Marion Brown (she/her) is a social worker and educator in K’jipuktuk, Mi’kmaq Territory, with 25 years’ experience facilitating collaborative and meaningful conversations in community and university settings, both in person and online. She holds an MSW from Dalhousie University and a PhD in social work from Memorial University of Newfoundland and has work in community- based organizations with children, youth, and families in positions from frontline to supervisory.
Marion has an engaging and inviting facilitation style, sharing stories from practice and drawing on the experiences of participants to anchor material with relevant examples in work and in life. She is a past Board Member of the Youth Project and Chisholm Services for Children and is the founding Chair of the North End Opportunities Fund. She was recognized for her career of commitment to equity and social justice with the 2019 Canadian Association of Social Work Distinguished Service Award.
In the spirit of reconciliation, Wisdom2Action acknowledges the land on which it was originally established as the traditional and unceded territory of the M’ikmaq, known as Mi’kmak’i (Nova Scotia). Our team is spread across Turtle Island (Canada) on the treaty lands of many First Nations. We recognize the people and the land in this way as part of our commitment to anti-oppression and decolonization. We are all treaty people.
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