Anne-Catherine Bajard
Executive Director @British Columbia Council for International Cooperation
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WORK HISTORY
Executive Director @British Columbia Council for International Cooperation
Vancouver, BC, CA
Leadership role, supporting and representing the members\' interests.Key action areas- Advocacy for local actors to become engaged in equal and respectful partnerships locally and across continents towards shared goals. Solidarity, mutual benefit relationships- Forward-looking analysis, identification of new roles for Canada/Turtle Island-based international cooperation actors in the context of a more globally connected world of partnerships and solidarity. Systems approach- Promotion and support at vision and mission level: focus on members\' increased adaptive capacity and exploration of new paths in light of diminishing resources together with increased capacity of partners- Sustained campaign to demonstrate to a Canadian \"engaged\" population the degree to which local communities here and across the world hold knowledge beyond our expectations. Respect, knowledge exchange, joint knowledge generation, networking- Shift in attitude within international cooperation actors: in public engagement work, recognition that people each have awareness of their realities. Shift from \"raising\" awareness to connecting different experiences, perceptions and perspectives for shared and generative dialogue and learning- Broadened scope of actors, allies, knowledge networks, interest groups and sectors- Advocacy and practice of bridging generational or identity silos: intergenerational and intersectional approaches.
EDUCATION
The University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Geography, Latin American literature
University of Alberta
Certificate, Indigenous Canada - history
University of Victoria
Master of Arts - MA, Human Geography and Indigenous Governance
SKILLS
ABOUT ANNE-CATHERINE BAJARD
I am an activist for human rights, for equity, for diversity, and our role in the ecosystem. I believe in listening to people\'s voices and recognizing that every individual is a mosaic in themselves. We are multidimensional. And we live in a world of multidimensional inequality. Connecting people, connecting experience and knowledge, that is my passion and strength. My experience as manager, director and researcher includes gender justice, community economic development, education and governance, identity and ethnicity, community economic development, public health and sanitation. I have also worked in humanitarian contexts, the 2014-15 Ebola crisis in Liberia, 2010 post-earthquake Haiti and socio-economic crises again in Haiti 2018-19. I am a strategic thinker: context-driven, future-looking, multi-focus, deductive, systemic, those are the words that best describe me. I focus on movement building and alliances towards policy development, advocacy, structural causes and solutions, combining immediate and strategic needs. I am in continuous learning mode from colleagues, allies and partners such as the domestic workers of Bolivia, the indigenous peoples of South America, youth movements in Liberia, the community economic development network of Canada, the alternative media in Haiti, women\'s rights, indigenous rights and human rights organisations in West Africa, Latin America, North America and Europe. French, Spanish and English with native fluency.
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