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DonnA melville WenDy morton linDA nAimAn JeAnie pAterson
Donna Melville is a Certi ed ChiRunning®/Walking® instructor, and has been running for 30 years and coaching for 13 years. She completed her instructor training in 2008 with Danny Dreyer, the founder of ChiRunning®/Walking®, and has assisted Danny Dreyer in his workshops, also facilitating her own workshops in Western Canada and Mexico. Donna has completed many courses at The Haven Institute, which has furthered her understanding of body sensing and balance.
Wendy Morton has published
ve books of poetry and a memoir, and believes poetry is the shortest distance between two hearts. She has received the Spirit Bear Award, the Golden Beret Award, and is
an honorary citizen of Victoria. Sponsored by Fairmont Hotels, AbeBooks, and Prairie Naturals Vitamins and was WestJet’s Poet of the Skies and Chrysler’s Poet of the Road. She believes we are all poets at heart.
Linda Naiman is founder of CreativityatWork.com, co-author of Orchestrating Collaboration at Work and has been featured in the Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun, and Canadian Business Magazine. She has spoken about art, design, and transformational leadership at US Navy Leadership Symposiums, The MIT Club Singapore, The Banff Centre, and at international conferences. Organizations
who have sought out Linda for
her expertise include American Express, AstraZeneca, and Intel.
Jeanie Paterson, MA, is a
Certi ed Professional Coach, International Coaching Federation member, Appreciative Inquiry facilitator, and licensed Personality Dimensions® instructor. Jeanie works in collaborative partnerships with diverse groups, focusing on organizational effectiveness through fostering shared vision, planning, leadership, team development, effective communication, con ict management, staff engagement and retention, and workplace coaching and mentoring. full-spectrum.ca
Deborah Frances Mulcair, BComm, MBA, PhD, is a professional facilitator with 25 years’ experience bringing the classroom to life with enthusiasm and experience. Deborah is a management consultant specializing in strategic business development, entrepreneurial training, and career transition, and spent 12 years studying successful methods used by entrepreneurs working for a higher purpose. Deborah has been on university faculties and has taught over 70 courses with outstanding reviews.
Dave Obee has been researching his family history since 1978. He has written nine books on genealogy and has given more than 250 presentations through Canada and the US. He is the former president of the Victoria Genealogical Society and of the Federation of East European Family History Societies.
Sukumar Periwal, PhD, has worked in intercultural con ict resolution for over 20 years and is currently ED, Strategic Policy and Planning
at the Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat of the Government
of BC. He has a doctorate and master’s degree in international relations from Oxford, a certi cate in con ict resolution with negotiation specialization from the JI, and was the rst Fulbright Chair in Canada- US Relations at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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Paul Mohapel, PhD, (Psychology) frequently designs courses and lectures for psychology and business programs at various universities.
He is associate faculty in RRU’s Leadership program, and a certi ed facilitator and coach in emotional intelligence as well as Insights Personality Assessment. He
uses his expertise in psychology, neuroscience, and leadership to help leaders and organizations function more effectively.
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