2014 Annual Report
Here’s a few ministry highlights of 2014! Check back here for more photos and extras about these and other stories!
Summer of South Asian Ministry
In some ways this summer was my summer for significant South Asian ministry, and in many ways a summer of answered prayers for clarity in my role as a minister to South Asians.
I directed the 2014 Bangladesh GUP, and here are a few of my reflections: Being the director of this GUP after serving as a staff for the past two years was adramatic change. Suddenly, I was the one people looked to for answers; I was responsible for booking flights, determining program with our hosts and making sure our team raised all their funds. There were aspects that I loved and aspects that I hated.
LOVED
• Working with a new staff team and figuring out how to free them to lead with their strengths and grow in their weaknesses
• Renewing and deepening relationships with BSFB staff and students
• Relying on God in new ways and seeing the ways He would meet me and call me to trust and partner with Him
HATED
• Making tough decisions on behalf of the team and the ways that would affect relationships between the team and myself
• The all-consuming thoughts about the GUP and the loneliness of leadership
• Needing to always be thinking on my feet and making quick changes due to unforeseen variables
But, now as I look back on the experience, I am grateful for the things that our team learned and experienced, how well we partnered with BSFB, and the ways that I grew as a leader. You can read more of my Bangladesh GUP reflections here.
I also took two Ryerson students with me to the 3rd South Asian InterVarsity Leadership Institute hosted by InterVarsity USA in Boston this August.
To be honest, I was not looking forward to this conference. I believed this would be a deeply enriching experience for the students, but I was tired from the GUP and other summer responsibilities and was sacrificing being part of some significant events in Toronto that week. But, our God is a gracious God. In all the places of need I felt, He met me with abundance. I felt a deep richness of partnership with my colleagues, I was empowered to lead and refueled after a long season of fruitful but tiring work. And I was amazed at what happened for my students. S, a recent graduate, told
me this story on the bus ride home: “I’m a Pastor’s son and have been a Christian my entire life but I NEVER talk about my faith with people. Even when my friends were thinking about becoming a Christian, I wouldn’t talk to them until after they made a decision to follow Christ. I always found talking about my faith awkward. But when we were in Boston sharing our faith with strangers, I realized it’s always awkward when you start but you have to get over it. So I did, and it was amazing!”After S got home, he had started a new job, and within 20 minutes of meeting his
supervisor he shared his faith and asked him to follow Jesus! And N was so excited to reach out to South Asians on our campus. He felt inspired by the ways he can easily build relationships with nonbelieving South Asians and be a witness. Since returning to campus, we have had more South Asians be involved in our ministries than ever before! Praise God!
But I’m too young to be an “Elder”
In January and February of this year, I was invited to participate in conversations about multi-ethnicity and diversity within InterVarsity Canada. These meetings came as a response to meeting held in June of 2013, and were at the time leading up to and during a deep source of stress, anxiety and discomfort for me. The meetings were set up for visible ethnic minorities on staff with IVCF to have a space to share some of our experiences of cultural dissonance within the organization with members of the Campus Team. The Campus Team (a team of IVCF’s senior leadership) were to listen, and if necessary ask clarifying questions, but otherwise offer no response to things we said. This format added to the stress of the situation, and I left those meetings feeling unresolved and deeply saddened about where we were as an organization and about the experiences my colleagues bravely shared. I then had the misfortune of having to rehash these conversations numerous times for friends, colleagues and supervisors who were not in the meetings but wanted to hear about the experience. And though not intended what followed was 4 months of silence from the leaders and organizers of this June gathering. Then, we heard from the VP of Campus Ministry, who in her response apologized for the delay and named that in early 2014 there would be a gathering of “elders” who would be part of conversations about next steps. A few of my close friends and colleagues were named as some of those elders, and when I first saw this email, my heart sank. I was happy for my colleagues to be in these conversations but also was feeling unsettled that they wouldn’t be able to fully represent me or the voice of those who are minorities within the minorities and I would be in yet another place where it felt like my voice on a matter I care deeply about was being silenced.
But in December 2013, I got this email: During and after the gathering of visible ethnic minority staff in June, there has been opportunity to learn a lot as we seek to move forward and grow together in inter-cultural competence. Last Spring it became clear that among the broad staff team there are those who are recognized and serve as unofficial “elders” whom others seek out for interpretation and sponsorship. In January some of those people will get together to talk together about where we are and what are some next steps. Would you consider being a part of this conversation?
I said yes, and found myself in these “elder” meetings. As I sat in this room with other “elders” and members of the Campus Team, I was struck by the sense that “I’m too young to be an elder”. My heart grieved for the older South Asian Canadian staff that were once on staff but have since left. My heart grieved where we were as an organization. My heart grieved my experiences as a South Asian Canadian IV staff and the stark differences between my experiences and those of my South Asian USA IV staff colleagues.
But at the end of these meetings, we left with hope. We named some tangible next steps for future staff placement, changes in fundraising training, and suggestions for supervisor training. We also planned to meet with all those who gathered in June 2013, to debrief those meetings and offer encouragement. As “elders” we were asked to lead small groups discussions during this meeting.
At this debriefing meeting, which happened in late February, In addition to time debriefing we made a timeline of significant moments in IVCF Canada’s multi-ethnic and multi-cultural history. Seeing these milestones offered a lot of hope and perspective as we saw how things rapidly changed in the last few years. There’s still a long way to go, but there’s hope for the future for those who are on staff and for the students present in our ministries.
The Multi-Ethnic and Multicultural Gathering of IVCF Canada staff
Loving Mark (the Gospel) and other musings
I have a confession to make: for YEARS (most of my time on staff with IV) I have HATED GREATLY DISLIKED the Gospel of Mark.
It’s been a subtle dislike at first, but one that would show up in unexpected places:
a) in all my years in ministry (3 as student and 6 as a staff), I have NEVER led a Mark study on campus.
b) I refused to attend MarkCentral until I was forced to for work, and it wasn’t until the 3rd year I went that I actually enjoyed it.
c) There is no Mark folder in my bible study folder (there’s one for all the other Gospels, Acts, Romans, and some other Paul texts).
d) Even when some of my awesome friends participated in theatre productions of the Gospel, I don’t have fond memories of going or inviting students to attend.
e) Recruiting for MarkCentral is one of the first tasks I will pass off to my students or staff partner.
f) One of the things that made me excited for going to Bangladesh the first 2 years I went was that I wouldn’t be available to teach at MarkCentral.
Thankfully, I serve a gracious God who, despite me, draws his children toward Him, even using this Gospel. BUT, as I embark on this year, which is my 11th anniversary at Ryerson (including my time as a student); I was the one who suggested we study Mark, not just for one semester, but two!
And as I sit in my second office, aka the Mt Pleasant and Soudan Ave Starbucks, prepping Scripture while listening to a soft music mix and sipping a Venti water; I realized how much I’m starting to love Mark. I’m excited for the students who will be joining us in studies this week and the weeks to come, and I’m excited to see how God will meet us (myself included) this year.
2013 Highlights
Here is this year’s annual report. Enjoy!
In the Works
As the semester winds to a close, and I spend time with my team debriefing and reflecting on ministry this fall, my mind begins to dream and vision for 2014: the ministry on campus, the invitations to be part of some conversations that will shape some aspects of the larger organization, and the continued visioning and planning for the 2014 Bangladesh GUP. Here are some things that are “in the works”:
Kingdom Calling
Before the year closes, I have been invited to be staff at InterVarsity’s annual winter conference, called Kingdom Calling from December 27-31. It’s a conference designed for third and fourth year students who are asking and discerning what’s next as they pursue what God may be inviting them to do after they finish university. As a student, this conference and its predecessor are a huge reason why I decided to intern and then later come on staff with InterVarsity. It’s one of my favorite conferences run by InterVarsity, and even in the years when I haven’t been staff for this conference, I’ve been excited to volunteer my time and host people in Toronto. This year, I’m excited to journey alongside some of my students (many of whom I’ve been in relationship with for years) as they encounter what God will say to them during this conference as a small group leader. Please be praying for them as they prepare themselves for this conference, and as they are present. Also, please pray that they would be open and willing to trust the community that gathers at this conference (some of my best friends in the organization are people I’ve met through this conference, and I’ve found there to be something providential in gathering with peers asking the same questions as they often become to community that go with you when you say yes). In addition to being a small group leader, I am also serving as the Hospitality Coordinator, which basically means I’m responsible for helping welcome and orient people to Toronto, as well as, come up with some fun mid-week city exploration activities.
2014 Bangladesh GUP
I am excited to be directing this year’s GUP. I, in no way feel 100% ready to take on this task, but as my “mental tape” (the loving term a former housemate gave for my memory) rewinds, I remember that those who went before me also were not 100% ready to take on this task. But, as God has been leading and guiding me in the process, I am grateful as things fall smoothly into place, and I manage to meet most deadlines in time. I am excited for the fellowships partnering this year, and I am really excited about my staff team. And as more pieces come together I am eager to see those who follow the promptings of the Spirit to go. Please keep me in prayer as I take some time this month to vision and plan for the upcoming months, and pray for the invitations that will go out to students and for them as they process with Jesus and loved ones if this is the right invitation to accept.
A few more oldies but goodies
Didn’t you love the stories in that last post? Well here are some more awesome stories from campus from January 2012-April 2012.
New Vision for the New Year
Coming out of my winter travels and reflections about the fall term of ministry; I met with the student leaders to vision for the winter semester. Upon reflection of how the fall term landed, I saw that we were offering some really good things to the campus; but we needed to have our ministries more cohesive and try connecting some together; and rather than promoting events on an individual basis, making sure some ministries were promoting for others that were connected or reached people at the same stage or the next one. I also saw the need to build on some of our graphics and iconography and connect our ministries to our Join the Party theme. I also hoped we would try some more visibility experiments and try engaging the campus in service around stressful times for students; one idea was to do a cookie outreach, where we’d make and package cookies and then hand them out on campus to students studying for midterms.
Highlights from the ministries:
COOKING
We saw new vision and direction draw in new students to our Cooking Ministry, as we moved away from using Cooking with Bible; and instead drew our themes and recipes around cultural holidays and festivals and shared how they connected with our faith. We celebrated: Martin Luther King Day, Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, Holi, Hungarian Revolution Day and Passover. It was fun and exciting spending time exposing students to some of the lesser known holidays and engaging them in conversation as we discussed the meaning behind these days and what they meant to us. It was also great to have members from our community and from the larger GTA community offer insights and recipes.
COOKIE OUTREACH
Picture this scene: Every flat surface on the first floor covered with cookies, sprinkles, baggies and twist ties! The oven timer going off every ten minutes, and students taking a break from exams to roll, shape, bake and decorate 400 cookies! After baking and assembling the cookies in packages with a flyer about the Cooking Group and our upcoming movie night; we broke off into pairs and delivered the cookies on campus. One of the highlights of this experience was being paired up with Michelle*, who when I asked if she’s done anything like this before admitted she hadn’t, and when asked how she felt she was bursting at the seams with excitement! It was a lot of fun delivering cookies with her as she boldly approached people and was unflappable when people rejected the free cookies. We had a lot of fun as we received a wide range of responses; some of delight and surprise; some of wariness and suspicion. The parallels to evangelism were many and clear; the people we didn’t expect to receive the cookies did, and the ones we thought would did not.
MOVIE MINISTRY
We gathered 3 times to watch and discuss movies this semester. We kicked off the semester with X-Men First Class, which drew 3 times as many people as our last movie outreach! We followed the movie with a discussion about good and evil, and how each person has a measure of both within them and how we must strive to allow the good to flourish. For our next movie night, we decided to minister strategically to the single people on our campus by having a Valentine’s movie night, where we showed The Help. We chose that as it was a heartwarming and funny movie, but also strayed from the stereotypical notion that romantic love is the single most important love that exists and one’s life is drab and meaningless without it. We spent some time in lively discussion talking about how love, which is beyond the simple romantic love, is powerful and can cross cultural, ethnic, and societal barriers then and now and how we should strive to allow love to move us to action and overcome the oppressive powers of our fallen world. Men and women who attended the evening left inspired, and we welcomed some new faces into our community, including Dee* who is one of Lauren’s fellow nutrition classmates who doesn’t know the Lord, who first came out to help make and bake cookies for our outreach, and who enjoys spending time with our community as we are a group of people who don’t complain all the time! On our last movie night we watched Outsourced and had an engaging discussion about what it means to cross cultures and how we need to engage people of different cultures to receive the good things of other cultures and share the good things of our own.
PRAYER
We spent some time praying in different strategic places on our campus this semester. We spent January in the Ted Rogers School of Business; February in the new Maple Leaf Gardens Loblaws; and March in the Student C ampus Centre. It was exciting as we focused on doing flash prayers for people, and watching as God answered these prayers in exciting ways! We also spent some time going through the book of Common Prayer, it was fun introducing students to liturgical prayer and seeing them grow to be fond of it!
JOHN MANUSCRIPT BIBLE STUDY
We continued in the book of John, as Jenna and I lead the students through the rest of the gospel. We had fun leading as we tried different approaches with some meditative studies and some dramatic performances of Scripture! One exercise that really hit home for students is when we gave students a piece of scripture and asked them to insert their names in place of the disciples or the Pharisees; and as the students saw how it changed how they understood the passage, they began to see the ways they truly were similar to the disciples or the Pharisees and how desperately they needed Jesus.
SUMMER LOVIN’ PARTY
We ended the semester with a bang! We had 3 students going to Bangladesh in May and 6 students attending MarkCentral (formerly known as City/Script) and we decided to throw a summer themed event with a silent auction and dance party! Most of the food was themed and prepared by the Cooking Group, we made sushi and ice cream cone cupcakes as well as a few snacky items. And we had students, friends and supporters of the ministry at Ryerson donate items and services for the auction. It was a lot of fun, especially as Amber one of new exec leaders served as auctioneer and had fun rallying the crowd to bid on items and facilitating a live auction for a couple items. At the end of the night we raised $800!!!
BANGLADESH
So you may have received my booklet of reflections or seen my other post about Bangladesh but here are a few other snippets that were not in the book.
I was asked in mid-October to be on the staff team for this GUP, a bit of background, I have wanted to go on this GUP since the partnership began, and have been tracking what’s happened/hounding my staff friends upon their return to hear about it each year, so the fact that I was asked was a huge answered prayer. Unfortunately, saying yes would possibly mean that I would say no to standing in my best friend’s wedding. It was a tough decision to make, as this wasn’t just any GUP invite, nor was this just any wedding. I wrestled with the decision, and invited members of my communities to listen and pray with me. In the end, I decided to say yes to Bangladesh, and hope that circumstances would work for me to be part of both good things. It looked like it wasn’t going to work, so I decided to devote as much time as I could helping Naomi with preparations, so that even though I wasn’t physically standing in her wedding, I was very much present. Through a number of what I believe to be God-ordained circumstances, it ended up that the wedding was moved to June, and it would be possible for me to stand in the wedding, and serve by baking the wedding cupcakes! This process and unveiling of circumstances was long and seemingly painfully slow; but in the meantime I recruited 3 of my student leaders to join me in Bangladesh. They jumped into preparations and fundraising and their excitement was contagious! We had the support from the Ryerson community as we went and were excited about what God would show us there. We spent the time before and during the trip reading Donald Miller’s A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, that analyzed the elements of story and through the course of the book Don collects stories and begins living a better story. This became the theme of the trip, as we engaged risk, life in community, conflict, and many other new experiences! For more stories, look at my reflections here.
TEAM RYERSON
Toward the end of the March, I learned that a few changes would be coming my way. First, Veronika who was one of the Toronto interns would be staying in Toronto post-internship and working as a staff volunteer at Ryerson. Then, I found out my supervisor for 3 years, Jamie, would no longer be my supervisor as I would have a new supervisor who would also be pioneering International Student Ministry at Ryerson! A little while later I found out that my friend Dan Clubine, who was staff at York University, would be changing campuses and would be my new full-time staff partner! Then, I found out Joy, Dan’s wife would be going back to school, and would appreciate living downtown. THEN, I found out that maybe the best thing with all of these pieces would be that all of these people would live at the McGill House, just minutes away from campus, with me….and after much deliberation and discernment…it came to be! As of July, this new configuration of people made up the inhabitants of the McGill House, as the intern house became another house in Bloor West Village! Once all the pieces were landed, but before everyone moved in, we announced to the Ryerson IV community, at an end of semester potluck at my house, the changes to the staff team at Ryerson and the McGill House; there was much excitement and rejoicing!
Some Oldies, but oh so goodies!
Hello faithful readers,
My sincere apologies for the long delay in posts. I have many stories to share and hope to have them up with photos soon. In the meantime, here are some stories and highlights from December 2011.
Winter Roadtrip
After a fall semester full of exciting new ministry, I spent some time traveling in the States. I went to visit 2 of my SALI mentees, Pavi in Philadelphia and Sasha in Tampa. And as someone who enjoys the down-time that comes with travel, I decided to embark on this journey with my friend (and sometimes foe) Greyhound.
The journey was long, but I enjoyed the trip down, and enjoyed the books I brought down with me. I was reading the Settlers Cookbook by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, which is a good read but very heavy. One of the things I really appreciated about it was Brown’s migration story, as its one that closely resembles mine, and that mixed with recipes she’s acquired along the way made this read very memorable. Her perspective helped shape and give name to things I inherently knew.
I enjoyed my time in Philly with Pavi. I only spent 24 hours there, but I got to see some of her favorite haunts, check out and hang out at her work, sit in on some meetings, and get a guided tour of Philly. I also had some AMAZING dosa from the Philadelphia Chutney Company.
In Florida, I met up with Sasha and fellow SALI alum Rekha for a quick bite after my very long bus ride. It was really exciting gathering together with my SA sisters and seeing how God had been present and blessing their ministries. Afterward, Sasha and I headed back to her family home. The following day Sasha and I went to Clearwater Beach and met up with some USF students for beach volleyball and a bible study! Afterward, Sasha and I met up with a different group of USF friends to see a street with a beautiful Christmas light display. It was really cool to see but very odd for me to be seeing all these Christmas icons in a place that was so warm that I didn’t need a coat! The next day Sasha and I headed to Orlando, where we fulfilled a dream of mine to visit Celebration USA. Celebration was just as picturesque as I imagined, but still was struck by how friendly the people were and the size and growing diversity. Also that there was a legit university there! To remember my time there, I got a Florida shaped cookie cutter. After Celebration we hung out with one of my SALI staff friends and got a tour of UCF, his campus, and got to hear stories of the some exciting ministries taking place. Following our time at UCF, Sasha and I fulfilled another dream of mine by visiting Sweet, a cupcake shop owned and operated by two-time Cupcake Wars winner, Hollis. The cupcakes were delicious and there were so many to choose from! We took our sweet treats and used enormous amounts of restraint and ate them back at Sasha’s house. The following day, we stayed pretty close to home, and Sasha took me to her favorite rest spot, and while there I finally felt refreshed, and was able to feel really awed at the splendour of God’s creation. I also caught my first fish, and I wanted to cry the whole time. The next day we celebrated Sasha’s mother’s birthday, and we made her a cake. We made a Cashew Carrot Cardamom Cake with almond butter cream cheese icing and topped with chopped cashews. It was so delicious! The following day, my last in Florida, Sasha took me on a tour of USF, her friend Juan who I met while looking at Christmas lights, joined us and offered some of his insightful comments and hilarious experiences during the tour. After our time on campus, Sasha and I made some Florida cookies, some of which, I enjoyed on my bus ride. Then that evening, Sasha drove me to the station, and sent me off.
I began the long, slow journey home. Long story short, the bus I needed to catch to make all my connections was full, and I got put on the next bus, which left 5 hours later; setting back my arrival time 7 hours! Needless to say, I wasn’t impressed with the Greyhound. But it only put a slight damper on my amazing experiences and the wonderful memories from this road trip.
Kingdom Calling
Kingdom Calling happened December 27-31 in Toronto. Kingdom Calling is a conference that replaces the National Student Leaders Conference, which happens to be my favorite Inter-Varsity Conference. Kingdom Calling is a 5-day conference where students in 3rd or 4th year come and receive teaching and vision about what their life could look like post-University and what some ministry options could be. I love this Conference because it was one that had a significant impact on my decision to pursue ministry options with Inter-Varsity, but there’s also this exciting energy as students meet their peers from other campuses and pray and discern for one another as they pursue the next thing God has in store for them. Some of my closest friends in ministry are some of my peers that I met at this conference, so I was eager to be present as staff for this Conference and see the next generation of Kingdom Leaders.
I also had Moses, one of my Ryerson students, attend the conference; and he had a great opportunity to be placed in a small group with fellow art students from OCAD, Emily Carr and Humber. Since the staff from most of those campuses were present, I volunteered to lead a small group of students from another campus that didn’t have staff present. I chose to be intentional and lead the group from Queen’s, as I would be working closely with their Campus Staff this May on a Global Urban Partnership to Bangladesh (more on that here). I had a great time with the Queen’s students as I lead a group with students from three fellowships on that campus; Queen’s Christian Fellowship, Korean Christian Fellowship and International Student Ministry at Queen’s.
Also, I got to spend a bit of time with other students I knew from regional events who either had just returned from Bangladesh or were considering applying for the 2012 team.
The Conference itself offered some great talks and insights. For me, I found it tricky to hear some of the stories and the bold statements of God’s provision, as I was still mourning the cost of saying yes to Bangladesh. Or rather, the talks were propelling me to find out for certain whether I would be celebrating or mourning the costs of saying yes. I found myself with some free time and set aside an hour to find out for certain. Just as I suspected, I found out that I would indeed need more time to mourn the costs. But despite hearing the bad news, it was good to feel supported by some of the staff there who had been journeying alongside me in my discernment. Some of the above mentioned close friends in ministry were there to mourn with me and offer words of encouragement and hope.
GTA FallCon: Mark Our City
“We did an interactive flash mob…which included planking”
This year, we tried something new. Often, we have had out winter conference be something that was a GTA-wide event; but this year we decided to try having our fall conference be GTA-wide. It was September 23-24 and held in city at Stone Church.
We decided to do something simple, compelling and fun; that could help us launch ministries on our campuses. We invited students to see a play performance of the gospel of Mark. The play was divided into 2 acts. The first was performed on the Friday evening of the retreat and the second act was performed on the Saturday evening. During the day on Saturday, we received some teaching on parables, and then applied some of our teaching in the city. We started by re-enacting the parable of the sower in Queen’s park, by scattering grass seed. We then went and did an interactive flash mob inspired by the story of Jairus’ daughter which included planking; which the students loved and were very creative in their positioning (look for the student planking on a bench and garbage can). The planked students were then “woken up” and then would interact with the people who had assembled around them while they planked and offer them a package of water and granola bar, to represent bread and living water. After these live parables we debriefed the experience with the students, and then sent them out to lunch with their campus groups with a few questions to engage people they come across in the city on their way back to the church. These conversations proved very fruitful and life-giving for the students as we discovered during the debrief of the afternoon. Following the debrief, we went into our second act of the play; and ended the retreat shortly after the play’s end.
I had a vested interest in this conference, as I was on the planning committee. The committee consisted of me, my supervisor Jamie, and my friend Dan, staff at York University. We had been meeting and planning this conference since the spring. Dan and I took on roles of emcees of the conference, while Jamie did the teaching. Having already experienced co-emceeing at SALI, I was comfortable taking on this role, but still had some unresolved feelings from my last experience emceeing. I also lead the students in an interactive art piece that we did in response to the first act of the play on the Friday evening. It was exciting to see the themes that came up for the students, as they processed through the questions we asked them. Another role I had as part of this conference was that of “stager”, as I set up the space to create ambience for the play. I really enjoyed this role, and marvelled at how most of the items I was using were revamping pieces from various conferences: I set up a road in the gym out of fabric used at out National Staff Conference, emulating what I saw at Senior Girls’ camp this summer; I flooded the room with sounds before the performance that I’d used for our Kingdom People events; and I used incense to fill the room with smells that I originally purchased for this past Campus Gathering. It was fun re-using these elements and remembering how God moved in the midst of these other events.
We hope to perform the play again in the winter semester, to help us recruit for city/script.
#conferencewin
The anticipation was heavy in the air. The wait seemed endless. As they watched the countdown before the light turned green, they readied themselves for the big moment. Finally, the light turned green…
Imagine this: A group of 140 people consisting of staff and students from across Ontario, assembled in chevron formations at opposite corners of the Spadina and Bloor intersection on a Friday evening in late August, who once signalled, burst into a hokey-pokey flash mob and stop and disperse when the streetlight turns red.
This is how we kicked off #conferencewin. What is #conferencewin? It is a conference that serves to teach and practice innovation and creativity in our New Student Outreach to staff and students of Inter-Varsity fellowships across Ontario.
In addition to the hokey-pokey flash mob, students participated in a poetry slam and received teaching on innovation and outreach and had time to brainstorm new ideas for an outreach event to kick off the year. They also had the opportunity to present their ideas to the group gathered and a select few were able to then present their ideas and ask for funding from a special grouping of guests in our version of “Dragon’s Den”.
All of my student leaders were able to attend, and from their time at #conferencewin they came up with their vision of the year: Join the [King’s] Party; and also planned our first outreach event “Prom Gone Wrong”.
As we finish up this semester, we are still able to see the fruits from some of these events and their impact on our movement across Ontario.
The Arch 