Industry Insider (Winter) 2022 - A Look at Careers

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• STEM Edition

• Work Your BA Edition

• Public Service Careers Edition

• Health Edition

• Green Careers Week Edition

INDUSTRY INSIDER - STEM EDITION

A Closer Look at Global Health/Humanitarian Careers
February 23, 2022
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
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Interested in knowing more about how to develop a humanitarian career as a medical/scientific professional? Come hear what Dr. Johnson, MD, MPH, Associate Professor at McGill, CEO of Humanitarian U and President of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians has to say about running a humanitarian start up that trains & certifies professionals for a career in humanitarian relief. (https://humanitarianu.com)

Speaker/Bio:

Dr. Kirsten Johnson MD, MPH, is a Health Advisor for the Canadian Red Cross’ Health in Emergencies Program. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at McGill University and has spent the past fifteen years practicing Emergency Medicine at the McGill University Health Centre hospitals in Montreal, Canada. She also works as a physician in the Cree and Inuit communities of Nunavik. She is President of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians and CEO of Humanitarian U, a social enterprise that has trained over 33,000 professionals at the WHO, UN partner agencies, Emergency Medical Teams, academic institutions and humanitarian organizations.

Dr. Johnson has worked in emergency and disaster medicine, disaster risk reduction, humanitarian response, coordination and health sector capacity building throughout the world. Her research has focused on genocide, child combatants, sexual gender-based violence and conflict-related health, mental health and psychosocial support. She has worked extensively on the development of technical guidance and toolkits, briefings, publications, and book chapters across the emergency management cycle in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings including Humanitarian U’s Assessment of the Impact of eLearning on Humanitarian Aid work (2019), UNFPA’s State of the World Population Report (2015), Global Humanitarian Medicine and Disaster Relief in Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine (2015) and Médecins Sans Frontiers book on Professionalizing Humanitarian Action (2012). She is involved in humanitarian professionalization, working on the development of competencies and standards for the training, education and certification of humanitarian responders globally.

Moderator:

Yinan Yu is a first year master student in Transcultural Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University under the supervision of Dr. Mónica Ruiz-Casares. Her current research focus on inadequate child supervision in low- and middle-income countries. Her research interests are cultural perspectives of mental health and mental health concerns in immigrant populations.

INDUSTRY INSIDER - WORK YOUR BA EDITION

Industry Insider - A Closer Look at Communications Careers

January 19, 2022
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
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Wondering how to build a communications career with a BA? Come hear what Darryl Levine, Director of Public Affairs and Communications, City of Côte Saint-Luc has to say & get your questions answered.

Speaker/Bio:

Darryl Levine was born and raised in Montreal. He graduated from Vanier College (Liberal Arts), McGill University (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), Kelly+Aylen Marketing Communications, Openface Internet, and the City of Côte Saint-Luc. Small teams require one to do a lot of things well (or well-enough), so he has added to his skill-set videography, video editing, website creation, graphic design, and social media management.

Industry Insider - A Closer Look at Public Relations Careers

February 2, 2022
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
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Seeking a career that lets you express your creativity or take advantage of an interest in pop culture? Then maybe what Meg Sethi, the CEO of Alchemysts Inc., a digital and PR agency serving the spirits, wine, beer, and RTD industries, has to share is for you!  Join us on Feb 2nd to get Meg’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 she thinks the industry is heading.

Speaker/Bio:

Meg Sethi, CEO & Agency Director Alchemysts Inc. - https://www.linkedin.com/in/megsethi/

• Featured in The Toronto Star, Product Magazine, Addicted Magazine and Metro News
• Toronto Board of Trade “Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year” Award Nominee; and Ontario Notable (PR & Communications) Award Nominee

Industry Insider - A Closer Look at Sustainability Careers

February 9, 2022
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
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Wondering what to do with your 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!

Jelena finished her BA in Environment and Development at the McGill's School of Environment and her Masters in Geography, Public Policy and Public Administration at Concordia University. She has been working for three years in the private sector at ERA Environmental and eight years of experience working for the City of Montreal in environment. Throughout her career at the city, she put in place the ISO 14001 environmental management system for the 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 environment 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 field at the provincial and national levels, working for the Saint-Laurent Sélect track and field club, that helped her throughout her career in environment.

Raynald Macher-Poitras obtained his B. Eng. at McGill University 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 projects, urban agriculture and sustainable transportation.

INDUSTRY INSIDER - PUBLIC SERVICE CAREERS EDITION

Are 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 McGill CaPS Industry Insider speaker event with a public servant who will share their experiences and answer your questions about government careers.

Industry Insider - A Closer Look at Communications Careers

January 19, 2022
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
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Wondering how to build a communications career with a BA? Come hear what Darryl Levine, Director of Public Affairs and Communications, City of Côte Saint-Luc has to say & get your questions answered.

Speaker/Bio:

Darryl Levine was born and raised in Montreal. He graduated from Vanier College (Liberal Arts), McGill University (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), Kelly+Aylen Marketing Communications, Openface Internet, and the City of Côte Saint-Luc. Small teams require one to do a lot of things well (or well-enough), so he has added to his skill-set videography, video editing, website creation, graphic design, and social media management.

Industry Insider - A Closer Look at Sustainability Careers

February 9, 2022
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
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Wondering what to do with your 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!

Speaker/Bio:

Jelena finished her BA in Environment and Development at the McGill's School of Environment and her Masters in Geography, Public Policy and Public Administration at Concordia University. She has  been working for three years in the private sector at ERA Environmental and eight years of experience working for the City of Montreal in environment. Throughout her career at the city, she put in place the ISO 14001 environmental management system for the 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 environment 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 field at the provincial and national levels, working for the Saint-Laurent Sélect track and field club, that helped her throughout her career in environment.

Raynald Macher-Poitras obtained his B. Eng. at McGill University 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 projects, urban agriculture and sustainable transportation.

INDUSTRY INSIDER - HEALTH EDITION

Industry Insider - A Closer Look at Dietetics Careers
March 9, 2022
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Wondering 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.

Speaker/Bio:

 Janna Boloten is a registered dietitian with 10 years of work experience across healthcare and business settings. Since 2017, Janna has worked at Abbott, on the Nutrition Science team, where she collaborates with other departments, including Research & Development and Marketing, as well as external healthcare professionals, to translate the most relevant nutrition research and guidelines into practical actions for care providers and people. In her role, she specializes in diabetes and healthy aging. 

Prior 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 she gained sales, marketing and business development skills. Janna is now pursuing a Masters' in Health Management, and has a B.Sc. in Dietetics and Human Nutrition and a B.A in Psychology from McGill University in Montreal. 

Industry Insider: A Closer Look at Nutrition Careers
March 16, 2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Speaker/Bio:

Emmanuelle Dumoulin, Registered Dietician, and creator of Passion for Nutrition
Passionate about food and communication since her childhood, Emmanuelle recently took the plunge and created her own business to share her knowledge and passion for nutrition. Her motto: to transmit this passion to others, allowing them to practice healthy eating, in all simplicity, for the pleasure of their taste buds and ultimately, for their overall health.

With 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.

Emmanuelle focuses on simple meal planning and organization as well as on the involvement of children in the kitchen. All of this is accomplished through a positive approach that allows people to feed themselves with passion.

Industry Insider: A Closer Look at Biology Careers at Health Canada
March 30, 2022
1:30 - 2:30 pm
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Curious to learn more about what a biologist does at Health Canada?

Come hear what Dr. Jane Pappas, Senior Biologist at Health Canada has to say & get your questions answered.

Speaker/Bio:

Jane was born and raised in Montreal, Canada, but loves to travel the coasts of any continent. She clearly appreciates her Alma mater, McGill University, having completed her BSc, PhD and a Postdoctoral Fellowship here. Jane’s first love is for science and medicine but regulatory and policy work have always kept her fascinated 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, where she works with a team of Chemists and Biologists to protect human health and the environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. In this role, Jane also works with other agencies, such as the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a part of the United Nations’ World Health Organization (the WHO). There she helps to evaluate candidate agents of human carcinogenesis.

INDUSTRY INSIDER - GREEN CAREERS EDITION

Industry Insider - A Closer Look at Careers in Nature
March 22, 2022
11:00 am -12:00 pm
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Want to travel the world and discover new species? Ever wonder how being a curator at a natural history museum can impact our understanding of the history of the planet? Or how patterns of biological diversity can reveal environmental and historical causes? Come hear what Dr Chakrabarty has to say and have your questions answered.

Speaker/Bio:

Dr. Prosanta Chakrabarty is a Full Professor and the Curator of Fishes at the Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences at Louisiana State University. He is also a Research Associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Smithsonian’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 Japan, Australia, Brazil, Taiwan, Madagascar, Panama, and Kuwait). He has described over a dozen new species and published more than 85 peer-reviewed papers and several books.

Dr. Prosanta grew up in New York City, his undergraduate degree is from McGill University 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.

Industry Insider: A Closer Look at Fisheries Assessment Careers with Fisheries & Oceans Canada
March 22, 2022
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Do you wonder 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 population 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 have your questions answered.

Speaker/Bio:

Nicolette grew up in Southern Alberta, riding horses in the Rocky Mountains. She always had a love for nature, the environment and learning about different ecosystems and their 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 of Victoria, graduating with a co-op degree in Biology. She spent time studying at Bamfield Marine Sciences Center, and completed 4 co-op jobs while trying to decide what to do for a career. Her final co-op work term in 2008 was with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada working in Salmon 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 monitors recreational marine catch.

Industry Insider - A Closer Look at Engineering for Sustainable Development Careers
March 23, 2022
11:30 am -12:30 pm
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Curious what a Researcher in Climate Risk and Sustainable Energy does? Want to learn more about research careers in climate change or how to combine engineering with sustainable development? Come hear what Akaraseth Puranasamriddhi has to say, find out how he made his way working abroad, and have your questions answered. 

Speaker/Bio:

Akaraseth 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 Borders 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 Development Programme in delivering sustainable energy and climate change mitigation strategies across the Asia-Pacific region.  

Industry Insider - A Closer Look at Environmental Specialist Careers
March 24, 2022
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
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Curious what an Environmental Specialist at Health Canada does on a day to day basis? Or to learn more about working in Regulatory Management of Waste In Environment and Climate Change Canada? Come hear what Allison Lapierre has to say and answer your questions.

Speaker/Bio:

Allison Lapierre, Environmental Specialist, Health Canada

Allison works at Health Canada as an Environmental Specialist for Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan. Since joining the government she also worked at Environment and Climate Change Canada in the Industrial Chemicals 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 Transit Exposure study lead by Health Canada, and worked at the municipality of Mont-Tremblant on the Shoreline inspection program. Allison’s first career job was at a small company specializing in software development for environmental compliance, where she learned about the industry perspective of complying with environmental and health and safety regulations. Allison plans to continue working within the federal government, and will likely continue to seek out new opportunities within and outside of Health Canada. At the beginning of the pandemic she temporarily joined the Health Products and Food Branch at Heath Canada to support the licensing and recalls of hand sanitizers and disinfectants.

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