Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Ancora imparo
- Drafted several legal memorandums identifying and defining federal and provincial health care responsibilities towards First Nation, Métis and Inuit Peoples, including the complex mix of certain Indian Act provisions, jurisprudence, and intersections with health law and legislation - Researched and analyzed novel legal doctrines to re-conceptualize health care consent and capacity law to reflect Indigenous approaches to collective, community-based decision-making - Outlined provincial and federal legislative and policy supports to reduce the (risk of) harm from traumatic events among first responders and health care professionals - Analyzed the issue of professionalizing personal support workers (PSW) in Ontario, based on statutory requirements for designation, current provincial policies and programs in place, and the positions of various PSW advocacy groups - Outlined Ontario’s public health mandate, with a particular focus on public awareness and education campaigns - Copy-edited and footnoted the LCO’s recently released 200-page class actions law reform report entitled "Class Actions: Objectives, Experiences and Reforms"
- Managed the Parliamentary Office of Sven Spengemann, Member of Parliament for Mississauga—Lakeshore - Advised MP on policy and strategic priorities, drafted speeches for all House of Commons and committee business, and prepared other communications, such as Householders and Ten Percenters - Developed a federal statute (Gender Equality Week Act, SC 2018, c 14), which included conducting stakeholder outreach and drafting legislative text, speeches, articles, and press releases - Facilitated community-based consultations on a range of policy issues relating to the federal budget, seniors, climate change, electoral reform, religious expression, and youth employment
- Worked in the Office of Peter Milczyn, Member of Provincial Parliament for Etobicoke—Lakeshore - Managed a substantive casework portfolio, including ensuring constituents gain access to the social support programs, like ODSP, to which they are entitled - Responded to constituent emails, phone calls, and letters in a time-sensitive manner, including researching answers to questions, contacting organizations and advocating on their behalf, and acting as a liaison between the constituent and provincial social support programs - Performed various administrative tasks including maintaining hard and electronic copies of case files, preparing all personal and anniversary scrolls for constituents and graduation scrolls for students in riding, and aided with mail-out of Christmas cards to constituents and stakeholders - Organized and facilitated community events and stakeholder meetings for MPP Milczyn