About Janet

Janet Rhymes, originally from Sydney, Cape Breton, is an outcome-oriented facilitator with twenty years of diverse consulting experience in Nova Scotia, throughout Atlantic Canada and nationally. A committed community development practitioner, Janet starts from a place of respect for those with whom she works. She is a skilled strategist, with experience designing and facilitating meetings, strategic planning and training. She has expertise in diversity, inclusion and cultural competence, and also excels in research, policy analysis and evaluation.

In my role as a senior public servant, I have had the good fortune of being one of Janet's clients on more than one occasion. My experience with her work has been overwhelmingly positive. She possesses an exceptional work ethic, is willing to adjust to my changing demands on the run and she produces pertinent results in a timely manner. Janet's greatest skill, however, is her ability to create a safe, welcoming, inclusive environment, that allows her audiences to open up and provide valuable information and insights.

Brian Gilbert - Special Advisor to Deputy to the Premier Public Service Renewal Initiative and Former Acting Deputy Minister, Department of Natural Resources Province of Nova Scotia

If you’re looking for a facilitator who will bring out the best in your group, then look no further. Janet Rhymes is a gifted facilitator who enables diverse groups to discover their common ground, creativity, and potential. Her knowledge and experience in multiple sectors is truly an asset.

Stacey Lewis - Tui’kn Partnership and Ann Terry Project

For the past 20 years, I have contracted with Janet Rhymes because she’s exceptional at her craft. She has planned and facilitated engagements of every size from kitchen table meetings to complex symposiums in a way that appears effortless and where everyone feels understood, engaged and respected. She is an exceptional facilitator, planner, diversity and inclusion consultant and engagement specialist. She has the innate ability bring people together so that they can create a path forward.

Doreen Parsons, CEO, Women Unlimited

My Services

Meeting facilitation

Constructing and hosting in-person and virtual meetings with results in mind. Certified facilitator of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methods.

Strategic planning

Facilitating processes to help groups visualize where they want to go and plan how to get there.

Public and stakeholder engagement

Creating and leading processes that engage people in sharing diverse perspectives on meaningful questions.

Graphic recording

Through See Meaning, creating storyboards that capture insights shared at meetings and events.

Diversity and Inclusion

Lead participatory learning and change workshops in cultural competence, diversity and inclusion, unconscious bias and gender, using adult education practices.

Evaluation

Designing logic models and frameworks and completing program and project evaluation.