Are you actively engaged in creating communities rooted in justice, peace and ecological responsibility? Are you passionate about your vocation or cause and trying to sustain yourself in these complex times?
While the forces of exhaustion, loneliness, violence, and injustice are real and undeniable, so are the powers of human authenticity, generosity, courage, and community that rise up to meet them.
Leadership Team
Brian Braganza is a facilitator and experiential educator specializing in Leadership, Community Youth Development, Sustainability and Masculinity. He was prepared by Parker J. Palmer and the Center for Courage & Renewal as a facilitator in 2014 and has led retreats in Nova Scotia and the U.S. Brian has a 30-year history with the Tatamagouche Centre and has also delivered the ASPIRE Program. Brian delivers experiential programs for boys and men and co-designed T.O.N.E., Therapy Outside Normal Environments, a unique men’s therapeutic project, which builds men’s abilities to connect authentically for their health and the health of their families and communities. Brian uses trauma informed and anti-oppressive approaches in his facilitation practices. He strives to live with integrity in a fractured time. Brian lives, works and plays with his wife Tara and their daughter, near Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Brian is a wilderness traveler, published writer, builder, and musician.
Tara Reynolds is a facilitator and leadership coach with a passion for creating trustworthy spaces that inspire and encourage individuals to listen and lead from within. Tara uses a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive approach and is actively engaged in her own work around anti-racisim and decolonization. She is a Co-Founder of WholeHeart, Inc., whose mission is to support inner transformation that leads to social transformation. Tara is a certified Courage & Renewal® Facilitator and an alumnae of the Vermont Leadership Institute. Tara has been prepared by the Canada Coach Academy as a Life and Wellness Coach and is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ACC). She and her daughter are permanent residents in Canada and are grateful to live in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaw people. Tara enjoys working and learning with her husband, Brian Braganza, who is also a certified Courage & Renewal® Facilitator.
Brian and Tara have a partnership, Tandem Truths Consulting, which supports people in moving beyond binary thinking and strengthens their capacity to hold multiplicity in their lives and leadership.
Tatamagouche Centre is grateful to United Way of Colchester County, Telus Foundation, Edwards Family Foundations for supporting youth, BIPOC applicants, LGTBQIA2S+, applicants with disabilities, and mental health barriers to participate in this program.