CANADIAN FACILITATOR NETWORKS
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Southern Ontario Facilitators Network (SOFN) **
Contact: Margaret Tsuji
Email: margarettsuji@yahoo.com
The Southern Ontario Facilitator's Network (SOFN) is a group of facilitators who connects through an on-line community. The aim is to share and learn from one another. The group has identified three broad aims:
- To learn and grow
- To recharge ourselves and our facilitation practice
- To build the practice of facilitation
SOFN has existed since September 2000. Members include independent facilitators, facilitators who work in a consulting practice, people who are in-house facilitators, and individuals who use facilitation as a tool as part of another primary role.
Communication is carried out on the SOFN e-mail list serve, enabling people to be active members regardless of location.
British Columbia Association of Facilitators (BCAF)
Contact: Angela Sealy
E-mail: wfg@shaw.ca
The mission of the BCAF is to promote the field of facilitation through education, collaboration, and leadership development. Our goals are to:
- provide information and educate the public regarding facilitator/facilitation competencies;
- foster networking and affiliations;
- offer professional development and networking opportunities;
- support and mentor those interested in the field;
- create a virtual resource area;
- make available a directory of services.
Over the course of the year, BCAF organizes a range of professional development activities on topics and in formats that support our mission and goals.
Organization Development Network of Ottawa-Outaouais (ODNOO)
Contact: Raymonde Lemire
E-mail: info@odnoo.org
The mission of ODNOO is to realize the full potential of those interested in organization development by providing regular learning events to bring about constructive change in organizations. Our specific objectives are:
- to provide a collegial forum for professional development and dialogue for Organization Development practitioners and enthusiasts from all sectors and levels of experience
- to provide opportunities for sharing information about professional activities, exchanging ideas and experiences, and learning new methods and approaches from experts and colleagues in the field of Organization Development
- to support its members' quests to deliver high quality Organization Development services and products to their clients
- to foster and promote OD within the region
- to work towards further growth and development of the OD practitioners both individually and collectively.
Our values as an organization are:
- We are committed to ongoing learning through an open exchange of ideas, experiences and professional development.
- We welcome diversity in practitioners, cultures, ideas, perspectives and disciplines in our memberships.
- We offer each other support and encouragement and challenges.
- We offer our expertise to contribute to the betterment of the whole community.
- We value trust, integrity and openness.
- We encourage networking and collaboration with other organizations in the community.
- We encourage participation from all members and recognize their contribution to the development of the network.
- We believe in creating an organization that welcomes informality, humour and fun while maintaining the standards of excellence in OD practitioners.
- We strive to offer quality programs to our members and follow best practices in leading organizations.
