Tamarack Institute Webinar: Collaborative Leadership: The Leadership rassembleurMC Program (2023)

Title: From Coaching to the Practice of Collaborative and Inclusive Leadership: The Leadership rassembleurMC Program
Organizer: The Tamarack Institute
Date: June 7, 2023

This webinar recording features a conversation about the notion of leadership alongside Sophie Pétré, Afifa Karama, Barbara Eyer and Guerda Amazan.

We drew together the rich learnings from the Leadership rassembleurMC training program from Montreal-based organization Dynamo that has been successfully offered for over 15 years. We also heard from local leaders to better understand what collaborative and inclusive leadership may mean today and its transformative potential for communities.

Speakers:
• Layla Belmahi, Tamarack Institute (https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca)
• Sophie Pétré, Dynamo (https://dynamocollectivo.com/)
• Afifa Karama, Services éducatifs Petite-Côte (https://www.facebook.com/serviceseducatifsPC/)
• Barbara Eyer, Bâtir son quartier (https://www.batirsonquartier.com/)
• Guerda Amazan, Maison d’Haïti (https://www.mhaiti.org/web/)

This event took place in English with a simultaneous interpretation into French. Click here to access the French-language recording: https://youtu.be/lXHEVjJ3T7A

Have questions? Contact Myriam Bérubé ([email protected])

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Overview of webinar:

0:00 Introduction and land acknowledgement (Layla Belmahi)

03:42 Presentation of speakers (Layla Belmahi)

08:06 Question 1, for Sophie: Why is it important to create spaces in which leaders can meet and be supported? (Layla Belmahi, Sophie Pétré)

12:02 Question 2: What are the common challenges when we try to practice unifying leadership? (Layla Belmahi, Afifa Karama, Guerda Amazan, Barbara Eyer)

26:27 Question 3: What should we do to rethink leadership today? How would we do it in a way that isn’t only unifying and collaborative, but also inclusive? (Layla Belmahi, Guerda Amazan, Barbara Eyer, Afifa Karama, Sophie Pétré)

35:10 Question 4, from a participant: How do leaders maintain their commitment and energy towards their work regarding meaningful social change that takes time and collective effort? (Myriam Bérubé, Guerda Amazan, Sophie Pétré)

39:02 Question 5, from a participant: How do student association leaders practice collaborative leadership? (Myriam Bérubé, Barbara Eyer)

40:30 Question 6, from a participant: How does a unifying leader make up for a lack of commitment and where there is internal or external resistance at their organization? (Myriam Bérubé, Guerda Amazan, Sophie Pétré, Barbara Eyer, Afifa Karama)

48:48 Question 7, from a participant: How can a leader contribute to reinforcing the social fabric? (Myriam Bérubé, Guerda Amazan)

50:55 Closing remarks (Layla Belmahi)