When we write with others, we discover ourselves. Writers Collective of Canada (WCC) is a charitable arts-health organization that ignites connection through creativity by inspiring powerful, authentic stories shared in community.
We work with partners to offer our community writing workshop program that is proven to create deep connection, increase resilience, and strengthen self-advocacy among community members. With the help of a diverse pool of volunteer facilitators, we illuminate the magnificent authentic voice of every person, including those from traditionally underserved populations and underheard individuals nationwide.
In every WCC workshop, we share our stories, listen deeply, and connect with ourselves and others. Writing together, we change the world—one story at a time.
Our Vision
Through writing together, we empower every voice, celebrate every story, and change the world.
Our Mission
WCC celebrates authentic voice—the innate creative genius in every person—through exploratory writing in community. To do this, we:
- Provide community writing workshops in community, cultivating connection through story.
- We celebrate voice inclusive of race, ethnicity, class, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, and mental health, with a strong focus on underserved populations and traditionally underheard voices.
- Inspire deep creative expression that amplifies connection between people, strengthens resilience and a positive sense of identity, and enhances societal well-being.
- Create brave spaces and promote dignity, courage, and respect for all voices in the room.
- Pioneer, promote, share, and extend our transformational workshop method.
- Teach, mentor, and empower other facilitators and community partners to use our method to serve the needs of local populations.
- Work with community service agencies to provide a powerful, non-clinical mode of support for their members.
What We Believe
Everyone is a writer.
Every person has innate creative genius—an authentic voice. It exists regardless of prior writing experience or formal education. Every life is abundant to inspire powerful writing and art. Illuminating those stories creates positive personal transformation.
Every voice deserves to be heard.
We extend opportunity, dignity, and respect to everyone who wishes to write. Our workshops celebrate voice inclusive of race, ethnicity, class, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, and mental health.
We are all connected through story.
Stories have the power to remove barriers of difference and to broaden perspectives. By writing together and listening to others, we connect with the common humanity that bonds us all.
Brave spaces inspire brave voices.
By creating brave spaces, we empower individuals to grow as writers. We facilitate non-judgmental, exploratory, and dignified community where deep listening is as important as risk-taking in writing.
Writing together, we change the world.
Social change happens one empowered voice at a time. Every day, in our workshops, people claim their stories, often for the first time. By unlocking strength and resilience, our writers positively shape their lives, ignite human connection, and influence the lives of others.
