Reflect. Recharge. Reset.
#thisisimaginationatwork – Instalment #27 – December 2020 I'll admit the combo pressure of an end-of-year post and feeling like I needed to have the perfect thing to say as a…
Care | Past, Present, Future
How we care for each other, for ourselves and how we let others care for us is changing. Now more than ever, we are rethinking how we care. During this…
Immigrant-Owned Business Gift Guide 2020
Dear DIA family, This year, as we looked to buy gifts for some of our volunteers to thank them for the valuable contributions to our organization, we wanted to make…
Practice: The Gratitude Balm
In a sector that often operates project to project, grant to grant, one of the things that helps us stay grounded in who we are and why we do what…
Call for Filipinx Artists – due December 4th, 2020
We are looking for 3 Filipinx Artists to develop visual interpretations of stories of Filipinx stories of care. OPPORTUNITY We have been selected to participate in the DesignTO thematic installation.…
Call for Board of Director Members
The Department of Imaginary Affairs (DIA) is seeking individuals to join our Board of Directors. We are looking for folks who are eager to invest in our vision, to learn…
Black Lives Matter.
We care deeply about stories. And the stories we have heard as of late are of Black lives, unjustly taken. These stories are not new. We acknowledge that our collective…
COVID & Canada’s Settlement Sector Survey Results
Like everyone, the immigrant and refugee-serving sector became #suddenlyremote. Agencies had to make decisions quickly to respond to the ever-changing environment. They have been learning, exploring, managing differently. Immediately, there…
#thisisimaginationatwork – Instalment #20 April 2020
Exhale. I have been using a lot of deep breathing lately. Sometimes it is a sigh. Sometimes it is a strategy to recalibrate. Sometimes it is just a reflex. We…
Understanding now to learn about the future…
Over the last few weeks, we have been scrambling to figure out ways of capturing all that is happening right now. Last week, we launched letters to our future time…