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Jas is a phenomenal facilitator. She sets the dynamic between her and the group very early on as more of a friend to friend type of teaching rather than the typical top down academic lecturing that is the university norm.

Jas is highly effective in maintaining high morale. She wonderfully facilitated and very informative class. The conversations were stimulating, applicable to real-life in the department, and I came away with some new strategies. Indeed, this training was very helpful and very relevant to the current challenges that have been blown out in the open with the issues of inclusion and diversity in Canada and abroad. I’ll be moving to a new desk/job in September, and this will certainly be helpful in helping navigate the change/shift!Many thanks indeed Jas for the enlightening training!

Jas has a tremendous gift for coaching : patience, open presence, empathy each comes from a kind of confidence and strength that allows for trust building quickly. In my coaching process with jas, I felt safe immediately. She has a natural way of gaining trust. She checked in regularly and kept me accountable in a caring and a balanced way.

I highly recommend Jas to any professional struggling to work with conflicting priorities and self confidence. I came to Jas wanting to be a better professional, instead she carved a path to be a better and wholesome person. I particularly admired her openness to understand my situation, see things from my perspective and her ability to guide my growth as a better professional and an individual. I recommend Jas to anyone looking for professional and personal coaching.

Jas has an intuitive ability to discern who had difficulty adjusting, and she finds just the right touch to help her learners deal with conflicting situations. Jas listens generously and conveys a message of power and privilege quite succinctly. She teaches theory through many practical simulations, has a great sense of humour.

Jas was recommended to me as I was transitioning into a bigger leadership role, leading a diverse, multicultural, global team in an international NGO. She is the coach I never knew I needed. Her focus on deep self-awareness, emotional attunement and meeting me exactly where I am allowed sometimes unexpected, but important issues to rise to the surface. I really appreciate her attentiveness, compassion, deep presence, as well as the vast repository of tools, insights and knowledge that she brings to every session. Halfway through our coaching relationship, I can already see a change - I am able to draw from a range of tools we have worked together in challenging moments to be a more present, courageous, authentic and aware leader. I would highly recommend Jas for anyone ready for a journey of transformation professionally and personally.

I took the course Intercultural Proficiency for Managers in a Canadian Mission in May 2022 and found it very helpful. Even though this will be my fourth posting, it will be my first in a management position managing both Canadians and locally engaged staff. The course provided useful tools to develop self-awareness of my unconscious biases, develop an understanding of intercultural contexts that goes deeper than surface behaviours, and approach difficult conversations with staff with cultural sensitivity. Jas facilitated discussion well and helped us work through scenarios that could lead to misunderstandings if not handled well. I will refer back to the course and what we learned as I head into my posting in Bangladesh.