“I thought, if I’m getting so much from this beautiful thing, I want to share it. I want to help others. I want others to experience the magic of WCC, the way it can touch your life. So when I was invited to…

Living Long in the Distillery (LLID) is a community organization working toward an integrated approach to support healthy ageing for older adults living in the community. This month, Jim Swafford from LLID shares his perspective on the significance of creative, community-based programs for older adults. JIM:…

Martin Bryan is a Lead Community Health Worker at East End Community Health Centre (EECHC) in Toronto. For this month’s facilitator spotlight, we asked Martin to share his perspective as a recently-trained facilitator and community worker on the importance of low-barrier social prescriptions…

WCC is proud and humbled to spotlight writer, senior, and donor Beth Cook. Beth is a developing writer who generally writes from Guelph or Toronto. During her career, she was employed in a wide variety of jobs, and at last has found her vocation:…

“Becoming a facilitator in this program has been one of the most rewarding decisions I’ve made. […] Knowing that I’ve played a role in fostering that deep connection is incredibly fulfilling.” – Debbie Adams, WCC facilitator At Writers Collective of Canada (WCC), we’re…

Meet Jen Jilany. In the spring of this year, Jen encountered her first-ever WCC workshop at the Hazel McCallion Central Library. By September, she was a trained WCC facilitator, co-facilitating writing workshops where it all began—at the public library. In celebration of Canadian…