Resources
Learning in Community: A Resource for Training Community Dialogue Facilitators and Participants
Highlighted Events
Book Launch for Becoming Neighbours: Five Values for a World of Welcome (Oct 2021)
A book launch and conversation between author Anika Bauman and panel of former neighbours, Aida, Amina, Marcelo, Saima, Thariki, and Yar. I hosted our discussion of the 5 values that sustain their shared life and facilitated their storytelling about what it's looked like for them at Kinbrace Community Society in Vancouver.
Refugees and Borders: Remapping the World We Think We Know (Dec 2020)
Public webinar that included a screening of Borderstory, an expert panel (Efrat Arbel, Kristi Pinderi, Hassan al Kontar, Ted Alden, and Carlo Handy Charles), and public dialogue facilitated by Saleem Spindari.
This December 2020 event was hosted by Kinbrace and co-sponsored by DIVERSEcity, VanCity, MOSAIC, Rainbow Refugee, Journey Home, UBC Public Humanities, UBC Centre for Migration Studies, UBC WUSC, Liu Institute for Global Studies, SFU International. It drew 200+ participants.
Growing Capacity for Refugee Welcome: Stories, Culture, and Discourse (June 2019)
A plenary talk at Connected, Empowered, and Media Literate: Changing the Portrayal of Refugees in the Media, a provincial consultation hosted by BC Refugee Hub, Vancouver Immigration Partnership, Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House, and the UBC Migration Cluster.
Screenshot of panel for book launch event
Organising committee for Refugees and Borders event
Plenary Q&A with Dr Handel Kashope Wright and Dr Erin Goheen Glanville
Talk given in 2017
Past Presentations & Facilitation
Simon Fraser University, SFU International
Burnaby, BC
Simon Fraser University, School of Communication
Burnaby, BC
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House
Vancouver
Immigration Services Society
Vancouver
University of British Columbia, Public Humanities Hub
Vancouver
University of British Columbia, Interdisciplinary Histories Research Cluster
Vancouver
University of British Columbia, Centre for Migration Studies
Vancouver
Maxim Institute
Auckland, New Zealand
Lighthouse Homelearners Association
Dundas, ON
Toronto District Christian Highschool
Toronto, ON
CRC Australia
Collaroy, Australia
Christian Education National
Adelaide, Australia
White Rock Christian Academy
White Rock, BC
Bethany College
Saskatoon, SK
Institute of Biblical Studies
Xenia, OH and Fort Collins, CO
CTABC
Washington, USA
Langara College, Peace & Conflict Studies
Burnaby
Brock House Society
Vancouver
Muslim Food Bank & World Renew
Surrey
Mediate BC, Northwest Collaborative Futures
Seattle, USA & Vancouver
University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Toronto, Canada
BC Refugee Hub
Vancouver
The Australian National University, Department of International Relations
Canberra, Australia
Kinbrace Community Society
Vancouver
Journey Home Community
Burnaby, BC
The United Way
Burnaby, BC
Grandview Church
Vancouver
Figtree Anglican
Wollongong, Australia
Covenant Seminary
St. Louis, MI
Hope Community Church
Surrey, BC
Willoughby CRC
Langley, BC
Redeemer University
Hamilton, ON
Vancouver Christian School
Vancouver
Centre for Policy Studies on Culture and Communities
Vancouver
Australian Christian School Teachers Association
Melbourne, Australia
Illustration by Anika Bauman for Becoming Neighbours book
Illustration by Andrea Armstrong for Borderstory event