Hi, I'm Bhupie

Facilitator

+

Writer

Hi, I'm Bhupie Facilitator + Writer

Hi! I’m Bhupie

(SHE/HER; MA, RCC-ACS)

I’m a settler who was born and raised on the stolen unceded, ancestral territories of the Semiahmoo, sq̓əc̓iy̓aɁɬ təməxʷ (Katzie), Kwantlen, kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Qayqayt, and sc̓əwaθenaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsawwassen) Nations; and my ancestors are from India. I am a cis, non-disabled, middle class, small fat woman. 

 

Being in spaces where we learn relationally…

has been the most meaningful experiences for me. I feel privileged to do this not only in my personal life but also in the ways I engage in my counselling practice and in academic/’professional’ spaces. 

For almost two decades, I brought what I could to create space within academic/professional settings so that we could engage in work that would be more radical and liberatory.

Recognising that what I was doing in academia wasn’t enough nor sustainable, I began to fantasize about a more liberatory space—

A space where we had shared ethics but different lived and living experiences; where we could invite each other into critique and feedback without backlash; where we could build more accountability practices; where we could name power, where we could shake up things if we wanted to; where honesty and vulnerability were honoured and witnessed, not fetishized; where we could dream of what would come next;

And where we were in connection and community. 

And as we engaged with community, we grew and I felt more at ease knowing that we could do this together.

I am so honoured to be a part of such an amazing group of people and so look forward to having you join us.

 

✦ Courses taught by Bhupie ✦

 

Navigate common blocks to
justice-doing

the Resisting Collusion Workshop

Learn to navigate the most common roadblocks to justice-doing in this half self-study, half live workshop.

UNDERSTAND SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION

Justice Fundamentals: the Training

Access an 18-module masters-level training program to help you root your therapy practice in a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of systemic oppression.

Uncover BIases +
track Power

Practicing Justice Masterclass

Uncover biases you didn’t know you had with this tried+true questioning sequence that leverages your life experience to build a scaffolding knowledge of how systems of oppression play out.

 

*Our comprehensive training programs are paid offerings that support the work of ROJ + community organizing initiatives as per our mandate.