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2009-Present Designer and Coordinator – Nyalebbe Community Development Alliance. Role: Design andcoordination for the construction of a vocational training college for a village in the

Democratic Republic of Congo.

2008-2009  Architect’s Assistant  – B+H Architects, Toronto, Ontario. Role: Assisting with creative input,construction of sectional models, and digital drawings.

2007  Art Director – Corner Gas (CTV), Commerci al, Regina. Saskatchewan. Role: design of the

overall look of the sets and facilitation of departments to carry out design ideas.

2004-2007  Art Department Coordinator  - Corner Gas (Prairie Pants Productions Inc.), Television Series, Regina,Saskatchewan.Role:coordinationofvedepartments(Graphics,Paint,Constrution,

Set Decoration, and Properties), budget management for each of these departments, facilitatinglegal clearances, graphic design, and creative photography.

2005 Set Decorator  – Velvet Devil (Velvet Devil Productions Inc.), Feature Film, Regina, Saskatchewan.Role: Creative decoration of 52 period sets and management of a crew of Buyers and Dressers.

2004-2005 Costume Coordinator – Just Friends (Just Friends Productions Inc.) Feature Film, Regina,

Saskatchewan.Dutiesincludedcoordinatingthedepartmentofmeetingsandttings,schedulingshipping arrivals and departures, costume change breakdowns for each actor, and budget manage

ment for the department.

2004 On Set Costumer  – Renegadepress.com (Renegade Press Productions II Inc.) TelevisionSeries,Regina,Saskatchewan.Role:outttingtheextrascastwhilealsomaintaining

their continuity for the scenes.

2004 Construction Buyer/Administrator – Tideland. (Capri Tideland Productions Inc.)Feature Film, Regina, Saskatchewan. Role: purchasing and delivering construction supplies as well

as keeping track of the labour and material budget.

2004  Art Department Coordinator – Cradle Will Fall (Timecode Pictures Inc.)

Movie of the Week, Regina, Saskatchewan. (same role description as Corner Gas above)

2003-2004  Art Department Coordinator – I’ll Be Seeing You (Timecode Pictures Inc.)Movie of the Week, Regina, Saskatchewan. (same role description as Corner Gas above)

2003  Art Department Coordinator Trainee – Try To Remember (Timecode Pictures Inc.)

Movie of the Week, Regina, Saskatchewan. (same role description as Corner Gas above)

2003 English (ESL) Teacher and Project Coordinator – Banana Island, Seoul, Korea.Role: Organize and teach a children’s Director’s Camp using theatre and production techniques.

1998 to 2007 Freelance Photographer and Graphic Designer – Role: photography and design of posters,

t-shirts, and promotional items for businesses, musicians and events.

2002 and 2004 Collections Assistant - Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, SaskatchewanRole: photography of the art collection for their online archives, coordinated public projects, andperformed preparatory work.

1995 to 2003 Photograph Restoration and Retouching Artist -- I have worked freelance, but I have also

worked for a various companies including Epic Art Enhancement and Artec Photographic Desig inRegina, Saskatchewan and Montreal, Quebec. Role: retouching by hand and digital restoration of 

photographs.

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

CRYSTAL WADDELL-GARDINER

EDUCATION

2009-Present Master of Architecture. University of Toronto. Pending Completion 2013.2006-2008 Bachelor of Communicati ons and Culture with a Minor in Architecture.

University of Calgary.2001-2002 Working towards Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Interdiscipli nary Studies

and Minor in Photography. Concordia University. Montreal, Quebec.1996-1997, Working towards Bachelor of Fine Arts. Major in Intermedia Studies.

1999-2000 University of Regina.

COMPUTER SKILLS

AutoCAD,Rhino,AdobePhotoshop,InDesign,andIllustrator,MicrosoftWord,Excel,andPower

Point, Micros and Squirrel restaurant systems.

AWARDS + SCHOLARSHIPS

2009 Hattie Aileen Scholarship – University of Toronto – John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture

2009 Admissions Fellowship - University of Toronto – John H. Daniels Faculty of Architectur e2007 Outstanding Team Achievement in a Television Series-Comedy – DGC Awards. Corner Gas

2006 Transfer Scholarship – University of Calgary. Calgary, Alberta.2002 Best Photography Portfolio - Concordia University. Montreal, Quebec.

2001 Scholarship for High G.P.A. - University of Regina. Regina, Saskatchewan1996 Regina Federated Arts Guild Scholarship - Luther College. Regina, Saskatchewan.

VOLUNTEER

2009-Present Medecins Sans Frontiers – Toronto – meeting minutes for Board of Directors

2008-2009 Architecture for Humanity – Ontario Ambassador for 2009 Open Architecture Challenge2008 Journalists for Human Rights – Vice President of Graduate Affairs, Calgary

2007 Project Outrage - Project started by John Brown in action against “fast housing”, CaLgary2006-2007 Community Soccer - helping to integrate Burmese refugees into a new culture while

learning to speak the English language, Regina

1996-2007 Caregiver - to mentally and physically challenged children and adults, Regina2001 Fund-raiser for Kidsport – to help keep kids active and equipped with sports gear, Regina1998 Food Not Bombs – cooking food and distributing it to underprivileged families, Regina

PROGRAMS + CERTIFICATES

2004 Film Set Protocol and Set Safety Courses – S.I.A.S .T. Regina, Saskatchewan2003 Future Skills Comprehensive Course for Film and Video – S.I.A.S.T. Regina, Sask.

1998 Future Skills Comprehensive Course: Photography 171 and 175 (retouching and digital imagingsystems) – S.I.A.S.T. Regina, Saskatchewan.

2001 French as a Second Language – Levels 1,2, and 3, intensive learning program. Montreal, Quebec

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