Author: The Haven

By Cathy McNally For some weeks now I have been following a personal commitment to ‘do something new’ each day. It got more personal recently. More about being…

Ellery Littleton’s poems about the “Haven Experience” By Ian Curtin The 126 poems in Ellery Littleton’s new book are, he says, “truly Haven haiku in that they were…

By Cathy McNally. Person: “I love you” Ben: “I am happy for you” These were the words of a wise teacher of mine, Ben Wong. I heard them…

Skills 3: Gestalt Plus February 11-14 with Wayne Dodge and Jane Olynyk The term Gestalt refers to three different things: a practice or exercise sometimes referred to as…

Chesterman Beach – photo by Ellery Littleton By Ellery Littleton. Ellery is leading The Spirit Journal and The Spirit Journal Intensive in 2016. This year, I heard Christmas rattling and clanging just over…

By Rachel Davey The Haven’s Facilities Masterplan was launched at the end of 2014. It represents the best collective wisdom and vision for the institution and will serve as a…

By Ceilidh Kirk The next time you come to The Haven, you may notice some changes to our menus. Our goal is to offer lighter, healthier and more…

By Rachel Davey I am delighted to launch the 2016-2020 Haven Strategic Plan. From 2016 through 2020, we will build upon the strong foundation we have established by…

By Rachel Davey Please join me in celebrating with Justin Kautz, who has been named as The Haven/Gabriola Arts Council (GAC) Artist in Residence for 2016. The Haven…

November and December are the busiest fundraising months for Haven Foundation when generous donors like you give to support Financial Aid, the capital campaign for the Facilities Masterplan,…

By Rachel Davey I am delighted and honoured to share with you the information about the Ewan Fund, created by Gwen Ewan, Haven core faculty member, Director of…

By Rachel Davey For the last ten days I have been in China, attending the first ever Centers Gathering to be held in Asia. It has been a…