Professional experience
Currently
- Director of Partnerships and Program Development
The Canadian Practitioners Network for The Prevention of Violent Extremism (CPN-PREV) – UQAM University
October 2023 – to present
- Research Associate – CSLP Research Coordinator
The Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP), Concordia University
April 2025 – to present
Former
- Manager
Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance, Concordia University
November 2021 – to March 2025
- Senior Program Officer
Center for Child and Human Development/Georgetown University, Washington, DC
March 2021 – to December 2022
- Partner
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Develop and deliver a training program for child protection specialists for Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority (ECA)
November 2020 – February 2021
- Instructor, Community Development I
Reserve course, Applied Human Studies, Concordia University
2019
- Research Assistant
Concordia University
Develop project proposals and oversee projects implementation
2016 – 2021
- 3 Minutes Thesis and Project Coach
GradProSkills, Concordia University
2019
- Teaching Assistant
Theater Department, Concordia University
2018 – 2019
- Workshop Leader
GradProSkills, Concordia University
Leading training workshops for Graduate Students
2017 – 2019
- Intern Monitoring and Evaluation
Canada World Youth
2016
• Senior Advisor
Wataneya for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo, Egypt
(High level technical advisor on the design of integrated plans with special focus on M&E schemes)
2019 – 2022
• Child protection policy in media
Kafa organization and UNICEF, Lebanon
Develop the policy, design social mobilization and advocacy campaign, develop training materials, and deliver related training to media professionals
2019 – 2022
• Analysis and report
Writing of the alternative care assessment research in Northwest Syria
Shafaq organization, Turkey in collaboration with Save the Children International in Syria, the inter-agency task force in Turkey, the Child Protection Sub-cluster, and the Whole of Syria (WOS) technical working group.
2019
• Scoping of the alternative care sector in Lebanon and the Gulf
Family for Every Child, UK
2015, 2017, 2019
• Designing a national strategic plan to prevent youth from engaging in extremism through family-strengthening/community-based programs
MENAPRO, Lebanon
2015
• Senior Advisor; child affairs and the reform of the alternative care sector
Emirates Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Design and lead the implementation of an integrated participatory reform of the alternative care sector with a special focus on M&E schemes
2007 – 2014
• Visitor Lecturer
University of Balamand, Lebanon
2001 – 2011
• Director
Managed 270 staff offering services to 3000 children
SOS Children’s Villages, Lebanon
2005 – 2009
• Pedagogical Advisor
SOS Children’s Villages, Lebanon
2003 – 2005
• International Communications Officer
UNICEF, Yemen
1999 – 2001
• Technical Consultant (Communications for Behavioral Change)
UNICEF Beirut, Lebanon
Child protection and Children in conflict with the law
1993 – 1999
• Senior Advisor; child affairs and the reform of the alternative care sector
Emirates Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Design and lead the implementation of an integrated participatory reform of the alternative care sector with a special focus on M&E schemes
2007 – 2014
• Visitor Lecturer
University of Balamand, Lebanon
2001 – 2011
• Director
Managed 270 staff offering services to 3000 children
SOS Children’s Villages, Lebanon
2005 – 2009
• Pedagogical Advisor
SOS Children’s Villages, Lebanon
2003 – 2005
• International Communications Officer
UNICEF, Yemen
1999 – 2001
• Technical Consultant (Communications for Behavioral Change)
UNICEF Beirut, Lebanon
Child protection and Children in conflict with the law
1993 – 1999
Academic Teaching
Courses taught at the University of Balamand, Beirut-Lebanon and Concordia University
Community Development,
Leadership,
Health Behavioral Change,
Social Mobilization and Advocacy,
Health Promotion Strategic Planning,
Monitoring and Evaluation,
Issues in Health
Communication Campaigns,
Communication Skills,
Active Learning Techniques
Training Certificates
Getting care right for all children
Implementing the UN Guidelines for the alternative care of children, University of Strathclyde and CELCIS
2018
32-hour graduate seminar in university teaching
Centre for Teaching and Learning, Concordia University
2017
Indigenous methodologies
Workshops on Social Science Research, Concordia University
2017
SWOT Analysis
The American University in Cairo, School of Business, Economics and Communication
2003
Overview of Auditing
The American University in Cairo, School of Business, Economics and Communication
2003
Landmine impact survey
MAG
2002
Integrated marketing communication for behavioural results in health and social development
New York University School of education and World Health Organization
2000
Freedom from smoking facilitator training program
John Hopkins School of Medicine, February
1999
80 hours training on promoting breastfeeding
Ministry of Public Health, Lebanon
1994
The implementation of the child-to-child approach to health education and health action
Save the Children Fun, Lebanon
1993
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