“WCC workshops have proven to be a uniquely beneficial and empowering experience. It offers something many services don’t: a nationwide, creative space where individuals from diverse walks of life can come together [and] find joy in a shared activity that brings purpose, connection, and healing.” – Erica Pretty, Community Developer at Ottawa Salus

In the 2025 edition of our Year in Review, we explore powerful stories from partners, writers, facilitators, and supporters to understand the impact of WCC’s accessible, nationwide community arts programming.

Thank you, writer, for being in community with us and for helping us reach new milestones. In every WCC workshop, we transform the unrest of our world through the very simple—yet radical—act of writing together, sharing, and listening deeply to one another.

We invite you to browse the Writers Collective of Canada 2025 Year in Review: WRITE here, RIGHT now to discover how we amplify magnificent underheard voices through accessible arts-health programming, and why the WCC service model is needed now more than ever.