Presenters:

Ian Curtin, M.T.C., Hon. B. Comm., DipC., Program Director, The Inner Activist (www.inneractivist.com)

Sally Ross, MA (Planning), Iredale Group Architecture

Moderator:

Richard Iredale, Architect, Engineer. LEED AP, Partner, Iredale Group Architecture

Explore the connection between inner experience and outer action at the heart of the green movement.  This session aims to provide a meaningful opportunity for reflection upon what motivates our personal engagement in social change.  Discover to what extent unquestioned assumptions, feelings of role-attachment and burnout may affect our ability to communicate and act productively, as partners for change that ultimately depends upon thoughtful collaboration and dialogue.  This practicum will introduce an approach encouraging you to become radically more effective in your life-serving work—an Inner Activist with heightened self-awareness and vital interpersonal capacity.

Presenter Bios

Ian Curtin
Ian currently serves as Program Director for The Inner Activist and is a core faculty member of the Haven Institute, a Canadian residential training centre on the leading edge of personal and professional development. He is also President of IC Possibilities Consulting Inc., a Victoria-based company specializing in facilitating organizational dialogues.  He offers the right combination of understanding and meeting organizational requirements, balancing the needs and priorities of multiple stakeholders, while navigating the group dynamics that are an integral part of any human initiative. He loves people and brings compassion for his own and others’ frailties to every situation.

Sally Ross
Sally was invited to join the staff at Iredale Group Architecture because of her ability to facilitate effective and collaborative dialogue within interdisciplinary project teams.  Her experience includes coordinating the Child & Family Project at UBC, which brought together diverse students, faculty and community-based professionals to carry out timely research in Early Childhood Development.  In Victoria, she has worked to design mentoring and volunteer programs related to youth engagement and in the field of Mental Health & Addictions.  Sally is now inspired to evolve her skills and passion for community planning within the green building movement and “architecture that heals.” 

Richard Iredale
As both a Registered Architect and a Professional Engineer, Richard’s training and background provide him with a multifaceted expertise: he combines an architect’s vision with an engineer’s skills to design buildings that are in harmony with nature, promote healthy communities and conserve natural resources.  Iredale Group’s work has received over twenty design and environmental awards over the past fifteen years.  Deeply committed to combating climate change, Richard is the founder and Chair of the Canada Green Building Council’s Carbon Offset Committee.  He is also the former elected Director and a current Board Member of the Cascadia Green Building Council.