Zaquia KadraHousing, development & project coordination.

Professional Experience

• —Supported preconstruction planning for a multifunctional community centre in Karuzi, Burundi, serving roughly 100 families beside a school of 850+ students through background research, project documentation and partnership groundwork.
• —Researched and drafted a governance framework: bylaws, confidentiality, conflict of interest, code of conduct and financial policies, revised through successive versions with the CEO.
• —Incorporated stakeholder feedback relayed by the CEO and maintained shared project records and databases.

• —Contributed to residential plans in ArchiCAD and AutoCAD under the architectural team’s supervision.
• —Accompanied site visits and evaluations, taking notes and photographs and documenting site conditions and deficiencies.

• —Remote, part-time contract: approximately 30 hours per week during active periods. Interpreted primarily in Wolof, and in French and English, for immigration services, hospitals, police and newcomer support organisations.
• —Helped clients understand and complete official forms, handling sensitive matters with strict confidentiality and neutrality.

• —Delivered two sold-out collections across Senegal and Toronto, coordinating artisan and supplier relationships, product development, production and quality through to sale.
• —Ran a retail pop-up at Scarborough Town Centre, managing setup, merchandising and direct sales.

• —Delivers client photography, video and content projects, managing briefs, revisions and delivery across concurrent engagements.

• —Held opening and closing responsibility, including keys, alarm and cash handling, and ran the store in the manager’s absence.
• —Managed inventory, visual merchandising, returns and exchanges; supported sales targets and staff training.

Leadership & Community

• —Helped host and moderate the Social Procurement panel at the Community Benefits Summit before an audience of roughly 100.
• —Participates in youth policy discussions on community benefits, equity and inclusive city-building, and facilitates small-group discussions at community events.

• —Technical Lead in a five-person team during a ten-week climate resilience project across Regent Park and Parkdale, neighbourhoods shaped by large-scale housing redevelopment.
• —Conducted the Regent Park site visit and spoke with residents, contributed research and writing, produced part of the project poster and presented to roughly 40 Lift360 partners and community members.
• —The team submitted a research document to SPROUT alongside the final presentation.

• —Leads bilingual communications, outreach, content and partner follow-up for a diaspora initiative around FIFA 2026 in Toronto, through a committee linked to the Embassy of Senegal in Canada.
• —Referred by the Embassy to a 23-day delegation assignment for 60+ people: coordinated airport pickups, five or more cars with drivers, buses, stadium transport, meals and return travel amid repeated same-day changes.