The Practice Ground is a 4-week series of live, relational dialogues for a small cohort of 12–15 people. Your story anchors every session. Each week, we pair lived experience with facilitated conversation - honest collective practice through dialogue. Together, we gently examine how colonial and capitalist systems have shaped us, not as a critique from above, but as a shared reckoning from within.
🔴 Live, not self-paced: 4 weekly Zoom sessions, 90-120 minutes each
🔴 Small group: Max 15 participants
🔴 Facilitated dialogue: No lectures. No passive listening.
🔴 No recordings: What's shared in the circle stays in the circle. Your presence matters.
"A welcoming and thought-provoking experience. Moments of inspiration, discomfort, hope, and growth."
"I am leaving with new friendships, meaningful connections, and questions that continue to encourage reflection and growth."
"I so deeply appreciate the container that was created for honest, and sometimes difficult, conversations."
Dates: Sundays — October 4, 11, 18, 25 (4 sessions)
Time: 11:00 AM ADT
Format: Live Zoom (90-120 minutes per session)
Recordings: Not offered. The container is live and confidential.
Convert 11:00 AM ADT to your time zone using this link.
WEEK 1: Foundation - Who are we to each other?
Focus: Building relational trust. Examining our origin stories, positionality, and the shift from transactional to relational work.
WEEK 2: Diagnosis - Naming the water we swim in
Focus: Using Tema Okun's characteristics to diagnose white supremacy culture in our organizations. Understanding how systems show up in our daily work.
WEEK 3: Confrontation - Savourism, solidarity, and the extractive gaze
Focus: Dissecting the white saviour industrial complex. Moving from performative allyship to solidarity. Analyzing our own programs, communications, and motivations.
WEEK 4: Sustenance - Rest, grief, and resilience as resistance
Focus: Framing burnout as systemic, not personal. Practising collective care and somatic awareness. Holding grief as political work. Moving from critique to practice.
Each week: Do some assigned pre-reading. Then join the live dialogue.
A clearer understanding of how systemic patterns show up in your work and relationships
Practical tools for spotting savourism and moving toward solidarity
Language to name what you've been feeling but couldn't quite articulate
A small community of peers committed to practicing differently
A renewed sense that rest and grief are actually part of the work
This series is for you if:
You're ready to look honestly at how white supremacy culture shows up in your work, and your own role in it
You're tired of performative DEI and want real, messy practice instead
You have some experience with anti-oppression work and want to go deeper, not start from scratch
You're willing to be uncomfortable, not just informed
You believe change happens in relationship, not in isolation
⚠️ This series is not for you if:
You're looking for a quick fix or a 4-step plan
You want to be told what to do, not sit with hard questions
You're not ready to examine your own role in the systems you're trying to change
You need content to be neatly packaged and easy
You're not ready to sit with discomfort, including your own complicity
You cannot attend live sessions
Investment: $295 CAD
Reduced rate: $200 CAD (limited spots, needs-based - email us at info@seedroom.ca to request)
Group size: Max 15 participants
Platform: Zoom (link provided after purchase)
4 live Zoom dialogues (90-120 minutes each)
Reading excerpts for each week (PDF downloads)
Key concepts glossary
Weekly reflection questions