Nicole Provost Portfolio

Mission Statement: I am a UFV aviation student with a passion for inclusion and neurodiversity.

My name is Nicole Provost. I am a stu­dent at the Uni­ver­si­ty of the Fras­er Val­ley, in the Bach­e­lor of Inte­grat­ed Stud­ies pro­gram. The focus of my degree pro­gram is avi­a­tion. I am also a Com­mer­cial Pilot (CPL) stu­dent at Aquila Avi­a­tion in Abbots­ford. I am pas­sion­ate about avi­a­tion, and it is my goal to become an air­line pilot. 

I am also a small-busi­ness-own­er in Abbots­ford, as I run my own fed­er­al­ly-reg­is­tered char­i­ty called ‘May­day Club’ aimed at improv­ing the lives and career prospects of youth with neu­ro­di­ver­si­ties and dis­abil­i­ties. I start­ed the orga­ni­za­tion in 2015, as I noticed a lack of oppor­tu­ni­ties for neu­ro­di­ver­gent, LGBTQ2+, and oth­er­wise vul­ner­a­ble youth in my com­mu­ni­ty. Today, the orga­ni­za­tion con­sists of a 42-voice youth choir and a radio show on CIVL radio, where we dis­cuss top­ics sur­round­ing neurodiversity. 

I believe that my biggest asset to any work­place is that I am an out-of-the-box thinker who cre­ates oppor­tu­ni­ties for inclu­sion and con­nec­tion in the com­mu­ni­ty by edu­cat­ing oth­ers on the tan­gi­ble val­ue of human diver­si­ty, and by valu­ing the opin­ions and con­tri­bu­tions of peo­ple of all back­grounds and neu­ro-types. I love mak­ing sure that every­one in the work­place is includ­ed and feels valued. 

I am flu­ent in Eng­lish and French, and I am pro­fi­cient in Ger­man. I have a basic knowl­edge of Halq’emeylem, and am com­mit­ted to learn­ing and shar­ing the ances­tral lan­guage of the land I live on. 

I am excel­lent at work­ing with chil­dren and youth, espe­cial­ly those who are neu­ro­di­ver­gent and / or social­ly or behav­ioral­ly diverse. 

In my spare time, I enjoy play­ing Dun­geons and Drag­ons, going on hikes with my dog ‘Kona’, play­ing with my two sph­ynx cats, snow­board­ing, draw­ing, and spend­ing time with my friends and family.

It is my pri­ma­ry goal to become a com­mer­cial air­line pilot. I am pas­sion­ate about avi­a­tion, and ulti­mate­ly, I would like to spend as much time as I can in the air. In order to gain the hours nec­es­sary to fly for an air­line, I plan to work as a flight instruc­tor at my local air­port once I have com­plet­ed my com­mer­cial pilot train­ing and instruc­tor rating.

My sec­ondary career goal is to grow my non-prof­it char­i­ty into a self-sus­tain­ing orga­ni­za­tion. I am pas­sion­ate about mak­ing my com­mu­ni­ty a more inclu­sive place for peo­ple with neu­ro­di­ver­si­ties. I am aware of a major lack of edu­ca­tion­al and employ­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties for neu­ro­di­ver­gent peo­ple in British Colum­bia, and I plan on doing every­thing in my pow­er to address this gap. I want to expand my char­i­ty’s pro­gram­ming to include sev­er­al skills-build­ing and recre­ation­al pro­grams for neu­ro­di­ver­gent youth in my com­mu­ni­ty, and also start a day pro­gram for home­schooled neu­ro­di­ver­gent youth where they can come togeth­er to study and socialize.

I would also love to start a ‘sup­port com­mu­ni­ty’ for neu­ro­di­ver­gent adults who are unable to live inde­pen­dent­ly, and who would ben­e­fit from being part of a close-knit and safe com­mu­ni­ty of peo­ple. For this, I will need a lot of land, and the means to pur­chase and run sev­er­al ‘tiny homes’ capa­ble of hous­ing neu­ro­di­ver­gent sin­gles and / or cou­ples. I will also need to pro­vide sup­port work­ers to check in on the adults housed in the community. 

In short — I plan on pur­su­ing a career in avi­a­tion, while work­ing on the side to make my com­mu­ni­ty a more inclu­sive place.

Written Communication

I am an excel­lent writer, and love word­ing ideas in ways that sound pro­fes­sion­al and engag­ing. I have received plen­ty of pos­i­tive feed­back about my writ­ten com­mu­ni­ca­tion from past employers.

Team-Oriented

I absolute­ly love being part of a team, espe­cial­ly when the team works well togeth­er. I am a major team-play­er, and I love encour­ag­ing my col­leagues and tak­ing the time to make their days bet­ter and bring the team clos­er together.

Out-Of-The-Box Thinker

I am an out-of-the-box thinker, and can come up with cre­ative solu­tions to chal­lenges that my team and I face. I love look­ing at things from mul­ti­ple per­spec­tives, and com­ing up with unique solu­tions and ideas.