Sixian Lim
Community weaver, writer in BC, Canada
I am currently seeking out opportunities in multidisciplinary roles that will allow me to study, design, give shape and voice to emerging systems and communities.
In particular, looking at designing healthier ecologies all round, and empowering people and communities who are doing the work!
HMU if you'd like to chat or an offering to open doors.
About
I care deeply about human flourishing, and about the health and resilience of our systems — human or otherwise. I am a facilitator and I find designing spaces for reflection, conversation and collective reckoning to be highly compelling — I am an earnest advocate for more hospitable spaces! Restoring our connection with self, others, and land is, I believe, at the heart of all the things we are trying to make right.
That aside, I want to write words, experiment, riff and make magic with like-minded and like-hearted folks.
Side Projects
Community-powered search engine seeking to change the way we learn and seek out information on the internet
Published Foodscape Pages' inaugural publication The Sauce, Issue 01 Soil - an anthology of stories and thought pieces seeking to highlight narratives around regenerative agricultural systems, cultures and food, in Singapore and the bioregion.
Contributing-editor to Soil.
Featured content:
- Photo Essay on Chai Prakarn in Northern Thailand
- Looking into the Dragon's Eye - an in-depth essay on longan economies in Northern Thailand
Launched Foodscape Pages - the editorial arm of Foodscape Collective
Writing
an in-depth essay looking into longan economies in northern Thailand, interconnectedness between people and ecologies, and the practice of gratitude.
Work Experience
Developed a body of work around facilitation, and space-holding.
Designed and facilitated programmes with an emphasis on social-emotional learning for young people — guiding them as they find relevance, meaning, and conviction
Host of Awakin Circles in Singapore in 2018.
Collaborated with certified Forest Therapy guides, using body-based practices to draw awareness to our connection to nature
Facilitator of natural farming and harvesting programmes for children and their families.
Curated mindful eating experiences for community groups, using food as medium to raise awareness about supply chains, drawing parallels between personal awareness and mindful action
Oversaw business development, finance, and administration ensuring smooth operation of the school
across all satellite campuses
Partnership management for youth development workshops focusing on socio-emotional awareness
Initiated partnerships and networks with businesses and universities in Asia for programme
development & collaboration opportunities
Conceptualized and implemented experiential learning programmes for college students
Mapped the youth development ecosystem to inform policy and ongoing programming effort
Facilitated grant-making & resource development for the growth of the youth sector
Partnership Management: Created opportunities for dialogue and consultations in the youth development ecosystem with stakeholders, including youth developers, mentors, and grantmakers
Volunteering
Led community programmes at GUI - a social enterprise based in Singapore cultivating a community-powered School of Life for people to connect and heal, rooted in sustainability.
Community documentary screenings & discussions for sustainability-themed documentaries The True Cost, and Cotton Road.
Education
Certifications
Deepened self-awareness and group-awareness by gaining insights into group behavioural patterns, power dynamics and reactions
Developed capacity for self-regulation and group-regulation by working through a range of practical strategies to intervene in a group’s behavioural patterns
Developed effectiveness in group relational management by learning how to facilitate conversations that support desired changes at the small group and large group level