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[https://gccollab.ca/docs/view/466029/derek-test-experience-with-gccollab-wiki HERE] is the link to the love blogging I am doing on my user experience on this site.
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[[File:Profile Picture.jpg|thumb|This is a picture of Derek Alton from a retreat on reconciliation in 2016 held by 4R's Youth Movement at a YMCA Camp near Banff.
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Photo Credit: Fatin Chowdhury
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Derek Adam (Weber) Alton
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Born: October 29, 1988
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London, Ontario
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"Is more of a lover than a fighter but is also a fighter so look out" ~ from a Beer Commercial some where.
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Derek Alton is an environmental and democracy activist, a community organizer and currently a public servant for the Government of Canada.  His core passion is transforming the way Canada's democracies works to empower citizens and enable people to effectively create a more just society while tackling the great challenges of our time.  Derek has a background in social innovation, human behaviour change and movement building. 
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Derek is an active writer.  You can read many of his short thought pieces on his [https://gccollab.ca/profile/Derek.Alton GCcollab Account.]
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<u>Education:</u>
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Summary: Derek's research has focused on how individuals and societies transform their structures and behaviours.
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* University of Guelph: Undergraduate Degree in Political Science (2011)
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** ''<small>THESIS: Leadership and Social Change - End of Apartheid and the Fall of the Soviet Union</small>''
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** ''<small>MAJOR PAPER: Culture and Stability in Botswana</small>''
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* University of Guelph: Certificate in Leadership (2011)
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* University of Waterloo: Graduate Certificate in Social Innovation (2014)
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** <small>''SUMMATIVE PAPER: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByH7wmq4z9MRQ1RrZmNYcVAtS0E/view?usp=sharing Change Labs: Taking Bold Risk's But Not Alone]''</small>
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*** <small>An Examination into the role of Labs as a way of fostering social innovation in governments</small>
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* University of Wilfrid Laurier: Master's in Community Psychology (2017)
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** ''<small>THESIS: [https://gccollab.ca/file/view/270774/nurturing-close-friendship-in-the-21st-century-thesis Enabling a Sense of Community]</small>''
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*** ''<small>An examination into the regular behaviours that emerging adults use to deepen their close friendships (How do we bridge the intention-behaviour gap?)</small>''
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[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oG5O3gvEu858CbzhFMpj9y8gnkCinpMi/view?usp=sharing '''Derek's CV''']