An immigrant to Canada, Brian had lived on three continents before he was four years old. He's travelled across Canada numerous times, by train, bus and car, and has lived in four provinces, on two coasts and in Nunavut. Brian is grateful to live and work on Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq people.
Brian is an experiential educator and facilitator who specializes in creating spaces and places for people to live into their whole selves. Specifically this looks like:
Brian is an experiential educator and facilitator who specializes in creating spaces and places for people to live into their whole selves. Specifically this looks like:
- Meaningful Youth Engagement
- Circles of Trust®
- Supporting boys and men to disrupt harmful expressions of masculinity to explore a more compassionate self
- Leadership development
- Facilitation training
Brian has been prepared by Parker J. Palmer and the Center for Courage & Renewal to facilitate Circles of Trust® retreats and events which support individual renewal for life and vocation. Brian combine his expertise in working with young people, with Circles of Trust®, to offer The Courage to Lead for Young Leaders and Activists retreats.
Brian is a writer and singer-songwriter and lives in a straw-bale house he built on an old farm property in the Mi'kmaq district of Kespukwitk, in south-western, Nova Scotia, Canada. Brian has written a manuscript of poetry, Ancestral Heirlooms, which explores liminality and the spaces in-between. He also writes creative non-fiction essays and articles, and has been published in Anchor, Salt Scapes Magazine, and most recently in Existare Literary Journal, among others. He plays music and hosts an Intergenerational Open Mic in Bridgewater. Brian's follies include restoring a 150-year old barn, growing an arboretum, working on a variety of stone-wall and stone circle projects, and canoeing in the Tobeatic Wilderness Area.
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Certifications
Dialogue for Peaceful Change Conflict Mediation, 2016 ASPIRE: Model of Education, Design and Leadership Level 1 and 2, 2000-2001 Wilderness and Remote First Aid, Associated Links Center for Courage & Renewal HeartWood Centre for Community Youth Development Tatamagouche Centre T.O.N.E. 150 Profiles, The Philanthropist.ca |