Leena has been working to empower communities and individuals for over two decades. Passionate about social justice and creating equitable communities, Leena has leveraged this passion in service for organizations that include Global Vision (Kuala Lumpur), Big Brothers Big Sistersof Halton, and the Halton Poverty Roundtable. Leena is a trained community mediator and completed a Master's in Conflict Analysis & Management at Royal Roads University in 2012. Leena enjoys designing inclusive processes and facilitating spaces that are conducive to connection, communication, and collective action. She recently completed the Circle Way Practicum, a deep training in a body of work that draws on our collective, ancient, and inherent wisdom to gather inclusively. Leena hopes to mainstream “circle” as a collaborative process that teaches organizations and communities to work together more wholistically. Leena is a Collective Impact champion, having witnessed it's power to accelerate impact in her work at the Halton Poverty Roundtable, and looks forward to supporting communities in Canada to realize their collaborative goals to eliminate poverty in their respective communities. In her free-time, Leena enjoys yoga, reading, spending time outside, and dabbling in creative arts. Her most recent home project goal is to become proficient enough with a sewing machine to be able to sew a Halloween costume for her daughters this fall. Leena is proud to call Burlington, Ontario home and is raising two future social change agents with her husband Sanjay.
Tamarack is excited to present a special one-day workshop with Max Hardy, a leading Australian Community Engagement consultant to share core principles and innovative practices to better engage your community.
Join us and hear case studies from Australia and Canada, as well as techniques and activities that demonstrate innovative ways to meaningfully engage communities/citizens throughout the lifespan of your project.
A Community Engagement Thought-Leader Series
Tamarack is excited to present a special one-day workshop with Max Hardy, a leading Australian Community Engagement consultant, along with Liz Weaver and Sylvia Cheuy of the Tamarack Institute to learn core principles and innovative practices to better engage your community. Join us in Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, or Vancouver and leave with the confidence to design and lead efforts to generate effective solutions to address our most challenging community issues.
Tamarack is excited to present a special one-day workshop with Max Hardy, a leading Australian Community Engagement consultant to share core principles and innovative practices to better engage your community.
Join us and hear case studies from Australia and Canada, as well as techniques and activities that demonstrate innovative ways to meaningfully engage communities/citizens throughout the lifespan of your project.
Tamarack is excited to present a special one-day workshop with Max Hardy, a leading Australian Community Engagement consultant to share core principles and innovative practices to better engage your community.
Join us and hear case studies from Australia and Canada, as well as techniques and activities that demonstrate innovative ways to meaningfully engage communities/citizens throughout the lifespan of your project.
Tamarack is excited to present a special one-day workshop with Max Hardy, a leading Australian Community Engagement consultant to share core principles and innovative practices to better engage your community.
Join us and hear case studies from Australia and Canada, as well as techniques and activities that demonstrate innovative ways to meaningfully engage communities/citizens throughout the lifespan of your project.
ABCD: Healthy Neighbourhoods, Healthy Cities
Edmonton, AB | May 28-30
This workshop will bring together over 250 community and neighbourhood development practitioners to explore the use of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) and explore leading neighbourhood revitalizing techniques. We have brought together for the first time seven of the world’s top authors and practitioners in the field who will offer the opportunity for learners to earn a masters certificate in either Asset-Based Community Development or Neighbourhood Revitalization.
ABCD: Healthy Neighbourhoods, Healthy Cities
Edmonton, AB | May 28-30
This workshop will bring together over 250 community and neighbourhood development practitioners to explore the use of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) and explore leading neighbourhood revitalizing techniques. We have brought together for the first time seven of the world’s top authors and practitioners in the field who will offer the opportunity for learners to earn a masters certificate in either Asset-Based Community Development or Neighbourhood Revitalization.
