Adele Finney
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Where in NB will Adele be on Saturday June 2, 2012
The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund
Adele
Finney is the Executive Director of The Primate’s World Relief and
Development Fund (PWRDF), the official relief and development agency of
the Anglican Church of Canada. Since 1997 she has worked variously for
PWRDF as
Acting Director, Communications Coordinator, Fundraising and
Promotions Coordinator, Parish and Diocesan Partnership Program
Coordinator, and Contract Writer.
In earlier work as Program Coordinator of the Kawartha World
Issues Centre in Peterborough, Ontario, Ms. Finney
coordinated educational programming and staffing for the regional global
learning centre, located at Trent University. In collaboration with
international and social justice groups she offered global learning
events, workshops and conferences for the community, with particular
emphasis on food, peace and environment
Throughout
her adult life Ms. Finney has been a playwright and workshop
facilitator. During a five- year residency in West Malaysia, she acted
as a consultant
and playwright for several theatre groups in Kuala Lumpur including
PENTAS, and participated in Philippines Educational Theatre Association
(PETA) workshops
On her return to Canada, Ms. Finney led strategic planning
sessions for Peterborough Green-Up and Trent University student groups,
and organized and facilitated “Where do we go from here?”, a community
response to September 11th, November 2001.
Her work with the Anglican Church of Canada included chairing its
international partnership committee.Over
the years she has developed and
facilitated workshops in
Language and Listening for Transitional Times, and Leadership in Edge
Habitat, using the biological concept of “edge habitat” where
opportunity and vulnerability are the context for understanding the
times and spaces we live in.
More
recently Ms. Finney has been a participant and facilitator of a local ecumenical
support group in Peterborough for the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission on Indian Residential Schools and
co-developed a study guide for the DVD
Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners for use in the churches
signatory to the
Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement.
With a seed grant and a Theatre Creators’ Reserve grant from the Ontario
Arts Council through 4th Line Theatre, Ms. Finney wrote the
play “You Don’t Know the Half of It” produced at Market Hall Theatre in
Peterborough in 2009.
