CA IVES

Defying Simple Definition 

Cai is an eclectic Canadian creative with a diverse background spanning business, social advocacy, and cross-media storytelling. 

Cai’s writing delicately weaves intricate characters with existentially-important connections across the fault-lines of our broken social systems. Her work is described as both comforting and confronting, through a magical realism that feels familiar, ominous, and hopeful. 

Literary Resume

PROFILE 

A committed writer bringing 25 years of professional experience in corporate people practice and non-profit advocacy to epic multimedia fiction series that cross genres and ideologies. 

EDUCATION 

MBA: ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY 2002-2007 

Masters of Business Administration (4.0 GPA) Awarded with Highest GPA across all programs Advanced Graduate Diploma in Management (4.0 GPA) Awarded 2002 

POST-GRAD CERTIFICATE: UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH 1996-2000 

Human Resources Management Graduate Courses 

HONOURS BA: UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO 1990-1994 

Bachelor of Arts Degree (Honours History and English) 

LITERARY WORKS & ONLINE PRESENCE 

Sages: A Space Time Saga (www.sagesinspace.com/washout) 

An episodic fiction that starts at the end of the world, Sages explores themes of consciousness, reality, love, morality, and the mess we’ve made as a species. Sages is a life-work that will grow and expand through community engagement over years. 

Timeless: An Urban Legend (www.timelesslegend.com and www.timelesspitch.com) Published online in a series of “episodes” with audio narration, soundscape, original music, and acted dialogue, Timeless pushed the boundaries of storytelling to explore themes of sexuality, delayed adulthood, inequality, power, belonging, and living “out loud,” through the efforts of almost three dozen collaborators. 

What I Meant To Do (https://www.amazon.ca/What-Meant-Do-Cheryl-Ives/dp/1940310482) Published in 2017 by 4RV Children’s Corner, What I Meant to Do provides children with a mechanism to safely explore common types of unintended outcomes with their caregivers. Talking about potential adult responses allows safe dialogue that can encourage both children and adults to rationalize and contextualize the responses they experience in daily life. 

Which Writes Media (www.whichwrites.com) 

Which Writes Media is a producer of existentially-relevant, responsive, episodic content for digital distribution. Under the Which Writes imprint, we produce episodic fiction series “podiobooks”, short video, and e-pubs and plan to feature Canadian writers, comedians, videographers, photographers, actors, musicians, and other artists, to immerse you in the world of each story. 

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RELEVANT SKILLS 

  • Powerful social commentary through effective analysis and excellent writing
  • Social media engagement such as Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Blogger, and Instagram
  • Video and Audio recording and editing using Adobe and open source tools 
  • Image manipulation and illustration using Adobe and AI Illustration tools
  • Web development and content creation using WordPress, Weebly, Wix, and other tools
  • Typing faster than I think

CAREER HISTORY 

Owner & Managing Partner, ENROUTE CANNABIS 

November, 2021 to Present 

Producer & Writer, WHICH WRITES MEDIA 

January, 2018 to Present 

Vice President Employee Experience, PROJECT CLEAN (formerly Maxim Chemical) June, 2018 to November, 2020 

Organizational and Performance Coach, IVES AGENCY (see also: www.thebrightspot.ca) July, 2011 to November, 2021 

Community Engagement Manager (anti-poverty), OPPORTUNITIES WATERLOO REGION April, 2009 to June, 2011 

Organizational Development Manager, KALEIDESCAPE CANADA 

December, 2006 to May, 2008 

Organizational Change Leader 6 Sigma, RAYTHEON CANADA LIMITED 

February, 2005 to December, 2006 

Principal Human Resources Lead, RAYTHEON CANADA LIMITED 

March, 2002 to February, 2005 

Simulation Program Manager – Talent Assessment, KICKSTARTS TALENT ASSESSMENT March to December, 2001 

Address

Nowhere North
Ontario, Canada

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