Raksha Sule, MSc, EdM is the Founder/Chief Steward of the Canadian Sacred Commons Foundation. She recently co-launched the global Youth, Love & Flourishing Sub-Group within the Flourishing Network at Harvard University. Prior, as part of UNICEF HQ’s (New York) Mental Health Leadership Team, she supported the strategic planning and execution of the multisectoral mental health agenda across 130 countries. Raksha has also advanced humanitarian programming, policymaking, and research with other bodies, such as the WHO, the UN's Inter-Agency Standing Committee's Reference Group on Mental Health & Psychosocial Support, the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies, and the Global Task Force on Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups. In 2019, Raksha co-founded the Global MINDS Collective, a Canadian charitable social enterprise that champions "mindful social innovation" for self- and system-transformation for the mental health and well-being in local, international, and Indigenous contexts. Broadly, she works across the research-practitioner-educator nexus.

At the heart of her work is a commitment to listen to the communities she works with and invite what is sacred of self, others and the Earth. She holds deep gratitude for all the young people, grassroots leaders, mentors and her family who have shaped her own healing journey.

Advisory Committee Members are supporting the exploration by providing strategic guidance and through other avenues. Dr. Jamie Gruman, Dr. Arlene MacDougall, and Dr. Heather Boynton are co-hosting workshops. Hershal Pandya is joining the exploration on the road. As a reporter, and with a professional background in marketing and writing, he will provide support for our storytelling series.

You can contribute in many different ways.

Be a steward by sponsoring the journey

• Sponsor a local, provincial or regional leg of the journey

• Sponsor the research element of the journey

Share your ideas

• Join a sharing circle or workshop

• Co-host a sharing circle or workshop

• Email us to set up a time to go on an imagination walk to share your ideas

• Share a picture and a few words on what sacred love means to you, and we’ll share it on our social media

If you are inspired to contributed in another way, please feel free to email us: canadiansacredcommons@gmail.com

We will be asking questions like:

• what does sacred love (as action) mean?

• where is sacred love already taking root , and how can it be strengthened?

• what do our communities look like 10 years from now if we fund sacred love?

• what should the priorities and practices of a pooled fund for sacred love be?

There will be lots of opportunities to participate virtually! Subscribe to our mailing list and stay connected with our social media accounts for more information!

If you want to co-host a virtual gathering, please email us and we’d be happy to do this with you: canadiansacredcommons@gmail.com