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Notice of Cancellation! Due to limited registration the Life Skills Coach Training Phase 2 is Cancelled for Aug. 18-20/10
Please note: In order to qualify for the Phase 2 Life Skills Coach Training you will have needeed to been Certified with Phase 1 and have completed 60 hours of Facilitation
PRESS RELEASE: Residents and Elders Fight Back Against Poverty Elders Stella Blackbird, Stan McKay and Ann Thomas Callahan along with hundreds of students and graduates of Urban Circle Training Centre, Inc. and the University of Manitoba’s Inner City Social Work Program are among those taking the lead in the fight against poverty in Winnipeg’s North End. Urban Circle Training Centre, Inc. located at 519 Selkirk Avenue and the University of Manitoba’s Inner City Social Work Program at 485 Selkirk Avenue are among the most successful training and post-secondary programs in the country. Urban Circle follows a holistic model and has been working in partnership with Red River College in the delivery of accredited training since 1996. These two organizations and their Elders have now joined forces with Red River College, North End Community Renewal Corporation and the University of Winnipeg’s Urban and Inner City Studies Program in the development of Project Makoonsag, an intergenerational learning centre that will build on the strengths of graduates’ success. Not only will Makoonsag offer urgently needed programs for infants and pre-school children on Selkirk Avenue, it will provide an opportunity for children, adults, Elders and families to learn together in the Circle of Life. Elder Stella Blackbird describes the vision. “ In the past our people were always together. Whatever the adults were doing the children were always there. Families learned together. This is what we need in order to give our children a strong sense of identity and belonging. This is what will keep our children on a good path. The Circle of Life includes the four races of humankind and Project Makoonsag will be open to all nations as we learn and work together.” “ Urban Circle changed my life,” says Haven Stumpf who has been employed at Urban Circle since she graduated in 1996 and now owns her own home in the neighbourhood. “My grandmother and mother were survivors of the residential school system. I grew up in poverty and was disconnected from my family. It was only when I learned about the affects of colonization at Urban Circle that I was able to understand our past and move on in my life. Today I’m able to pass on that pride of identity to my grandchildren. This is the only way to really break the cycle of poverty, crime and violence in our community. I’m excited about Project Makoonsag because I know it’s going to bring hope to hundreds of families in this city.”
CTV Commercial for Urban Circle - Video One
CTV Commercial for Urban Circle - Video Two
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