If we change the chairs, we can change the world
Every day most of us encounter needs for healing, for hope, and for helping. Every day there is need to learn to go better together. To follow our simple hunches, yet to dare to dream transformation. 

In all our regions and communities, people are  called to heal our lands, our families, our relationships, and those we work with. Sometimes it is reconciliation. Sometimes it is evolution. 

Every day, most of us are called to pay attention to the  global and at the same time to those in front of us. It's big work that needs to be done well. 
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Photo credit: Fostering Change, an initiative of Vancouver Foundation, and Sarah Race Photography
The Circle Way  provides a foundation, a tool beneath all tools, for collaboration and conversation, for thoughtful speaking and attentive listening. It is a way to tap our greatest strengths, individually and together. It is essential container to take on so much of what is escalating - the need for innovation, and the grief of letting go. 

​The Circle Way   is a way to tap our greatest strengths, individually and together. It moves us forward by bringing us back to the centre of what we already know.

​Learn more about The Circle Way at   www.thecircleway.net.


Who this is for

This training and retreat is for all involved in deliberate dialogue to further their work in the world and to build communities:   leaders, managers, supervisors, project leaders, community groups, youth workers, educators, board members,  tribal leaders, council members, community organizers, government liaisons, educators, healthcare coordinators, program managers,  faith community leaders, and  those working in fields such as social work, government, health care, the social sector, healing and trauma work, restorative justice, social innovation and organizational teams.
​Join us to:
  • Grow personal and collective capacity for clarity and wiser action
  • Develop strength to work together, better
  • Gain ability to get beyond “nice” conversations
  • Remember deep listening from    indigenous teachings

The schedule
May 1: We begin with dinner at 5:00pm and our opening evening council

May 2: A full day program with spacious breaks and evening programming

May 3:  A full day program with spacious breaks and evening programming

May 4: A morning program with our closing circle concluding before lunch

​You are invited into three nights and four days of deeply moving, professionally and personally enrichments for your heart and skills.   This learning experience  is designed for reflection, learning, discussion and engagement that supports your personal and professional goals and holds the potential of contributing to larger scale transformation in the places that you work and live.
This geography and region beckons all of us to the edge, to boldness, and to beauty. To the edge of the North American continent. To the edge of ourselves. And to the edge of human beings working well together.

Costs

Early Bird extended rate:     $1,270 + GST ($620 tuition and $650 accommodation/meals/materials)
Early Bird  commuter extended rate:  $1,140 + GST ($620 tuition and  $520 meals/materials - no accommodation)  

Some grants  are available. Please   contact us.

Generosity circle: If you can offer a little more to support others who are unable to pay the full tuition, please let us know. 

Cancellation policy

If you cancel more than 30 days before the practicum begins, we will return your payment minus a $100 administrative charge. If you cancel within 30 days of the practicum start date, any refund is contingent upon our ability to fill your space in the practicum.