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- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Hi, I'm Benoît, 21 years old, born in Montreal, but grew up in the south east of France, close to Marseille. I am currently on the last year of my bachelor in applied economics and international business in HEC Montreal. I'm looking to continue my education with a master and probably a phd in environmental economics.
I am a huge sport addict, basketball addict to be more precise. I play basketball around 10 hours per week, plus the training program at the gym.
Since the beginning of my bachelor, I also developed a growing climate problems awareness. So, I'm trying as much as I can to change my habits towards climate protection goals, and learn everything that I possibly can regarding this topic through articles, books, conferences ... - Portals
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Environmental sustainability Education Social sciences
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Language and geographical accessibility in sustainability
Re_Generation aims to re_imagine our schools, re_purpose our careers, and re_model our companies to be aligned with regenerative principles. We created Canada’s largest platform to empower youth in sustainability and social impact. It is crucial to ensure that our resources are made accessible to most of Canada's young people, regardless of where they live and the language they speak. One of the key barriers to many sustainability and career development tools in Canada is the language barrier. We want to ensure that our organization respects Canada's bilingualism while also reflecting an "inclusive" language use (gender neutrality, etc.).
Youth empowerment in sustainability through career development
Re_Generation aims to re_imagine our schools, re_purpose our careers, and re_model our companies to be aligned with regenerative principles. We created Canada’s largest platform to empower youth in sustainability and social impact. Our website has Canada's largest centralized resource for young people who want to start a career in sustainability & social impact. It includes a self-assessment guide, 60+ career path interviews with industry leaders, 10+ sectoral guides to understand the key trends and opportunities of various sectors & industries, and a job board page that includes the most extensive mapping of places to get an internship in social impact & sustainability. So far, close to 10,000 unique website visitors have used our resources. We want to continue building and improving this resource center!
Business & Economics Education - curriculum change & student empowerment
Re_Generation aims to re_imagine our schools, re_purpose our careers, and re_model our companies to be aligned with regenerative principles. We created Canada’s largest platform to empower youth in sustainability and social impact. Our website has Canada's largest centralized resource for young people who want to start a career in sustainability & social impact. It includes a self-assessment guide, 60+ career path interviews with industry leaders, 10+ sectoral guides to understand the key trends and opportunities of various sectors & industries, and a job board page that includes the most extensive mapping of places to get an internship in social impact & sustainability. We also have very comprehensive toolkits to empower students by sharing best practices on how to organize student events on sustainability & how to drive curriculum change. So far, close to 10,000 unique website visitors have used our resources. We want to continue building and improving this resource center!
Work experience
Internship
Aria Sud
Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
June 2021 - July 2021
Aria Sud is an association that help french agri-food companies to develop themselves. I worked for the international development department of this association. My goal was to organize the visit of a foreign importer in France, so he could visit and potentially do business with Aria members.
Administrative Assistant
Was International
Roquevaire, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
August 2020 - September 2020
Was International is a international consulting organisation. During this month, we built an export diagnostic of the chocolate confectionery company François Doucet. I had to create a matrix with the markets that this company should aim for, which was presented to François Doucet's board.
Versatile Worker
Biocoop Estella
Roquevaire, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
May 2020 - July 2020
Biocoop is a French Organic grocery store (like a small Whole foods). There I had to take care of the customer service, put in place the health and safety requirements, shelf filling, and cashier service.