Resume

• 2013

  Every year the City of Toronto administers a Street Needs Assessment to learn more about homelessness and to determine the needs of the homeless population. I surveyed residents of a youth shelter in the Toronto (North)

  City of Toronto Street Needs Assessment

  United World Colleges Québec Selection Committee

  Report Writing

  Political Science

  Urban Politics

  Social Policy

  Homelessness

  Proposal Writing

  Public Policy

  Canadian politics

  Research

  Smith

  Alison

  Smith

  The Institute on Governance

  University of Toronto Mississauga

  Parliament of Canada

  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC/CRSH)

  Université de Montréal

  Montréal

  My responsibilities included interviewing (in English and in French) 10 high-profile SSHRC scholarship holders. I also wrote profiles of their work for promotion by SSHRC.

  Intern

  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC/CRSH)

  Montréal

  Teaching Assistant for undergraduate courses including: \n\nPol 1000 Analyse politique; théories et concepts (Alain Noël)\nPol 1330 Administration et politiques publiques (Laurence Bherer)\nPol 2140 Analyse politique (Mireille Paquet)\nPol 2150 Politiques Sociales (Alain Noël)\nPol 3500 Institutions Canadiennes/Québecoises (Jean-François Godbout)

  Monitrice/Teaching Assistant

  Université de Montréal

  Ottawa

  Ontario

  Researched aboriginal and public sector governance in Canada. I aided in the study of the governance of various organizations

  and I presented research findings in Toronto. I also conducted focus groups in Halifax and Toronto in a study about the governance of a public organization. In addition to these two major areas

  I led a project to study Parliament and the committee system.

  Research Officer

  The Institute on Governance

  Mississauga Campus; St George Campus

  Assistant Professor

  University of Toronto Mississauga

  Ottawa

  Ontario

  The Parliamentary Internship Programme is a non-partisan

  educational introduction to Canadian politics. As a Parliamentary Intern

  I completed two five month work placements in the Ottawa offices of a government and an opposition Member of Parliament. The program involved weekly academic discussions; \"brown-bag lunch\" seminars with prominent public actors in government

  the private sector

  and activists; and a research paper

  which focused on parliamentary committees. I also participated in study tours to Nunavut

  Washington

  Belfast

  Brussels

  Toronto

  and Québec City to learn about politics and governance around the world.

  Parliamentary Intern

  Parliament of Canada

• 2011

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  Political Science

  Université de Montréal

• 2008

  MA

  Political Science

  The University of British Columbia

• 2005

  BA (Hon)

  Political Science

  Hispanic studies

  Student newspaper

  Leadership Mount Allison

  SMILE activity coordinator

  Mount Allison University

• 2003

  INPRHU (Managua

  Nicaragua)

• 2002

  Spanish

  English

  French

  International Baccalaureate

  Liberal Arts and Sciences

  General Studies and Humanities

  Lester B Pearson United World College

• Institute on Governance - Leading Expertise

  Institute on Governance | Leading Expertise

  Programme de stage parlementaire

  Les stagiaires du Programme de stage parlementaire travaillent pour des députés du parti au pouvoir et de l'opposition. Ils rencontrent régulièrement d'éminents Canadiens dans le cadre de la série de conférences midi et ont accès à un grand nombre de journalistes

  de diplomates et de représentants des secteurs public et privé au Canada.

  Programme de stage parlementaire

  Pearson College UWC - Canada's school for students of exceptional promise and potential worldwide

  Pearson College UWC - Canada's school for students of exceptional promise and potential worldwide

  Politikos Student Journal