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title: WEBINAR | Loving Lessons from our Equity, Reconciliation and Belonging Journey
description: Watch an open and honest conversation with Tamarack staff, board members, and a First Nations advisor who supported our equity journey.
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# [WEBINAR | Loving Lessons from our Equity, Reconciliation and Belonging Journey](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/multimedia/webinar-loving-lessons-from-our-equity-reconciliation-and-belonging-journey)

 Written by [the Tamarack Institute](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/multimedia/author/tamarack-institute) | Sep 25, 2025 5:49:03 PM

This session is a continuation of our Seeds of Transformation webinar series. [In Part 1](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/multimedia/webinar-a-roadmap-to-move-equity-related-talk-to-equitable-action?hsLang=en-us), we shared the origins of Tamarack’s equity, reconciliation, and belonging framework. In this follow-up, watch an open and honest conversation with Tamarack staff, board members, and a First Nations advisor who supported this transformative journey—what we’ve called our *pérégrination*. 

  We reflect on key decisions and lessons, including: 

- Why Tamarack staff needed to lead and carry forward the foundational work initiated by Power of Discourse Consulting.  

- What non-financial resources were required to carry out this work in a good way? 

- How we’ve integrated the Seeds of Transformation Action Plan into Tamarack’s annual operations—including tensions and breakthroughs. 

- What the publication of the framework means in a time when DEI is being questioned and deprioritized across sectors. 
- What’s next: how we embed this work into community pathways, decision-making, and support for closing equity gaps identified by communities themselves. 

 

*You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of what it truly takes to conduct an internal equity audit, how to engage your ecosystem in the work, and the very human lessons learned along the way. *

### Speakers:

- Danya Pastuszek, President and CEO, The Tamarack Institute
- **Dina Al-khooly**, Board Member, The Tamarack Institute
- **Kahienes Sky**, First Nations Advisor from Kahnawà:ke
- **Jodene Baker**, VP, Research, Advocacy & External Relations at Imagine Canada
- **Rochelle Ignacio**, Director of Equity, Anti-Racism and Reconciliation at the Tamarack Institute
- **Alison Homer**, Director, Learning, Evaluation & Systems Change at the Tamarack Institute

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