Brigid Tierney (she/they)

Brigid is passionate about co-creating spaces where people are able to show up, share, challenge, connect, disagree, grow, let the complex remain so, get a bit uncomfortable and feel heard. She began her facilitation journey exploring the connection to our bodies as it relates to our sexual health and care in Vancouver using theater of the oppressed.  She has been developing in facilitation ever since, working to create spaces that are creative, dynamic, thriving, engaging and inclusive.  Since completing a master in Cultural Studies, she’s worked full time in cultural institutions, trying to make the space a little bit bigger, and a little bit warmer, and a lot less exclusive.  This has looked like youth engagement and community work, building programming that supported access, inclusion and involvement for all community members both as cultural producers and within the institution.   She works in program design, strategy, organizational transformation and communications — as a consultant, facilitator, strategist and cultural programmer —  finding ways to have people connect more efficiently in their work, workplace and teams; from short meetings to long term collaborations and on.  She is a queer white (irish/jewish) Montrealer who lived in Toronto but now lives again in Montreal with her partner and two littles (!!) She loves what the Jam makes possible for her and all the softness, vulnerability, love and generosity it reminds, nurtures and invites.