Work Experience

Reporter

U of Windsor The Lance, Windsor, Ontario — staff reporter, beginning October 2007
Duties: conduct interviews and secondary research; write articles & opinion pieces
Regina Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan — Volunteer internship, August 2007
Duties: conducted interviews; contributed articles & blog items; edited and proofread news copy

Good Spirit Provincial Park, Good Spirit Lake, Saskatchewan — Summer job, 2007
Duties: repaired and maintained park facilities and equipment; operated heavy and light equipment
Can-Bow Motors, Canmore, Alberta — Summer job, 2005
Duties: Organized and maintained lot layout; picked up and delivered customers; assisted sales and service department

Statistics Canada, Southern Saskatchewan — Summer job, 2006
Duties: Recorded statistics and data; interviewed clients; filed documents; read maps; engaged in public relations activities

Farm labourer, Pretty View Stock Farm, Canora, Saskatchewan — 1995-2003
Duties: assisted in all aspects of this mixed grain and cattle family farm — seeding, haying, and harvesting; operated tractors, balers, swathers, combines, and other machinery; assisted with machinery maintenance; handled cattle and helped with calving
Yorkton Utility Board, Yorkton, Saskatchewan — Summer job and part-time, 2003
Duties: read water meters and compiled reports to administration for water billing