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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.