Shirley-Pat Gale

• Operate my own sole proprietorship consulting business continuously maintaining daily operations of a small business providing personalized services since 2008.
• Manage organizational and project budgets and financials sand handle financial transactions, including invoicing and expense tracking.
• Pivoted to an online service in 2020-2022.
• Build and maintain strong and meaningful relationships with each Indigenous community or Nation I have had the privilege and honor of working with across the Pacific Northwest, as well as non-Indigenous organizations, communities, and governments.
• Work with communities, Nations, organizations, or governments towards positive growth with transformative action rooted in respect and woven into creating strong relationships.
• Bring a balanced approach to co-creating inviting, productive, creative, and collaborative spaces by working 'with'.
• Co-led a team with Tl’esqox leadership from 2016 to 2020 and from 2023 to present to collaboratively facilitate multiple phases of the community comprehensive planning and implementation of community development initiatives and opportunities through secured grant applications or direct negotiated funding.
• Provide technical support for the Tsilhqot’in National Government on a contract by contract basis (2016–present).

Grant & Proposal Writing and Acquisition

• Determine grant/contract submission priorities by aligning a community’s or organization’s mission, strategic plan, objectives and needs to national, provincial, and local funding opportunities and requirements
• Negotiate funding of local, provincial and federal grants and proposals, resulting since 2008 with a 77 percent success rate over all to date
• Research, plan, write, edit, format and submit grant, proposals, plans and research documents for both not-for and for-profit organizations, academic colleagues and communities independently and collaboratively (2008 to present)
• Facilitate community, university credit courses and one-to-one grant writing workshops.
• Provide oversight and compliance with Tl’esqox (Toosey Indian Band) from 2016-present in a team-based approach to collaboratively write, secure and negotiated grants and funding from 2016-2020 with Tl’esqox (Toosey Indian Band); maintained a 90 percent success rate of application submitted securing approximately $3 million in funding.
• Monitored the primary grant/contract implementers throughout the implementation and reporting process; included: managing the grant/contract timelines, ensuring the financial status and reviewing, revising and submitting timely reports by maintaining project databases and records to ensure compliance.
• Provide advice and guidance on unanticipated grant implementation challenges in order to mitigate risk and ensure continued compliance.
• Prepare and present grant/contract award and media announcements, written and oral reports and project progress for a variety of audiences both internal and external.

• Certificate in Proposal Writing and Project Management
• Developed and Indigenized engaging lesson plans for diverse student groups delivered virtually.
• Facilitated classroom discussions to foster critical thinking and student participation.
• Implemented innovative teaching methods to enhance learning experiences and outcomes.

• Aboriginal Classroom Assistant Diploma Program
• EDUC 1034: Introduction to Canadian Indigenous Studies

• FNST 217: Contemporary Challenges Facing Aboriginal Peoples, Winter 2018
• FNST 100: First Nations Peoples of Canada, Winter 2017
• ENG 170: Writing and Communication Skills, Winter 2018, Spring 2016, Fall 2008 & Fall 2012
• ARTS 102: Research Writing, Winter 2011
• ARTS 101: Learning Strategies, Winter 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2008, Fall 2009 & Fall 2010
• Continuing Studies (for credit), 2009-2010
• XWRI 131-1: Funding and Grant Proposal Writing, Spring 2010
• XGEN 020/ARTS 101: Learning Strategies, Fall 2009
• XBUS 230-3: Organizational Behaviour, Winter 2009

• Collaborated directly in the formation of the goals and objectives for the Thompson Rivers University – Williams Lake (TRU-WL) campus by identifying services or service enchantments that were funded through grant/contract and partnership opportunities
• Worked with an administrative team and interdisciplinary grant advisory and acquisition group to develop boilerplates, templates, grant submission standards, tracking matrixes and routing memos to ensure all grant or contract bid submissions not only adhered to external requirements but also internal TRU policies and procedures
• Developed collaborative relationships and partnerships with other universities, industry, First Nations communities and Nations, and/or organizations
• Researched and developed proactive and systematic capacity and resource development plans to drive funding acquisition
• Built relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders, developed project specific partnerships, aligned potential projects with internal and external compliance requirements, and then collated the data, wrote and submitted over $6.2 million in grant proposals and contracts bids from 2011-2013 maintaining a 73 percent success rate
• Negotiated final legal agreements of over $3.9 million in grants and contracts from 2011-2013 in conjunction with the legal and finance offices
• Grants Officer of Grants Advisory Committee, 2012-2013
• Co-chair of Grants Acquisition Group, 2011-2012
• Secretary of Physical Resources Committee, 2012-2013
• Member of Aboriginal Advisory Committee, 2012-2013
• Member of Aboriginal Advisory Group, 2008-2012
• Member of TRU Grit’s TRU North Gala Fundraiser Committee, 2012-2013