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About jofacilitator
On Sept 1, 2020, I celebrated 50 years of work with the Institute of Cultural Affairs, facilitating meetings, groups, communities, and organizations, making it possible for ordinary people to have a voice in decisions that affect their lives. I retired on December 31, 2021, but still volunteer with the organization.Ray Baril’s Story: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
As you know, I live in a small prairie farming town. A small town of ordinary people (+/- 800 of us) who do ordinary things. About the most exciting event in our town is the Volunteer Fire Department’s drive through … Continue reading →
Peter Woodcock’s Story: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
I like to find my inspiration in everyday life, through ordinary people doing extraordinary things, which then makes those people far from ordinary. One person who has given me great inspiration and who makes me strive to be a better … Continue reading →
Peter Taylor’s Stories: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
Peter Taylor, Boston, USA, 19 November 2018 I am grateful for the influence of ICA Toronto. ICA has informed and inspired my running of events that affirm Ordinary-People-Making-a-Difference principles, especially: “There is insight in every response. We know more than … Continue reading →
Nadine Bell’s Story: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
Linda Evans got involved in organ donation efforts when her husband needed a transplant 10 years ago or he would die. The hospital he was in said they could not get him the organ he needed and he should write … Continue reading →
Melody Scherubel’s Story: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
This is a story one of my hospice clients told me. She and her husband took in a young (around 7-8 yrs old) multi-racial boy. He was around the age of her grandchildren, so she told him he was one … Continue reading →
Mireille Menard’s Stories: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
Three Stories from Sudbury, Ontario Léo Therrien I first met Léo when I was in High School. I was volunteering for the Red Cross and he was working with Development et Paix, a faith based social justice organisation whose aim … Continue reading →
Marci Sharle’s Stories: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
One happened just this morning as I was driving my daughter to school. Marena is my 15 year old daughter and we were on our way to school and work, driving slowly on the icy roads after a major over … Continue reading →
Linda Zahrt’s Story: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
My favourite person these years is Kenny Furlong, Carson City and County Nevada Sheriff. This man goes way beyond his official duties to assist whomever and wherever he is needed. Kenny, as he is known by all, loves his hometown … Continue reading →
Joan Knutsen’s Story: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
The Paradise (CA) girls’ volleyball team had a championship game set for Saturday, the 10th, but had lost all of their uniforms and equipment in the fire. The girls said they still wanted to attend the game up in Auburn, … Continue reading →
Jeanette Stanfield’s Stories: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
Nunavut Inuit students are learning how to monitor climate shifts in their homeland. They work with researchers over a number of years to see the change in ………. Over a number of years. They are learning skills they can use … Continue reading →
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