2024 SUMMER SERIES – ON GRIEF
Nobody gets a pass on grief regardless of title or net worth. As human beings, we grieve and watch others grieve both physical losses and symbolic losses. In this panel discussion, we will explore grief as fellow grievers, individual practitioners, and organizational leaders. We will examine various forms of bereavement policies and informal supports organizations can offer employees during seasons of loss and transition. Lastly, we will discuss approaches to use when coping with a loss or supporting someone who is experiencing a loss. Together, we grieve and support.
Alana Walker Carpenter is a trailblazer. She has redefined what it means to lead, what success looks like, and the gift that love, compassion, and empathy can bring to the boardroom.
Serving in the capacity of CEO of Intriciti, Alana created and leads an organization to inspire business leaders to integrate their faith and business. Prioritizing relationships, collaboration, and stewardship, Ms. Walker Carpenter founded the Canadian Centre for the Integration of Faith & Business in 2024.
With relationships as her trademark, Alana makes generous space for all to have a seat at the table whether one has a little faith, a lot of faith, or no faith at all.
Prior to assuming her current roles, she practiced human resources for a downtown consulting firm.
Ms. Walker Carpenter holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Ontario and a Post-Graduate Degree from Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology. She received numerous academic and leadership awards prior to, during, and upon graduation.
With well-earned accolades, she continues to live out her calling. In 2023, she was honoured as a Global Corporate Hero. In 2014, she was named one of the Top 100 Christian Leaders in Canada and was three times nominated for the Top 35 Under 35 Award.
Outside of the boardroom, Alana can be found cheering her teenage son Carter on at the baseball diamond and volleyball court. Ms. Walker Carpenter resides in Canada with her husband and best friend Kevin. Together, they serve on a number of local, national, and international boards.
For over 30 years, Diane Craig has been providing leadership development training to multi-national businesses, Fortune 500 companies, business schools and government agencies to optimize performance and potential across every organizational level.
Recognized internationally for her Executive and Leadership Presence Training System and the only ICF (International Coaching Federation) certified Executive Presence program for Coaches and Agents of Change, Diane facilitates customized workshops to organizations and private executive coaching to senior executives around the world: from Europe to the Gulf Region, Asia, Australia, South Africa and across the Americas – North, Central and South. Additionally, Diane mentors other coaches on Executive Presence and Leadership Skills to help them attain, maintain or level up their ICF (International Coaching Federation) designation.
Diane holds a Certificate in the Foundation of NeuroLeadership from the NeuroLeadership Institute. Her facilitation methods utilize its scientific, brain-based coaching techniques that combine the science of the brain, neuroscience, with leadership. This impacts team dynamics and interactions to drive individual performance. Diane holds a Professional Coaching Certification with the International Coaching Federation.
Diane studied at University of British Columba, Vancouver, BC, Canada and the Pacific University in Oregon, US. In 2010, she completed the NFP Program for Corporate Directors: governance of not-for profit boards. In 2021, Diane completed the Harvard Mentor’s program: Strategic Planning and Execution, Change Management, Leading People, Customer Focus.
Leanne Friesen is an author, speaker, grief educator, ordained minister, and curator of the popular Grieving Room Instagram account. She has pastored for twenty years and serves as a conference and retreat speaker across Canada.
Friesen holds an MDiv from McMaster University, as well as a post-graduate certificate in death and bereavement from Wilfrid Laurier University. A sought-after preacher, speaker, and guest on numerous grief platforms and podcasts, Friesen lives with her husband and two children in Hamilton, Ontario. – book BIO
(Leanne is the author of the book “Grieving Room: Making Space for All the Hard Things After Death and Loss,” a book that developed as she processed her own journey of loss after the death of her sister. She is an active voice in the grieving community through her curation of the Instagram page @grieving.room which has 37,000 followers. After eighteen years serving as a pastor, she now works as the Executive Minister of the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec. She lives in Hamilton, Ontario with her husband and two teenaged children.)
Dr. Jennifer Russel is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Psychiatry. Currently, she is serving as the Psychiatrist in Chief of Mental Health and Psychiatry at Michael Garron Hospital. She is the psychiatrist for the Transitional Youth program and works in the Emergency Department. She is also an Adjunct Professor with Department of Psychiatry at The University of British Columbia.
Previous to joining the Psychiatry Department at The University of Toronto, Dr. Russel was the Associate Head of Psychiatry at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) for Child, Youth and Women’s Hospital Program and the Director for Postgraduate Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) Subspecialty for UBC. Dr. Russel previously served as Interim Psychiatrist in Chief for BCCH and Women’s Hospital, as the Medical Director for the BCCH Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Unit, and as the Clinical Director for the Compass Program. In 2020, Dr. Russel was named a Physician Changemaker by the Canadian Medical Association.
Dr. Russel’s clinical focus is leveraging technology and clinical innovation to build capacity and improve access to care for patients with complex mental health presentations. She is particularly passionate about Trauma Informed Care. She was a cofounder of the Psychological PPE program (TEND Academy), with expertise in Compassion Fatigue, Burnout and Vicarious Trauma. She is also a certified organizational coach.
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