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MEET Sky McLaughlin

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Specializations

Facilitating Organizational Learning for Real Culture Change

Sky’s consulting work focuses on learning design, research, and addressing client pain points in the DEI field. With 25+ years of experience in trauma-informed and inclusive education, she fosters authentic connections and psychologically safe spaces. Having lived across the globe, Sky has collaborated with communities in 50+ countries, advocating for decolonized education systems. Her diverse experiences enable her to appreciate different perspectives, harness the strengths of diversity, and recognize biases rooted in social structures. Sky holds an MA in Teaching and a PhD in Critical Discourse Analysis from the University of Liverpool.

RAVES ABOUT Sky McLaughlin

“Best DEIB training I have ever experienced. Sky and Sherilyn are amazing and made me feel optimistic about DEIB.”

Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang

Commissioner and Medical Officer of Health, Region of Waterloo

“I have been working with Sky and Sherilyn of MT Consulting Group for over two years. They are both highly skilled facilitators and have deep knowledge about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Both are people oriented, life long learners, with a natural ability to establish trusting relationships with diverse stakeholders, leaders and staff. What I noticed about them is they learn about the organization in which they work, and take a keen interest in tying training to the strategic goals. They are flexible, approachable and agile facilitators. I am pleased to recommend them and have the pleasure of working with them over the course of the next five years.”

Dr. Candy Khan

Manager, DEIB, Region of Waterloo

About

Sky chose a career in diversity, equity and inclusion long before the terminology was mainstream in Canadian workplaces. Sky is a strong social justice advocate: her commitment to accessible education for women, girls and other historically excluded groups led her to working on the ground for more than a decade in conflict and post-conflict zones across the Middle East and Central Asia. With advanced degrees and nearly 25 years of broad experience in education, international development and international relations across 57 countries, Sky has cultivated expertise in:

Training, facilitation and “sticky learning”
Research
Strategic planning
Stakeholder relations and engagement
Inclusive leadership
Organizational learning assessments
Curriculum development
Newcomer settlement support services

Sky has managed multi-million dollar projects in complex public sector unionized environments such as the University of Alberta, Indiana University, USAID and McGill University and has won awards for outstanding partnership development.

Sky has exercised her passion for mentorship and the economic empowerment of women and girls through the founding of an Edmonton-based social enterprise, and through volunteer positions on the City of Edmonton Citizen Services Advisory Board, the Bredin Centre Board, the Alberta Immigrant Entrepreneur Mentorship Program, the Queen’s Young Leaders Mentorship Program and the Junior League of Edmonton.

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