Kumary Chiquinquira Ponnambalam
Regenerative Designer and Researcher (she/her)
Waterloo, ON
Education
2014 - Master of Forest Economics, University of Toronto, St. George Campus 2011 - Bachelor of Forest Resources Management with Honors, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
2010- Exchange in Land Design, Wageningen, The Netherlands 2014-2021 Preparing Ph.D proposals in Place-making
Research
2014 - Watershed Small-scale Tree Planting programs on coffee farms in the Venezuelan Andes, M.Sc.F, University of Toronto and Merida, Venezuela 2010 - Medicinal plants research with HIV/AIDS communities in Malawi, AFRICAD, UBC, Vancouver
2010 - Tribunal de las Aguas presentations on the Effectiveness Urban Homegarden Irrigation Tribunals, Universiteit Wageningen, Valencia, Spain
2011- Business Development for Corporate Biodiversity and Carbon Credits (Verified Carbon Standard), Tesso Nilo National Park, Indonesia
2012- Paper in process on the value of urban communities and decentralizing trade, and the experience of living on the street as a pedestrian millennial/ POC-BIOPOC experience
2023- Regenerative economics and streetscapes at Math for Complex Climate Challenges Workshop, Fields Institute, Toronto and WICI, University of Waterloo
Art Exhibitions
2023- Duality, Button Arts Factory, Waterloo, ON
2023-Art Reception at Math for Complex Climate Challenges Workshop, Fields Institute, Toronto and WICI, University of Waterloo
2022- Expedition of the Rain, Show and Tell Gallery, Toronto, ON Regenerative Business Experience
2013 - Program Development Officer, MQED, Toronto, ON
2015 - Project Development for Unilever Smallholder farmers project with Digital
Green, Karnataka, IN
2014 - Mining and Land UX Product Assistant, Ulula, Toronto, ON 2015 - Farmer’s Market Assistant, Backwood Farms, Salt Spring Island, BC 2015 - Customer Service, Leslieville Cheese Shop, Leslieville, Toronto,ON 2012 - Customer Service, Zara, Queen St. West, Toronto,ON
2012 - Planning Committee, Harvest Noon Cafe,U of T, Toronto, ON 2011- Land Development Curriculum, Evanslake Forest Education Society, Vancouver, BC
2011- Sustainability Coordinator, International Student Orientation, UBC, Vancouver, BC 2010- Sprouts, Store Front Manager, UBC, Vancouver, BC
Professional development
2023- Emergence Symposium, Neighbourhood Arts Network, Toronto,ON 2021 - Neighborhood Mentorship Program with “PUFF Paddy”, Paddy Leung, Toronto, ON
2019 - Beginner Adobe Photoshop, Toronto Art School, Toronto ON 2019- Experimental Drawing, Toronto Art School
2020 - Urban Dance, City Dance Corps, Toronto, ON
2019 - Gallery Guide skills, Gallery Guide, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON 2019 - Co-working and mentoring, Lokal, Toronto, ON
2019 - Customer service, Starving Artist,Toronto, ON
2016 - Women's self defense Kung Fu, Shaolin Quanfa Institute, Toronto, ON 2016 - Alfai (Northern Brazilian bass drum) and shakers, singing, Baque de Bamba, Toronto, ON
2016 - Basic worship moves to Oshun, Oshun Dance development seminar, Samba Jessica, Toronto. ON
2013 - 2016 - Alfai, drum formation, singing, and Portuguese folkloric music, Maracatu Mar Aberto, Toronto,ON
2013 - Joint Development Consultants, Program Developer and Technical Writer, Toronto, ON 2009- Housekeeping, UBC Housing and Conferences 2008- Daycare Assistant, UBC Childcare
Awards
2015 - Toronto Arts Council, Project Grants, Project “Groove on Up”, Mar Aberto Maracatu, Toronto, ON
2012 - Masters Graduate Funding, Social Sciences Humanities Research Council 2012 - Michael Smith Foreign Research Supplement, Social Sciences Humanities Research Council
2009 - Go Global Award
2008 - UBC Forestry Scholarship
2007 - Weldwood Scholarship
Languages
Fluent- English, Spanish
Practical- Dutch, French
Leadership
2015 - Energy Yoga, Lauren Walker, Holly Hock, Cortes BC
2012 - Presenter, “Agroforestry”, MOOC, UBC
2010 - Senior Advisor, Gage, UBC
2008 - Resident Advisor, Gage, UBC
2007 - Volunteer Researcher, Operation Wallacea, Iquitos, Peru 2007 - Assistant, UBC Childcare, UBC
2007 - Student Researcher, SOILS Lab, UBC
2007 - Fairview Residence Council, UBC
2006 - Summer Internship, Geohidra, Caracas, Venezuela
2005 - Brossard Summer Camp Leader, Summer Works, Government of Canada, Brossard, Quebec, ON
Hobbies: Water spirituality (drumming, energy healing), tree-planting, urban coffee, research, climbing, urban dance and international cooking.