Program Pitch Application
Tatamagouche Centre is delighted to accept Program ideas for 2025. Please be clear how your proposed program connects to the mission statement of Tatamagouche Centre and our direction of Rematriation focused on land and food-based, arts/games, embodiment and Righting Relations. Programs can take one of a few forms: hybrid (2 online hour long gatherings followed by a Spring or Summer onsite gathering; weekend (2 nights/3 days); 4 day program.
Our program schedule is seasonal.
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Our winter season runs from January to March. During this time we exclusively offer online sessions as part of a hybrid program.
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Our spring season runs from April to June. This the earliest time that you can run an on-site program or on-site portion of a hybrid program.
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Our summer season runs from July to August. This is when the majority of on-site programs take place.
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Our fall season runs from September to November. This is when we begin to transition from on-site programs to hybrid programs.
Facilitators at the Centre are versed in our ASPIRE transformative education model and norms or are connected with someone who is.
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Our philosophy of education is a transformative process that connects the inner work of healing and wholeness with community work. The aim is personal and social transformation. Our foundational program ASPIRE is a personal and social transformative learning process grounded in Freirian-style critical consciousness education and community organizing. It was founded by Helene Hannah, an early feminist educator who believed in drawing from the wisdom of participants in the room and rooting education in action and reflection, the local context of needs and organizing. Over the years, experienced and diverse adult educators have included elements of anti-racism, anti-oppression and trauma-informed practices. It is a process of holding space drawing on the wisdom of facilitators and participants, embodied practices rooted in current structural realities and norms leading to collective analysis, reflection and action. Essentially, we create safer, more welcoming containers where people can bring more of their full selves. These containers might be learning workshops, healing or contemplative workshops, advocacy campaigns or ceremonial gatherings.