During the global pandemic, I have been offering virtual training workshops about lifelong learning and digital literacy.
I design and deliver professional and playful training workshops and events based on participatory adult education methodologies. I have built my practice through an M.Ed in Adult Education and 15 years supporting community development work with social services.
Here are some recent highlights of my work:
- Trained hundreds of public librarians around the world in the development and implementation of adult learning and community development programs through in-person and virtual training workshops with P2PU
- Designed and hosted an experimental learning lab with Next Library, an international gathering for forward-thinking library professionals
- Developed a curriculum to train local community organizers in the methods of Jane’s Walk, a global platform for free locally led walking tours
- Designed and facilitated courses and workshops for more than 400 front line staff, managers, and peer workers in Toronto’s community services sector as Training Coordinator with Toronto Drop-in Network
Here are some of the organizations I’ve worked with:
Public Libraries
- Boston Public Library
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
- Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
- Chicago Public Library
- Greensboro Public Library
- Kansas City Public Library
- Kenya National Library Service
- Los Angeles Public Library
- Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
- Toronto Public Library
- Saint Paul Public Library
- Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin
Municipalities and Associations
- Bloorcourt Business Improvement Association
- Coalition of Community Health and Resource Centres of Ottawa
- Junction Business Improvement Area
- Halifax Regional Municipality
Universities and Research Groups
- Carleton University (Department of Sociology and Anthropology)
- Dalhousie University (School of Health and Human Performance)
- The Institute for Circumpolar Health Research
- University of Birmingham
Non-Profits and Networks
- Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU)
- Sport Coaches Outreach (SCORE)
- Jane’s Walk
- Toronto Drop-in Network
- Zambian Interfaith Network Group On HIV/AIDS
- Daily Bread Food Bank
- Hub Ottawa
- Toronto Hostels Training Centre
- St. Stephen’s Community House
- Generation Squeeze
- Civic Education Project