Training & Education

  • Strozzi Institute for Somatics

    • Strozzi Institute Somatic Coach Certificate, 2024

    • Somatics Trauma & Resilience

    • Somatic Bodywork Level 1


    Bodies as Medicine, Mini-Mentorship for BIPOC Practitioners with Nazbah Thom and Fayza Bundalli.


    Communal Consultations in Somatic Abolition with Resmaa Menakem

    • From 2020 - 2022, hosted by Education for Racial Equity. Two years in community of practice in Somatic Abolition with Resmaa Menakem, Karine Bell, Ja Young Ahn-Williams, and Jennifer-Lee Koble.


    The Wheel of Consent

    • Like a Pro, Wheel of Consent for Professionals with Carmen Leilani

    • The Wheel of Consent Training with Max Pearl and Sasha Lasdon


    The Resilience Toolkit, Lumos Transforms

    • Resilience Toolkit 3-Part Series with Desiree F. Magsombol, Lumos Transforms 

    • Resilience for Liberation with Devika Shankar, Lumos Transforms

    Movement for Trauma Level 1 with Jane Clapp

    Other training + experience

    • Qigong and the Five Phases (Wuxing) with Mimi Kuo-Deemer

    • GYROTONIC® and  GYROKINESIS® Methods Trainer, 2014 -2022

    • Yamuna Body Rolling Practitioner

    • 18 + years career as a professional dance artist 

  • Memberships

    • Registered as a Full Member with the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Alberta (ADRIA) and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada (ADRIC)

    • Member and volunteer with Community Mediation Calgary Society (CMCS)

    Conflict Management Certificate, University of Waterloo, 2024

    • Understanding Conflict Foundations with Betty Pries

    • Understanding Conflict Advanced with Betty Pries

    • Transformative Mediation Certificate with Community Justice Initiatives

    • Facilitated Dialogue Certificate with Community Justice Initiatives

    • Peacemaking Circles Training with Tahnahga Yako, Kay Pranis, and Jennifer Ball

    • Dispute Resolution 1: Fundamentals with Agree Inc

    • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Nurturing Communities of Inclusion

    • Effective Communication with Mark Weber

    ADRIA - Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Alberta Trainings

    • Communications in ADR

    • National Introductory to Mediation


    Deep Democracy Facilitation & Conflict Resolution

    • CoResolve L1 with Camille Dumond and Brooke Thorndycraft 

    • CoResolve L2 with Emily Yee-Clare

    • CoResolve L3 with Emily Yee-Clare and Sera Thompson

    CINERGY® Conflict Management Coaching Training

    Other trainings:

    • Embodied Conflict Resolution Certificate with Kai Cheng Thom, via The Embody Lab

    • Accountability Mapping, Daria Garina

    • Decolonized Non-Violent Communication, Meenadchi

  • Knotty Groups, Group Facilitation Training Intensive with Nadia Chaney


    Deep Democracy Facilitation & Conflict Resolution

    • CoResolve L1 with Camille Dumond and Brooke Thorndycraft 

    • CoResolve L2 with Emily Yee-Clare

    • CoResolve L3 with Emily Yee-Clare and Sera Thompson

    AORTA, Anti-oppression Resource and Training Alliance

    • Tough Calls Making Hard Decisions

    • Facilitating Friction

    • Facilitate for Freedom Fundamentals 

    • Uprooting White Supremacy in Organizations 


    Training for Change

    • Designing Dynamic Spaces Online

    • Intro to facilitating online meetings

    • Communal Consultations in Somatic Abolition with Resmaa Menakem 2020 - 2022, hosted by Education for Racial Equity

    • PODs 101, SOIL: A Transformative Justice Project

    • Embodied Social Justice Certificate Program 2020 with The Embody Lab

    • TJ Practices in Interpersonal and Community Repair with Rania El Mugammar

    • Intro to Transformative Justice with Rania El Mugammar

    • Anti-oppression 101 for Cultural Producers with Rania El Mugammar

    • Anti-Racist Theatre Workshopwith Nicole Brewer

    • Equity, Diversity & Inclusion workshop with Zenev & Associatesion text goes here

  • Bachelors of Science in Biology with a Minor in Dance (Distinction). 2009. University of Calgary

    RAMP Rosza Arts Management Program Certificate. 2021. Rozsa Foundation

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