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Hi, I’m Leslie! I hold a Masters degree in Adult Education, have been a facilitator of positive change since 1980, designing, delivering, facilitating workshops and coaching individuals and groups. I am a pre-approved vendor on the Prov of BC Corporate Supply Arrangement: Learning and Development vendor # CS-000921, and I hold $2 million in commercial general liability insurance with Federated Insurance. Some of my recent clients include:
Facilitator Development Workshop Online, BC Interior Health Aboriginal Educators,
Facilitated 5 day (40 hour) highly interactive, synchronous, online workshops to train facilitators of the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) with a dual focus on team building and decolonizing and indigenizing the curriculum and instructional practices.
2022
Instructional Skills Workshop Online
Facilitated 3 day (24 hour) highly interactive, synchronous, online workshops to improve teaching and learning by designing and delivering lessons and by the giving and receiving of feedback
2022
Calgary Board of Education Staff Association Online
Facilitated 3 x 90 minute full workshops on Communication Skills and Who Are You Now?
2022
Instructional Skills Workshop Online, BC Housing
Facilitated series of 4 day (24 hour) highly interactive, synchronous, workshop to improve teaching and learning by designing and delivering lessons and by the giving and receiving of feedback.
2021
The Appreciative Leader at Royal Roads University
Facilitated repeat 2 day workshop utilizing Appreciative Inquiry to model Appreciative Leadership to provincial and city government employers
2021
Instructional Skills Workshop Online, Independent Investigations of BC
Facilitated series of 3x 3 day (24 hour) highly interactive, synchronous, workshops to improve teaching and learning by designing and delivering lessons and by the giving and receiving of feedback.
2021
Instructional Skills Workshop Online, Kamloops Fire Centre
Facilitated 3 day (24 hour) highly interactive, synchronous, online workshops to improve teaching and learning by designing and delivering lessons and by the giving and receiving of feedback.
2021
Program Evaluation Online, Ministry of Education with Royal Roads University
Facilitated 1 day workshop over 2 half days on Program Evaluation
2021
Calgary Board of Education Staff Association Online
Facilitated 3 x 90 minute full workshops on Power Up Your Life! and Who Are You Now?
2021
Training in Power Academy, Online
Adapted, designed and delivered courses to raise consciousness using meditation
2020-2021
Queer Arts Ally Toolkit Conference, Online
Designed and facilitated 2 half day workshops on co-creating a queer-ally manifesto on working together and on needs of queer seniors.
2020
Instructional Skills Workshop Online for On the Go First Aid
Piloted and facilitated two 3 day (24 hour) highly interactive, synchronous, workshop to improve teaching and learning by designing and delivering lessons and by the giving and receiving of feedback.
2020
Instructional Skills Workshop, Online for Canadian School of Natural
Piloted and facilitated two 3 day (24 hour) highly interactive, synchronous, workshop to improve teaching and learning by designing and delivering lessons and by the giving and receiving of feedback.
2020
Training in Power
Regularly teach multiple courses a year in manifestation, health, and reclaiming who you really are using meditation, power transference and vibrational psychology, since 2005
2020
Royal Roads University, Victoria
Facilitated 2 day Appreciate Inquiry into resiliency as an Appreciative Leader with senior staff from BC Government, City of Victoria and Vancouver Island Health Authority.
2019
Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, Victoria
Facilitated building confidence in presentation skills with teachers and staff.
2019
Calgary Board of Education Staff Association
Facilitated multiple Kairos Blanket Exercises increasing Indigenous Awareness.
Facilitated Appreciative Inquiry into Moving Beyond Bullying
Facilitated Appreciative Inquiry into Diversity and Respecting Differences
2019
Alberta Civil Liberties Research Council
Facilitated Appreciative Inquiry into resilience during succession planning for aging staff, re-assigning geographical regions and staff requirements. 6 participants including Education director and educators both in person and online over four hours.
2019
Faith Communities
Facilitated resilience during strategic and succession planning for multiple aging Communities through townhall meetings using Appreciative Inquiry. Groups include Unitarian Church, Alliance for the Common Good, Roman Catholic Women Priests Canada, Roman Catholic Women Priests Mid West USA.
2019
Well Conference
Facilitated discussion on Creating Healthy Relationships and Seniors and Sexuality at Well Conference. Rich conversations resulted in creation of Facebook Group
2018
Roman Catholic Woman Priests
Co-ordinated and facilitated international retreat and ordination of first Canadian bishop on Canadian soil using strengths based visioning Appreciative Inquiry. Retreat for 12, panel event for 150 participants and ordination for 250 with media.
2018
Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST), Calgary
Facilitated four day Appreciative Inquiry into values, mission and internal relations after several years of exponential market growth. Prep work includes research independent evaluation of organization, consultations with CEO, leadership team and staff based in remote areas including Nepal, Ethiopia, and Columbia.
2018
Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, Victoria
Facilitated 24 hour Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) with teachers from several campuses
2018
St Brigid’s Catholic Faith Community, Calgary
Facilitated two hour Appreciative Inquiry into practical acts of reconciliation with First Nations following Kairos Blanket Exercise Indigenous Awareness.
2018
Altalink Power Transmission Lines, Pincher Creek
Facilitated two table conversations between landowners and governing Body. Mood was confused, angry and potentially hostile at the beginning and more engaged at the end of each session.
2018
Institute of Performance and Learning (IPL), Calgary
Facilitated two hour Appreciative Inquiry (AI) with standing room only group of facilitators as a both demo of AI and with practical application for the visioning the future of their organization.
2018
Appreciative Inquiry Community of Practice, Victoria
Co-ordinated planning meeting and co-facilitated Appreciative Inquiry into co-creating Victoria’s best AI Community of Practice
2018
Volunteer Victoria, Victoria
Facilitated two and half hour session on designing workshops to members. High level of engagement, curiosity, problem solving and taking action.
2018
City of Calgary, Bowness Flood Mitigation, Calgary
Facilitated table conversation of 10 local flood plain residents to clarify their needs, concerns, and ideas for future planning resulting in report to City of Calgary. Helped shift anger to early stages of trust and becoming part of their neighbourhood solution. 275 people in attendance. Security and Global TV present.
2018
CoolAid, Supportive Housing for the Homeless, Victoria
Facilitated volatile 2.5 hour public meeting of 40 angry local residents. Abhorted planned presentation in favour of listening to concerns and resulted in list of specific questions and input of concerns and ideas. Organizers themed concerns and presented them back as FAQ and subsequent meetings were productive.
2017
Unitarian Church, Calgary
Facilitated deep listening conversations about spiritual issues with congregants online. Hesitation at the beginning and deep engagement at the end.
2016
Yoga MCC, Instructor event, Calgary
Facilitated half day instructor retreat to reflect on past 10 years and plan for the future, resulted in clear directions for individuals and yoga centre.
2016
Public Service Agency, BC Government, Victoria
Facilitator Development Workshop (FDW) for 12 provincial trainers over 3 days
2014
WorkSafe BC, Kelowna, BC
Facilitated 2.5 day retreat of 15 provincial directors with informal goals of relaxing silos and improving internal communication and formal goal to create a unified strategic plan. Strong initial resistance to Appreciative Inquiry process yielded to group drafting strategic plan, and planning future meetings.
2011
Health Canada, Richmond, BC
Facilitated Appreciative Inquiry on Discovering Resiliency over two days for 250 First Nations and Northern Inuit Nurses. Sessions were playful, lively, connecting and resulted in multiple new initiatives, projects and collaborations across Canada.
2010
Gather the Women, International Women’s Day, Victoria
Facilitated evening planning meeting of local chapter 30 women. Resulting in local development of 3 day International Women’s Day retreat with notable speakers including Jean Shinoda-Bolen.
2010
Royal Roads University, Victoria
Facilitated high profile Appreciative Inquiry into Gender Equity in International Development with First Nations Elders and Members of Parliament present. Victoria MP, Denise Savoie, used group ‘dreams’ to introduce bill on Gender Equity
2010
Training in Power Academy
Regularly teach multiple courses a year in manifestation, health, and reclaiming who you really are using meditation, power transference and vibrational psychology, since 2005
2005 – current
Quantum Learning
Developing career prep programs and course materials for high school and college teachers across Canada. A suite of 9 Tourism Career Samplers were co produced with lead provincial teacher and organizations. www.teachingtourism.com
1997 – current
Certificate in Adult and Continuing Education (CACE), University of Victoria
Advising on and contributing to program development of consortium of universities in Western Canada. Pioneering online delivery before the internet (!). Developed course materials for core courses including Program Planning in Adult Learning and Facilitating of Adult Learning plus multiple workshops for 20 years.
1997 – 2013