Sarah Sahagian

• Champion transformational ideas by creating spaces for brainstorming sessions
• Audit communications and fundraising practices for a variety of Canada and US-based non-profit organizations with an eye to optimizing fundraising performance
• Create and lead fundraising training that empower board members and volunteers to raise funds for their organization
• Design creative proposals for corporate fundraising, peer-to-peer fundraising, digital fundraising, and annual giving campaigns
• Spearhead and write copy for major email campaigns designed to spur community members to donate

• Cultivate foundation-wide culture of innovation and collaboration
• Maintain a productive relationship with RSF's Board of Directors
• Manage partnerships with 7 GTA partner shelters where Rainbow Songs provides weekly music classes and music therapy for children and caregivers during The School Year
• Design and execute an innovative and effective fundraising strategy, regularly adding new sources of funding
• Manage fruitful relationships with granting agencies, corporate sponsors, and private foundations
• Lead and support a robust team of talented educators who facilitate our programs
• Oversaw the creation of a new inclusive curriculum that meets the needs of our diverse community
• Spearheaded RSF's expansion into summer camps, providing high-quality music instruction to over 100 summer campers in 2024

• Produce high-quality and engaging episodes of the The Reheat, a fun, intersectional feminist podcast about the history of celebrity scandals
• Research subjects
• Co-write entertaining and informative episode scripts
• Serve as series co-host

I have researched and written articles on a range of topics over thirty publications, including:

• The Washington Post
• The Toronto Star
• The National Post
• The Washington Post
• Elle Canada
• Refinery29
• The Walrus
• Toronto Life
• The Huffington Post
• In The Seats
• Romper
• Loose Lips Magazine
• The Beaverton
• Yahoo Canada

• Stewarded programming that spread the love of reading to over 600,000 elementary and high school students across Canada
• Successfully raised over $1.4 million of sponsorship commitments and grant funding from organizations such as TD Bank Group, Canada Book Fund, and Hatley
• Prepared concise, comprehensive and compelling reports for the CCBC's Board of Directors and its major funders
• Collaborated with Board of Directors on implementing the CCBC's strategic plan
• Oversaw the creation of a new accessible website
• Fostered an inclusive and innovative environment for staff and freelancers
• Designed major impact assessments and analyzed results

• Researched, co-wrote, and co-produced Before Morgentaler, a two-part podcast documentary about the women activists, nurses and sexual health educators who helped people access safe abortions in Canada before it was decriminalized

• Worked with Board of Directors to build S & DC's mission, policies and operations from ground up
• Collaborated with Board of Directors to create the S & DC brand, including its name, its logo, and its mission statement
• Created and implemented strategic plans designed to develop and future-proof the organization
• Developed free public speaking and debate curricula that is studied by middle and high school students across Canada
• Created and implemented internal policies on fundraising, EDI, and accessibility
• Created effective communication plans that supported S & DC's operations and stakeholder relations
• Managed a dynamic team of instructors who provided free debate and public speaking workshops at schools across the country
• Exceeded fundraising goals through effective task prioritization and strong work ethic, securing sponsorships from Canadian Tire, KPMG, McCarthy Tétrault, and Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt

• Taught three sections of Sexual Diversity, a Humber College undergraduate course about intersectional understandings of sexuality and gender

• Devised themes for academic anthologies on feminist parenting and socilicited articles
• Reviewed articles for grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, accuracy, and compliance with quality standards.
• Determined readiness of written pieces, made changes, and approved final versions for publication.
• Prepared, rewrote, and edited pieces to improve readability and impact.
• Created marketing plans to promote finished anthologies