Aug 4 – Aug 9, 2012 Sun 7:00 PM – Thu 1:00 PM $775.00   “I feel that I can apply this to my life/work” – 2012 participant “I feel with the ASPIRE model – the potential for personal and social change is clear.” – 2012 participant “Another successful, transformative, empowering experience with the …
View course details “ASPIRE Foundation Program: Education, Design and Leadership 2013”

  Aug 3 – Aug 5, 2013 Sat 3:00 PM – Mon 1:00 PM $345.00     Experience living on and travelling the Bras D’Or lakes in traditional ways with Mi’kmaq elder Judy Googoo and her husband Joe. We will collect oysters, mussels and fish from the lake, trap small game, make shelters and sleep …
View course details “Living with Mother Earth: A Canoe Journey 2013”

  Jul 19 – Jul 21, 2013 Fri 7:00 PM – Sun 1:00 PM $385.00     Learn the basics of Flamenco Dance in a fun and easy-going way. You don’t need experience, a partner or special clothing: just a desire to connect with music, your body and the experience! This weekend will be an …
View course details “What Moves You? Beginner Flamenco Summer Adventure with Maria Osende 2013”

   Jul 12 – Jul 14, 2013 Fri 7:00 PM – Sun 1:00 PM $399.00   A program for learning, practicing, and experimenting with the power of creative nonviolence to transform our lives and our world. We will explore our own understanding of violence, how we experience it and how we react to it, and …
View course details “Engage: Exploring Nonviolent Living 2013”

  Jul 12 – Jul 14, 2013 Fri 7:00 PM – Sun 1:00 PM $305.00     Come in, come in! Children and elders, middlers and teens, singles and doubles and in-betweens, strong eighty-fivers and streetwise sixteens, for we are a part of the fam’ly.– Jim Manley Come in, come in and sit down, but only …
View course details “Sunday Morning Live- All Ages 2013”

  Jun 5 – Jun 7, 2013 Wed 1:00 PM – Fri 3:00 PM $650.00     “I have learned a lot of management theory, in the past, but never anything so useful in the day to day.” -2012 participant “I would recommend this to all managers to attend” -2012 participant “Thank you very much …
View course details “Authentic Management 2013”

   May 30 – Jun 2, 2013 Thu 7:00 PM – Sun 1:00 PM $390.00     “I think the program was really successful in teaching me how to train my staff – I really liked how many different aspects of running youth programs were outlined and explored (planning, conflict res, implementing, reflecting, group dynamics).” …
View course details “Leading Innovative & Engaging Youth Programs 2013”

   May 24 – May 26, 2013 Fri 7:00 PM – Sun 1:00 PM $245.00     Bursaries available Join us for gathering of Grandmothers, Mothers, “Other-Mothers”, daughters, and granddaughters. Treat yourself, your mother and/or grandmother to a weekend dedicated to re-membering, preserving, and celebrating the wisdom of mothers. We will explore the principles, values, …
View course details “Ubuntu: A Re-membering of Grandmothers and Mothers from an Africentric Perspective 2013”

   Apr 21 – Apr 26, 2013 Sun 7:00 PM – Fri 1:00 PM $850.00     “Awesome facilitators, ensuring that there would be a diverse group of people to represent diverse ideas” -2012 participant “I would recommend this to anyone – very transformative, inspirational, interesting, and challenging.” -2012 participant  “I liked the diversity of …
View course details “Dialogue for Peaceful Change: Community Conflict Mediation Training 2013”

  Mar 29 – Apr 1, 2013 Fri 7:00 PM – Mon 3:00 PM $590.00     We fundraise to make the program accessible for all youth who want to attend. Bursaries available!”Come to this program… you will be inspired and will inspire. You will grow and sow the seeds for others to grow. You …
View course details “Young Writers 2013”