Other Events at the Shire
COMING UP IN 2008:
Art of Hosting Global Stewards
June 15th - 17th
A gathering of the global stewards of the Art of Hosting and Convening Conversations that Matter. For more information contact Tim at the Shire. See www.artofhosting.org for more on the Art of Hosting.
Berkana Institute Board Meeting
June 29 - May 1st
The board of the Berkana Institute will be meeting at the Shire this year. We are very excited to welcome them. Berkana is an organisation that was founded by Margaret Wheatley and is now being lead by Bob Stilger and Deborah Frieze. Check out www.berkana.org for more info.
Saturday, July 19th - Open Day - 10am - 4pm
Be welcome at the Shire!
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Explore the land and gardens -
Meet the people involved
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Feast on our delicious barbecue
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Take part in volleyball, horseshoes, badminton, swimming in the lake, canoeing
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Learn about permaculture, organic gardening, sustainable building and much more ...
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Good company, good conversation
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Plenty to do - Families Welcome!
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Free entry and food
Split Rock Learning Centre
Split Rock Learning Centre Programs
contact Tim for inquiries, dates & info -
COMING UP IN 2008:
Youth Drop In - May 17th onwards, Yarmouth
Split Rock Learning Centre is very excited to be opening the doors for Yarmouth’s only youth led drop in from the middle of May. We will be in the Notre Dame Community Centre from 6-9pm on Thursday nights and 11am - 3pm on Saturdays. Josh Purdy and Vanessa Pitman will be running the drop in with the support of volunteers form the community. We expect to be increasing the hours in the fall. Contact Janine Doucette for more details: doucetjm@gov.ns.ca / (902) 742 0034 .
Building Ourselves - June 2nd - 5th, the Shire
This is an introduction to sustainable building and the trades as a vocation. We will focus on trades skills as a portal into further understanding ourselves and our current life choices. There will be information session on the trades, stories from existing trades people and practical building experience. Facilitators include Jimmy Condon, Natalie Landry and Isabelle Lievert Chiasson. For the invitation and info: Building Ourselves.pdf .
Split Rock Board and Friends - June 17th - 19th, the Shire
The annual gathering of Split Rock supporters to explore our vision and action for the next year. Contact Tim for more info: tim@oftheshire.org . 
Art of Hosting L.O.V.E -
Unconventional Youth Work
June 3rd - 5th, Kings College, Halifax
What is working in youth work? What is the youth work that is breaking the old rules and breaking new ground? How doe we creat the conditions for youth to lead their own way? Come and join us as we weave together learnings, experiences and questions. This is an exciting collaboration between Sarah Maclaren and Dennis Adams from Leave Out ViolencE in Halifax, Tim Merry from Split Rock Learning Centre and Chris Corrigan from the Art of Hosting. Sarah and Dennis bring years of incredible work with Youth in Halifax, Tim comes with his work in Yarmouth, across the province and globally and Chris brings his transformative work with youth in First Nations communities on the West Coast.
It’s a girl thing! - July 4 - 6, August 1 - 3 & 8 - 10, the Shire
The Tri-County Women’s Centre plan to host three fantastic weekends for teenage girls from the South West Shore. This will be a fun filled camping weekend with loads of great activities, conversation and relaxation - a schedule created by the participants. More info coming soon! Click here for the Tri-County Women’s Centre website.
Art of Hosting @ the Shire - July 24 - 26, the Shire
For the fourth year in a row the Art of Hosting (AoH)returns to the Shire. AoH is a training for all who aspire to learn and find new ways for working with others to create innovative and comprehensive solutions. We invite trainers, teachers, consultants, politicians, entrepreneurs, social innovators –people who want to experience a different perspective of leadership, which sets free other people's creativity and intelligence in order to achieve better cooperation and results together.
For invitation and info: AoH Shire Invite 08.pdf
Flow Game - September 5th - 7th, the Shire
Tim Merry and Sera Thompson will be hosting two parallel and connected Flow Games at the Shire this year. There are spaces for a maximum of 12 people. Check out this link for more on the Flow Game: www.interchange.dk/practices/flowgame .Please contact Sera Thompson for details: sera.thompson@gmail.com
Finding Our Way Home - The Art of Community Change October 15th - 17th, Enoch Turner School House, Toronto
This workshop is for social innovators working with local or regional community challenges. There will be opportunities to sharpen our skills, tell our stories, and learn from each other. We encourage participants to join us who are connected to present or newly developing community building projects where engaging the community in partnership is an essential element.
When a local community is on the path toward becoming more vibrant, alive, prosperous and whole, a homecoming takes place — a coming back to ourselves and to each other out of friendship, openness, and commitment. At the root of this process is building relationships that last, perhaps the greatest result we can achieve. Out of these relationships incredible actions will keep emerging. This workshop was born out of our personal friendships and the friendship of the patterns we bring together: 
the Art of Hosting, Asset Based Community Development (ABCD), and Shambhala Institute for Authentic Leadership. Flyer coming soon. Contact: ryanluke@shambhalainstitute.org
Watch this space for dates and more programs ...
