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Collaborative Leadership in Practice

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Practicing collaborative and equitable partnerships and leadership –

Speakers today CLiP TEAM

Gillian Kranias Health Nexus

Pegeen Walsh OPHA

Roberta Timothy, Ph.D. OPHA

CLiP PARTNERS Hanifa Kassam LHION Suzanne Doerge CAWI Khalidah Bello Middlesex London Health Unit

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Thanks for joining us! Today’s Purpose: Exchange stories, research insights and practical tools to support efforts that increase equity in partnerships and build collaborative, inclusive leadership within the non-profit sector. Today’s Agenda: 1. Introduction to the CLiP-LCP project 2. Stories and resources from our partners 3. Highlights of what we’re learning from literature 4. Practical resources on our website 5. Information on fall learning events

Who is with us today?

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Central East 7%

Central West 12%

Eastern 6%

North East 8%

North West 3% South West

7% Toronto 26%

Ontario-wide 17%

Out-of-province 14%

Introduction

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Collaborative Leadership in Practice Leadership collaboratif en pratique

CliP Project: Background

• Health Nexus and OPHA are pleased to be funded by the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade’s Partnership Development Fund to strengthen collaborative leadership in the non-profit sector.

• The Ministry is committed to building strong, diverse and inclusive communities by enhancing the capacity of the non-profit (NFP) sector.

• Its Partnership Fund is aimed at strengthening the governance, services, leaders, staff and volunteers of the NFP sector to: • better reflect the province’s changing demographics and its

increasing diversity; • welcome newcomers; and • build a culture of inclusive leadership.

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Background (Cont’d) • Achieving these program goals may require:

• a cultural shift; • the adoption of new practices; • a redistribution of power and resources to achieve more

collective and equitable practices within the non-profit sector; and • a recognition that various equity seeking groups are already

leading the way. • The CLiP project furthers Health Nexus and OPHA’s

commitment to health equity, building healthy and inclusive communities and enhancing the capacity of those committed to improving community health and wellbeing.

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Background (Cont’d)

• Health Nexus and OPHA value learning from others, documenting their experiences, creating forums for exchanging ideas and developing new tools and resources for individuals working within equity seeking groups as well as those wishing to be allies to communities seeking equity.

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CliP Project Overview • Through the CLiP project Health Nexus and OPHA

are collaborating with external partners to: • Identify strategies that can address imbalances in power

and resources and create stronger, more diverse partnerships;

• Create resources for applying an anti-oppression framework at the outset of collaborations;

• Develop tools for assessing and evaluating partnerships within existing collaborations;

• Offer training on intersectionality and anti-oppression to support collaborative leadership in practice; and

• Collect and share success stories from different Ontario communities.

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Hanifa Kassam

Biography • A graduate from York University Sociology Department, Hanifa has long been dedicated to working and volunteering

with residents Toronto. In recent years Hanifa’s growing personal and professional experiences with violence prevention, youth engagement, immigrant and settlement issues and domestic violence have earned her

opportunities to share, facilitate and speak on these matters cross the region. • Hanifa currently works for Toronto Public Health as a Community Health Officer. She has held several senior

management positions such as Director or Programs and Services, Manager of Newcomers and Settlement Services, and Manager of Fund Development for various non-profit organizations in Toronto. Hanifa is also involved in the community and has volunteered in the youth sector for over ten years and is the current Board President of the

Laidlaw Foundation. 14 Collaborative Leadership in Practice

Lawrence Heights Inter-Organization Network

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Path to the perfect fit...

Suzanne Doerge

Biography • Suzanne Doerge has been Director of City for All Women Initiative (CAWI) since 2014, when

it began as a research project. She is an educator who has worked locally, nationally and internationally with women’s organizations, faith communities, trade unions and NGO’s to

facilitate processes that advance social transformation. She draws upon her experience as an educator working in Central America in the 1980’s.

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City for All Women Initiative

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Advancing Gender Equality

Equity and Inclusion Lens

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E I Lens Snapshots • Aboriginal people • Francophones • LGBTQ • Immigrants • Older Adults • Persons with Disabilities

• Racialized People • Rural residents • Women • Youth • Who else?

http://www.equityandinclusion.ca

Creating Change in Community Organizations

In Partnerships

Equity and Inclusion Lens

Consider Your Diversity

Underline advantages Circle disadvantages

Systemic Change

Check Your Assumptions

Equity and Inclusion Lens

Be An Ally

Khalidah Bello

Biography • Health Equity Integration Specialist and Community Drug Strategy Co-Lead at

the Middlesex London Health Unit. In the first portfolio, she consults with service areas to enhance the integration of a health equity lens within the agency's

programming, processes and policies

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Inclusion

Image from one of @Healthmac tweets of London

Areas of Inclusion

Inclusive Decision Making

Social & Professional

Ties in Concepts of

Health Equity

-Partnering with Clients in

plans for support

-Employee Engagement

-Professional Development Opportunities

-Allyship -Inclusive Meetings &Teams

-Cultural Humility -Human Rights

-Anti-Oppression -Client-Centred -Intersectionality -Determinants

Suspending Judgment

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Feeling Welcome/ Welcoming

Just/Fair Treatment

Engagement Access to Opportunities/

Services

Collaboration

Integration

Full & Meaningful

Participation

Acceptance

Belonging

Fostering Hope

Reaching Full

Potential

Social Connection

Embrace & Encourage Diversity

Solidarity

Allyship (Social/Profession

al)

Advocacy

Inclusion Principles/In

Disguise

Accommodation Trauma –Informed

Care

Simple Inclusion Question Checklist

Who is not included in the work you do? What could contribute to this exclusion? What can you do differently to ensure

inclusion? Consider the population you are

representing, speaking for or advocating for. How might they be incorporated into the inclusive decision making process?

Reference: CAWI and City of Ottawa. Equity and Inclusion Lens Handbook.

Great Allyship Resources

Are You an ALLY? Campaign • http://www.mountsinai.on.ca/about_us/hu

man-rights/ally TDSB Days of Significance Calendar: • http://www.tdsb.on.ca/Portals/0/AboutUs/d

ocs/DaysOfSignificance2015-16.pdf

Roberta Timothy, Ph.D.

Biography • For over 20 years, Roberta Timothy has worked utilizing anti-oppression approaches as a

community organizer, therapist, trainer, group facilitator, researcher, professor, and clinical supervisor in community and educational settings, and in private practice. She is also the

co-founder of Continuing Healing Consultants.

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Literature Review Highlights

1. Background information, locating myself in the project

2. Literature review objectives and methodology 3. Preliminary findings 4. Next steps, survey and learning institute

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Background

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• To find materials and resources that could assist individuals and organizations in developing and sustaining equitable, anti-oppression collaborative leadership frameworks to support partnerships and networks from an inclusive framework.

• To outline any gaps in the literature; to identify the work already being done.

• Methodology • Scoping review methodology from an anti-

oppression perspective

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Literature Review Objectives and Methodology

THEMES

• Defining collaborative leadership • Collaborative learning/collaborative leadership in

education • Collaborative leadership in health inter-professional

collaboration • Collaborative equitable leadership and anti-oppression

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Literature Review: Preliminary Findings

• A brief questionnaire has been developed and distributed online to a wide audience, particularly targeting the not-for-profit sector and individuals with expertise in the area of on inclusive, equitable and collaborative leadership in the non-profit sector.

• We would value hearing your perspectives and learning from your experience. • http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/ohpe/collaborative-leadership/

• Learning Institute: Sept. 30th, Oct.1st

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Next steps: Survey & Learning Institute

Practical Resources

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• Website Links • New Templates

Website and Resource Links http://www.clip-lcp.org/useful-links-liens-utiles/

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Partnership Conversation Starter http://www.clip-lcp.org/resources/

Equity Analysis of Group Membership (…continued next slide)

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http://www.clip-lcp.org/resources/

…(cont.) Equity Analysis of Group Membership

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Fall Learning Events

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Learning Institute

Toronto, BMO Learning Centre Friday September 30th and Saturday October 1st

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Intersectionality, Anti-Oppression and Collaborative Leadership in Practice

Regional Gathering (English) Brantford, South-West Ontario

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Regional Gathering (French) Ottawa, Eastern Ontario

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Questions and Dialogue

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Thank you!

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