THE SHIFT LEARNING COMMUNITY
Advancing social transformation through sharing and exchange
The SHIFT Learning Community is composed of diverse individuals from across Concordia and greater Montreal who:
- Drive work within their neighbourhood, community, or institution towards justice, equity, and sustainability;
- Want to learn from others about how to increase the socially transformative impact of their work;
- Want to contribute to collective learning about how community-scale initiatives can bring about systems-level change.
All members of project teams that receive funding from SHIFT are invited to join the SHIFT Learning Community.
SHIFT regularly hosts networking, relationship-building and skill-sharing events for members of the Learning Community to connect.
SHIFT regularly hosts networking, relationship-building and skill-sharing events for members of the Learning Community to connect. We also partner with experts within the SHIFT network to offer workshops on specific topics of interest to our members.
Horizons Learning Journey
A new six-part workshop series for Learning Community members
Program launch: January 2022
SHIFT is launching a new, six-part workshop series for members of the Learning Community who want to expand the socially transformative impact of their work by building a deeper understanding of systems change theory and practice.
Learning from experts in the community and from one another, participants in the Horizons Learning Journey will take ownership of systems change theories as they support and challenge each other in activating them in their work.
What to expect
- Six monthly workshops featuring:
- Accessible introduction to a key concept or approach in systems transformation
- Real-life perspectives from a community leader whose initiative applies this approach to transforming an unjust, inequitable or unsustainable social system
- Peer support to challenge, highlight, integrate or expand the potential of this approach within your own work
- Monthly exchanges with a learning partner to share in your journey, hold you accountable to the goals you set for yourself, and listen to the challenges you experience;
- Reading and reflection exercises to deepen your understanding and integration of the knowledge and wisdom that you access within your own work and community;
- A supportive community committed to non-judgmental listening, the wisdom of lived experience and diversity.
Your commitment
- Attend a series of six workshops (two hours monthly) between January and June 2022. Please note, a second edition of this workshop series is planned for Fall 2022.
- Complete complementary preparatory work (reading and reflection) before each session.
- Engage in a learning partnership with another participant (approximately one touchpoint per month, schedules based on your availability).
Estimated total time commitment: six hours per month
Interested?
Current members of the SHIFT Learning Community can apply here now until October 31.
Prospective members can apply to participate by submitting an application to the SHIFT Gateway Program.
