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Hardy Steinke
Executive Director
I am passionate about living with our minds and hearts always expanding! I love to learn by reading, webinars, podcasts, and conversations. It all has something to do with our evolving spirituality, relationships, the beauty of being alive and making the world a more loving place for everyone.
In addition to beaches and beautiful gardens, my other favourite places would be cafés where we can go heart-to-heart about what we’ve been thinking, feeling, and doing lately.
Married to Cindy, we have 3 adult children with partners, all amazing, and 6 darling grandchildren!
hardy@heartcomonos.ca
Bhuvan Vashisht
Community Engagement and Volunteer Manager
Hi! I'm Bhuvan, an old world Soul who cherishes new experiences, unique landscapes, ancient cultures, and traditions from around the globe! With a professional background in finance and business, I've worked with several Fortune 500 companies. My passion for healthy fine dining, poetry, and holistic living is something I also like to share with others. I enjoy blending the old with the new in everything I do! Whether it's Breathwork Classes, Mindfulness Meditation, Self-Empowerment or Healing, I just love growing and witnessing the growth of my loved ones. My interest in community building is deeply rooted as a Yogi who genuinely desires to serve humanity. Namaste!
bhuvan@heartcomonos.ca
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Christine Bennett
Executive Advisor
I am a life-long resident of Mississauga. Growing up, the only shopping areas were in Cooksville, Applewood and Port Credit, and only 25 years ago, there were cows in a field just a few miles from where I live now and horses were pastured near the Square One location. My how things have changed! My favourite thing about living here is the diversity found not only in my neighbours but in the food, culture, arts and shopping available here.
I like to stay current with local, national and international news, and love being involved in my local community. I have a special interest in issues surrounding mental health. I caught the travel bug early and like to explore new cities and countries – it doesn’t matter where in the world I go – any place new is exciting. In my spare time I like to do yoga, garden, read, paint and attend live theatre.
christine@heartcomonos.ca
Jordan Nusbaum
Programs Manager
I love playfulness, thoughtfulness, creativity, and I admire courageousness, generosity, and honesty. I believe in a deep unity or connection between bodies and minds, and I absolutely love the ways I get to explore and deepen that connection with and through the Heart Comonos community. In my role as the Programs Manager, I feel deeply privileged to think about the incredibly diverse set of challenges to wellness that we all undergo as individuals and to come together as a community to collaborate on programs, workshops, and events that help us overcome those challenges and to become the persons that we are.
My background is in academia and the expressive arts, I hold an MA and PhD in Social and Political Thought from York U, and my research studies the socio-political functions of interpretation in linguistic, religious, and philosophical contexts. As abstract or theoretical as that may seem, it has equipped me with a profound but also a very practical appreciation for the inevitable ambiguity that linguistic and cultural diversity involves, and therefore for the ever present role of interpretation that mediates our ideas of ourselves and others. So, I believe that the more diversity a community involves, the greater the need for interpretation will be, and the more capable we become as interpreters, the more we can explore and deepen the connections between our bodies and our minds, between ourselves and our neighbours, and the more we do this, the more we become who we truly are.
In my downtime for selfcare, I like to enjoy expressive and interpretive arts like literature, music, and video games. I love reading Dostoyevski, Jorge Luis Borges, and Lewis Caroll, and I love improvised musical expression (I have a special soft spot for the Grateful Dead and Phish or "jam bands"), and my favorite video game is Elden Ring. I also love to explore via canoe the beautiful and many lakes of Ontario's Provincial Parks with my friends and loved ones.
jordan@heartcomonos.ca
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Arwen Muir Karaszewski
Marketing Coordinator
Since I could hold a crayon, I've been drawing and expressing myself through art. I grew up in Cooksville and currently study Illustration at OCAD University. Every day I enjoy building relationships with the world around me and look forward to learning something new. I have a passion for teaching others and encouraging people to express themselves through art, as humans have been doing since the beginning of our time.
I believe in the importance of community and that if we come together, anything is possible. Heart Comonos has shown me how our well beings improve when a diverse community gets together to share their ideas and interests. It inspires me to create and continue learning with others.
On top of my love of the arts, I spend time building community with the group "Project Hope", riding my bike and gazing at nature.
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Nicole Bonder
-In Memoriam
Our very loved Nicole Bonder - our friend, co-worker and Project Coordinator for two years, passed away on January 14, 2023.
Quite simply we cannot find words to express the depth of our sadness and loss.
We only know that somehow, her love for people and the Cooksville community will live on.
Rest in Peace, dear one.
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Heart Comonos is people coming together in the Cooksville-Mississauga and surrounding area to share their ideas, gifts, skills, knowledge and life experiences. We partner with individuals and organizations to create projects and activities that support the multiple dimensions of personal and community wellness.
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Suite #166, 2325 Hurontario Street, Mississauga, ON, Canada, L5A 4K4
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