Léoni Paul

• Coordinated with clients to consistently provide socialization and training to reactive dogs, practicing a variety of skills to make them more comfortable around triggers.
• Advocated for reactive dogs within training spaces.

• Evaluate rescue dogs as potential therapy dogs for clients with PTSD

• Compiled a foster care manual for the dogs in care.

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• Volunteer puppy raiser for PADS Betty II; 16 months of training to fully socialize and consolidate real world skills and behaviors for a future service dog.
• Participated in the coordination and and execution of community events raising awareness and funds.
• Produced the graduation ceremony video for the class of 2023.

• Planned and scheduled several phases of experimental media projects, including management of internal teams and collaboration with a student team at Centre for Digital Media.
• Organized and facilitated relationship-building events such as a large community feast to celebrate several Indigenous elders who are offering their guidance on upcoming project.
• Created team charter with BIPOC colleagues, implementing interpreted workplace standards based on original Laws of the Buffalo Hunt. Acted as mediator and first base for conflict resolution.
• Mentored emerging Production Coordinator in scheduling, interpersonal relations and task delegation.
• Produced post-mortem reports on events and projects.

• Coordinated with the Producer and the rest of the post-production team to create children's music videos that met the goals and intentions of the writer, within the assigned deadline.
• Worked on social media posts and strategies that encouraged wider viewership for the show.
• Independently researched, learned and integrated new skills, such as cut-out objects with puppet pins that could be animated in 3D space.
• Collaborated with a diverse team to consider cross-cultural values and social issues, within the context of children's content.

• Evaluated my teams performance and coached and trained to improve weak areas.
• Researched and implemented new techniques to correct visual imperfections on puppets before teaching others the technique.
• Managed the creative team working on several different projects simultaneously, including a music video, pre-production for a feature film and post production for a short film. All of these projects involved Indigenous social issues and representation.

• Led team of peers in fundraising and organizing community outreach, coordinating with Mission Rabies and Worldwide Veterinary Service to provide educational talks to local schools and free, accessible sterilization and vaccination practices.
• Worked to implement first animal rights laws in Malawi, through spreading awareness and collecting support for banning unethical breeding and selling of both exotic and domestic animals, as well as requiring that domestic pets have access to water and shelter.