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Building a New Story with Vulnerable Citizens

John Lord is a researcher, educator, innovator and author

He lives in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. For decades, his mission has been to use research and education to create positive change in human services and communities, so that vulnerable citizens can achieve full citizenship, participation, and equality.

John has been a leader and founder of several local, provincial, and national initiatives designed to meet this mission.

This website was designed by John’s friends to enable people to access John’s recent publications and for John to have an easy access place for sharing his most recent insights and ideas.

Look for his most recent articles that challenge policy makers and community agencies to move toward what John calls the New Story, a new paradigm approach to supporting vulnerable citizens in community.

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*New items posted-Sept 22/08

Background

Speaking Events*

New Articles

Publications

Seminars & Workshops

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John Lord and Peggy Hutchison's New Book "Pathways to Inclusion:..." is now available...click here....to order!

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Background

John was a founder in 1982 and first director for more than a decade of the Centre for Research and Education in Human Services (www.crehs.on.ca). Located in Kitchener, the Centre has had a major impact on community research approaches across Canada. John and his colleagues pioneered participatory action research in human services. The Centre has also played a major role in leading-edge research related to new paradigm approaches in mental health and other areas of vulnerability.

John was a founder of the Support Clusters Project, developed in the early 1990’s to address the support network needs of people with significant vulnerabilities and disabilities. Now known as the Support Clusters Network, this initiative has had enormous impact across Ontario on our thinking about the role of informal support in any caregiving system.

John was the founder of the Welcome Home Initiative in Waterloo Region. Designed to assist people returning to our communities from psychiatric facilities to connect with relationships and common interest groups, this peer oriented approach reflects the need many people have to be “let in” to community.

John has completed research with the independent living movement in Canada since 1985. This work has been instrumental in helping the Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres (CAILC) to gain insights into their own work and to build their research capacity. John is currently writing a book on the history and impact of the independent living movement in Canada. CAILC honoured John’s work in 1999 by creating a research award in his name. See www.cailc.ca

John has been a leader in researching, writing, and speaking about the new paradigm of community and disability. His first detailed writings appeared in 2001 in a co-authored booked called Shifting the Paradigm in Community Mental Health: Toward Empowerment and Community. This booked can be ordered from University of Toronto Press http://www.utppublishing.com/pubstore/merchant.ihtml?pid=7425&step=4

Building on that work, John has written extensively about what he now calls the New Story, a new paradigm approach to supporting vulnerable citizens in community. The idea is to create options for people that involve three key elements – person-directed planning and facilitation, social network and relationship development, and individualized funding. When taken together, these approaches create opportunities for people to experience creative supports in community and full citizenship. See John’s publications to explore these ideas further as well as the web site of the Individualized Funding Coalition for Ontario (www.individualizedfunding.ca)

As a family member with a daughter with a disability; John and his partner Peggy Hutchison, a faculty member at Brock University, http://www.brocku.ca/fahs/profile/index.phtml?id=134; have created an inclusive life for Karen, who has a “support circle” that walks with her through life and community. John and Peggy are completing a book on several innovative projects across Canada that reflect the New Story and networks that enable people to be embedded in community.
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Speaking Events

2008

* Oct 31 - Interactive Workshop, Huntington Society Canada, National Conference 2008, "Expanding and Engaging Our Climbing Team", Delta Prince Edward Hotel, Charlottetown, PEI click for brochure

* Oct 4 - Keynote Address, Family Alliance Ontario Conference, "Engaging Families-Pathways to Inclusion", Travelodge Ottawa Hotel & Conference Centre, Ottawa, ON click for brochure

* June 11-13 - Keynote Speaker and Workshop Leader on the New Story, Annual Conference, British Columbia Association for Community Living, Surrey, B.C. www.bcacl.org

* May 25 - Guest Speaker, Walk of Hope, to kick off 10th Anniversary of the Walk sponsored by the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, Guelph and Area Chapter - Evergreen Community Centre, 683 Woolich St., Guelph, ON.

Walk Registration at 2:30 pm, talk at 3 pm.

*April 10 & 11 - Facilitation Training Workshop: Building a New Story, with John Lord and Charlotte Dingwall, Toronto, Ontario click for flyer

*April 4 - Keynote address to OADD Conference - Barrie, Ontario - John will be accepting the 2008 Research Award from the Ontario Association of Developmental Disabilities (OADD) www.oadd.org

*March 10 - Kitchener Public Library, John Lord and Peggy Hutchison will be talking about their new book "Pathways to Inclusion"

2007

*October 25-26 - "Facilitation Training for the New Story" with John Lord and Charlotte Dingwall - Guelph, Ontario click for flyer

*October 11 - Keynote address to "Deinstitutionalization Forum" - Halifax, Nova Scotia click for flyer

*September 26 - Brock University Colloquim, St. Catharines, Ontario, "Conversations on Community" with John Lord and Judith Snow click for flyer

March 27 - Waterloo Regional Homes for Mental Health, Guest Speaker to Annual General Meeting, Kitchener, ON - "Building a New Story Together"

www.waterlooregionalhomes.com

May 3-5 - Saskatchewan Association for Community Living Conference, Keynote Speaker and Workshop Leader - Themes; Deinstitutionalization, Family Support, Individualized Funding www.sacl.org

May 30 - Pre-Conference Workshop with other Canadian Leaders, National Community Living Conference: Re-Inventing Community Supports, Toronto. Workshop: "Building a New Story: Transforming Systems and Services Across Canada" http://www.cacl.ca/english/natconf/index.html

June 18 - Keynote Address to Canadian Paraplegic Association Ontario, Annual General Meeting, Lyndhurst Hospital, Toronto -

"Inclusive Lives: How People and Communities are Building a New Story"

www.cpaont.org

2006

June 22 - Breaking Down Barriers, Collingwood Independent Living Centre
Address at the Annual General Meeting, "Citizenship and Participation"
http://www.breakingdownbarriers.org/

Oct 11 - Keynote Address to Accreditation Ontario, Toronto www.accreditationontario.com/conf2006/conf2006.htm

Oct 21 - Family Focus Conference, Vancouver www.familyfocusconference.com/FamilyFocus.htm

Oct 26 - Presentation to Community Living West Northumberland, 7 - 9:15 pm Community Living Resource Centre - 275 Cottesmore Ave, Cobourg - 905-372-4455

Dec 1 - Ability Symposium, Niagara Centre for Independent Living

www.abilityforlife.ca

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New Articles

SOCIAL NETWORKS: FACILITATORS EXPAND CAPACITY THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS: An excerpt from "Pathways to Inclusion: Building a New Story with People and Communities", a book by John Lord and Peggy Hutchison, to be published in July 2007.

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Publications
John has published many articles which have been categorized under these headings: Power, Empowerment, Partnerships & Advocacy; New Paradigm Values, Principles & Approaches; Independent Living Movement; Person-directed Planning, Support and Individualized Funding and other related areas of focus.

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Seminar & Workshops
Past workshops/seminars have dealt with topics such as Building the New Story; Power of Facilitation; Building Genuine Relationships; Power, Participation and Social Supports; and Deinstitutionalization.

Background
John was a founder in 1982 and first director for more than a decade of the Centre for Research and Education in Human Services (www.crehs.on.ca). Located in Kitchener, the Centre has had a major impact on community research approaches across Canada. John and his colleagues pioneered participatory action research in human services. The Centre has also played a major role in leading-edge research related to new paradigm approaches in mental health and other areas of vulnerability. John was a founder of the Support Clusters Project, developed in the early 1990’s to address the support network needs of people with significant vulnerabilities and disabilities. Now known as the Support Clusters Network, this initiative has had enormous impact across Ontario on our thinking about the role of informal support in any caregiving system. John was the founder of the Welcome Home Initiative in Waterloo Region. Designed to assist people returning to our communities from psychiatric facilities to connect with relationships and common interest groups, this peer oriented approach reflects the need many people have to be “let in” to community. John has completed research with the independent living movement in Canada since 1985. This work has been instrumental in helping the Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres (CAILC) to gain insights into their own work and to build their research capacity. John is currently writing a book on the history and impact of the independent living movement in Canada. CAILC honoured John’s work in 1999 by creating a research award in his name. See www.cailc.ca John has been a leader in researching, writing, and speaking about the new paradigm of community and disability. His first detailed writings appeared in 2001 in a co-authored booked called Shifting the Paradigm in Community Mental Health: Toward Empowerment and Community. This booked can be ordered from University of Toronto Press http://www.utppublishing.com/pubstore/merchant.ihtml?pid=7425&step=4 Building on that work, John has written extensively about what he now calls the New Story, a new paradigm approach to supporting vulnerable citizens in community. The idea is to create options for people that involve three key elements – person-directed planning and facilitation, social network and relationship development, and individualized funding. When taken together, these approaches create opportunities for people to experience creative supports in community and full citizenship. See John’s publications to explore these ideas further as well as the web site of the Individualized Funding Coalition for Ontario (www.individualizedfunding.ca) As a family member with a daughter with a disability; John and his partner Peggy Hutchison, a faculty member at Brock University, http://www.brocku.ca/fahs/profile/index.phtml?id=134; have created an inclusive life for Karen, who has a “support circle” that walks with her through life and community. John and Peggy are completing a book on several innovative projects across Canada that reflect the New Story and networks that enable people to be embedded in community. Up
Speaking Events		2008 * Oct 31 - Interactive Workshop, Huntington Society Canada, National Conference 2008, "Expanding and Engaging Our Climbing Team", Delta Prince Edward Hotel, Charlottetown, PEI click for brochure * Oct 4 - Keynote Address, Family Alliance Ontario Conference, "Engaging Families-Pathways to Inclusion", Travelodge Ottawa Hotel & Conference Centre, Ottawa, ON click for brochure * June 11-13 - Keynote Speaker and Workshop Leader on the New Story, Annual Conference, British Columbia Association for Community Living, Surrey, B.C. www.bcacl.org * May 25 - Guest Speaker, Walk of Hope, to kick off 10th Anniversary of the Walk sponsored by the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, Guelph and Area Chapter - Evergreen Community Centre, 683 Woolich St., Guelph, ON. Walk Registration at 2:30 pm, talk at 3 pm. April 10 & 11 - Facilitation Training Workshop: Building a New Story, with John Lord and Charlotte Dingwall, Toronto, Ontario click for flyer* April 4 - Keynote address to OADD Conference - Barrie, Ontario* - John will be accepting the 2008 Research Award from the Ontario Association of Developmental Disabilities (OADD) www.oadd.org March 10 - Kitchener Public Library, John Lord and Peggy Hutchison will be talking about their new book "Pathways to Inclusion" 2007* October 25-26 - "Facilitation Training for the New Story" with John Lord and Charlotte Dingwall - Guelph, Ontario click for flyer* October 11 - Keynote address to "Deinstitutionalization Forum" - Halifax, Nova Scotia click for flyer September 26 - Brock University Colloquim, St. Catharines, Ontario, "Conversations on Community" with John Lord and Judith Snow click for flyer March 27 - Waterloo Regional Homes for Mental Health, Guest Speaker to Annual General Meeting, Kitchener, ON - "Building a New Story Together" www.waterlooregionalhomes.com May 3-5 - Saskatchewan Association for Community Living Conference, Keynote Speaker and Workshop Leader - Themes; Deinstitutionalization, Family Support, Individualized Funding www.sacl.org May 30 - Pre-Conference Workshop with other Canadian Leaders, National Community Living Conference: Re-Inventing Community Supports, Toronto. Workshop: "Building a New Story: Transforming Systems and Services Across Canada" http://www.cacl.ca/english/natconf/index.html June 18 - Keynote Address to Canadian Paraplegic Association Ontario, Annual General Meeting, Lyndhurst Hospital, Toronto - "Inclusive Lives: How People and Communities are Building a New Story" www.cpaont.org 2006 June 22 - Breaking Down Barriers, Collingwood Independent Living Centre Address at the Annual General Meeting, "Citizenship and Participation" http://www.breakingdownbarriers.org/ Oct 11 - Keynote Address to Accreditation Ontario, Toronto www.accreditationontario.com/conf2006/conf2006.htm Oct 21 - Family Focus Conference, Vancouver www.familyfocusconference.com/FamilyFocus.htm Oct 26 - Presentation to Community Living West Northumberland, 7 - 9:15 pm Community Living Resource Centre - 275 Cottesmore Ave, Cobourg - 905-372-4455 Dec 1 - Ability Symposium, Niagara Centre for Independent Living www.abilityforlife.ca
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New Articles		SOCIAL NETWORKS: FACILITATORS EXPAND CAPACITY THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS: An excerpt from "Pathways to Inclusion: Building a New Story with People and Communities", a book by John Lord and Peggy Hutchison, to be published in July 2007.
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Publications		John has published many articles which have been categorized under these headings: Power, Empowerment, Partnerships & Advocacy; New Paradigm Values, Principles & Approaches; Independent Living Movement; Person-directed Planning, Support and Individualized Funding and other related areas of focus.
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Seminar & Workshops		Past workshops/seminars have dealt with topics such as Building the New Story; Power of Facilitation; Building Genuine Relationships; Power, Participation and Social Supports; and Deinstitutionalization.