Felix Chen

Law student
@ Université de Montréal

Felix Chen
Hello

Here's who I am and what I do

I'm a law student that is interested in technology, programming, health, and sports.

My CV

Education

Université de Montréal

2022 - present

LL.B.

Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf

2020 - 2022

DEC, Health Sciences

Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf

2015-2020

DES, sports program

Work experience

Communications and Administrative Support Agent

Accueil Bonneau (July 2022 - present), part-time (fall & winter), full-time (summer)

www.accueilbonneau.com
The goal of Accueil Bonneau is to welcome the person in situation or at risk of homelessness in the response to their basic needs and the search for a better quality of life and well-being, towards social reintegration and residential stability. Accueil Bonneau is one of the largest homelessness organizations in Quebec.
  • Create content for Accueil Bonneau's social media, increasing the number of subscribers by 1,200. Interview employees, volunteers and people experiencing homelessness.
  • Coordinate the taking of hundreds of photos of the Accueil Bonneau's services and staff.
  • Help launch the book "Ces femmes qui ont enfanté Bonneau".
  • Collaborate with organizations and public figures to raise the profile of Accueil Bonneau.
  • Coordinate the redesign of the website to modernize the visuals.
  • Sold over $3,000 worth of Accueil Bonneau products.

Administrative assistant

Force Leadership Africain (May 2022 - July 2022), full-time

forceleadershipafricain.org
The goal of Force Leadership Africain is to create a partnership between Canada and Africa, as well as promoting leadership and entrepreneurship within African communities inside of Canada.
  • Helped before and after Force Leadership Africain's Canada-Africa Investment Conference by designing documents, such as the schedule and ads, editing the video of the conference, writing a conference report summarizing every panelist's intervention, and by performing administrative tasks.
  • Used HTML/CSS to create a website for one of Force Leadership Africain's new programs, called Institut Bouka Jeunesse.
  • Created forms using Google Forms to analyze Force Leadership Africain's members' interests and to find areas of improvement.

Website editor, social media manager, and tech helper

Bravo Party Rentals (June 2021 - present), part-time

www.bravoparty.com
Bravo Party Rentals is an equipment location enterprise for events.
  • Edited the Bravo Wordpress website by updating the information.
  • Helped solve computer problems.
  • Scheduled stories and posts on Instagram and Facebook using Facebook Business Manager.

Physics tutor

June 2022 - August 2022

Electricity and magnetism (collegiate-level physics)

Volunteering

Founder & President

Jeunes Alliés de l'Accueil Bonneau (2023 - present)

www.accueilbonneau.com
The Jeunes Alliés de l'Accueil Bonneau are volunteers aged 18 to 35 whose objectives are to raise awareness of the fight against homelessness and to raise funds for the Accueil Bonneau Foundation.
  • Recuit and lead a team of 12 members.

Student clinician

Mobile Legal Clinic (2023 - present)

www.cji-mlc.org
The Mobile Legal Clinic aims to promote access to justice for homeless people.

Treasury

Law & Technology Committee (2023 - présent)

droit-tech-udem.com
The purpose of the Law and Technology Committee is to offer students at the Faculty of Law the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the considerable role played by technology in the field of law.

Core team member

TEDxMontréal (2022 - 2023)

tedxmontreal.com
TEDxMontreal is the biggest TEDx event in Montreal.
  • Helped select speakers for TEDx conferences.
  • Helped create promotional material for the first TEDxMontreal Coffee Chat.

Logistics organizer

PolyHx (2022 - 2023)

polyhx.io
PolyHx is Polytechnique Montréal's annual hackathon (programming event).
  • Found and contacted sponsors
  • Found and called suppliers
  • Counselling
  • Helped write event rules

President

BrébeufHx (2019 - 2022)

www.brebeufhackathon.com
BrébeufHx is Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf's annual hackathon (programming event).
  • Recruited and lead a team of 25 people to organize a 2-day programming event.
  • Improved pre-event publicity, resulting in an increase in the total number of participants: from 70 (2019) to 300 participants (2022).
  • Found sponsors to finance the event, resulting in an increase in the budget from $1500 (2020) to $10,100 (2022).
  • Planned event activities (workshops, competition and activities) and created a new event format: improved participant retention rate by over 40% between 2020 and 2022.
  • Created event training materials, sponsorship plan and event operational flow documents.
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Force Leadership Africain

2022 - present

forceleadershipafricain.org
The goal of Force Leadership Africain is to create a partnership between Canada and Africa, as well as promoting leadership and entrepreneurship within African communities inside of Canada.
  • Helped with the communication aspect of the organization.

Défi vélo 300 km pour la VIE

2022

300 km pour la vie is an event of the Cité-de-la-Santé hospital, the purpose of which is to raise funds for the Laval cancer program.
  • Raised money by selling tickets to a basketball game.
  • Unloaded trucks during the event.

UNICEF Brébeuf

2021-2022

UNICEF Brébeuf is the UNICEF committee of Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, whose goal is to raise funds for children in need and to raise public awareness of this cause.

CHUM

2019

Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
  • Visited patients to cheer them up.

Triathlon mondial Groupe Copley

2019

  • Assisted athletes with their equipment.
  • Distributed water.

Languages

French

English

Skills

Computer programming

Python, HTML/CSS (I coded this website!), GitHub, Git

Microsoft Office

Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, OneDrive

Events

Organized BrébeufHx, TEDxMontréal, Canada-Africa Investment Conference, and PolyHx

Typing

90 words per minute

Design and document formatting

View examples

Hobbies and interests

Sports and health

Running, basketball

Animals

I have a dog.

Awards

Certificate of recognition of community engagement

Canada Service CORPS (2022)

Certificate of recognition of leadership and community engagement

Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf (2021)

Distinction Brébeuf

Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf (2020)

Pont-Pop competition (ÉTS)

Second-place team (2019)

www.etsmtl.ca/services/pontpop/
Pont-Pop ÉTS is an engineering contest that consists of building a small bridge with popsicle sticks.
Telephone

(438) 928-3890

LinkedIn

Website coded by Felix Chen using HTML/CSS

View website code