Nov 20 – Nov 22, 2015 Fri 7:00 PM – Sun 1:00 PM $450.00 This is an opportunity to practice your skills in the formal DPC mediation process with particular attention paid to transforming conflicts you are familiar with or have been involved in. We will also explore the use of informal mediative behaviours …
View course details “Practicing Mediation 2015”

  Nov 13 – Nov 15, 2015 Fri 7:00 PM – Sun 1:30 PM $345.00 Yes, every congregation and community of faith believes that it is warm and welcoming. Really? Consider the following questions: 1.Do your nametags include a space to name preferred pronouns (she/he/they/ze/other)? 2. Does your Order of Worship include ways to participate …
View course details “Practicing Radical Welcome 2015”

  Nov 6 – Nov 7, 2015 Fri 7:00 PM – Sat 4:00 PM $250.00 This program is intended for those offering care and/or outreach to seniors (e.g. pastoral care providers, elders, community visitor programs, nursing home staff, VON). Time will be spent in sharing experiences, in learning first-hand (via video-recorded “first voice” interviews) about the …
View course details “Spiritual Care for the Elderly 2015”

  Oct 23 – Oct 25, 2015 Fri 7:00 PM – Sun 1:00 PM $420.00 Transform stress and worry into empowered action! Even though the body is in fact tremendously resilient, feeling stress for too long, whether for hours, days or months, sets off your body’s warning system of physical and emotional alarms and creates …
View course details “Transforming Stress: TRE and Other Tools 2015”

  Oct 16 – Oct 18, 2015 Fri 7:00 PM – Sun 1:00 PM $380.00 Come learn and share. Experience the Centre in all its Autumn beauty. In our 13th year, we look forward to continuing to deepen our level of engagement and practice. With creativity exercises, reflection, sharing and analysis, this program aims to …
View course details “Be Still: Contemplative Photography 2015”

  Aug 22 – Aug 23, 2015 Sat 12:00 PM – Sun 12:00 PM A joyful mingling of emerging voices for social transformation and spiritual renewal! Inspired by the Arts – at the Centre’s outdoor stage you will enjoy great music including your favorite Maritime artists. Through creative activities for young and old, move and grove, …
View course details “Festimagouche 2015: Arts – Justice – Earth – Spirit”

  Aug 18 – Aug 20, 2015 Tue 2:00 PM – Thu 4:00 PM $630.00 Are you seeing the challenges boys face? The seductions and distractions of the internet, declining engagement with school, hyper-sexualized pop culture, lack of positive male role models, absence of grounded rites of passage processes all combine to leave boys vulnerable. …
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  Aug 7 – Aug 9, 2015 Fri 7:00 PM – Sun 4:00 PM $370.00 Join us for a gathering of Grandmothers, Mothers, “Other-Mothers”, daughters, and grand-daughters. As in past years, Ubuntu explores the principles, values, beliefs, traditions, and cultural practices that have been passed on from generation to generation of Black women by our …
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  Jul 28 – Jul 31, 2015 Tue 2:00 PM – Fri 1:00 PM $400.00 At this moment in history, the Indigenous rights movement has the potential to transform our relations to each other and to the environment. For the past ten years, this cross cultural project has been doing just that.  Come and learn …
View course details “Peace and Friendship: Joining the Council Fire 2015”

  Jul 17 – Jul 19, 2015 Fri 4:00 PM – Sun 4:00 PM $280.00 Judy and Joe Googoo, two traditional Mi’kmaw harvesters, are the perfect guides for this return to the land journey! Meet in Waycobah, Cape Breton, and canoe from there to Indian Island in Bras d’Or Lake. After setting up camp, you’ll …
View course details “Living with Mother Earth: A Canoe Journey 2015”