERS EDI TION\n\nIndustry Insider - A Closer Look at Careers in Nature\n March 22\, 2022\n 11:00 am -12:00 pm\n RSVP through myFuture\n\nWant to travel the worl d and discover new species? Ever wonder how being a curator at a natural h istory museum can impact our understanding of the history of the planet? O r how patterns of biological diversity can reveal environmental and histor ical causes? Come hear what Dr Chakrabarty has to say and have your questi ons answered.\n\nSpeaker/Bio:\n\nDr. Prosanta Chakrabarty is a Full Profes sor and the Curator of Fishes at the Museum of Natural Science and Departm ent of Biological Sciences at Louisiana State University. He is also a Res earch Associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York\, Sm ithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington\, D.C and the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa\, Canada. He is a systematist and an ichthyologist studying the evolution and biogeography of fishes\, his work has taken him to more than thirty countries around the world (including J apan\, Australia\, Brazil\, Taiwan\, Madagascar\, Panama\, and Kuwait). He has described over a dozen new species and published more than 85 peer-re viewed papers and several books.\n\nDr. Prosanta grew up in New York City\ , his undergraduate degree is from ɬ﷬ in Montreal (the city where he was born) and his PhD is from the University of Michigan. He is a former Program Director at the National Science Foundation\, an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, a TED Senior Fellow. and a Fulbright Distinguished Chair.\n\n\nIndustry Insider: A Closer Look at Fisheries Assessment Careers with Fisheries & Oceans Can ada\n March 22\, 2022\n 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm\n RSVP through myFuture\n\nDo you w onder what it would be like to swim with spawning salmon or fly over them in a helicopter? Or use video or sonar technology for enumeration? Collect biological samples that help contribute to the understanding of populatio n dynamics and marine distribution and survival? Come hear what Nicolette Watson has to say about the salmon world on the West Coast of Canada and h ave your questions answered.\n\nSpeaker/Bio:\n\nNicolette grew up in South ern Alberta\, riding horses in the Rocky Mountains. She always had a love for nature\, the environment and learning about different ecosystems and t heir flora and fauna. She graduated from Lethbridge Community College with a diploma in Renewable Resource Management and decided to live and learn near the ocean. She moved to Vancouver Island and went to the University o f Victoria\, graduating with a co-op degree in Biology. She spent time stu dying at Bamfield Marine Sciences Center\, and completed 4 co-op jobs whil e trying to decide what to do for a career. Her final co-op work term in 2 008 was with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada working in Salm on Stock Assessment in the Strait of Georgia. Ever since then\, Nicolette made a career out of this final co-op opportunity and enjoys working with Salmon where she enumerates stocks\, collects biological samples and monit ors recreational marine catch.\n\n\nIndustry Insider - A Closer Look at En gineering for Sustainable Development Careers\n March 23\, 2022\n 11:30 am - 12:30 pm\n RSVP through myFuture\n\nCurious what a Researcher in Climate Ri sk and Sustainable Energy does? Want to learn more about research careers in climate change or how to combine engineering with sustainable developme nt? Come hear what Akaraseth Puranasamriddhi has to say\, find out how he made his way working abroad\, and have your questions answered. \n\nSpeake r/Bio:\n\nAkaraseth is a Researcher in Climate Risk & Sustainable Finance at the University of Cambridge and Associated Researcher in Energy Access at University College London. He is also a Trustee at Engineers Without Bo rders UK. Previously\, he worked as a Research Assistant at University of Oxford\, focusing on sustainable energy transitions in sub-Saharan Africa. He also worked as a Climate Change Consultant at United Nations Developme nt Programme in delivering sustainable energy and climate change mitigatio n strategies across the Asia-Pacific region.  \n\n\nIndustry Insider - A C loser Look at Environmental Specialist Careers\n March 24\, 2022\n 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm\n RSVP through myFuture\n\nCurious what an Environmental Specialis t at Health Canada does on a day to day basis? Or to learn more about work ing in Regulatory Management of Waste In Environment and Climate Change Ca nada? Come hear what Allison Lapierre has to say and answer your questions .\n\nSpeaker/Bio:\n\nAllison Lapierre\, Environmental Specialist\, Health Canada\n\nAllison works at Health Canada as an Environmental Specialist fo r Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan. Since joining the government she als o worked at Environment and Climate Change Canada in the Industrial Chemic als and Waste Division in regulatory management. She has a BSc in Ecology and an MENV in Environmental Assessment\, both from Concordia University. As a student Allison participated in the data collection for the Urban Tra nsit Exposure study lead by Health Canada\, and worked at the municipality of Mont-Tremblant on the Shoreline inspection program. Allison’s first ca reer job was at a small company specializing in software development for e nvironmental compliance\, where she learned about the industry perspective of complying with environmental and health and safety regulations. Alliso n plans to continue working within the federal government\, and will likel y continue to seek out new opportunities within and outside of Health Cana da. At the beginning of the pandemic she temporarily joined the Health Pro ducts and Food Branch at Heath Canada to support the licensing and recalls of hand sanitizers and disinfectants.\n\n\nThe Zoom meeting link will be sent to all registrants in advance of the course start time. To qualify fo r CCR recognition\, you must register for and sign into the online zoom ev ent using your ɬ﷬ email address.\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220430 SUMMARY:Industry Insider (Winter) 2022 - A Look at Careers URL:/caps/channels/event/industry-insider-winter-2022- look-careers-335427 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR