January 1992 - present - POLARIS Employment Services
- Burnaby, B.C.
Employment Specialist: working with employment equity target group
- people with a developmental disability and the business community to
match candidates skills and abilities with employer's hiring needs...providing
on-the-job-training and or followup services for more than 100 companies
over more than 10 years...
April 1988 - December 1991 - North Shore Employment
Services - North Vancouver, B.C.
(Jointly administered project of POLARIS Employment Services and
The North Shore Association for the Mentally Handicapped - NSAMH)
Employment Specialist: working with employment equity target group
- people with a mental disability and the business community to match candidates
skills and abilities with employer's hiring needs...
January 1985-March 1988- The North Shore Association
for the Mentally Handicapped - North Vancouver, B.C.
Workstation Project: working with the
business community to develop workstation sites hiring persons with a mental
handicap...
Amity Cooinda Packaging: working in
a sheltered workshop for persons with a mental handicap to meet production
needs of business contracts secured by Amity Cooinda Packaging...
June 1982 - July 1987 - Independent Contractor with Ministry
of Human Resources (now CFS)
providing residential proprietary care for an individual with Autism
in our family's home...
January 1979 - June 1982 - Gateway House Society
- Delta (Ladner), B.C.
Residential Instructor - Senior Staff : Instruction of Life Skills,
Sexuality, Woodworking and Craft Skills with a small group of adolescents
with Autism...
September 1976 -July 1978 -North Shore Association
for the Physically Handicapped - North Vancouver, B.C.
Teacher's Aid: working in a classroom at Larson Elementary School
with a group of children with multiple disabilities... (Mornings)
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working with one visually impaired and mentally handicapped student
in an integrated setting at Windsor House Alternative Elementary School...
(Afternoons)
October 1975 - June 1976 - Burnaby Association
for the Mentally Retarded - Burnaby, B.C.
Teacher's Aid: LIP Grant - working in a classroom at Donald Patterson
School with elementary school children with mental disabilities... (Mornings)
- working in a classroom at Suncrest Elementary School with elementary
school children with mental disabilities... (Afternoons)
* Class 4 (Chauffeur's) License obtained as a requirement for this
position...
February 1974 - May 1975 -Vancouver-Richmond Association
for the Mentally Retarded - Vancouver, B.C.
Residential Worker: working with a co-ed group of residents at
the Gary House residence in Steveston - instruction in life skills and
recreational planning...
May 1972 - November 1973 - Plymouth State Home
and Training School - Plymouth, Michigan - USA
Nurses Aid: ward worker in an institution for persons with mental
disabilities
August 1971 - May 1972 -The Cracked Crab Restaurant
- Ann Arbor, Michigan - USA
Seafood Cook: preparing a limited menu of seafood for a small,
but busy restaurant
1970 - 1971( employment concurrent with attending University)
The University of Michigan - Building Services
- Ann Arbor, Michigan -USA
Janitor: janitorial duties in the School of Dentistry Building...
Dishwasher: in a dormitory cafeteria...
Summer 1969 -The Lapeer State Home and Training
School - Lapeer, Michigan -USA
Nurses Aid: (Cadre Unit)... providing replacement of workers on
vacation or taking in-service training at a large institution for persons
with mental disabilities...
Summers - 1964 - 1968 - Coulter's Christmas Tree
Farm - North Branch, Michigan -USA
Tree Farm Worker: cutting and trimming Christmas trees
The University of Michigan - College of Architecture and Design
(Design Program - Fine Arts)
Ann Arbor, Michigan -USA - 1969 - 1971 (did NOT complete)
Lapeer Senior High School -Lapeer, Michigan - USA - Graduated
June 1969
La Universidad de las Americas -Mexico City, Mexico
(6 week summer program for high school students studying Spanish)
-1967 - 4 years of high school Spanish...
Drawing, Painting, Graphic Arts, Computers, Web page design, Writing,
Desk Top Publishing, Reading, Collecting Music, Attending Concerts, Whistling,
Social Issues and Ethics, Camping
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