Brenda is a
consultant with business and finance expertise as well as several
years experience in the community sector focused on social rights
and social policy. Her ability to take a wider view on the
interrelationship between private sector, public sector and civil
society has been greatly appreciated by clients. Brenda is
fully competent in English and French and has a working knowledge of
Spanish.
Among other things,
Brenda has worked on:
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Providing
informational updates on socially responsible investment
products and their impacts to financial advisors at a
Quebec-based credit union;
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Communications campaigns
for responsible investment funds seeking wider visibility and
markets;
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Finance
prospecting and involved in the creation of a new fund dedicated
to the importation of fair trade products hitherto restricted by
international banking rules;
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The elaboration
of "A Declaration on the Principles and Procedures related
to Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance" and
"Guidelines on the active management of social,
environmental and governance risks" ("Lignes
directrices sur la gestion active des risques sociaux,
environnementaux et relies à
la gouvernance d'entreprise") for Batirente pension fund
and the Confédération des syndicates nationaux (CSN);
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Multiple
publications and presentations on socially responsible
investing, community investing and mission-based
investing;
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Co-researching
and writing of "Scan of the Community Investment Sector in
Canada" for the National Round Table on the Environment and
the Economy Capital Markets and Sustainability Program;
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Developing
and implementing management educational tools on corporate
social responsibility;
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Teaching
a course on the social context of business in the Faculty of
Management at McGill University;
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The
creation of The Responsible Consumer Network, an innovative new
electronic marketing service promoting socially and
environmentally responsible products and services www.ethiquette.ca
and
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Creating responsible procurement policies and implementation
plans for the financial services sector.
Brenda
applies passion and energy to all her work. She has a
particular facility for creating stakeholder synergies and
connecting clients with a global network of resources and expertise.
She
has a M.Sc. in International Management with a specialisation in
socially responsible investment from the École
des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC Montréal) affiliated with the
University of Montreal. She has also completed a Bachelor of
Arts in Humanities and a Bachelor of Social Work in Community
Organizing at McGill University.
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