Introducing Elevate & Amplify!
Introducing Elevate & Amplify, Canada’s first virtual conference centred on BIPOC voices within design and social change! Mark your calendar for June 3rd, 2021 from 1-5pm EST and read on…
Two Board Presidents in Conversation #thisisimaginationatwork #30
For this month's blog post, DIA's Founding Board President Jeanne LeSage talks with current Board President Alexandra Da Dalt about the past, present, and what's ahead in DIA's future. This…
Strategic Planning 2021 – 2023
In 2017, when we first incorporated we held a lovely rooftop Board & Advisory retreat. At this point, Blair and I had been doing a lot of the thinking on…
How did I get to where I am? Sharing with students
Today, I was invited to talk about my journey into my role. I was offered 8-10 minutes to talk about how I got to my role in the immigrant-serving sector.…
#thisisimaginationatwork – Instalment #29
This month's blog post comes from Alex, our Board Chair. Alex has been with me every step of the way ever since I took over as Executive Director and I…
Practice: Holding Multiple Truths
And you, Ma - so fair you would "pass" for white, like the time we were in the Sears department store and the blond clerk, bending down to stroke my…
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…