4 ELIZABETH ABRAHAM GÓMEZ ELIZABETH ABRAHAM GÓMEZ 184 BELLWOODS

184 Bellwoods Avenue

Toronto, Ontario

M6J 2P9

Phone: (416) 603-2766

Fax: (416) 603-2733

E-mail: [email protected]

1999 -present

Coursework in life sciences (4.0 average)

University of Toronto

1993

Master of Arts, Spanish American Literature (3.7 average)

University of Toronto

1987

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Creative Writing (First Class)

University of Victoria (British Columbia)

1993-present

Founder, President

Your Mother Tongue Inc. (Toronto, Ontario)

www.yomama.ca

Canada’s largest Spanish services firm, Your Mother Tongue Inc. (YMT) provides translation and executive language training to, principally, medium to large Canadian corporations, the public sector, the legal profession, pharmaceuticals, media, U.S.-based international corporations, film studios/institutes and non-profit organizations.

YMT also provides services in the following languages: French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian and continental) and Japanese.

1998-present

Director

Scientific Advisory Services Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario)

www.scientificadvisory.ca

Forensic engineering firm. Responsibilities include intake of new cases, research, coordinating investigation of evidence, interviewing experts, gathering written evidence, editing expert reports and coordinating court appearances of experts.

1985-1989

Editor/Promotion Manager

Press Porcépic (Victoria, B.C.)

Small literary press. Projects included works by: Dorothy Livesay, Frank Davey, Jane Urquart, Marilyn Bowering, an illustrated edition of Harold A. Innis’ Empire & Communications. Responsibilities included editing one title per year; coordinating regional and national media and reading tours for all titles (many of our authors appeared on CBC's Morningside); writing back-cover copy and press releases; producing annual catalogue; copyediting and proofreading.

May 2000- present

Coordinator, Emergency Department Volunteers

Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network

Duties

Coordinator: Orient new volunteers, schedule shifts, liase between Emergency volunteers and the Manager of Volunteer Services, co-drafting handbook for Emergency volunteers

Volunteer: During my weekly shifts, I provide support to the Staff by performing tasks related to patient care, sometimes assisting a nurse with one acute patient for the entire shift, and I provide support to Patients to help manage anxiety and discomfort associated with the two-to-three hour wait. In addition, I feed patients who require assistance, assist in suturing children (when there is no nurse available) and in the setting and casting of fractures. I attend to the families of acute patients, hold the hands of trauma victims until their family members arrive, keep psychiatric patients company, help place cadavers in body bags and transport them to the morgue, and relieve the Ward Clerk during breaks.

1994-present

Active Member of Parent Board

ALPHA Alternative Public School

The school of 75 families raises $35,000 every year for resources

Coordinator, Healthy Communications -- January-April 2001

(Grade 6 class only)

Based on transactional analysis theory and the development of active listening skills, the focus of this seminar is to enhance self-esteem and relationships through thoughtful communication

Chair, Health Committee

Organize First Aid/CPR courses for Parents and Staff

Coordinate weekly, school-wide lice check in Fall

Provide information on communicable diseases within the community, including traditional and alternative treatments

Co-drafted safe sun policy

Chair, Conflict Resource Committee

Body of parents delegated to consider, investigate and take action or report on adult conflicts within the community, including among Staff

Member, Soup Program

$2.00/meal provides weekly hot lunch and raises $2000/year

Group Leader, Novel Studies Program

Meet weekly with small group of students to discuss interpretations of selected novel

Media Coordinator

Write and disseminate press releases regarding fundraising events (bazaars, art auctions)

Published two articles during our 1996 recruitment campaign; since that year the school has had a waiting list for all grades

Former Member of following committees: Admissions, Hiring, Political Action

1995-1999

Chair/Secretary/Board Member

New Experience for Latin American Refugee Women

Member of Personnel and Conflict Resolution Committees

Directed the implementation of a health benefits package for employees

1995-1999

Chair/Board Member

Brant Street Day Care

Oversaw budget, developed personnel and safety policies, handled conflicts, petitioned the Ontario Ministry of Community & Social Services regarding funding policies

1993-1994

Chair, Board of Directors

Gibraltar Point Day Nursery

Co-drafted and implemented the centre's first Pay Equity Plan

1992-1993

Registrar, Executive Committee

Fundraiser

Huron Cooperative Playschool

1989

Coordinator, Victoria, B.C.

First Annual Canadian Literacy Day Campaign

1985-1989

Birth Control and Pregnancy Counsellor

South Vancouver Island Family Planning Society

1983-1984

Birth Control Counsellor

Women’s Clinic, University of California at San Diego

1999

Keeping Conflict Constructive

Workshop presented by St. Stephen’s Community House Conflict Resolution Service

1998

Certification, Spanish to English Translation

Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario

1997 to present

Responsible for all Spanish-to-English and Portuguese-to-English translations of film scripts

Sundance Institute (Beverly Hills, California)

1995

Interpreted for Laura Bonaparte, Founding Member of Madres de la Plaza de Mayo of Argentina, at the Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs, published in the Proceedings

1993

Certification, Spanish to English Translation

Department of the Secretary of State of Canada

1990

Open Masters Fellowship (declined)

University of Toronto

1990, 1993

Certified, CPR and First Aid through Various agencies, including St. John's Ambulance and the

1998, 2000

Heart and Stroke Foundation

2001

Excerpt from Death by Water (translation of novel by Julieta Campos) in Anais: An International Journal, Volume 19, April 2001, pp. 89-102.

2000

“The Power of 3: Quality Control through Team Translation” Presented at American Translators Association Annual Conference (Orlando, Florida, September 23)

1996

“It’s alternative, it’s rare, it’s public, it’s ALPHA” in CITY Parent, May, p. 30

1996

“ALPHA Alternative School: Public education with a twist” in Kensington Drum, April/May, p. 17

1995

“Nunca más: Justice for the Disappeared of Argentina” Translation of address by Laura Bonaparte, keynote speaker at the Annual Conference of the Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs (Orillia, Ontario, August 12), published in the Proceedings, pp. 44-49

1994

“Which Spanish is Spoken Here?” in The Latin Trade Report, Fall 1994

1993

“Is Everyone Having Fun Yet?: The Reader, the Narrator and the Protagonist of La Lozana Andaluza” in Tinta y Sombra, publication of the University of Toronto Association of Graduate Students of Spanish and Portuguese, Vol. 3:1993, pp. 17-24

1986

“Unsuccessful Translations” (short fiction) in Prism International, Vol. 24:4, pp. 58-60

1985-89

Book reviews for Quill & Quire, Books in Canada

Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario

American Translators Association

Amnesty International

Greenpeace

Royal Ontario Museum

Art Gallery of Ontario

Yoga, Pilates, Music (singing), Reading, Film (independent and foreign), Theatre, Travel