With September fast approaching, we are working away to prepare for the next eight months’ worth of Wednesday Night Discussion Groups! To this end, we are asking that past, present and potentially future participants complete a survey so that they can influence the direction of the group! We are specifically requesting your feedback in two key areas:

1] Selection of topics for discussion

2] Selection of discussion formats

The first item is fairly straightforward – we want to be certain that we are selecting topics that participants are interested in. We will be selecting the top voted topics for those weeks in which we advertise a topic in advance of the discussion group.

The second item refers to what will hopefully be an annual re-examination of the discussion group formats that we rotate through on a monthly basis. We currently have the following four discussion formats:

a) Coming Out & Questioning Format;

b) Questions from a Hat (QHat) Format;

c) Queer Gazette Format; and

d) Community Building Through Circle Dialogue Format .

More details on each format can be found by visiting: http://wndg.ca/about/

Over the past year, we have noted that the mix of participants changes based on the discussion format. This is excellent, as it means that the group is meeting its mandate to serve a very diverse community! Not everyone is going to be a fan of every format- and that is okay :) However, we want to be certain that there are enough people interested in each format to allow for an engaging discussion. Some weeks have had very low turnout and we want to be certain that it is not due to the discussion format.

You can access the survey by visiting the following link:

WNDG Survey

Thank you in advance for your input! It is greatly appreciated!