Community of Practice and Practitioner’s Gathering
THE CALL
As we entered 2025, we began to sense that our concerns about imagining equitable futures was a collective feeling and so we decided we needed to do something about it. We are living through a polycrisis and no matter how many times it is called unprecedented, it feels like we haven’t gathered enough skills or momentum to make it to the other side.
We find ourselves yearning for the strength, capacity and community to build the most compelling visions of what else might be possible – for the better. We are answering the call with Invitations to Better Worlds.
THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Purpose – To engage in a community of individuals invested in learning with and alongside one another by connecting around questions and actively ready to explore through curiosity and compassion.
People – We are working with a diverse group of service providers, community organizers, activists, visionaries, futurists, artists who are working towards imagining equitable futures. This is an open call to those who wish to be in community as we strive for collective liberation.
Process – Through recurring gatherings, mutual support and conversations, we want to co-invest in reciprocal partnerships by developing and implementing solutions that actively dismantle systems of oppression with specific shared goals.
2025 IBW Practitioner’s Gathering
Purpose – To come together in one place to create a shared moment in time rooted in collective inquires around what skills, rituals, process and patterns are needed for us to achieve the better worlds we are imagining.
Practice – In the lead-up to the Gathering, we will be practicing building in partnership with others. In Spring 2025, we held two co-design sessions attended by friends and partners, to build a Gathering that speaks to the desires of communities, and offers a new way of coming together. To join future co-design sessions, or stay updated on the upcoming Gathering, get in touch!
Place and Time – The Gathering will take place in Toronto, Canada in Fall 2025 (details TBC).
IBW Artists, Storytellers and Performers
To be Announced!
Coming Soon!
Partners & Volunteers
Morgan Bath
Supporters
Past Programming
Check out panels from our last national gathering.
Navigating Systems that are not Designed for Us
A panel of “recipients” engaged in design processes who are charting their own paths and designing alternatives
Beyond Broken Promises of Co-design
A panel of designers who have adapted their practices and approaches to engagement as they learn from failure
Now what — how do we do Systems Change?
A panel of those leading who grapple with the tension of solving immediate/urgent problems and long-time change