New Year, New Skills: Two Loops of Systems Change
Working through the tensions between the actions we need to take to address climate change and our usual work habits, lifestyles, and cultural norms can be challenging. In this workshop, Taylor Stimpson from the Academy for Sustainable Innovation will introduce you to an adapted “Two Loops of Systems Change” model developed by Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze from the Berkana Institute. This model helps us understand and facilitate systems transformation by identifying inevitable sources of tension and appreciating the various roles necessary for maintaining old systems and/or facilitating change.
Interpretation will be available.
This webinar is a part of the New Brunswick Environmental Network’s capacity-building series "New Year, New Skills". Other workshops in the series:
2SLGBT2IA+ Inclusive Allyship with Chroma NB —February 19th, 1pm
Demystifying Municipalities for Employees of Environmental Non-Profits with the Association of Francophone Municipalities of New Brunswick — February 26th, 1 PM
Event Information
| Event Date | 05 February, 2025 1:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 05 February, 2025 2:00 pm |
| Individual Price | Free |
| Location | Online |
| Categories | General NBEN Events |
Speakers
Taylor Stimpson
Program Manager
Taylor Stimpson (she/her) is a settler on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat and Haudenosaunee. As a McMaster University alumna, holding a B.Eng & Society and MASc in Chemical Engineering, Taylor holds expertise in biomaterials engineering, sustainability, and systems thinking. In Taylor’s roles as Program Manager at the Academy for Sustainable Innovation, Sessional Instructor for McMaster’s capstone course in Engineering & Society, and previous Steering Committee Director of Participants for Leading Change Canada, she leads course and program design as well as program facilitation for youth and adult learning, while managing several concurrent projects surrounding capacity building for leading the transition to a climate-positive and socially-inclusive future.
