Nicole Provost Portfolio

Resume

Edu­ca­tion:

  • Aquila Avi­a­tion 2022 — Current
    • Com­mer­cial pilot license program
  • Uni­ver­si­ty of Fras­er Val­ley 2018 — Current
    • Bach­e­lor of Inte­grat­ed Stud­ies with a Focus on Aviation
  • Coastal Pacif­ic Avi­a­tion 2020 — 2021
    • Pri­vate pilot license program
  • Uni­ver­si­ty of British Colum­bia 2012 – 2018
    • Focus of Major: Math­e­mat­ics, Physics
  • WJ Mouat High School – 2008 — 2012
    • Lan­guages: French Immer­sion Hon­ours, Ger­man Sec­ond Lan­guage Nation­al Embassy Com­pe­ti­tion Win­ner 2011
    • Dog­wood Dis­trict Schol­ar­ship Win­ner, 2008 – 2012 Effort & Aca­d­e­m­ic Hon­or Roll

Work Expe­ri­ence:

  • Founder and Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of May­day Club Youth Choir Char­i­ty (2015 — Current)
    • Man­age and run a fed­er­al­ly reg­is­tered char­i­ty with 54 mem­bers, 14 vol­un­teers, and 3 part-time employees
    • Teach music to youth with neurodiversities
    • Teach large groups of youth with dis­abil­i­ties and lead them in 2‑part har­mo­ny singing, games, and outings
  • VYPER Core Mem­ber and Project Leader (2022 – Current) 
    • Lead var­i­ous projects aimed at rec­on­cil­i­a­tion and indige­nous cul­tur­al revitalization
  • Tap Dance Teacher at Dynam­ic Dance (2017 – Current) 
    • Teach stu­dents aged 4 to 18 com­pet­i­tive and recre­ation­al tap dance classes
  • Inde­pen­dent Web Design and Devel­op­ment (2020 — Current)
    • Meet with clients to dis­cuss their vision and goals for their website
    • Build the web­site using Word­Press and per­form SEO optimization
  • Skip the Dish­es Deliv­ery Dri­ver (2020 — Current)
    • Use per­son­al vehi­cle to pick up orders from restau­rants and drop them off at cus­tomers’ homes
  • Tutor Doc­tor (2017 — 2020)
    • High School and Uni­ver­si­ty-Lev­el Cal­cu­lus and French tutoring
  • Mis­sion Folk Music Fes­ti­val (2019, 2022 — Seasonal)
    • Com­mu­ni­ty Out­reach Coordinator
    • Help orga­nize the music fes­ti­val, request dona­tions, and super­vise oper­a­tions dur­ing the festival
  • Maan Farms School Field­trip Tour Guide (2021, 2022 — Seasonal)
    • School Field Trip Leader
    • Lead groups of kids (20 — 300 at a time)  on field trips through the pump­kin patch, corn maze, and pet­ting zoo. 
  • Famoso Piz­za (2021 — 2022)
    • Piz­za chef, day prep, and line cook. 
  • AK Media Pro­duc­tions (2021) (Cana­da Sum­mer Jobs Contract)
    • Web­site devel­op­ment using Word­Press and Joomla
    • Graph­ic design using Adobe Pho­to­shop and Illustrator 
  • Coastal Pacif­ic Avi­a­tion Stu­dent Pro­gram Coor­di­na­tor and Assis­tant to Direc­tor of Flight Oper­a­tions (2019 — 2021)
    • Guide inter­na­tion­al stu­dents through the school reg­is­tra­tion process, write LOAs
    • Man­age web­site and social media pages, write legal doc­u­ments and letters
    • Com­mu­ni­cate with stu­dents, main­te­nance engi­neers, part­ner­ing institutions
  • Fran­chise Man­ag­er of Uni­ver­si­ty First Class Painters (2019 — 2020) (Sea­son­al)
    • Book esti­mates and over­see house paint­ing projects
    • Man­age employ­ees, ensure safe­ty and well-being of painters on job sites
    • Com­mu­ni­cate with cus­tomers, man­age bank accounts, com­mu­ni­cate with Dulux Paints sales reps.
  • Paint­ing (Inde­pen­dent) (2017 – 2021) 
    • Inte­ri­or and exte­ri­or painting
    • Prepar­ing paint­ing areas, includ­ing caulk­ing, sand­ing, prim­ing, scrap­ing, pres­sure washing
  • Me-n-Eds Piz­za Par­lor (2013 – 2017) 
    • Chef – cook piz­zas, pas­ta dish­es, sal­ads, and appetizers
    • Deliv­ery Driver
  • ACT Autism Com­mu­ni­ty Train­ing (2016 – 2018) 
    • Update web­site data­base, improve web­site using WordPress
    • Office Recep­tion­ist – answer phone calls, take phone pay­ments, com­plete event registrations
  • Abbots­ford Heat Street Team (2012 – 2014) 
    • Wear AHL team mas­cot cos­tume to com­mu­ni­ty events, spread­ing enthu­si­asm and aware­ness of the team in the community
    • Dri­ve Abbots­ford Heat vehi­cle to and from events
  • New World Tech­nolo­gies Office Assis­tant (2007 – 2012) 
    • Answer phones, put togeth­er man­u­als, sort files.

Vol­un­teer Expe­ri­ence:

  • Atten­tion­al Neu­ro­science Lab Research Assis­tant, Uni­ver­si­ty of British Columbia
    • Research assis­tant, per­form­ing EEG’s on paid par­tic­i­pants, data analysis
  • St-John Ambu­lance Ther­a­py Dog Train­er and Handler
    • Respon­si­bil­i­ties include car­ing for and train­ing a ther­a­py dog- raise the dog from pup­py­hood, vis­it­ing high schools and hos­pi­tals with my dog
  • Big Broth­ers Big Sis­ters Teen Men­tor (2010 – 2012)
    • Spend­ing one hour per week with a mid­dle-school aged stu­dent who is con­sid­ered to be ‘at-risk’
  • Com­mit­tees and Boards
    • VYPER (Vision­ary Youth Peers for Equi­ty and Revi­tal­iza­tion) Mem­ber (2022 — Current)
    • May­day Club Youth Choir Board Chair (2015 — Current)
    • Fras­er Health Young Health Influ­encers Pan­el (2020 — 2021)
    • Voic­es of Autism Fras­er Val­ley Rep­re­sen­ta­tive (2019 — Current)
    • Abbots­ford Diverse Abil­i­ties Com­mit­tee Mem­ber (2016 — Current)
    • Com­mu­ni­ty Liv­ing BC Com­mu­ni­ty Com­mit­tee (2016 — 2018)

Speak­ing and Per­form­ing Expe­ri­ence:

  • Emcee at VYPER Week­ly Fam­i­ly Pow­wow Nights (2022)
  • Work­shop Host at Bergen Coun­ty Acad­e­mies High School in Hack­en­sack, NJ
    • Guest at speaker/workshop series on inclu­sion and disability
  • Keynote Speak­er Abbots­ford ADAC Tran­si­tion Fair (2018)
  • Van­cou­ver Coop Radio Show Host (Neu­ro­di­ver­si­ty Now) (2020 — Current)
    • Host week­ly radio show on Van­cou­ver Coop Radio — inter­view com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers and pro­vide inspi­ra­tional and edu­ca­tion­al talks about neu­ro­di­ver­si­ty and inclusion
  • Voice Act­ing: Red Tal­ent Mgmt. (2011 — Current)
    • Car­toon voic­es on adver­tise­ments, TV shows, and movies, including:
      • Mune: Guardian of the Moon (Glim)
      • Snap­ships: Dawn of Bat­tle (Dee La)
      • Babysitter’s Guide to Mon­ster Hunt­ing (Jim­my)

Skills:

  • Serv­ing it Right Cer­tifi­cate Holder
  • Writ­ing
  • Avi­a­tion (Cess­na-172 PPL Holder)
  • Word­Press Web­site Development
  • Teach­ing cal­cu­lus, upper-lev­el high school science
  • Paint­ing inte­ri­or and Exterior
  • Lead­er­ship and Management
  • Work­ing with youth with disabilities
  • Cus­tomer service
  • Excel­lent work eth­ic and excel­lent focus
  • Lan­guages: Flu­ent in Eng­lish, French, and German. 

Awards:

  • 2021 — Cana­da Gov­er­nor General’s Mer­i­to­ri­ous Ser­vice Award Winner 
  • 2018 – Autism BC ‘Advo­cate of the Year’ Award
  • 2017 – Pacif­ic Autism Fam­i­ly Net­work ‘Game Chang­er Award’
  • 2013 – Win­ner of Sur­rey Film Festival
  • 2013 – Win­ner of ‘Best High School Short Film’ at Inter­na­tion­al Stu­dent Film Fes­ti­val Hollywood
  • 2013 – Abbots­ford Arty Award
  • 2012 – WJ Mouat Cit­i­zen­ship Award
  • 2012 – Abbots­ford Youth Coun­cil “You Rock” Award
  • 2012 – Dis­trict Schol­ar­ship Award