Peter Henen

5159 Oscar Peterson Blvd. Miss. ON

Cell: 647-771-0082
Email: quaram@hotmail.com

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Arts Honours: Psychology September 2011 – Present

Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario

• Completing Honors Bachelor of Arts - Psychology. This fostered greater introspective and
intersective understanding of humankind.
• Minoring in French. This resulted from a love for the culture fostered by French club.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Founder of Natural Earth Landscaping July 2011 – Present

GTA location

Note: Only operates seasonally. [Client base of clients which called more than
once is approximately 30. I employed 7 Part-time employees in the most previous
season of operation.]

• Leadership and initiative in conversations with clients by asking the right questions
• Able to utilize creative problem solving-skills to maximize the team’s efficiency
• Able to work to meet deadlines and to work under stress professionally.
• Improved ability to embrace new tasks quickly and with an enthusiastic mindset.

Cantina Mexicana. Server. May 2010 – August 2012

Mississauga

• Demonstrated sanitary and hygienic work habits by strictly following company rules.
• Maintained sharp presentation skills when serving guests by always being friendly, polite,
patient, diplomatic and showing composure at all times.
• Developed relationships with guests and provided a genuine experience to those coming in
by enthusiastically greeting new guests and displaying excitement for returning ones.
• Always strived to exceed customers desires through outstanding table service and
collaboration with other servers to achieve maximum efficiency and customer fulfilment.
• Skillfully anticipated and addressed guest needs by suggesting additional beverages and
deserts which also increase restaurant sales.
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VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE AND ACIEVEMENTS:

Founder of F.A.S.T. Student Initiative October 2012 – Present

Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario

• F.A.S.T. (Food Affordability for Students Today) is a student led initiative where
different techniques are used to advocate for food affordability to Brock administration.
• Techniques included: collaboration with multiple clubs to create flash mobs, protests, and
getting together a team which created contracts, proposals, and collected approximately
10, 000 signatures (>50% of student population) on a petition in approximately 3 weeks.

Elected Vice-President External Affairs May 2018 – December 2018

Brock University Students’ Union, St. Catharines Ontario

• Advocated for issues that mattered to students to all levels of government.

• Co-authored an empirically supported paper on open educational resources.
• Exemplified interpersonal skilling by developing report with members of the community.
• Promoted provincial and municipal elections. A campaign video utilizing creativity skills
(promoting city elections), garnered over 4x the number of raw views (over 22, 000 views)
than any student union video (highest – view – grossing video obtained under 5000 views).

Co-president of Brock University French Club September 2014 – April 2016

Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario

• Showed initiative by creating the first annual “Voyage à Montreal”.

• Showed commitment to initiative by creating the first annual Paris Cultural Night (term 2).

ADDITIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT:

Smart Serve Certification September 2018

St. Catharines, Ontario

• Completed Smart-Serve certification (number available upon request)

French Immersion Program June 2017 – July 2017

École de français – Western University, Trois-Pistoles, Quebec

• Demonstrated proficiency in the French language by completing 7 weeks of full French

immersion via. Ontario’s Explorer program, at the intermediate level.

References Available Upon Request