Dr. Robin Freeman is an award-winning educator and facilitator with extensive experience in higher education and community-based settings. 

Her background as a performing artist shapes her approach to facilitation and teaching, in which creative expression, deep listening, and somatic approaches play a powerful role in relationship-building and transformational learning. Having lived in several countries, she is interested in how dialogue can foster connections and bridge cultural differences.

Robin frequently collaborates with teams and individuals to build projects that intertwine knowledge and action, integrating diverse ways of knowing so that human and more-than-human communities can flourish. As part of MWI, she designs and facilitates dialogic learning opportunities throughout Canada that bring together Indigenous Fire Keepers, researchers, firefighters, forest professionals, and community leaders to co-develop solutions for wildfire co-existence.

Robin holds a Doctor of Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, where her research explored democratic and equitable approaches to adult learning. Her publications examine the ethics of collaboration, women and mothering in academia, and the complexities of community-building through shared artistic practices. In addition to her role with MWI, Robin teaches GRAD 720: Methods in Dialogue, Facilitation, and Conflict Engagement at Simon Fraser University and is an Adjunct Faculty Member at Teachers College, Columbia University.

robin_freeman@sfu.ca