Education, Experience and Influences

Education

I have a diversity of educational experiences that I utilize in my practices:

Integrative Somatic Parts Work Certification - The Embody Lab
Certified Professional Coach - Leadership that Works
Mindful Self-Compassion Core Skills - Center for Mindful Self-compassion
Coaching Essentials - Leadership That Works
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - The Medical University of South Carolina
Advanced Certificate - Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy
Compassionate Inquiry with Dr. Gabor Maté
Deep Diversity: Leadership For Inclusion with Shakil Choudhury
Foundations Certificate - Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy
Advanced Clinical Training - Smith College for Social Work
MA - Sociology and Cultural, Social and Political Thought

Experience

My experiences within community organizing and group facilitation greatly inform my practices:

Facilitator - Safe Choices Program with Ending Violence Association of BC
Collective Member - Qmunity League Collective
Facilitator - Transitioning Triggers Workshops
Outreach Coordinator - Alberta Public Interest Research Group
Community-Based Researcher - University of Alberta
Facilitator - Positive Space Network University of Victoria
Advisor - University of Victoria Human Rights Committee
Collective Member - TransAction Advocacy Group

Influences

My work is also greatly influenced by the fantastic work of a number of writers, organizers and communities. The list below is not inclusive by any stretch:

My Crip (queer and disabled) community
Ursula LeGuin and her transformative fiction
adrienne maree brown especially her book Emergent Strategy
Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's understanding of our worlds