GA, BSc, BSW, MSW, PhD
Management Accountant/ Evaluator
Researcher/ Non-Profit Organization Specialist
Summary
17+ years Leadership, Management, Administration, Problem-Solving, Negotiation
Federal Government of Canada 2008 "Citation for Citizenship" Award Winner
Expert Witness/ Testimony on Social, Cultural, Racial and Systemic Discrimination
Community leader committed to social justice, human rights, and social inclusionResearch, analysis and evaluation expertise with solid technological proficiency
Project manager with acumen to identify niche opportunities for capacity building
Excellent relationships with business, political, academic and funding partners
Solid media, presentation, communication, interpersonal and judgment skills
Expertise in Corporate Finance, Accounting, Marketing and Human Resources
Expertise in social determinants of health, community safety, and "at-risk" youth
International author, conference and keynote speaker, and media personality
Professional Experience
2010 - Present
Expert Witness/ Expert Testimony
Qualified at Ontario Court of Justice (OJC) by Honourable Mr. Justice Gethin Edward
(R. v. Nolan, 2010-02-04): Socio-Cultural Factors Assessment Consideration Report
Social, Cultural, Racial & Systemic Discrimination Matters
Community Assessment Reporting
Pre-Sentence Report (PSR) Critiques & Analysis
2006 - 2010
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Brampton Neighbourhood Resource Centre
Brampton, ON
Oversee Brampton’s largest multi-service, multi-site human services agency.
Provide leadership to 90+ staff and 300+ volunteers serving over 100,000 clients.
Account to funders and community-based Board of Directors for $6 million budget.
Vision, direction and stewardship for 80 programs across 20 service delivery sites.
Sit as expert advisor to numerous community committees, panels and projects.
Speaker/ presenter for the United Way of Peel Speaker's Bureau and other agencies.
2002 - 2006
University Professor
Ryerson University
Toronto, ON
Instructed courses on: Research Methods, Ethnic Diversity, Community Practice.
Published material on social inclusion, community safety and determinants of health.
Secured project funding for community-based research to optimize policy responses.
Administered, directed and led high profile community capacity building projects.
Supported non-profit organizations in strategic planning and resource development.
Provide expert analysis to CBC and other media on social and urban issues.
2003 – Present
External Evaluator
Various Clients
Assess community projects relative to program objectives and funding criteria.
Complete interim and final quantitative and qualitative evaluation reports.
Support media strategies and press releases that report on program effectiveness.
Report on matters related to fiscal accountability and stakeholder opportunities.
2001 – 2003
Executive Director
Institute for Studies in Social Inclusion (ISSI)
Toronto, ON
Led national think-tank focused on social and economic infrastructure development.
Managed multidisciplinary team of policy analysts and social-economic researchers.
Secured and managed project funding to ensure sustainable resource development.
Presented policy perspectives on social inclusion and social indicator development.
2000 – 2001
Research Associate
Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, York University
Toronto, ON
1998 – 2000
Policy Analyst
Ontario Social Development Council
Toronto, ON
1996 – 1998
Management Accountant/ Consultant
Specializing in Not-for-Profit Development
Toronto, ON
1995 – 1996
Financial Analyst
Magna International Inc.
Richmond Hill, ON
1993 – 1994
Account Manager, Personal Banking
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto, ON
1990 – 1993
Audit Officer (Commercial Liability)
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto, ON
1989 – 1990
Staff Development Officer
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto, ON
Education Background
2006
Doctorate in Philosophy (PhD)
Political Will as a Determinant of Health: Implications for Human Services in Ontario
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, ON
2001
Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW)
Towards a Model of Ethno-Cultural Seniors Organizing
Social Welfare Policy Analysis
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON
2000
Honours B.S.W. (Magna Cum Laude)
York University
Toronto, ON
1998
B.Sc. in Psychology (with Distinction)
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
1998 – 2000
Human Resources Management Certificate Program
York University
Toronto, ON
1996
Certificate in Providing Direct Services to Newcomers
CultureLink
Toronto, ON
Certified in: Settlement Services, Cross-Cultural Communications and Anti-Racism
1997
Diploma in Accounting (with High Honours)
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Toronto, ON
1995
Certificate in Accounting (with High Honours)
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Toronto, ON
1989
Certificate in Business Studies (with High Honours)
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Toronto, ON
Awards and Honours
2008 Citation for Citizenship, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Government of Ontario
Ph.D. Entrance Scholarship, Wilfrid Laurier University
Wingfield Graduate Scholarship, McMaster University
Entrance Scholarship, McMaster University
Canadian Millennium Scholarship, Federal Government of Canada
York University Continuing Scholarship, York University (Atkinson College)
Certificate of Recognition for Academic Merit, Golden Key National Honour Society
APUS Academic Award, University of Toronto (Scarborough College)
Royal Performance Award (RRSP Sales), Royal Bank, Toronto, ON
Royal Performance Award (GIC Sales), Royal Bank, Toronto, ON
Royal Bank Service Excellence Award, Royal Bank, Toronto, ON
Royal Bank Top Performance Award, Royal Bank, Toronto, ON
Special Achievement Award: Team-Building, Royal Bank, Toronto, ON
Special Achievement Award: Productivity, Royal Bank, Toronto, ON
Associations and Memberships
2006 – Present Rotarian, Brampton Flower City Centennial Rotary Club
2006 – Present Community-Police Liaison Committee (22 Division), Peel Police
2006 – Present Corporate Member, Brampton Board of Trade
2005 – 2006 Executive Member, Toronto Board of Trade
2003 – 2006 Ryerson Faculty Association
2001 – 2006 Wilfrid Laurier University Graduate Student Association
2001 – Present McMaster University Alumni Association
1998 – Present University of Toronto Alumni Association
1996 – Present Seneca College Alumni Association
Other Teaching Experience
2008 – 2009
Masters Thesis Supervisor
Royal Roads University
Victoria, BC
School of Peace and Conflict Management, Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences
2004 – 2005
Continuing Education Instructor
Ryerson University
Toronto, ON
Ethnic Diversity and Social Issues (CSWP 900) – Continuing Education Course
2004
University Instructor
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, ON
Data Analysis in Social Work Research (SK506) – MSW Course
2002 – 2003
University Instructor
Ryerson University
Toronto, ON
Social Work Research (SWP 038) – BSW Course
2003
College Instructor
George Brown College
Toronto, ON
Introduction to Sociology (SOC 100) – Community Worker Program
Project Management and Administration
Community-University Research Alliance: Assets Coming Together for Youth
Linking Research, Policy and Action for Positive Youth Development
Online: http://www.sshrc.ca/site/winning-recherche_subventionnee/results-resultats/2009/cura.pdf
$1,000,000 over 6 years (September 2008 – August 2014): Co-Applicant on 8+ university and 20+ community CURA initiative funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Lead Applicant: Professor Uzoamaka Anucha, School of Social Work, York University. Co-Applicant: Dr. Anthony Hutchinson, CEO, Brampton Neighbourhood Resource Centre (BNRC).
Community Impact Assessment: Guns and Gangs Special Project
Commissioned by the Director of Crown Operations (GTA)
Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
$15,000 over 4 months (July 2007 – September 2007): Managed 3 employees
Oversaw project team with for GTA wide Community Impact Assessment on community perspectives of the effects and understanding of Guns and Gangs
The UJIMA Project (CIHR Proposal Development)
$11,000 over 3 months (August 2005 – October 2005): Managed 1 employee
Oversaw project team: 7 co-applicants, 3 universities, 2 hospitals, 24 partners
Community safety and social determinants of health youth-focused project
St. Jamestown L.E.A.D. Project (Local Empowerment and Access to Democracy)
$40,000 over 6 months (July 2005 – December 2005): Managed 7 employees
Oversaw project advisory group of 14 members and over 200 participants
Community-based research determinants of health and human rights project
The MYLIFE Project (Malvern Youth Leadership Inclusion Facilitation Enabling)
$47,400 over 8 months (July 2004 – February 2005): Managed 45 employees
Oversaw project advisory group of 20+ members and 240+ participants
Community safety and social determinants of health youth-focused project
Social Determinants of Health Framework for Urban Youth
$12,500 over 4 months (May 2004 – August 2004): Managed 2 employees
Malvern Youth Capacity Building Project
$7,000 over 4 months (May 2004 – August 2004): Managed 1 employee
Selected Evaluation Projects and Clients
African Canadian Youth Justice Program (ACYJP), African Canadian Legal Clinic
Three-year project (June 2006 – May 2009): Evaluation (Sept. 2006 – Aug. 2009)
Funded by the Federal Department of Justice and Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services: Youth Justice Services
CEAPC Project, Scadding Court Community Centre (2005 – Present)
Funded by Law Foundation of Ontario, City of Toronto, Canadian Heritage
StepUp! Program, Toronto Police Service and StageKids (2005 –2006)
Funded by ProAction Cops and Kids
Lights, Camera, Action! Project, The Student’s Commission (2005 – 2006)
Funded by Toronto Community Housing, City of Toronto, Rotary Club of Toronto
Ethno-Cultural Seniors Advocacy Project, Rexdale Women’s Centre (2001)
Funded by Canadian Heritage, Multiculturalism Canada
Selected Publications
Hutchinson, A. & De Gaetano, R. (2005). 2004-2005 M.Y.L.I.F.E. (Malvern Youth Leadership Inclusion Facilitation Enabling) Project Final Report.
Toronto, ON: Wellesley Central Health Corporation. Online: http://www.socialplanningtoronto.org/Research%20&%20Policy%20Updates/MYLIFE.pdf
Hutchinson. A. (2004). Toward a social inclusion model of health governance: A First step in addressing disparities in transparency and accountability between political will and population health. Waterloo, ON: Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University.
Hutchinson, A. & Stuart, C. (2004). The Ryerson-Wellesley Determinants of Health Framework for Urban Youth. Toronto, ON: Wellesley Central Health Corporation. Online at: www/ryerson.ca/~sdohyout
Hutchinson, A. & Lee, B. (2004). Exploring social inclusion in practice: Views from the field. Canadian Social Work Review, 22(2).
Levy, J. & Hutchinson, A. (2003). A community organization-based ecological (COBE) approach to health promotion: A challenging new framework to address micro, meso and macro level determinants of health. Health Education Research. (In Progress). Online at: www.yorku.ca/wellness/courses/ HP/documents/1/3_Health_Model _Levy_Anthony.doc
Hutchinson, A. & Drache, D. (2001). Measuring Environmental Inclusion in the Western Hemisphere: Does Economic Growth Foster a Sustainable Environment? Toronto: Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies.
Online at: http://www.robarts.yorku.ca/pdf/2001hsi_index.pd
Selected Conference/ Forum Participation
Expert Speaker: 2010 Canada U.S. Gang Summit in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Wed. Mar. 24, 2010 - Fri. Mar. 26, 2010. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts.
Plenary Speaker: Creating a Culture of Prevention in Vancouver, The City of Vancouver Drug Policy Program. Wed. Mar. 25, 2009. 9:00am - 4:30pm. The Segal School of Business. 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, B.C.
Forum Presenter: Community Resliency as a Response to Harmful Substance Use. Centre for Addictions Research of B.C. Earl and Jennie Lohn Policy Room (7th Floor - Room 7000), Simon Fraser University at the Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C. Tues. Mar. 24, 2009. 12:30pm - 2:00pm.
Plenary Panelist/ Workshop Facilitator: The National Dialogue on Resilience in Youth 2008. The Learning Partnership (TLP): Champions of Public Education Across Canada/ Canadain Council on Learning (CCL). Mon. Nov. 17, 2008 - Wed. Nov. 19, 2008. Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Keynote Speaker: Rescue Youth Empowerment Conference 2008, Bramalea Church of God, Brampton, ON
Invited Participant: 2008 Deb Matthews, MPP, Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS) "Roundtable Dialogue on Reducing Poverty in Ontario" (June 6, 2008). Held at Chris Gibson Community Centre, Brampton, ON
Invited Speaker: KPYO (Kids Play, Youth Outlook) Toronto Youth Day 2008. (July 26, 2008). Held at Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON
Invited Speaker: KPYO (Kids Play, Youth Outlook) Toronto Youth Day 2007. (July 21, 2007). Held at Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON
Invited Participant: Peel District School Board (PDSB): "Future Search: Reshaping Special Education for Peel Students" (April 2007). Held at Lionhead Golf and Country Club, Brampton, ON
Invited Guest: 2005 Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) Summit “Human Rights: Everyone’s Business” (Oct. 18-19, 2005). Held at the Windsor Arms Hotel, Toronto, ON
Invited Participant: “Federal GTA Forum on Urban Violence. (Sept. 21, 2005). Held at the Munk Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Invited Facilitator: Official Launch of Project PEACE. (July 13, 2005). 40 College Street Headquarters, Toronto Police Service, Toronto, ON
Invited Facilitator: Scarborough Youth Forum (June 15th, 2005). Held at Scarborough YMCA, Scarborough, ON
Invited Participant: St. Joseph’s Health Centre Community Outreach Forum (June 3rd, 2005). Held at St. Joseph's Heath Centre, Toronto, ON
Invited Panelist: Between Two Worlds: Scarborough Students Forge a Sense of Self (March 21-24, 2005). Held at L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute, Scarborough, ON: CBC
Past Community Involvement
Advisor: “Safe Communities, Healthy Communities” Task Force.
Conservative Party of Canada
Affiliate: “Good Health, Good Governance.” Federal Minister of State (Public Health)
Project Advisor: Project PEACE, Toronto Police Service
Project Advisor: Bridges Mentoring Program, Toronto District School Board (Ward 21 NE4)
Steering Committee Member/ Incorporating Director: Malvern Community Coalition
Contributor: Mayor’s Community Safety Plan, City of Toronto
Selected Media Appearances
City TV: "City Pulse" with Dwight Drummond
"Summer of the Gun II” (August 2008)
TVO: “Your Voice” with Cheryl Jackson
“Keeping Our Kids Safe” (April 2008)
TVO: “Your Voice” with Cheryl Jackson
“Mentors” (September 2007)
TVO: “More 2 Life” with Mary Ito
“Fatherlessness” (January 2006)
CTS: “On the Line” with Christine Williams
Multiple Appearances (2006 - 2008)
CBC: “The 6 O ’Clock Evening News” with Diana Swain
Story by Avril Benoit (January 2006)
CBC: “The National” with Peter Mansbridge
“Road Stories” with Mark Kelly (December 2004)
2006 Toronto International Film Festival
Special Consultant to Director/ Producer and Film Participant
“Empz 4 Life” (A Film by Allan King) September 2006
2007 Global Community Film Festival (Commffest)
Executive Producer for “Breakin’ the Blues” (September 2007)
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