About us

Practicing
and teaching
co-creation

Co.school is a Canadian small business, based in BC (Kelowna and Vancouver). We work with values-aligned partners, online and in-person, to co-create meaningful change. 
What is co-creation? It’s the act of working together with your community to design and create something new — you can read more about co-creation here, and discover some of our stories of change. As co-design partners, we help teach and lead processes of collaborative innovation. 

Co.school’s purpose is to foster flourishing futures for our people and partners.

THE TEAM

Kevan Gilbert

Founder & Facilitator

Portrait photo of Kevan Gilbert

Charlotte Taverner-Whelpton

Director of Facilitation

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the network
Holding space for inclusive, collaborative participation is an important part of Co.school’s work. When needed, we draw on a diverse network of values-aligned change-makers, facilitators, and educators.
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Ceri Rees

entelechypartners.co
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Krystal Renschler

mutatio.co
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Lance Odegard

unstucking.co
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Tracey Falk

traceyfalk.com
OUR APPROACH
Here’s what our clients consistently tell us stands out about our approach — what makes us different:

The way we design for inclusivity and accessibility.
We’re committed to creating pathways for genuine inclusion. We pay attention to our own healing and needs, and are humbly committed to learning how to better hold space for diverse needs.

The way we work as partners.
Through listening and strategic care, we really pay attention to our partner’s needs, and through that, community needs. Our care, adaptability and customization means clients experience excellent service. We make space for curiosity, questions, engagement and interaction, meaning people feel deeply heard — it’s the co in Co.school.

The way we bring life.
Our methods and approach have a freshness and liveliness to it; an energetic spark that helps encourage shifts and inspire change. Co.school brings warmth, humour and enthusiasm to how we show up. 

“In all of our interactions, Co.school have been results-oriented, responsible, respectful, and responsive... as we work with the provincial government to achieve real systems change on behalf of disabled children and their families.”

– Pat Mirenda, Ph.D., Chair, BCDC
OUR VALUES

Authenticity

When we contribute as our authentic selves, our collaborations flourish. But this needs our first home, the self, to be greeted with love and self-acceptance. Making space for our own thoughts, feelings and needs is a core step in healthy partnership.

Hospitality

The experience of coming together to share perspectives isn’t always easy. To welcome differences, explore new ground, foster creativity, and engage in healthy conflict, we need hospitable spaces where honest work can be done. 

Peace

Nonviolence is an option, even when we disagree, towards a healed world. We are hopeful that even through trauma, pain and conflict, that peace is possible — that we can bring humanity, dignity and empathy to the stories we hear. 

Life

We want to see flourishing in the communities where we work and live. Inspired by living systems in nature, we see ourselves as partners in life’s interconnectedness. We plant seeds, cultivate conditions, and wait patiently, knowing that life springs forth not linearly, but in seasons and cycles.

Love

We want to lend our energy and creativity to causes that pursue inclusion, love and liberation. We hope our work helps co-create worlds and organizations that are more compassionate and inclusive, and want to do our best to co-create a work and life that models this as well. 
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