Amanda Fenton (she/her)
My work is participatory meeting design and facilitation for online and hybrid sessions. I was previously in the co-operative sector for nearly seventeen years, including learning design, developing and delivering leadership curriculum, organizational development and strategic change projects.
I live on the stolen territory of the Halkomelem speaking Nations; lands which are important to the Katzie, Kwantlen, Kwikwetlem, Musqueam, Qayqayt, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, as well as other Nations, in what is now known as “New Westminster, BC, Canada”.
I’m a third and fifth generation white settler to “Canada”, my ancestry includes Polish, Romanian, Austrian, and German. I was born on Cree and Saulteaux, Assiniboine and Métis territory (Treaty 4) and grew up on Cree, Métis, and Plains Cree territory (Treaty 6). This is part of my complicity and how settler colonization has directly benefited me; my personal journey of learning, unlearning and committed action is supporting and contributing to the redistribution of wealth, resources, land, power and more. I humbly strive to decentre whiteness and redistribute power in more equitable ways through my facilitation + design. A portion of my income goes to local Indigenous-led organizations, particularly those supporting families, youth, and language programs.