Choose from an array of expert-lead workshops on: Creative and Spiritual Expression, Healthy and Sustainable Living, Community Engagement and Purpose-Centred Work
Art as a Form of Spiritual Expression
By: Vivianne LaRiviere
Discover your true nature. Often we are faced with tough life questions. Who am I? What Do I Value? What are my challenges? What is my purpose? Who do I wish to become? Art and Spiritual Dialogue are fascinating and beautiful ways into the answers, into the wordless places.
This workshop is specifically designed to help with self-discovery, and in turn can offer the opportunity for a level of healing to occur, as we move to deeper places within ourselves. The participants will be introduced to the type of work that Vivianne does in her practice, including focused meditation, collective dialogue, and a wide variety of art including poetry, writing, collage, painting, singing and drumming as a way into the places you need to go when wishing to discover deeper meaning.
As a Spiritual Arts Practitioner and founder of The Song Room, Vivianne helps people who are experiencing a drive for spirituality and perhaps a place to heal, find a path for growth. LaRiviere, a panentheist, draws on her Master’s Degree in Pastoral Studies, and is engaged in the process of becoming an interfaith minister. In addition, LaRiviere is involved with Shamanic studies, celebrates the teachings of her Indigenous ancestors, is a licensed Reiki master, and a devoted multi-media artist. Read Full Bio
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Awakening the Healer Within
By: Stéphane Bensoussan
Stéphane Bensoussan is a holistic health and educational psychologist, speaker, director of the Clinique Psy-Santé and author of Mieux vivre avec le cancer: Les solutions naturelles pour atténuer les symptoms, a book designed to help people deal with cancer and its side effects. His holistic approach encompasses cognitive, behavioral, emotional, social, intuitive, and spiritual psychotherapy. He specializes in greeting individuals on their journey toward the integration of mind-body and spirit.
Stéphane will discuss how to Awaken the Healer within. According to him, “Our bodies possess a unique source of wisdom. This source is what we can call the inner healer. This pearl of wisdom is present within all of us. Learning to first access, then trust our inner healer is a wonderful experience that anybody can learn to do in therapy.” Read Full Bio
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Awaken to Health, Confidence and the Power of You!
By: Tiffany Moffatt
Awaken to the power of you! Discover that happiness, energy and vitality are not some elusive goals but instead is a question of connecting with your body. The elixir of life simply stated is healthy living. Through exercise, healthy eating and life balance you can be the best you can be. Let Tiffany guide you through steps you can take towards living an inspired life powered by healthy living. Know what it feels like to have confidence, energy and a healthy body. Be inspired to be your best, live your healthiest life and find happiness! In her presentation, Tiffany will discuss self-confidence and help you awaken to the beauty within yourself. She will also discuss nutrition, fitness, life balance, self-esteem tips and more! I want to share my passion for health and fitness with you and inspire you to be your best!
Tiffany is an active fitness instructor and fitness presenter, who has been a leader in the fitness industry for 24 years. She has a passion for fitness and loves to inspire others to achieve their personal best. Tiffany’s Be Your Best Blog includes information about healthy living including: exercise, nutrition, life balance, self-esteem, kids’ fitness and more about how to be the best you! Read Full Bio
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Circle of Friends: Building a community in a disconnected world
By: Judy Nagy
When crisis arises, who does one turn to? Usually family. But for many of us, family is spread out, or unavailable or unable to help. In Hudson and St. Lazare, Quebec, a crisis for one family, triggered the generosity of many. A wife and two children lost a husband and father to cancer but in return helped spark a movement that brought compassion, love and joy to neighbors in crisis.
Circle of Friends uses modern technology and business tools to create opportunities for the community to come together and help when a family is in crisis. News about a family in trouble (and their immediate needs) is shot out in an email, posted on Facebook and discussed on blogs. The community is given a “mission” to help, whether in the form of home made meals, emergency childcare, a ride to a hospital or a compassionate shoulder to cry on. In our workshop we will explore the history of the Circle of Friends, celebrate its mission and create a work that defines who we are – a community that cares.
In addition to being a writer, Judy has 18 years of experience in design and communications, marketing operations and project management. She believes deeply in the power of community and has leveraged the goodness of people to found Circle of Friends and Friends of Dunes Lake. Read Full Bio
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Finding Purpose, Passion and Peace in our Work
By: Corry Robertson
What is it, how does it work and why do you need it to live your life around your personal values and be your true self every day. During this 1 hour workshop Corry will lead you through the process of understanding how these three concepts are interconnected so that you can align your life efforts and energy onto a path of consciously selected daily habits and activities.
Corry is an Executive Coach and Leadership Consultant and partner in The Pillars, Canada’s first choice of visionary business leaders who know that for business to thrive, people must thrive. As an International Coaching Federation (ICF) certified business coach, Corry takes a holistic approach to success. While working with clients to create a unique blueprint for the achievement of extraordinary business results, she will support them in maintaining their overall wellbeing. The outcome is success in business and triumph in life. Read Full Bio
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Everyday Green Living – An Interactive Discussion
By Sue McLennan
An interactive discussion and Q & A focusing on: every day green living (homes, food, work, play, etc.); balancing the practical with the sustainable; the real costs of environmentally friendly choices; energy management; and making a difference in your community.
Sue is an expert on all things good for the environment and an Engineer to boot. She is a partner in Lean into the Green, offering consulting in Energy Management and Marketing, they show organizations how to create value by helping them become energy aware.
Kindergarten kids as well as multinational corporations find her captivating and compelling. She helps clients identify the improvements that give the biggest bang for your buck on becoming a little more green. Aside from being an Engineer, Sue is a LEED Green Associate as well as a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) as accredited by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE). Read Full Bio
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How to Heal our Broken Connection to the Earth
By Ted Carter and Ellen Gunter
Ted Carter and Ellen Gunter are the co-authors of Reunion: How we heal our broken connection to the earth. Ted is an award winning landscape designer who for the past decade has been called to see his work through a powerful spiritual lens. Ellen is is a journalist, spiritual director and an advocate of ecological concerns. Together they will lead a workshop (continuing from their keynote address in the morning) exploring the interconnectedness of the environment with our mental, physical and spiritual health, detailing how each of us can begin to rediscover our connection to our planet through meaningful exercises and a willingness to look more deeply at what surrounds and calls to us. Read Ted’s Full Bio Read Ellen’s Full Bio
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Humanity 4.0 – The Patterns of Thriving Living Systems
By: Michelle Holliday
There is one simple pattern that all living systems follow – living systems like rainforests and coral reefs… and you, and organizations, and economies, and even all of humanity. As we understand this pattern, it changes what it means to be human, and alive, and at work in the world.
In this workshop, Michelle Holliday will explain the pattern of all living systems. She will highlight the important clues this pattern offers about the emerging era of humanity. And she will help you understand the significant implications for your own life.
Michelle has 20 years’ experience in business strategy, with particular expertise in authentic marketing. She founded her company, Cambium Consulting, after observing that the predominant organizational concepts and ways of working are neither optimal nor sustainable. And she is driven by the desire to help usher in an expanded set of beliefs and practices based on a view of organizations as living systems. Read Full Bio
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Guided Nature Walk
By: Gary Dover
As Gary guides us through the walk at the Sandy Beach Nature Trail, he will weave the complex story of the inter-connectedness of the various tree species, the soil, as well as the history and geography of the region dating back 8000 years to the past ice age. Through this special guided nature walk, he help us understand our own relation to the land and the need re-connect to and protect the natural world, simplify and de-materialize one’s daily life.
Gary first fell in love with the woods when he was young, exploring the forest for hours with his field guide. Later in life, when he became a cabinet maker, his interest in different types of wood and the forest in which the trees come from grew deeper.
Gary runs the Merlin Wood School of Traditional Fine Woodworking, which emphasizes the pursuit of excellence, return to fundamental principles and the development of high-level hand tools skills. Read Full Bio
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Yoga on the Beach
By: Heleen Couvrette
Heleen will present the “4 levels of yoga”; Body, Mind, Spirit, Bliss. In a combined presentation and yoga experience on the beach, she will share how change that may begin on the outside, leads to deeper changes within, and the connection between the two. She will explore how the body and mind hold emotions and stress, and the practice of yoga can release the effects of both from our bodies. The session is designed for kids 12 to Seniors, of all levels, and aimed at sharing how versatile and accessible yoga can be.
Founder / owner of H~OM Yoga Wellness Center, Heleen has a passion for yoga and all that brings fitness, health and wellness of mind, body and spirit. She strives to offer warmth, compassion and attention to all those who grace her center. Read Full Bio
