====== Wisdom2Action ======

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**Wisdom2Action (W2A)** is a Canadian consulting firm based in [[canada:nova_scotia:Halifax]], [[canada:Nova Scotia]]. It offers services in "non-profit organizational development, [[2SLGBTQ+]] inclusion, creative facilitation, [[mental health]], knowledge mobilization and more".((//Home.// Wisdom2Action. Retrieved January 19, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230119054322/https://www.wisdom2action.org/))

===== History =====

The organization was formed in 2011, originally known as the [[Children and Youth in Challenging Contexts Network]]. It also claims to have been founded in 2013, incorporating as a "social enterprise" in either 2018 or 2019.((//About.// Wisdom2Action. Retrieved January 19, 2023, from https://archive.ph/IyYdS))

===== Organization =====

W2A is a member of the [[Halifax Chamber of Commerce]].((//About.// Wisdom2Action. Retrieved January 19, 2023, from https://archive.ph/IyYdS))

==== Personnel ====

More names to be added from the organization's [[https://archive.ph/D5A6K|team page]].

^  Wisdom2Action team((Johnstone, F., Lachance, L., & Stuebing, D. //2021 Annual Report.// Wisdom2Action. Retrieved July 5, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220705154236/https://www.wisdom2action.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/W2A-2021-Annual-Report.pdf))  ^^^
^ Name  ^ Position  ^ Notes  ^
| [[Lisa Lachance]]  | Founder, Principal Consultant (former)  | Member of Legislative Assemby (MLA) in the [[canada:nova_scotia|Province of Nova Scotia]]  |
| [[Fae Johnstone]]  | Executive Director, Co-owner and Principal Consultant  | -  |
| [[Dennis Stuebing]]  | Director  | -  |

==== Affiliations ====

Partners and clients of Wisdom2Action include:((Johnstone, F., Lachance, L., & Stuebing, D. //2021 Annual Report.// Wisdom2Action. Retrieved July 5, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220705154236/https://www.wisdom2action.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/W2A-2021-Annual-Report.pdf))

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  * [[Access OpenMinds]]
  * [[Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity]] (CCGSD)
  * [[Canadian Food Inspection Agency]]
  * [[Canadian Practitioners Network for the Prevention of Radicalization and Extremist Violence]] (CPN-PREV)
  * [[Canadian Public Health Association]] (CPHA)
  * [[Canadian Women's Foundation]]
  * [[Capital Rainbow Refuge]]
  * [[Champlain Regional Planning Table for Gender Diverse Health Services]]
  * [[Children First Canada]] (CFC)
  * [[Community Foundations of Canada]]
  * [[Decolonize Now]]
  * [[Dignity Network Canada]] (DNC)
  * [[Elder Blu]]
  * [[Enchanté Network]]
  * [[Frayme]]
  * [[Government Services Union]]
  * [[Gris MTL]]
  * [[Horizon Ottawa]]
  * [[Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada]]
  * [[International School of Macao]]
  * [[Kickstand]]
  * [[Kind Space]]
  * [[Kitchener-Wilmot Hydro]]
  * [[MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning]]
  * [[Nova Scotia College of Social Workers]] (NSCSW)
  * [[Nova Scotia Health Authority]]
  * [[Nova Scotia Physiotherapy Association]]
  * [[Ottawa Citizen]]
  * [[Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women]]
  * [[Out Niagara]]
  * [[Promoting Relationships and Ending Violence Network]] (PREVNET)
  * [[Public Health Agency of Canada]] (PHAC)
  * [[Quadrangle NL]]
  * [[RBC Future Launch]]
  * [[Recreation Nova Scotia]] (RNS)
  * [[School Mental Health Ontario]]
  * [[SPECTRUM]]
  * [[Toronto Star]]
  * [[UNISON Health and Community Services]]
  * [[Utilities Kingston]]
  * [[Wabanaki Council on Disability]]
  * [[Women and Gender Equality Canada]] (WAGE)
  * [[YWCA Halifax]]
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==== Speakers Bureau ====

  * [[https://archive.ph/ANmNW|List]]

===== External links =====

  * [[https://www.wisdom2action.org/|Website]]