Helped to raise over $500.000 for The Shepherds of Good Hope and food banks
in the National Capital area with Souper Jazz, a Dixieland Jazz Band 1986-2006;

Creator of World Wide Dance For Peace, January 1993 ;

Held successful fundraisers for the Ottawa Heart Institute,World Vision Christmas shows have raised over $30,000.00
;

Involved with Winterlude Ottawa 1996- 2005;

Spring Festival, Ottawa 1986 - 1996 ; Tulip Festival 1998- 2003;

Easter Seals Launch, Chateau Laurier, and Easter Seals Parade
;

Dance Adjudicator since 1998 and International dance teacher .

Ottawa Fringe Festival, 4 shows June 1999;
Organizing a Children's festival
International Dance Teacher

Marketing / Public Relations

Initiate all marketing efforts, from the design of promotional materials to an on-going
emphasis on public relations;create adverts for local newspapers using her own photographs and designs
Manage advertising programs, have developed a cost-effective approach resulting in
excellent public exposure;
Market the school and its track record for audience appreciation to senior officials and
organisers of special events including Canada Day, the Shanghai International Children's
Cultural and Art Festival, 1994/7/2000/2001/2002/invited to 2007, Spring Festival, Ottawa
Write information / promotional speeches and newspaper articles.
Develop and implement business plans and strategies, requiring a broad conceptual
outlook combined with attention to detail in scheduling 500+ students and controlling overall
operations.

Management

Manage staff including recruitment, training, leadership and evaluation.
Organise and co-ordinate public and private presentations.
All facilities management including negotiating highly favourable terms on the purchase
of two industrial condominiums & co-ordinating contractors during their conversion into dance
studios. Rental of third bay to open a dance boutique, with the option to purchase at a
favourable price.
. Responsible for teaching good public relations skills to the staff.. This means constant
awareness of the general feeling of students and parents with regard to the policies of the
school and it's staff .

Financial Control / Administration

Manage all finances including revenue projections, cost control, cash management, payroll
preparation and bank financing.
Carry out general administration including writing of correspondence and records
management.

Teaching

Was the creator and only teacher when the school began, teaching up to 30 hours a week
for the first five years, and presently teaching upwards of 15 hours a week .
Teach ballet, tap, modern, song and dance and jazz dancing to children from the age of
three years to adult.
Successfully completed courses required to become a qualified teacher of dance.
Full Member of the Canadian Dance Teachers Association.
Have prepared over 1000 students for the Royal Academy of Dance's Ballet and Canadian
Dance Teachers Association's Jazz and Tap examinations with great success.
Co-ordinate and evaluate all teaching programs, with a particular emphasis on ensuring
teacher preparedness and full realisation of each student's potential.
Plan and conduct advanced and competitive classes for all age groups, requiring accurate
analysis of individual / group needs, detailed lesson planning and continuous student
evaluation .
Training and Staff development on an on-going basis
Present talks on business management, Dance School ownership and Dance as a
profession.

1993 - Present:
World Wide Dance For Peace Inc., Cumberland, Ontario:Director/ Artistic Director

.Creator, Administrator and Artistic Director of World Wide Dance For Peace a non profit
Company which has 20 different ethnic dance groups as active members. The Company is a
group of young dancers, gymnasts and singers working artistically for the promotion of peace
and understanding between people of all nations. Performing alongside the different cultures of
Canada with love, unity and co-operation to produce powerful messages against racism and
supporting human rights.

The company's first productions, (1993), choreographed and produced by Elaine Hunter were
:
An hour long show for Canada Day on Parliament Hill involving 250 dancers from 25
different ethnic groups.
The opening and closing of the evening CBC nationally televised spectacle from
Parliament Hill in which 300 dancers took part.

Selected to represent Canada at the Shanghai International Children's Cultural and Art
Festival in July 1994/7/2000. World Wide Dance For Peace performed in the opening
ceremonies which was broadcast live to the people of Shanghai and across China. The
theme of this festival was "Peace, Friendship, Future." The first festival dance was entitled
"Harmony". Invited to return in 2003, 2007, Elaine Hunter will be directing the final dance with all of the groups from accross the world.

Leader of the Canadian delegation of sixty people at the First Shanghai International
Children's Cultural and Art Festival (1994) and spoke on behalf of Canada at the opening and
closing delegates meetings as well as at many meetings with Chinese officials and
dignitaries. Negotiated a return to China August 1997 and 2000, 2003 ND 2007 as leader of the Canadian
delegation. Chosen to perform in the opening
ceremonies for a second time and asked to direct all groups representing Canada as one
harmonious ensemble . Directed dance groups from across the world to
create a united picture at this festival . Represented Canada in 1994/1997/2000/2001/2002 at the Shanghai
International Festival
Delivered speeches in Mandarin at group leaders meetings with delegates.

Organized travel arrangements for sixty people to visit China to attend the Shanghai
Festival in 1994, 1997 and 2000. Co-ordinated fund raising from the private and public sector
raising $10.000.00 in three months, 1994, supervised the group while in China.
Raised $25,000 for the year 2000 trip to China.

Co-ordinated, prepared and delivered media packages for all events and dispatched press
releases.

` Presently organising a children's festival for Canada

Received invitation from China to attend the Year 2007 Children’s Festival
in Shanghai.

As Artistic Director has choreographed and produced dances for World Wide Dance
For Peace with a strong anti-war, anti-racist and united message at special events.

Responsible for performances at Cherish The Children, Parliament Hill
Artistic Director - Ottawa Multicultural Folk Arts Council annual Festival
Development and Peace , initiated, produced and choreographed a benefit concert for
Child Haven International , National Children's' Day, Regional Headquarters 1994
and The Children's Aid Society, Ottawa City Hall , The Shanghai Children's Cultural
and Arts Festival - Representing Canada - August 1994, Canadian Red Cross Society
National Awards Night , Canada Day Majors Hill Park , Parliament
Hill - Canada Day 1995 as well as Majors Hill and The War Memorial. Winterlude 1996/7/8/9
and Majors Hill Park on Canada Day . The American University of Beirut Presidents
Gala - National Arts Centre, Ottawa ,Fundraiser for The Ottawa University Heart
Foundation and .Easter Seals . Artistic Director for the performances of World Wide
Dance For Peace at the International Children's Festival in Shanghai August
1994/7/2000. Also directed other groups from Canada and across the world creating a
harmonious ensemble for this festival. Performed in several elementary and high schools
with a message of unity for the students 1994- 2006. Performed at the annual
convention of the Ottawa Carleton Separate School Board, Canada and the World
Peace Show , National Library, Ottawa, Black History Week.
Successful fund raiser for Ottawa Heart Institute , Easter Seals Parade
presented 2 hour long shows at the Ottawa Tulip Festival, Majors Hill Park
Glebe Anglican Church 100th Anniversary Ice Storm Appreciation Picnic
Cumberland Museum. Multicultural Event at the National Library opening
Black History Week. Heritage day festival, Cumberland Museum China August
2000. Visible Minorities Symposium FestiveArts
Canada Day Parliament Hill evening show.
As administrator for WWDP has initiated all events in order to achieve the goals of the
organisation and works to bring the message that WWDP gives to as many people as
possible.
Have received invitations from Prague, Italy, Korea, Honk Kong, Hungary, Russia,Germany, The Congo
and Hawaii as a result of meetings at the Shanghai Festival .

Presently organising :-
Canadian International Children's Peace and Freindship Festival.

Created Cupid’s Whiskers, a Canadian Youth Dance Company 1998, performed at the
Fringe Festival .

Presented a workshop at the Integrative Medicine and Expressive Therapies International
Symposium, Omega Institute, New York, May 1999

Additional Background
Public School Teacher in Surrey, British Columbia, experience in Special Education ,
grades 3, 4 and 5 from 1971-75.
Educational Affiliations:
Diploma of Education: Nottingham University (England), 1970
Teaching Certificate Public Schools , British Columbia.
Full Member: Canadian Dance Teachers Association
President/Artistic Director: World Wide Dance For Peace
Director/ Artistic Director Cupids Whiskers
Nominated for YWCA Women of Distinction Awards 1997.
Nominated for Chalmers Award for Excellence in Artistic Direction, 1997.
Successfully completed two Carleton University courses, 1995.
References on request