Speaking Engagements

Locations: McMaster University, J. D. Hogarth, Public School (Grade 5/6), The Seniors' Centre for Excellence, Enbridge Inc., King’s University College, Region of Waterloo Anti-Racism Advisory Working Group, Region of Waterloo Museum, Retirement Homes, Book Launch (All Will Be Well), Knox Waterloo Presbyterian Church, Mount Zion Lutheran Church, Glen Acre Baptist Church, Business Professional Women’s Kitchener Waterloo Chapter, Homewood Health Centre, Sudbury School.

Breaking Barriers: Caribbean Authors Who Motivate, Educate & Empower Ep. 3-E.

Mercy Book Launch - November 2016

All Will Be Well Book Launch - November 2019

January 22, 2026 | Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce. Empowered Hour.

November 14, 2025 | National Addictions Awareness Week: Grace Ibrahima’s Recovery Story. By Anne Aitken. Interview with Homewood Health Centre, Guelph.

October 2, 2025 | Press Release: “Women United Waterloo Region Hosts’ Stronger Together.”

August 26, 2025 | “Building Bridges Workshop.” Hearts Open To Everyone.

June 22, 2025 | Fighting Five Unbeatable Entities. Rockway Mennonite Church.

May 3, 2025 | Voices for Change: Healing in Community—Responding to Gender-Based Violence. Shalom's Spring Brunch.

April 29, 2025 | Let’s talk about race. Together, we are learning to celebrate diversity and inclusion. Grade 3 to 8. Ken Seiling, Waterloo Region Museum. St Michael’s Catholic School Students.

2025 | Education Festivals, Judging a Book by Its Cover: Let's Talk About Race. Ken Seiling, Waterloo Region Museum, Waterloo. https://regionofwaterloomuseums.ca/en/teachers-and-students/education-festivals.aspx.

September 25, 2024 | “Making space might save someone's life: A hurting woman finds a good fit at Rockway Mennonite Church”, A.S. Compton.

June 22, 2024 | Seasonal Transformation.  Rockway Mennonite Church, Sermon. https://rockwaymc.ca/sermons/seasonal-transformation/. 

June 6, 2024 | Judging A Book By Its Cover.  Grade 4 to 8. St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Elementary School students. Ken Seiling, Waterloo Region Museum, Waterloo.‍ ‍

September 23, 2023 | Children’s author Grace Ibrahima selected as a ‘Changemaker’ in the Waterloo Region. 

August 1, 2023 | Unexpected? Absolutely! Personal development. Grades 3 to 12, Graduation at age 77.

November 24, 2022 | Dean Anderson speaks to Laird Brush and Grace Ibrahima, both authors with lived experience in addictions, in this episode of #15 Invisible. Breaking Through the Stigma of Addiction.

June 2, 2022 | Books share a universal story of what we can all become.  King’s University College-Western University. https://www.kings.uwo.ca/about-kings/media-and-communications/newsroom/books-share-universal-story-of-what-we-can-all-become/.

May 24, 2022 | White Questions. Black Answers: Helping Kids to Be Seen and Heard.  Grade 7 & 8, Lo-Ellen Park School Council presents: White Questions. Black Answers.”

December 3, 2021 | Kitchener-Waterloo—Why this Ontario author is taking questions from kids about race and racism.

September 29, 2021 | Dr. Rick Csiernik, Professor in the School of Social Work, will collaborate with Trinidad-born author Grace Ibrahima on a series of presentations discussing racism with students in Grades 5-8 at the Waterloo Region Museum and Doon Heritage Village. 

2021-2025 King's Addiction Class Presentation. Guest Speaker for the School of Social Work. King’s University College- Western University.

January 20, 2020, Presentation: Grace is the author of: Mercy, One Life, Mercy Stories &  All Will Be Well – A Story of Grief, Acceptance, and Freedom.

1998-1999 | “McMaster Continuing Education’s Addiction Studies program has stood the test of time.” McMaster Association of Part-Time Students (MAPS).

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“Meet Grace Ibrahima, a local authour who is featured in our Klib Liv — Caregiver and Children’s Book Club. Grace will be making a guest appearance at our session this Saturday and we are so excited to have her join us!

Our current Klib Liv started in May 2021 and our participants meet weekly. Klib Liv is open to Black identifying children 12 years old and under (along with their caregivers/parents who are invited to participate in some scheduled joint sessions).

Klib Liv serves as a medium to introduce and/or increase our community’s awareness of Black literature, promote Black authors and encourage continued literacy among Black children.”

— Klib Liv