Hana Elmasry - The bridge between Scientific Method and Design Theory

 Qualifications 

• Trilingual: Arabic, English, French

• Works collaboratively with team and community resources as well as work independently

• Knowledge in community development

• Experience designing and implementing programs and workshops

• Dedicated, focused, organized, and self-motivated

• Leadership abilities

• Experience working in at risk and diverse communities

• CPR A & C & AED certified

• Applied Behavior Analysis Certificate (ABA) – Geneva Centre For Autism

• Security License

• Ability to take initiative, to manage multiple tasks with established deadlines 

• Willingness to empower and support individuals with complex cognitive/behavioral needs in all aspects of daily living and community integration in a team environment

• Excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written).

• Minimum of two to five years as an event supervisor, coordinator or in a facilities role

• Experience working in a cultural institution

• Experience in a unionized environment

 

 

 Employment History

 

ETA Vaughan Women’s Shelter- Residential Counsellor/ Relief Staff                                       2012- 2013

• Work and help empower women and children (ages new born to 15)

• Counsel women: aid in intake, safety planning, goals, 
  coping skills, basic peer and support counselling etc.

• Answer crises calls

• Facilitations of workshops/programs

• Maintain shelter: clean and disinfect rooms/housekeeping

• Perform patrols of building

• Administration: inventory, client logs, shift change logs, incident reports, prepare/ editmanuals and resources

• Use art and non-verbal expression in therapy

Child Cognitive & Behavioural Development Caregiver                                                         2012- 2013

Child: 9 years old, with Autism

• Prepare structured sensory integrated activities to engage and develop various cortices in the brain.

• Also develop early communication skills, fine motor skills and attention/concentration

• Implemented routines based on stimulus and behaviour relationship.

• Monitor violent behaviour, find antecedent and establish consequence.

• Applied tasks (arts and crafts included)

Citizens for the Advancement of Community Development (CACD)                                        2010 - 2012
Administrative Assistant: 

• Managed and coordinated employees and volunteers

• Managed and coordinated programs

• Assisted Executive Director with organization and completion of daily duties, emails, phone calls etc. 

• Research, assay, compare and network with other groups and communities.

• I wrote proposals and grants to guarantee funding for our programs and our organization in general. 

• Event planning.

 

Child and Youth Worker:

• Established trusting and meaningful one-on-one relationships with children, youth and families

• Worked with and supervised  25-30 children ages varying from  9 to 13 

• Implemented structured and controlled activities, coordinated treatment interventions, and organized recreational and social activities.

• Helped develop and implement individual and group treatment programs – such as life skill programs etc

• Recognized and responded effectively to acts of aggression and depressive, destructive or self-injurious behaviors

• Engaged in behavior management, safety and security programming 

 

Art Instructor

• Facilitated art classes: painting, drawing, crafts

 

Life Skills Coach:

• Prepared interactive presentations and facilitated to teach kids from the ages of 9 - 13 and 14 - 19 values related to life skills and a healthy development in terms of mind/cognition.

 

103rdGraduate Exhibition Event (GradEx) - Managing Coordinator OCADU                                                        2018

• Hire 60 people: Spreading the Call for Monitors/ send and receive Hire Packages etc

• Create/ collect/ organize forms

• Collect/redirect to HR: tax forms

• Create student monitor schedule

• Create student monitor final count list

• Create monitor email and templates for outstanding forms

• Create contact list spread sheet

• Write Training document

• Send training document to 50 monitors

• Edit & Send Web Entry PDF to 50 monitors for extra training

• Train Monitors on Safety and Security

• HR web entries, approval of hours

• Work alongside security team before and during event

• Coordinated between monitors (staff) and guests

• Monitor/Utilize Exhibition list for exhibitors

• Keep report and guest sign in records (40,000 guests attended)

 

Admissions and Recruitment – OCAD Ambassador                                                                           2017-Present 

• Tour Guide, Facilitator

• Mange individuals and groups up to 50 people

• Coordinate throughout the building

• Inform of programs and school related endeavors (housing, portfolio etc)

 

• Event Staff for Conventions

• Provide information about admissions, portfolio requirements, programs, OCADU general questions

 

Student Monitor- OCAD U Drawing and Painting                                                                             2016-Present

• Building 

• Monitoring 

·      Assisting students in building their strainers and other projects for their assignments 

·      Supervising/ monitoring student method and work 

·      Measuring


·      Cleaning/ housekeeping

·      Checking thesis rooms, regular classes and attached buildings

·      Ensuring everything was safe, well maintained and accessible

 

AGC- The Artist Garden cooperative - Event Supervisor                                                                     2015

• Concert prep: 

·      Ensure accessibility for seniors and assistive devices

·      Filing


·      Ticket organizing /Track guest lists  


·      Brochure prep


·      Set up / clean studio


·      Make food and prep for display 

·      Prep garden/venue: Set-up for, tear-down

·      Keep detailed post-event reports

 

• Concert: 

·      Provide IT/AV support: set up seating and lighting for audience & set up stage for performers 

·      Assure everything is safe and secure

 

• Other Events: 

o Hand out brochures
o Usher guests
o Ticket sales
o Set up raffle/ do raffle 

o Face painting
o “Leaf it to the Wind” /art interactive presentation o give away: 30 Rose of Sharon plants
o art displays/ galleries 

 

Experience

 

Worked for United Nations Youth for Water Canadian Association in which we facilitated many projects. Our focus was in regards to water use, sustainability, conservation, safety/health. Our tasks included spreading free fill-up spots for water bottles, surveying to collect data, planning and coordinating events, building water barrels to collect rain water. We worked with at risk communities and spoke with affluent neighbourhoods- performing outreach all over Ontario.

 

United Nations Association: Cattaraqui Community Centre

• Facilitated art class and leadership class

United Nations Association: Warden Woods Circle Apartments

• Write & Prepare Presentations; Facilitated art-centred presentations

 

United Nations Association: Victoria Park Collegiate

• Prepare, organize and set up for presentation and facilitate the presentation for an audience of 40 students

 

United Nations Association: Thirsty Minds: Roundtable  

• Prepared & lead water-tasting tests in various public locations, lead & conducted surveys, Facilitated workshops & presented information collected from the surveys, also lead discussions 
   

United Nations Association: Royal Ontario Museum

• Painted murals, presented a speech

 

United Nations Association: Community Outreach

• Facilitated art classes to older adults and seniors (some with disabilities) 

 

 

Work Related Skills and Achievements

 

• Up to 6 years of experience outreaching to communities and preparing events that encompass positivity, safety, anti-oppression, open minded perspective 

• Up to 6 years of experience counselling and mentoring children/ youth and women.

• 1-3 years of experience working in an office environment and multi-line phone

• Planned annual event:the Health Fair

  • Organized for donations and honorariumsfrom Maple Lodge

  • Networked for attendance of exhibitors and organizations such as:
     Canadian Cancer Society, Anaphylaxis Canada, CNIB and Heart and Stroke Foundation.

• Built a gazebo with ParticipAction, Partners for play