Kalani Cutknife
Calgary,AB
Summary
Seeking a challenging yet rewarding role where I can use my experience to provide fast, accurate and empathetic support to a wide range of customers.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Cook
ManyHorses HighSchool
10.2025 - 06.2026
- Prepared and cooked meals for students and staff in a high-volume school kitchen
- Assisted with meal planning, food preparation, portioning, and serving to support efficient meal service
- Collaborated with kitchen staff to ensure timely meal preparation and service
- Followed food safety, sanitation, and hygiene procedures to maintain a clean work environment
- Operated kitchen equipment safely and efficiently
- Cleaned kitchen facilities to maintain hygiene standards, including dishwashing, surface sanitation, and inventory organization
Education Assistant
Maskwacis Cree Jr High School - MESC
Maskwacis
05.2023 - 06.2025
- Three years worked at the school taught me a lot about education in the school. Communication skills with the students / teachers. I have built a strong team when coaching sports. I've also taught indigenous dance classes every day in the school. Teaching and learning are both very important to me.
- Assisted students with learning activities and personal development.
- Collaborated with staff to implement school-wide programs and events.
- Worked one-on-one with special needs students to help navigate through school challenges.
- Facilitated small group instruction sessions for students requiring extra assistance.
- Assisted with the preparation of lesson materials and activities.
- Organized and distributed homework, textbooks, classroom supplies, and other learning materials.
- Coordinated distribution of homework assignments, textbooks, and classroom supplies to enhance student learning.
Server and Cash Register
Blackfoot Dinner Calgary
08.2022 - 11.2022
- Managing the cash register
- Handled cash register operations, ensuring accurate transactions and customer satisfaction
- Cleaned and bussed tables to maintain a welcoming dining environment and support service efficiency
- Sanitized and prepared restaurant for opening and closing, adhering to health standards and enhancing guest safety
- Prepared cutlery and organized the prep area for efficient service.
Youth Camp Worker
Samson Cree Nation Community Wellness
12.2021 - 07.2022
- Supervised Culture camps, ensuring a safe and engaging environment for participants.
- Supervised campers overnight at the facility
- Conflict resolution
- Organized co-ed group activities for participants
- Young woman camp
- Led icebreaker activities to foster team bonding
- Facilitate powwow dance classes
- Camp ran for 10 days at a time
- Showcasing responsibilities for the well-being and safety of the kids.
Nanny
09.2020 - 09.2021
- Caring for 2 young children under 7
- Daily childcare
- Preparing bottles for babies and care for feeding equipment and changing diapers for babies.
- Bathing babies, supervising baths for children.
- Dressing children is appropriate to the child activities
- Washing, planning, cleaning, shopping, scheduling, transporting.
- Undertaking appropriate outdoor activities with the children
- Planning and supervising rest, bed and nap times. Reading to the children before bed
- Helping them with homework
- Tidying children's bedrooms and play areas
Beauty Department Associate
Shoppers Drug Mart
01.2020 - 06.2020
- Product knowledge of beauty brands.
- Customer service also management
- Keeping area clean
- Demonstrate proper use of makeup and skin care products. Identify customer needs and recommend cosmetics and skin care products based on their preferences.
- Help customers find what they're looking for.
- Replenish stock as needed.
- Inform customers on prices and special offers
- Explain to customers on how to take care of their skin depending on their skin type.
Bakery Associate
Wal-Mart Bakery
03.2019 - 12.2019
- Maintaining a clean and neat workplace and receiving and stocking foods in an organized manner maintaining proper waste disposal.
- Answer customers' questions about food ingredients, cake designs and other aspects of the food. Applying price tags and ingredients to produces.
- Keeping work area sanitized.
- Ensures displayed baked goods are fresh and removed any by certain dates.
Summer Student
Howard Buffalo Memorial Center
06.2018 - 08.2018
- Chaperon for the youth attending the summer camp programs
- Attended field trips with large amount of students
- Meal prep for the camp each day
- Caring/ supervising for children ages 6-13
- Assisting with administration. Phones, emails.
- Helping the lead staff members with daily planning.
Education
High School -
ManyHorses High School
Maskwacis Cree Jr High School - MESC
MaskwacisHigh School -
Wetaskiwin Composite High School
Skills
- Communicating
- Debriefing
- Support System
- Chaperoning
- Intervening
- Communication
- Leadership
- Team collaboration
Timeline
Cook
ManyHorses HighSchool
10.2025 - 06.2026
Education Assistant
Maskwacis Cree Jr High School - MESC
05.2023 - 06.2025
Server and Cash Register
Blackfoot Dinner Calgary
08.2022 - 11.2022
Youth Camp Worker
Samson Cree Nation Community Wellness
12.2021 - 07.2022
Nanny
09.2020 - 09.2021
Beauty Department Associate
Shoppers Drug Mart
01.2020 - 06.2020
Bakery Associate
Wal-Mart Bakery
03.2019 - 12.2019
Summer Student
Howard Buffalo Memorial Center
06.2018 - 08.2018
High School -
ManyHorses High School
Maskwacis Cree Jr High School - MESC
High School -
Wetaskiwin Composite High School