Workshops & Training
There is a cyclical pattern in the initiatives I have undertaken over the years, from my writing and studies to my consulting work and teaching. Each project has taken me to a greater understanding of the human spirit and of course to additional questions and new paths that need to be explored. It often feels that I finish where I began, but the difference is the life experiences that have shaped my perception and ultimately, the journey.
Below is an overview of Diversity Matters workshops and training.

The following may be of interest to Faculty of Education preservice and inservice programs, school board professional development programs, teacher federations:

• Preparing Teachers for the Diverse Classroom
• Using Case Studies in Multicultural Teacher Education
• What makes an Excellent Multicultural Educator
• Effective Inner-City Teaching
  

The following may be of interest to any Canadian who works in a business:

• The Changing Face of Canada and why it should matter
• Cross-Cultural Understanding and Misunderstanding
• For Better or for Worse, Making Multiculturalism Work
• Building Rapport across Differences
  

The following may be of interest to hospitals, palliative care centres, hospices, college and university programs on death & dying, inter-faith groups and all places of worship:

The documentary The Last Rite which examines death from a Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim perspective

The following may be of interest to gender and women studies programs, national and international women’s groups, centres of study for immigration, aging, feminism, family

• The book Our Grandmothers Ourselves and the narrative accounts of eighteen women from eighteen different cultures
• 24 women from 24 different cultures share their insights in the photo exhibit Legacies
• Finding the extraordinary in the ordinary
• Minding the intergenerational gap
  
  

Diversity Matters has worked with the following organizations:

• The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
  
• Canadian Teachers Federation
  
• Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario
  
• Women’s International Network, Europe
  
• Toronto Catholic District School Board
• Multicultural History Society of Ontario
• Warsaw Board of Education (Poland)
  
• Canadian Federation of University Women
  
• Toronto Public Library
  
• The Bishop Strachan School
  
• Peel District School Board
  
• Slovak Canadian Association
  
• Rotary Clubs of Greater Toronto
  
• Polish Canadian Women’s Federation
  
• Palcare Network
  
• Durham Hospice
  
• Pier 21
• Ontario Women’s Directorate

I have been a speaker at the following conferences:

• Women`s International Network, Global Leadership Forum (Barcelona, 2008)
  
• International Heritage, Language & Culture (Azores, 2008)
  
• ElementaryTeachers Federation of Ontario (Toronto, 2008)
  
• Blue Metropolis Literary Festival (Montreal, 2008)
  
• Canadian Teachers Federation (Halifax, 2007)
  
• Association of Italian Canadian Writers (Vancouver, 2006)
  
• History of Italian American Discrimination (New York, 2004)