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Leo Yang

Toronto,Ontario

Summary

As a third-year PPE student at Queen's University, I have embraced an unconventional approach to my university education. Throughout my undergraduate jounrey, I have consistently sought to apply the knowledge gained in the classroom directly to real-life situations, fostering positive change within my community and beyond. My interests extend beyond Politics, Philosophy, and Economics to encompass art history, business marketing, history, and more. Over the past years, despite with some setbacks during the second year due to family illness, I have been placed on the Dean's Honor List, the top of my year, throughout my entire undergraduate tenure. This was achieved while I have actively engaged in over 24 extracurricular activities since my first day. These extracurricular pursuits have included significant leadership roles, such as representing over 36,000 students as the student senator on the University Senate, serving as an intern for the University's Principal and many more. Additionally, I have also held positions in more than ten student-run organizations, each with diverse portfolios in marketing, high profiled speaker events, human resources, and more. My contributions have been recognized by the university community, with my name or projects featured in the university newspaper on numerous occasions. Currently, I am involved in three interdisciplinary personal research projects that reflect my diverse interests. These projects focus on youth engagement in politics marked by declining electoral turnouts, comparative politics in provincial governments worldwide, and exploring the distinctiveness of human art and creativity with the emergence of AI. Below, I will highlight some of my most notable experiences among the 24 extracurricular activities I have participated in. Should you require further details, I would be happy to provide a comprehensive list.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

University Principal's Intern

Queen's University
Kingston, ON
05.2023 - Current
  • Queen's University Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Patrick Deane's Intern
  • Developed a comprehensive report on University Strategies to present data-driven insights through studied over 60 world-class universities across the world to present the University Administration.
  • Researched over 100 universities and 300 courses offered for the development of the university experimental learning program, bringing students out from the class for real-world application.
  • Collaborated with local advocacy and student environmental groups in the development of a report to the Principal, helped university to secure top three in the world's ranking on TIMES Impact Ranking.
  • Research and assisted with setup and tear down of the university annual career fair venue, with outreach and partnership efforts.

University Senator

Queen's University
Kington, ON
10.2022 - Current
  • Senate Student Caucus Vice Chair (representing all 36,000+ students at Queen's) and University Senator (2022- ) for Arts and Science
  • Elected by students to sit on the highest legislative body at Queen's University, directly representing over 13,000 students for my constituency.
  • Proposed and passed the motion on having an new AI academic policy for the university after the threat to academic integrity from AI.
  • Initiated the reform on the Orientation week, gathered perspectives from over 50 key stakeholders for the development on new policies.
  • Debated with the Provost for over 15 minutes on his failure addressing the university deficit and with other senior administrations with datas.
  • Serve as a voting member on the University Senate, Art & Science Faculty Board, Senate Student Caucus, Senate Orientation Review Committee, Art Science Undergraduate Society Assembly; and an observer for Department Student Council assembly and Student Government Assembly

Student Engagement Research Assistant

Smith School of Business
Kingston, ON
01.2023 - Current
  • Worked under the Associate Dean as assistant for the second-best Business School in Canada. As a founding member of this program, our aim was to encourage more undergraduate students to engage in research and promote the faculty's research initiatives.
  • Planned and executed for the first Research Conference of Smith Business School under only two-weeks planning with high turnouts and as the editor of our bi-weekly email newsletters.
  • Conducted formal interviews with six top Commerce professors in the world to learn about their research journey and convert them into concise contents for the social media and newsletter.

Vice President

Queen's International Affairs Association
Kingston, ON
03.2022 - Current
  • Vice-President of 2023-2024
  • One of the oldest and largest student-run organizations in Canada, with over ten portfolios from academic journal to podcast, from world's top-tier Model United Nation Team to annual MUN conference.
  • Oversaw all the external initiatives such as Marketing, Speaker Series, Outreach, and Communication team.
  • Hosted our annual speaker event with a high-profiled cabinet minister featured on the news, and booked another with the Governor General of Canada for the upcoming year.
  • Triple the social media engagement over two years that I was leading the Marketing team, former as the Marketing Director 2022-2023, created over 100 social media posts.

Digital Art Exhibitor

Self-Employed
  • Planned and hosted a digital art exhibition partnered with two national museums in Canada: Art Gallery of Ontario and Royal Ontario Museum.
  • Convinced and secured a free exhibition hall to host the in-person exhibition but was canceled due to the pushback of Covid.
  • Invited a Federal Cabinet Minister to deliver the opening speech, and almost got the Prime Minister of Canada to attend if not for Covid.

Marketing Team Manager

Art & Science Undergraduate Society
Kingston, ON
10.2021 - 04.2023
  • Website Director 2021-2022 / Photography Manager 2022-2023
  • Operated three ASUS official websites on a daily basis with context updates, page renovation, and graphic design
  • Website: https://www.queensasus.com/
  • Taken photos for over 15 events during the year, including several galas, award ceremonies, and campus-wide events.
  • In addition, I was also the first and only official student photographer hired by the university for the Orientation week, welcoming over 5,000 students, and the Homecoming weekend.

Exeuctive Intern

Alma Mater Society
Kingston, Ontario
10.2021 - 05.2022
  • The Student Government at the Queen's University.
  • Took the initiatives and led the First Year Intern program, a team of 15 interns for a 50 pages welcoming handbook for the incoming class.
  • Drafted an annual advisory proposal for the Student Government President and Marketing Director.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - PPE (Politic, Philosophy, And Economic)

Queen's University
Kingston, ON
12-2025

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Marketing (campaign, research, social media, photography, website design, graphic design)
  • Innovation and creativity
  • Critical thinking
  • Time Management
  • Public Speaking
  • Team building
  • Project planning
  • Conflict Management
  • Negotiation
  • Problem-Solving
  • Organizational Skills

On-Going Research Projects

  • "Youth Engagement in Politics: Analyzing Declining Electoral Turnout Among Youth in Canada and Democratic Nations"
  • "Comparative Politics in Provincial Government: Exploring the Influence of Provincial-Level Governance on Federal and Municipal Policies Between North America, Europe, and Eastern Asia"
  • "Being Taken Over: A Study on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Creative Industries and the Human Art"

Timeline

University Principal's Intern

Queen's University
05.2023 - Current

Student Engagement Research Assistant

Smith School of Business
01.2023 - Current

University Senator

Queen's University
10.2022 - Current

Vice President

Queen's International Affairs Association
03.2022 - Current

Marketing Team Manager

Art & Science Undergraduate Society
10.2021 - 04.2023

Exeuctive Intern

Alma Mater Society
10.2021 - 05.2022

Digital Art Exhibitor

Self-Employed

Bachelor of Arts - PPE (Politic, Philosophy, And Economic)

Queen's University

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