Christian Mark Lowry
Airdrie,AB
Summary
Dynamic and detail-oriented individual with a versatile background in academic, volunteer, and professional environments. Known for reliability, consistency, and attention to detail, along with graduate-level training in research, writing, and analysis.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Student Opinion Writer (Volunteer)
Gauntlet Publications Society
Calgary, AB
08.2020 - 01.2024
- Proposed, researched, and wrote seventeen articles on current social, economic, and political issues for The Gauntlet, the independent student-run newspaper of the University of Calgary.
Commercial Cleaning Contractor
Self-employed
Airdrie, AB
07.2020 - 10.2023
- Provided cleaning services for two local cleaning companies across five commercial properties, including dental clinics, law firms, and chiropractic offices during the COVID‑19 pandemic.
- Maintained heightened hygiene standards by sanitizing high-touch surfaces, bathrooms, waste management, vacuuming, dusting, and mopping.
Records Indexer (Volunteer)
FamilySearch Indexing
Remote
07.2017 - 12.2021
- Accurately recorded and transcribed birth, death, and immigration data for over 38,400 individuals from historical sources such as censuses, military records, and naturalization documents dating from the 16th–20th centuries across multiple English-speaking countries.
Food Bank Worker (Volunteer)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Bishop's Storehouse
Calgary, AB
09.2017 - 08.2020
- Performed various customer service, cleaning, and logistical duties at a local food bank operated by the church for low-income members.
- Assisted vulnerable clients by greeting patrons, respecting confidentiality, filling food orders and hampers, moving warehouse supplies to grocery areas, and stocking shelves, walk-in freezers, and refrigerators.
- Executing environmental cleaning tasks essential to sanitary nonprofit services, such as sanitizing scales, carts, and desks, managing recycling and waste, cleaning bathrooms, and vacuuming indoor premises.
Cashier & Store Standards Associate
Walmart Canada
Airdrie, AB
06.2016 - 09.2016
- Ensured orderly customer experiences by respectfully greeting customers, conducting point-of-sale transactions, bagging groceries, cleaning checkout areas, and checking identification when necessary.
- Facilitated store operations by returning used carts from the parking lot to the store in various weather conditions, fulfilling curbside pickup orders, disposing of garbage and recyclable materials, cleaning bathrooms, stocking grocery baskets, sweeping sidewalks, and checking outgoing customer receipts.
Education
Master of Strategic Studies (thesis-based) -
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB11-2024
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science -
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB02-2022
High School Diploma -
George McDougall High School
Airdrie, AB06-2016
Skills
- Research analysis and opinion writing
- Verbal and written communication
- Policy analysis
- Environmental and commercial cleaning
- Copywriting
- Data entry
- Presentation skills
- Community outreach
Timeline
Student Opinion Writer (Volunteer)
Gauntlet Publications Society
08.2020 - 01.2024
Commercial Cleaning Contractor
Self-employed
07.2020 - 10.2023
Food Bank Worker (Volunteer)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Bishop's Storehouse
09.2017 - 08.2020
Records Indexer (Volunteer)
FamilySearch Indexing
07.2017 - 12.2021
Cashier & Store Standards Associate
Walmart Canada
06.2016 - 09.2016
Master of Strategic Studies (thesis-based) -
University of Calgary
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science -
University of Calgary
High School Diploma -
George McDougall High School