https://bizups.info/legal/1839/fahttps://bizups.info/news/3440/The Department of Imaginary Affairs (DIA) is seeking passionate and committed individuals to join our Board of Directors. Our goal is to create a world when we no longer need to talk about equity, inclusion and belonging because we have dismantled all systems of oppression. We are currently seeking 3 new board members (2 Board… https://bizups.info/news/3439/For this month’s blog post and to welcome in the New Year according to the Gregorian calendar, Alexandra Da Dalt (former DIA Board President) talks with Trevor Haldenby (current President) about the past, present, and future of governance and Board work at DIA. This is a unique look at how the organization is evolving from… https://bizups.info/news/3438/Hello there! In February, I wrote my first blog in a seriously LONG time and reminded myself that I am going to write these blogs as if no one is reading them. Does that feel scary? Obviously yes! But the only way it gets less scary for me, is if I keep doing it? What… https://bizups.info/news/3437/https://bizups.info/news/3436/Paid Opportunity We are looking for 3-4 Storytelling Caretakers. Application Deadline: December 15th 2022, midnight Honorarium: $400 The Department of Imaginary Affairs will be offering "First Winter Stories: Creative Storytelling Workshop" on February 2, 2023 from 7-9pm at the Bentway in Toronto. This workshop offering is for Newcomers, Immigrants and Refugees to share their personal… https://bizups.info/news/3435/On January 29 2022, the DIA team went to support Jenn (our CEO!) with her “Artifacts of Grief” DesignTO Installation, which highlighted the definitions, thoughts and feelings that frontline workers have about working with and experiencing grief. After participating and engaging in discussions with frontline workers and asking them to contribute a five word sentence… https://bizups.info/news/3434/When I first started working with DIA as a social researcher for the “A Tale of Two Parks” project, I felt tremendous amounts of anxiety. I had just finished working on a play that I had co-created with a friend that shared my story, focusing on my personal experiences with gender and faith, which at… https://bizups.info/news/3433/Hey there! Welcome to 2022! We have made it through the Gregorian and Lunar calendar new years and as a team, we are still working on finding our project groove despite coming in fast in January with more projects and grants to apply to than ever before. Not sure about how you're doing but… https://bizups.info/news/3432/Disclaimer: This is an end-of-year post that is not filled with all our high- hitting impact and success stories like you might expect. I am not listing off all the projects we did that I am proud of and trying to push you to look at them all again. But instead, it is a raw look… https://bizups.info/news/3431/Hello Radiant Human, before you start reading & imagining pt.2 of this blogpost, we encourage you to read pt.1 here to get yourself imagining your day with both Ari and I [Elvin]. Without further ado, let's dream away back into tabling for the first time as a team. Ari and I [Elvin] were also curious…