Clark Macfarlane Email & Phone Number

I love to help organizations, groups and communities find creative solutions to what had been seemingly intractable problems. I do this by providing sound processes, creative approaches, and thoughtful insights. By reframing difficult situations, I have been able to help transform obstacles into opportunities, stumbling blocks into steppingstones. I like to evaluate current practices, hidden assumptions, and implicit barriers in order to identify the possibilities, and determine how systems and programs can be improved. In this way, I like to think of myself as a practical visionary. Areas that I find particularly meaningful and rewarding to work in are: Mental health and addiction Indigenous self-government Community developmentThe impact of built spaces on wellness These areas are meaningful because they call for recognition of our common humanity, community building, and a strengths-based approach, all of which resonate with my values of choice, inclusion, compassion, kindness, and integrity. Some examples of my work are the:Integration of HopeGreyBruce, G&B House and CMHA Grey Bruce Branch Amalgamation of the Timiskaming and Timmins Branches of the Canadian Mental Health Association to form the Cochrane Timiskaming CMHA Development of a model for access to Long Term Care Beds on the Western James Bay Coast Creation of a rationale for the development of a seniors’ complex for Moose Factory, Development of a framework for a national suicide prevention program for Indigenous youthFor the next chapter of my career, I want to help organizations, groups, and communities to find creative solutions to the challenges they may face, whether that is in a full-time leadership position or through a strategic consulting role. If I can be of assistance, or if you simply want to exchange ideas and share what you are reading, I would love to connect with you and add you to my network.

Listed skills include Public Speaking, Policy Analysis, Government, Strategic Planning, and 19 others.