About Living Ways Foundation Living Ways Foundation is dedicated to creating a more hopeful, compassionate and sustainable world.
Living Ways offers educational and transformative experiences, primarily focused on key dimensions of wellness: people, communities and the planet. Living Ways initiates and supports key grassroots projects in areas of high poverty, raising hope in the face of despair.
Our Vision
We envision a world where all people and nature are valued and contribute to the health and well-being of all of life.
Our Mission
Our mission is to develop and share practical knowledge and wisdom-based initiatives that heal and empower all people and our planet.
Our Values
Sustainability
Generosity
Diversity
Courtesy
Respect
Equity
Grace
Integrity
Presence
Awareness
Forgiveness
Cherishing Our Planet
What Matters:
Cherishing our Planet
Care and respect for the earth and the diversity of species which inhabit our planet is foundational to all we do. Although aware we cannot fix the entire world at once, we believe in infinite possibilities.
Children & Youth
Commitment to investing in children and youth is a priority of Living Ways Foundation. Believing in themselves, celebrating their cultural heritage, and developing key values will give children and youth the life skills to affect change in our world.
Nature
Acknowledging nature as being a primary teacher of innate wisdom and source of healing and wellness is the foundation for numerous events and programs at Living Ways Foundation. Though modernity and technology have certain gifts, they leave many disconnected from the beauty and magic of nature.
Poverty Relief
Understanding that poverty limits access to growth, skills and potential, Living Ways seeks to use innovative strategies to foster access to programs and education.
Food Security
Learning how to grow, harvest, store and share organic, naturally nutritious food achieves many positive and broad-ranging outcomes: from restoring our relationship with nature, and building inclusive communities to addressing economic, social and health disparity.
The Way of The Heart
Living Ways recognizes that the expansive qualities of the heart such as compassion and generosity create significant opportunity to raise hope in the face of despair.
Transformational Wholistic Ways
Living in extraordinary times full of uncertainty and potential, Living Ways Foundation recognizes the essentialness of increasing consciousness and maximizing human potential. We aspire to have holistic initiatives inclusive of mind, body, heart and spirit.
Wisdom of Elders
Living Ways aims to increase awareness of the powerful role of elders/wisdom keepers, as well as disseminating their messages and supporting the concept of eldership for children, youth and adults.
Board of Directors
Founder, Chair & President
Leslie Fell, BSc.(O.T.) Hons., MHSc.
Leslie has 35 + years of experience in health and community care. Travel abroad and connection with scholars and indigenous elders has profoundly influenced her life. Leslie is passionate about philanthropy, food security, care for our planet and humanity, and creating initiatives and events that share knowledge and wisdom.
Treasurer
Chris Wiggins, BA Hons., MA, CAIP
Currently Principal, Cprax Consulting and Director BKM Inc.. Chris is a seasoned business professional with more than 35 years of of progressive work in marketing consulting and market/social research. He is passionate about marketing and inspiring organizational teams to exceed the expectations of their customers and stakeholders. In addition to being on the board of BKM, he has served as on the management committees of several firms and as an Office of Ipsos Canada. He has also been involved in community organizations as a volunteer or Board Member working on housing issues, alleviation of poverty and private childcare.
Secretary
Kristy Micklewright, BSc., RMT
Kristy is a nature enthusiast with over 15 years experience as a holistic practitioner. She is passionate about food insecurity and care of our planet. Of particular interest to Kristy is the potential of community gardens. Her work and personal life have been shaped by her training in compassionate inquiry and exploration of the intersectionality of nature, spirit, mind and body. Her work at Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation has demonstrated to her the importance of having a deep connection with nature and supporting community health and wellness.
Brad Peterson, M.L.A., BSc., OALA, CSLA
Brad is an ecologist, farmer and environmental landscape architect with over 30 years of experience in sustainable land management, environmental design and landscape architecture. Brad has particular strength in application of permaculture principles, design and management of sustainable landscapes and organic production systems with application to smart growth, planning policy and organic standards.
Heather Graham, BA Administration, BA Psychology Hons., MHSc.
Heather is the principal of H. Graham Consulting which has provided comprehensive management consulting services to a wide range of organizations and collaborations in the not-for-profit sector for more than 25 years. She believes that organizations/groups get to transformative change by aligning personal growth, organizational development and systems change work. Heather is a highly skilled consultant, coach and facilitator who specializes in authentic collaboration and collaborative governance, board development, strategic planning, and meaningful community engagement.
Stay Current with
Living Ways Foundation
Sign up to receive our email updates on our events and key projects.
We’ll never share your information, and you will always have the opportunity to unsubscribe.