I was born to change the world.
And so were you.)
Hi, I’m Dominique!
I’m a voracious reader, unabashed chocoholic, ballet dancer, homebody who loves to travel, and mother to the world’s most inquisitive 7-year-old. I prefer tea over coffee, oceans over lakes, summer over winter, and, oh yeah…
I was born for this.
I am the daughter of Afro-Caribbean parents who immigrated to Canada in the 1970s. Like most immigrants, my parents wanted to give me a “better life”. This meant that I was raised and educated in very suburban neighbourhoods that were almost exclusively white.
So it’s no surprise that when I went to graduate school, my Master’s and Ph.D. work focused on critical perspectives in multicultural education. It was through this work that I began leaning into my identity as an equity advocate.
And I’ve carried this advocate orientation into my post-academic career, which now spans more than 15 years, and crosses multiple sectors.
When you add in the fact that I’m a Highly Sensitive, gifted, Type-A, Gen X, INFJ-A Gemini (with a Virgo moon and Scorpio rising!), I’ve basically had no choice but to try to make this world a better place.
And thus, Fictive Kin Equity Lab was born.
Social Justice Warrior…
In the summer of 2020, I watched the gross inequities being revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the vicious rise in anti-Black racism, and the reactionary, largely performative responses to these events with a broken - but unsurprised - heart.
After all, the reason this pattern keeps recurring is because our fundamental, societal narratives are at odds with the goals of equity and justice.
Since launching Fictive Kin, I’ve had many opportunities to reflect on why I so fully embraced the title of Social Justice Warrior:
Three things stand out for me:
1. I have a deep, innate understanding of people: who they are, why they do what they do, and why they are sometimes so very good at getting in their own way.
2. I have very high standards for myself and the work I do.
3. I am sensitive, empathic, and have a strong intuitive sense of how to navigate complex, contradictory, or otherwise difficult interpersonal issues.
And for pretty much my entire life, I’ve been quietly turning these abilities into social justice superpowers.
That’s what I want for you, too.
…and Woo-Woo Explorer
There’s one more thing that you need to know about me:
I’ve spent more than half my life engaging with ancestral wisdom traditions such as Tarot, I Ching, and Hellenistic astrology, as well as breathwork, bodywork, and other ritualistic ways of being.
The reason is because these (so-called) “woo-woo” practices, are incredibly powerful tools for dismantling the fear, insecurity, anxiety, and shame that are byproducts of oppressive systems.
Why?
Because the “woo-woo” is, by its very nature, a threat to any system built on scarcity.
The “woo-woo” reminds you that there is enough.
And that you are enough.
I firmly believe that embracing ways of knowing and being that are (seemingly) illogical, irrational, and - dare I say it - magical, is a necessary part of our journey towards liberation.
If you are ready to do this liberatory work with me, then click the link below to learn how.