SYDNEY HAMILTON
Victoria,BC
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Indigenous Wellness Coordinator
Foundry BC
09.2023 - Current
- Critique how integrated youth services, defined as a single place that contains service providers from different specialties, such as nurses, counsellors, peer support workers and many others, can work with and support Indigenous youth and caregivers across British Columbia
- Strategized re-centring Indigenous youth voices in a healthcare system that was not built with their engagement
- Reimagining and redefining how health care can interact with the multifaceted and often overlapping racial, sexual or gender identities of Indigenous peoples across BC
- Collaborating in remote, rural, or urban communities with different Centre and community representatives on how to learn from and work alongside Indigenous youth and families to create a better Foundry
Freelance Writer
Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth
11.2019 - Current
- Ability to interact and discuss difficult topics to inform Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals the different realities of Indigenous peoples
- Authored numerous articles for the New Tribe Magazine, each dealing with varying issues impacting Indigenous communities and peoples
- Worked within assigned research material as well as choosing different forms of media that discussed these varying issues
- Ensured the pieces being written were both assessable to a non-Indigenous audience as well as interesting and informative to Indigenous readers
Program Officer
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
12.2021 - 09.2023
- Organized and communicated varying engagement opportunities with Federal departments, the
Provincial government and First Nations representatives/ organizations – this includes general
information, relative documents, meeting protocols, and necessary materials. - Managed and later delegated information logs, contact lists, and relevant documents for the
program to ensure consistent information structure.
Coordinated with numerous First Nations representatives to amend their funding agreements
within the specific context of the program. - Liaison information and tasking between team members, management, and programs within
the Government of Canada. - Coordinate travel, event spaces, catering, and necessary documentation in remote communities and adapt to unforeseen changes while travelling for work.
Human Resources
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
04.2020 - 12.2023
- Organizing research and redesigning an outreach approach targeted at Indigenous peoples' recruitment
- Through research, creating a Media and Digitization Outreach Proposal that focuses on different forms of knowledge distribution via social media, in-person and through company websites
- Redesigning documents to create a consolidated source of information
- Collaborated with colleagues to create an adapted approach for interacting with Indigenous Students
- Focusing on creating, editing, and adjusting administrative tools for the Human Resources department.
Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - First Nations and Indigenous Studies
THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vancouver, BC05.2021
High School Diploma -
ST. MARTIN DE PORRES HIGH SCHOOL
Airdrie, AB06.2016
Skills
- University of Victoria Fellowship Master's (2024)
- Indspire's Building Brighter Futures (2017, 2018, 2020)
Publications
New Tribe Magazine
- June 2020
- Sixties Scoop Edition
- June 2021
- January 2022
- Land Edition
- Health Edition
- December 2022
- June 2023
Timeline
Indigenous Wellness Coordinator
Foundry BC
09.2023 - Current
Program Officer
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
12.2021 - 09.2023
Human Resources
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
04.2020 - 12.2023
Freelance Writer
Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth
11.2019 - Current
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - First Nations and Indigenous Studies
THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
High School Diploma -
ST. MARTIN DE PORRES HIGH SCHOOL
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