Through this candid and interactive discussion, our panelists will tackle the common pitfalls to avoid and learn how to better support community members. The panel will be facilitated by Kai Scott of TransFocus Consulting.

Following the discussion, there will be a Q&A with panelists and you may also submit questions ahead of time to mmorgan@ecuad.ca.

Kai Scott, Facilitator

Kai is a senior social scientist educated in the field of International Development. He has 15 years of experience undertaking research and education on complex social problems.

​​Chase Willier, Community Representative

Chase is a nehiyaw (Cree) Two-Spirit transman and grateful community member. Chase is a retired member of the RCMP with 30 years of service who worked primarily in British Columbia. He blends Indigenous and Western ways of thinking, doing, and being to leverage their distinct benefits for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and institutions.

Morgan Martino, ECU Alum (2021)

Morgan is an interdisciplinary designer, researcher and facilitator, whose work focuses on building and supporting communities that can foster caring relationships, critical learning, and informed social change. She graduated from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 2021, and currently works as a design fellow for Emily Carr’s Health Design Lab, and coordinates the Roving Designers; a collective she founded in fall 2020.

Chaitanyaa Sachdeva, ECU Student

Chaitanyaa is an artist from Delhi, India currently based in Vancouver, Canada. His work explores the transitional aspects of social identity, spirit, and culture through painting and writing.

Maya Thiersch, ECU Student

Maya is a third-year Visual Arts major doing mostly painting, and also making work in various mediums, including sculpture and textile. A good deal of both their art practice and personal life have to do with noticing absurdity in what we accept as mundane and pointing it out to others, as well as processing personal identity and why that may be.