Our Team
Co-Founder & Lead Trainer, Leonie Smith
P. Leonie Smith is a first-generation Canadian of Jamaican heritage and is founder of The Thoughtful Workplace, a consultancy that uses a relational and skill-building approach to coaching, training, and mediation. Informed by modalities such as nonviolent communication and Sociocracy, she is dedicated to supporting organisations and individuals to find ways of working that create more space for humanity and generate less harm. She has more than 20 years of experience in senior management positions championing an approach to leadership that supports care and efficiency towards a shared purpose.
Co-Founder & Facilitator, catherine strickland
catherine strickland (she/her) is a white settler living on the unceded territory of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səlí" lwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations in north vancouver, british columbia. catherine spent 20 years as a professional climate change policy analyst and researcher before a life changing accident in 2010. since then she has focused on deepening her practice of Nonviolent Communication through the lens of power and privilege and is currently a CNVC certified trainer candidate. she has been a Unitarian Universalists for almost 20 years and leads antiracism initiatives in her faith community. catherine is committed to supporting a nonviolent approach to antiracism, anti-oppression and climate justice.