Like many beginnings, Finding Home grew out of an idea about how the world could be rather than the way it was. In 2000, I worked on human rights in South America and when I returned to Canada she became curious about the nature of collective denial and how to shift human consciousness about our relationship to each other and to the environment. This inquiry led her to completing her Masters Degree in Dispute Resolution at the University of Victoria where I investigated approaches to reconciliation initiatives from around the world. This led me to develop a new framework and practical skills for fostering reconciliation.

Worldview Skills: Transforming Conflict From The Inside Out was published in 2005 and I began to give keynote addresses, workshops , public conversations, seminars, courses and teleconferences on Worldview Skills and Reconciliation. Committed to capacity building that reaches residents, community leaders and practitioners alike, the idea for a place-based initiative was born.

In 2006, I launched Finding Home™: How To Belong In A Changing World , a neighbourhood dialogue and capacity building initiative, and has since grown our already impressive record of neighbourhood success stories.