Our Team

and Inspiration

Our Advisory Committee:

Thank you to our founding Advisory Committee Members for their voluntary support (alphabetical order by last name):
- Dr. Amrita Chaturvedi, Assistant Professor, African American Studies, St. Louis University; Co-Founder, Youth Flourishing Network
- Dr. Heather Boynton, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work, Edmonton Campus; Lakehead University, Adjunct Professor School of Kinesiology, Lakehead University
- Dr. Jamie Gruman, Professor, Department of Management, Guelph University; Founding Chair, Canadian Positive Psychology Association
- Ro'nikonkatste (Standing Strong Spirit) Bill Hill, Indigenous advisor and mental health professional
- Dr. Arlene MacDougall, Associate Professor & Director of Research, Department of Psychiatry, Western University; Director of Research and Innovation, Mental Health Care Program at St. Joseph's Health Care London; Founder/CEO, Global MINDS Collective
- Hershal Pandya, Comedy Reporter, Vulture (New York Magazine/Vox Media)
- André Vashist, Director, Learning & Collaboration, Philanthropic Foundations Canada

Our Collaborators, Sponsors, and Donors:

Thank you to our collaborators (alphabetical order) who provide relational support:
- Creative Writing for Social Change (UK), whose Visual Storytelling for Social Change programme is helping us develop the skills for our storytelling efforts
- Department of Imaginary Affairs (Canada), who provided materials for youth-focused gatherings/sharing circles.
- Flourishing Network, Harvard University (USA), where we host the global “Youth, Love and Flourishing Sub-Group”
- Youth Flourishing Network (USA/Global), our co-lead for the global “Youth, Love and Flourishing Sub-Group”
To be updated soon.

Our Inspiration:

Coming soon.

Our primary place of gathering is located on the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, Haudenosaunee and Wendat Nations who have called this land home since time immemorial. We recognize the Mississaugas of the Credit as the original rights holders and the signatories of Treaty 19 (the Ajetance Purchase of 1818). Yet we travel and gather in communities across Turtle Island, and thus acknowledge that these lands are the ancestral, unceded, and treaty territories of diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis People. We are committed to our ongoing role in reconciliation through meaningful action rooted in truth, justice and respect.

with love, Canadian Sacred Commons Foundation

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