Seth Godin calls a brand 'a set of expectations, memories, stories and relationships that, taken together, account for a consumer's decision to choose one product or service over another'. Here at Culture of Care, we pride ourselves on sourcing the best human resources who have rich knowledge and experience and a deep commitment for community building.
Culture of Care was founded by Beverley Claire Pomeroy, Key Facilitator, and Katarina Thorsen, Creative Facilitator, after a successful national pilot program in an independent living community.
Culture of Care was founded by Beverley Claire Pomeroy, Key Facilitator, and Katarina Thorsen, Creative Facilitator, after a successful national pilot program in an independent living community.
Katarina (Kat) Thorsen, is an artist, craftivist and creative engagement/therapeutic art facilitator, passionate in her belief that art can heal and build connections. Kat specializes in creative engagement for at-risk youth, seniors and organizations. Her interactive art events and street art encourages participants to become part of the creative process. Kat’s own artwork can be found in private collections in North America and Europe. She published her first book, Drawn Together- Maintaining Connections and Navigating Life’s Challenges with Art, in
2013. Her next book is a true crime analysis in the form of a graphic novel. Kat resides in Vancouver, Canada.
Connect with Kat at katthorsen.com
AWARDS:
Woman of Worth Award 2014: Humanitarian of the Year
City of North Vancouver 2010 Civic Youth Award: Outstanding Supporter of Youth.
Beverley Pomeroy is an awarded and highly sought after Community Engagement Strategist, Speaker, Author of Living Grief; The Profound Journey of Ongoing Loss. Beverley’s community service began with a fifteen- year career in private health care working for MDS Inc (LifeLabs). This community health care role developed her acumen not only for serving people in need, but also her strength in business management and organizational renewal.
Beverley’s deeper journey into Community Engagement occurred when her youngest child was born with a life limiting illness and she suddenly found herself on the receiving end of community health care services.
Beverley Pomeroy works with organizations in all sectors to help them advance their own model of corporate social responsibility and profit by community engagement. She is the go-to person for organizations looking for help in community engagement, digital strategy and social consciousness. A fearless technology innovator, Beverley gives language to new ways of thinking about business that are leading the world into the 21st century.
Discover Beverley at www.beverleypomeroy.com
AWARDS:
YWCA Woman of Distinction 2011 – Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Stevie Award 2010 – Top Canadian Female Entrepreneur
BIV Top 40 Under Forty 2009
Collaborators / Co-Creators
Cheryl Bain is a respected and sought after Recreation Therapist currently the Active Living Manager at Mulberry PARC. Cheryl has spent over a decade in seniors care communities working with residents who have advanced Alzheimer's and Dementia. As an Active Living Manager, Cheryl plans, facilitates and promotes programs & leisure choices that encourage healthy, independent lifestyle for residents. Cheryl's contagious enthusiasm and abundance of energy makes her the perfect partner for Culture of Care.
Cheryl's specializes in educating Front Line staff on understanding the physical and cognitive changes that occur in the aging process. As a Gentle Persuasive Approach Trainer, Cheryl motivates Healthcare professionals, community caregivers and students to realize the meaning behind the behaviour; emphasizing connections and advocating an approach unique of each person. Key goals focusing on Personhood, Dignity and Validation. By advocating a physical, social and spiritual health and wellness, encouraging participation and a sense of belonging in community, Cheryl can inspire front line staff to enhance the quality of life for Older Adults residing in their communities.
For more than two decades, Charles Holmes has designed and facilitated collaborative strategic meetings and multi-stakeholder dialogues for corporations, government, non-profits and communities. He helps organizations committed to “doing well by doing good” develop cultures where transparency, integrity and collaboration are the way business is done. His contributions allow people to bring their very best to work while they courageously do what is best for the world.
Working at the intersection of strategy and humanity, Charles asks powerful questions that invite deep reflection, generate compelling visions, and reveal new possibilities. He introduces creative processes that set learning and relationships on a new trajectory. His approach focuses attention on self-awareness, appreciation, and shared values and purpose. He works with and draws extensively from the work of numerous colleagues and collaborators including: Peter Senge, Peter Block, Meg Wheatley, Adam Kahane, Otto Scharmer, Robert Fritz, Angeles Arrien, Juanita Brown, John Milton, and Richard Barrett, to name a few.
As a co-founder of the Learning Strategies Group at Simon Fraser University’s School of Business, he has helped develop and deliver many innovative leadership and management training programs. In 2005, he helped establish the Dalai Lama Center for Peace + Education in Vancouver. He continues to produce and curate the Connecting For Change program, which has brought a wide variety of corporate and NGO leaders together in dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Working at the intersection of strategy and humanity, Charles asks powerful questions that invite deep reflection, generate compelling visions, and reveal new possibilities. He introduces creative processes that set learning and relationships on a new trajectory. His approach focuses attention on self-awareness, appreciation, and shared values and purpose. He works with and draws extensively from the work of numerous colleagues and collaborators including: Peter Senge, Peter Block, Meg Wheatley, Adam Kahane, Otto Scharmer, Robert Fritz, Angeles Arrien, Juanita Brown, John Milton, and Richard Barrett, to name a few.
As a co-founder of the Learning Strategies Group at Simon Fraser University’s School of Business, he has helped develop and deliver many innovative leadership and management training programs. In 2005, he helped establish the Dalai Lama Center for Peace + Education in Vancouver. He continues to produce and curate the Connecting For Change program, which has brought a wide variety of corporate and NGO leaders together in dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
