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About me and my work

My approach is grounded in the ethos of liberation and social justice. I have worked in sexual and reproductive health, community development, harm-reduction and popular education. These experiences have shaped my favourite ways to learn and teach: through stories, play and laughter. 

I am grateful to have learned from the people I have served and I understand the responsibility my privilege entails. I am dedicated to having difficult conversations that are transformative, authentic and kind.

My journey as an organizer is nourished from over two decades of experience in health and social services. I obtained a bachelor's degree in history & social intervention from the University of Ottawa; a bachelor’s in social work from Dalhousie University and a master’s in Social Work with a focus on Indigenous Methodologies from the University of Victoria.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.