We’re open! | On June 25, 2021, we opened our doors to the public for the first time in over a year. We’re so excited to have you back.
Covid-19 | Learn more about our covid-19 protocols here.
Virtual Programs | Browse our upcoming virtual programs and access past recordings.
Teachers | Interested in presenting at Hollyhock? Submit your program proposal here.
Scholarships | Available for most programs, based on financial need. We prioritize Indigenous people, people of colour, people who identify as LGBTQ2IA+, youth, elders, and those who can articulate how their Hollyhock experience will support positive impact in their lives and communities. Learn more.
Upcoming Programs
Listed by Date
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Levels 1-2 (Online)
With Alina Frank & Dr. Craig Weiner
October 15 - 17, 2021
Online
Learn powerful evidence-based Clinical EFT tapping techniques to quickly and effectively create changes in negative emotions, thoughts, beliefs, and behaviours. This training is for individuals looking to use EFT for self-help, and to integrate it safely into professional client-based practices. -- Alina Frank & Dr. Craig Weiner, DC, are internationally respected EFT trainers and directors of the EFT Tapping Training Institute.
Lunch & Learn: Gene Keys 101 (Online)
With Richard Rudd
October 19, 2021
Online
Welcome to the Gene Keys, a grand synthesis of practical wisdom to help guide you to a deeper understanding of yourself and your true potential. Like a precious treasure map, this lunch & learn invites you to being your journey of self discovery to find the true higher purpose of your life.
Metta Vipassana: Awareness as a Path to Liberation
With Michele McDonald and Steven Smith
October 24 - 31, 2021
Cortes Island
Experience 7 days practicing Metta and Vipassana meditation and cultivating mindfulness.
The Art of Leadership (Online)
With Michael Bell and Suzanne Hawkes
October 25 - 29, 2021
Online
Learn to inspire, engage and collaborate with others in effective action to broaden the impact of your work together. Come participate in an intensive process of discovering how who you are, and how you show up, impacts the results you create and co-create with others.
Run for Office, Presented by Feminist Campaign School
With Nadine Nakagawa, Trudi Goels and Hollyhock Leadership Institute
October 31 - November 4, 2021
Cortes Island
Are you planning to run for Mayor, City Council, School Board, or Parks Board in 2022? We are bringing together people who have been traditionally excluded from electoral politics to begin in-depth campaign planning together. This workshop is for everyone from first-time candidates to incumbents. This workshop is focused on aligning your campaign with your values and helping you plan out how you will lead both during the campaign and when in elected office.
SVI 365: True Confessions (Online)
With Hollyhock Leadership Institute
November 10, 2021
Online
Hear from a leading entrepreneur who will share their trials, tribulations and triumphs in creating their socially responsible business. These personal and intimate “confessions” are instrumental learning moments around the challenges and successes of building businesses focused on a triple bottom line. For 25 years, attending the Social Venture Institute (SVI) conference at Hollyhock has been a rite of passage for mission-driven entrepreneurs. Join SVI 365 to enjoy bite-sized morsels of the best of Social Venture Institute year-round: real-time problem-solving, inspiring stories, and above all, the opportunity to connect with like-minded leaders seeking to make positive change through venture.
SVI 365: Business Problem Solving (Online)
With Hollyhock Leadership Institute
December 8, 2021
Online
At Business Problem Solving Sessions, you’ll take part in a model for collective learning and community problem-solving. For 25 years, attending the Social Venture Institute (SVI) conference at Hollyhock has been a rite of passage for mission-driven entrepreneurs. Join SVI 365 to enjoy bite-sized morsels of the best of Social Venture Institute year-round: real-time problem-solving, inspiring stories, and above all, the opportunity to connect with like-minded leaders seeking to make positive change through venture.
Social Venture Institute Women
With Hollyhock Leadership Institute, Pamela Chaloult, Vanessa Richards and Laurel Dault
February 15 - 17, 2022
Online
Early birds get 20% off listed prices. Offer valid until Dec 2, 2021.
SVI Women will provide you with a forum to share your real time struggles, to problem solve and innovate in this new normal, and create community in a brave and carefully curated space. We will gather for ourselves, for our businesses, and for each other.
Social Venture Institute Hollyhock 2022 (Application)
With Hollyhock Leadership Institute
September 21 - 25, 2022
Cortes Island
Social Venture Institute offers the mission-based entrepreneur an opportunity to share challenges, successes, and experiences with peers in an atmosphere of trust and goodwill. Each attendee brings a commitment of social change to their enterprise, whether a for-profit business or a non-profit organization. Over 25 years, SVI has provided more than 3,000 entrepreneurs the opportunity to strengthen their business skills, network with other social enterprise leaders, and rejuvenate their passion and vision.