# Conversations by Track: Catalyzing Human Connection, Creativity, and Curiosity to Thrive
**URL:** https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/conversations-by-track-catalyzing-human-connection-creativity-and-curiosity-to-thrive/9208
**Category:** Session Conversations
**Tags:** human-connections-track
**Created:** [August 3, 2026, 1:50am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/conversations-by-track-catalyzing-human-connection-creativity-and-curiosity-to-thrive/9208 "2026-08-03T01:50:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@OEGconnect](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/OEGconnect)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2026, 1:50am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/conversations-by-track-catalyzing-human-connection-creativity-and-curiosity-to-thrive/9208/1 "2026-08-03T01:50:35Z")
Use this topic for conversations aligned with the Conference Track for _Catalyzing Human Connection, Creativity, and Curiosity to Thrive._
> How do we function in collaborative, iterative, or emergent ways to help individuals or groups of open practitioners cultivate resilience and collective thriving through connection, community building, and creativity? What role might curiosity play in creating new ways to support one another in our open initiatives?
For reference, [see all sessions in the program for this track](https://oeglobal2026.sched.com/overview/subject/Catalyzing+Human+Connection+Creativity+and+Curiosity+to+Thrive).
Or if you start a new topic in the conversation space, please use the #human-connections-track tag
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[➡ Front Entrance](https://connect.oeglobal.org/c/oeg-2026/entrance/114) public conversations “outside” the venue
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[➡ Interaction Zone](https://connect.oeglobal.org/c/oeg-2026/interaction-zone/117) activities and things to do
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### Author:  [@OEGconnect](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/OEGconnect)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/conversations-by-track-catalyzing-human-connection-creativity-and-curiosity-to-thrive/9208/2 "2026-08-03T02:00:27Z")
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2026, 5:30am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/conversations-by-track-catalyzing-human-connection-creativity-and-curiosity-to-thrive/9208/3 "2026-10-08T05:30:37Z")
Sharing links from Wednesday sessions [Coding a Drawing Tool Together: Learning How to Contribute to Open Source Software](https://sched.co/2QUd6) by Roxana Hadad and Amy B. Woodman from the Processing Foundation (like MIT OpenCourseWare, it’s their 25th anniversary too)
- Processing Foundation [https://processingfoundation.org/](https://processingfoundation.org/)
- History of Processing [https://processingfoundation.org/about/history/](https://processingfoundation.org/about/history/)
- Open Processing community [https://openprocessing.org/](https://openprocessing.org/)
- p5,js [https://p5js.org/](https://p5js.org/)
- [Art + Code in Dallas, TX](https://medium.com/@ProcessingOrg/art-code-in-dallas-tx-2a4630041f16)
Amy shared live demos and invited the audience to at the same tie edit the same code ([try it here](https://openprocessing.org/@amy-bw/3029312/#live-9BACE0))
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/conversations-by-track-catalyzing-human-connection-creativity-and-curiosity-to-thrive/9208/4 "2026-10-08T05:36:14Z")
Some links from [Un-Grading Open: What Happens When Students Own the Outcome](https://sched.co/2QUZo) by Pranjal Saloni (Ontario Tech University)
- [Open Education Lab at Ontario Tech](https://tlc.ontariotechu.ca/open-education-lab/)
- [Repository of student projects](https://tlc.ontariotechu.ca/open-education-lab/resources.php)
- [Open Education Lab Impact Summary](https://oe-lab-impact-dashboard-2018-2025-abi.netlify.app/)
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2026, 5:42am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/conversations-by-track-catalyzing-human-connection-creativity-and-curiosity-to-thrive/9208/5 "2026-10-08T05:42:14Z")
Links from [Slowing Down to Lead: Design Lessons from the Rebus Luminary Fellowship](https://sched.co/2QUcT) by Amber Hoye and Apurva Ashok (The Rebus Foundation)
- [The Rebus Foundation](https://rebus.foundation/)
- [Luminary Fellowship for Education Leaders](https://rebus.foundation/community-building)
- [Leadership Learning Community](https://leadershiplearning.org/)
- [Slowing Down Design Menu](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fOgXmDiAW0hwNOUfqp1KImcYWYINb580/view?usp=sharing)
Interesting discussion ensued around the question of how different we are at when faced with assembling IKEA furniture, do we read the instructions!
[Slides from the presentation](https://hosted-files.sched.co/oeglobal2026/62/Slowing%20Down%20to%20Lead%20-%20Design%20Lessons%20from%20the%20Rebus%20Luminary%20Fellowship.pdf?_gl=1*oz6ste*_gcl_au*MTMwNTQwMTA3My4xNzkxMzAyMTcwLjE2NzM2NzM0ODEuMTc5MTQxMDg2Ni4xNzkxNDEwODY2LjI1MDc3MTMzNC4xNzkxNDEwODY2LjE3OTE0MTA4NjY.*FPAU*MTMwNTQwMTA3My4xNzkxMzAyMTcw) added to Sched
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2026, 5:49am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/conversations-by-track-catalyzing-human-connection-creativity-and-curiosity-to-thrive/9208/6 "2026-10-08T05:49:08Z")
Links from [GO-GN Canada Hub - Rediscovering the Land as Open Educators](https://sched.co/2QUeP) with Connie Blomgren and Aga Palalas (Athabasca University) plus Jessica O’Reilly and Manisha Khetarpal
- [Global OER Graduate Network](https://go-gn.net/) (GO-GN)
- [Open Education in a Good Way: Rediscovering Together on the Land](https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/openeducationinagoodwayrediscoveringtogether/) (essays by participaints in the land-based learning experience at Jasper National Park)
- [Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports](https://nctr.ca/publications-and-reports/reports/)
- [Embracing Two-Eyed Seeing to Revitalize Sustainable Relations: Miyo-Wahkohtowin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0N5BZbExr8) (OEGlobal 2023 keynote by Darrion Letendre)
- [Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An Act for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education](https://www.portageandmainpress.com/Books/W/Wayi-Wah!-Indigenous-Pedagogies)
- [The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World](https://www.strongnations.com/store/11390/the-serviceberry-abundance-and-reciprocity-in-the-natural-world)
- [Podcast conversation with Lance Scout and Connie Blomgren](https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/openeducationinagoodwayrediscoveringtogether/chapter/conversation-with-lance-scout-and-connie-blomgren/)