Board of Directors

The Canadian Community for Dialogue and Deliberation is a registered not-for-profit organization. Operating according to principles of inclusiveness, participation, engagement, transparency and democracy, C2D2 is guided by a Board of Directors and is actively recruiting an Executive Director.

Recognizing the early stage of this nascent organization, the proposed governance structure is simple and straightforward, while adhering to all the legal requirements for a Canadian not-for-profit corporation. Rigor and transparency are critical, and are formalized in an Accountability Framework.

The C2D2 Board members are:

Chandra Rice, Co-Chair

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Chandra is a visual artist, a storyteller, and an educator.  In her role as a Community Engagement Advisor at the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant (HNHB) Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), she gets to bring her passion for these forms of creative expression to engaging the public in dialogue and deliberation about health care.  She believes strongly that it is our differences that lead to a stronger whole - and thus she focuses her engagement work on bringing people that hold different ideas about health care together to share their experiences, their needs, and their vision of the future of health care.

Her educational background includes a Masters degree that explored the role of narrative and storytelling in culture and religion (specifically Medieval Japanese Buddhism) and a Bachelor in Education.  She has worked in the non-profit sector for most of her career, specifically chasing work that involves the use of narrative (both storytelling and conversation) to shape meaningful public policy. 

Cathy Ann Kelly, Secretary

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Cathy Ann has over 12 years of experience in the conflict resolution, restorative justice and criminal justice fields. She is certified as a Third Party Neutral and trained/certified in community engagement, facilitation, peace circles, dialogue and deep rooted conflict analysis. Cathy Ann began her career as a Researcher and Policy Analyst with the St. Leonard's Society of Canada. After leaving Canada for Europe to focus on her love of the sea and photography she returned in 2006. Cathy Ann is the founder and Director of KRIO, Kelly Resolutions: from inside out. Her work brings her to federal institutions, schools and communities providing training in conflict resolution and restorative justice. Cathy Ann's interest in both the practical and the theoretical expands KRIO's work to research, evaluation and policy development within communities, NGO's and the federal government. She is skilled in active listening, process design, project development and leadership through the modeling of conflict resolution principles and values.

Since July of 2010 Cathy Ann has been working as Resolve Manager with the Sioux Lookout Anti-Racism Committee. SLARC is a community organization that brings together the diverse cultures of Sioux Lookout. Her works focuses on community conflict resolution, healing and reconciliation from Indian Residential Schools and restorative justice.

Sandra Zagon, Treasurer

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Sandra recently retired from Canada’s federal public service with over 30 years of experience in several public policy areas, including consultation, official languages, and learning. She also retired from the Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN), where she worked on several national citizens’ dialogues between 1999 and 2003. With Miriam Wyman, she Co-Chaired C2D2 2005 and is Co-Founder of the Canadian Community for Dialogue and Deliberation.

Miriam Wyman, Past Co-Chair

miriam [dot] wymanutoronto [dot] ca

Miriam’s work, for close to 30 years, has focused on involving people and communities in decisions that affect their lives and communities. She’s had the good fortune to work at local, national and international levels to promote dialogue and deliberation in practice and in policy. She is an Associate of Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN) and of One World, Inc., on the Executive Committee of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium (www.deliberative-democracy.net), and the Steering Committee of the National Coalition on Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD; www.thataway.org). With Sandra Zagon, she Co-Chaired C2D2 2005 and is Co-Founder of the Canadian Community for Dialogue and Deliberation.

Jacquie Dale

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Jacquie Dale is the President and CEO of One World Inc - a company that specializes in consultation and engagement processes based on the principles of productive dialogue. A Canadian pioneer in the use of Deliberative Dialogue, she has won major awards for her work in public engagement. She loves the challenge of designing and managing complex consultation and dialogue initiatives. A Certified Management Consultant, Jacquie has more than 20 years of experience in public consultation, organizational development, adult education, community development and capacity building, both in Canada and internationally. She is bilingual and holds Masters degrees in Management and Environmental Psychology.

Pattie LaCroix

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Pattie is co-founder of the International Institute of Public Engagement working with governments and the public sector globally developing meangingful public engagement strategies.  As well the Institute carries out research in the field of civic engagement and works in collaboration with government and civil society partners to build public engagement capacity. Pattie is also CEO of Catapult Media offering strategic and communications planning services to organizations around the world. A frequent conference speaker, her experience in strategic planning, facilitation, professional coaching and communications planning richly inform her approach to public engagement. Her work is framed by the principles of Appreciative Inquiry and often focuses on the power of storytelling as a springboard for creating context for meaningful engagement. She is currently doing research for her new book entitled “Capturing the Idea of Change: Why Stories Matter".

Arjun Singh, Co-Chair

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Arjun Singh has been interested in community, entrepreneurship, and fine dining all of his adult life. He served on the Kamloops City Council from 2005-2008. Among many projects, Arjun has trained people on how to use the Internet, runs a rental housing company that provides good quality housing to folks, and recently launched a publishing company called Better Citizen Publishing. Arjun has been blogging since 2003, maintains a personal blog and a Kamloops city affairs blog, and has produced numerous podcasts and videocasts for C2D2.