Learning Leaders Inspiring Community Action Through Appreciative Inquiry

Gwenyth is the Health Promotion Team Lead for Mental Health and Addictions, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Her passion is facilitating positive community-level change through individual and group empowerment. Using community development and appreciative principles, she helps communities proactively address substance misuse through collaboration and public policy advocacy.

Contact: Gwenyth.dwyn@nshealth.ca

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Rhonda works in the social justice community in Nova Scotia, Canada with a focus on violence and abuse in the lives of rural women and girls. A belief in innovation, collaboration and non-confrontational advocacy informs her choice to include Critical AI in her work to shift the dominant gendered culture.

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Dale Gruchy is a Nova Scotia-based facilitator and consultant specializing in Appreciative Resilience, trauma aware practice, and arts based inquiry. Having completed Appreciative Inquiry Facilitation (2017), she has delivered Appreciative Resilience workshops since 2018. She completed Appreciative Inquiry Coaching training in 2026.

Contact: dalegruchy@gmail.com

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