Sara Louie Tehrani

• Replied to Phone Calls and visitors, and prioritized and managed correspondences
• Prepared event and meeting reports
• Produced first drafts of articles posted on the CBNS website
• Organized events, projects, and gatherings to raise awareness of human right violations against Baháʼís in Iran
• Budget monitoring and reporting and reimbursement management
• Managed social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram

• Assisting Children 5-11 & Junior Youth 12-15 in developing their spiritual and intellectual capacities and power of expressions to become agents of change in the community they reside.
• Preparing Young people to approach the investigation of physical, social and spiritual realities in a scientific manner
• Developing the spiritual and intellectual capacities of children and junior youth by engaging them in meaningful discussions, artistic expressions, cooperative games and community service actions
• Carrying out educational activities which helps Children and junior youth to grow in their own ability to reflect noble qualities, and live principles of Justice, honesty, and love
• Facilitating Youth group discussions in diverse social and cultural context

• Gained experience in screening and assessing the educational needs of students
• Conducted small group and individual class room activities with grade 6 students based on differentiated learning needs
• Assisted special needs students with classroom learning and task execution as described in the IEP
• Instructed and assisted students with a range of disabilities and educational differences with written work, reading, Mathematics, science and social studies under guidance of teachers
• Assisted teachers with marking exam papers

• Researched the area of transnationalism and gender identities of diaspora Iranian Women associated with the centre both qualitatively and quantitatively
• Wrote research paper, reports, reviews and summaries regarding the area of the research and presented them to the program manager and participants

• Collected research data through survey, interview, participant observations and leading focus groups
• Gathered, arranged and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts
• Performed statistical, qualitative, and quantitative analysis of Baha'i Iranian diasporas
• Using quantitative data to develop an understanding of diasporic identities of immigrants
• Attended Seminars and symposiums to improve overall knowledge

“Revisiting Transnationalism in the Context of the Iranian-Global Baha’i Diaspora,” Sociology Graduate Symposium, York University, March 2017

Presentation on the ways immigrant women’s transnational practices reaffirm or reconfigure gender roles and relations, Women Community Centre,September 2017

• Practicing strategies within a special framework of social change, development and education
• Promoting intensive participation by an increasing number individuals in learning, in a constant effort to apply knowledge to improve the conditions of community life
• Carrying out educational activities that combine classroom learning and personal study with acts of service in community
• Encouraging and accompanying individuals to take the ownership of the process of community building
• Building capacities among adults for home visits, social actions, and engagement in the social discourses in their communities

• Helped with interviewing clients, families, or groups to assess situations, limitations and issues and implement services to address needs
• Helped clients develop new coping mechanisms to drive behavior modification
• Planned, prepared, and carried out programming activities and coordinated schedules for immigrants
• Arranged and conducted educational and leisure field trips for immigrants and newcomers
• Assisted immigrants and newcomers with computer skills
• Explained medical care options to help families make informed healthcare decisions.
• Spoke with senior citizen groups to expand community engagement and program outreach.