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Linda Nicholls writes: “My beloved son Jeff, who died July, 1997. He was a talented, passionate being, expressing himself through his acting profession. This photo is a joyful…

Jock McKeen writes: Paul Reps (known just as Reps), taken at The Haven late 80s in his last years on earth. For several years, Reps was a human…

Sean Feng writes: That was me being a young man, well, relatively young anyways, who just arrived on the Haven property from China in 1992. In retrospection, I…

From Peter Joyes, whose Dark and Stormy Night performance is still a regular at New Year’s Reflections: My annual participation in the Haven Reflections program goes back to…

And here’s our very first photo of the week, with Haven founders Jock McKeen (right) and Bennet Wong (left). Jock writes: Ben and Jock “duded up” … late…

Maybe 1984. The Heron building (in the background) was very recently built.

We operate with love, integrity and respect for humanity and our environment and we manage our resources responsibly and effectively. From The Haven’s mission statement. We are now…

By Andrew Best On the anniversary of his mother’s suicide, Andrew Best posted this beautiful and powerful piece on Facebook. 27 years ago today, Susan Adams Ferguson locked…

By Toby Macklin. Toby is a writer, editor, graphic designer, and Haven faculty member. In 2013 he is co-leading Come Alive, Living Alive Phase I, Dynamic Empathy and…

By Susan Clarke. Susan leads Living Alive Phase I, Come Alive, and Couples Alive at The Haven. She and CrisMarie Campbell recently finished leading Living Alive Phase I together….

Share the excitement! From Penny Robertshaw The Nanaimo intern Practice Group met on Saturday, Nov 10 at Rich and Wen Shwu’s new studio in Errington. 16 interns and…

The accompanying drawing and calligraphy was created by Peter Joyes during Ellery Littleton’s  writing program From Memory to Memoir.  Peter was a participant in the program and says, “What…