Sophia is a facilitator, leadership coach, and systems thinker who supports people and organizations to live into the futures they long for. With over 20 years of experience across Canada and internationally—including in Cuba, Honduras, Japan, Denmark, and Sweden—she brings deep care, clarity, and creativity to her work.

Sophia blends strategic thinking with embodied practice, holding space for reflection, aliveness, and growth. She integrates play, creative process, and embodiment as core practices in helping individuals and groups navigate complexity and change. Her work spans civic innovation, cross-sector collaboration, and personal transformation—rooted in the belief that the future is built not only through ideas, but through how we show up to practice them.

EXPERTISE: Coaching • Participatory Leadership • Systems Change

ENERGY: Generous presence • Future visioning • Embodied insight

Greg is a facilitator and developmental evaluator who works at the intersection of systems, leadership, and social innovation. With over 15 years of experience designing participatory processes—from municipal engagements to national labs—he brings deep listening, process fluency, and research-informed insight to help groups navigate complexity and co-create change.

Originally trained in music and community arts, Greg’s facilitation approach blends creativity with rigour. He has led strategy and engagement across sectors including climate, arts, education, and youth leadership, and teaches leadership development at Dalhousie University. His work is grounded in the belief that meaningful change emerges from collective learning and bold experimentation.

EXPERTISE: Design Thinking • Participatory Process • Strategic Planning

ENERGY: Flexibility with focus • Prototyping mindset • Methodical

Joanna is a relational therapist, trauma-informed facilitator, and systems-aligned thinker who crafts spaces where healing, learning, and collective creativity can emerge. With a background in Environmental Science and a Master’s in Counselling, her work bridges inquiry, embodiment, and justice in deeply human ways.

Drawing from Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic practice, and anti-oppressive frameworks, Joanna helps individuals and groups access inner wisdom—even when protective patterns run deep. Her presence is grounded, compassionate, and invitational—creating space for insight, agency, and authentic connection. Joanna’s path into therapeutic and participatory leadership began through community climate organizing and continues through her work in retreat design, collective care, and leadership programming.

EXPERTISE: Trauma-Informed Therapy • Somatic & Relational Practice • Collaborative Process Design

ENERGY: Grounded kindness • Deep listening • Healing presence