About me and my work
I show up grounded in liberation and social justice. I've spent years learning from the people I've had the privilege to serve. My work has taken me through sexual and reproductive health, community development, harm reduction, leadership and popular education at local and national levels. Along the way, I've found that the best learning happens through stories, play, and laughter. so that's what I bring into every room.
The people I've worked with have taught me so much more than I could ever give back. I carry that with me, and I never forget the privilege it is to be let into someone's space. I'm not afraid of hard conversations, but I believe they can be honest, kind, and even transformative if we do them right.
My roots run deep in health and social services, spanning over twenty five years of practice and learning. Along the way, I've gathered a bachelor's in history and social intervention from the University of Ottawa, a Bachelor of Social Work from Dalhousie, and a Master of Social Work from the University of Victoria, where I focused on Indigenous Methodologies. But what truly shapes my work is not the credentials I carry. It is the conviction that real transformation unfolds when we show up as our whole selves and create space for others to do the same.
Values
Collaborative
Facilitating for the purpose of developing collaboration includes a fostering of horizontal information sharing amongst participants, organizing stakeholders around a common model that is aligned with shared goals.
Playful
Play is where learning happens. Reconnecting with the safety that went with childhood play is part of creating the conditions for deep learning. By embracing a playful, workshop philosophy that challenges the cult of "busy," we create the conditions for transformative growth through curiosity and exploration.
Accountable
Accountable facilitation is an approach that is accountable to social justice movements and to evidence (population health and social determinants of health). Accountable facilitation also includes structuring emotional safety in group learning processes, ensuring that the design of our time together leaves people feeling whole, and excited for what’s next.
Accessible
We prioritize choice, agency, and self-determination in how people engage, recognizing that access needs are unique and dynamic. By connecting to lived experience and honoring the wholeness of each person, we normalize different paces and ways of learning, making space for rest, processing, and divergent participation. This commitment is a continuous practice of collective care, not a checklist.
Process-Oriented
Aligning actions with values requires intentional design. We focus on the how: building conflict-resolution and self-reflexive skills, examining diverse interpretations of values, and integrating joy into our work.
Transformative
Transformative facilitation often means embracing natural processes of conflict and its potent source for ideas and growth. To understand other people in an authentic way. Encourages groups and orgs to enact their own values.