• Single w/shared bathroom* – CAD $2,217.50
  • Couple w/ensuite Oceanfront* – CAD $4,270.00
  • Couple w/ensuite* – CAD $3,875.00
  • Couple w/shared bathroom* – CAD $3,480.00
  • Twin w/ensuite oceanfront* – CAD $2,137.50
  • Twin w/ensuite* – CAD $1,937.50
  • Twin w/shared bathroom* – CAD $1,737.50
  • Three-share w/shared bathroom* – CAD $1,532.50
  • Women Dorm – CAD $1,287.50
  • Women Dorm - Upper Bunk – CAD $1,287.50
  • Mixed Dorm – CAD $1,287.50
  • Mixed Dorm - Upper Bunk – CAD $1,287.50
  • Tent Site Single – CAD $1,262.50
  • Tent Site Couple – CAD $2,275.00
  • Glamping – CAD $1,187.50
  • Commuter – CAD $1,087.50
  • (All prices include CAD $962.50 base amount)

Date & Time Details:
Starts with dinner on August 27
Ends with lunch on September 1

Location: Cortes Island

Tuition: $595

Package Price: $1,150- $1,910/ 5 nights. Includes tuition, room, all meals, and Hollyhock activities (depends on accommodation choice). Taxes and fees are additional. A $395 deposit is required at registration, with the balance due on your departure day.

Scholarships: Full and partial scholarships are available 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 life and communities. A $195 refundable deposit is required, please apply within your registration form.

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Create to Liberate

With Khari Wendell McClelland and Rebekka Goldsmith

August 27 - September 1, 2020

This program will either be moved to a virtual gathering or be rescheduled to another date in 2021.

We are currently working out all the details. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you so much for your patience, support, and understanding.

Sign-up to be notified when we have more information confirmed. You may also find details on Hollyhock’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic here.


Creativity is not reserved for the professional artist. Creativity is a means to meeting our individual and collective challenges, and cultivating joy. It can also be an incredible tool for group cohesion and community building.

Whether for your own personal development or for working with groups, we will explore themes and practices that engage body, mind, and heart. These activities will build a foundation for creative facilitation techniques and effective engagement with groups of people, as well as support your own personal creative growth.

There will be a mixture of large and small group-work, as well as solo time, with space for rest and relaxation in a beautiful natural setting.

During our time together we will:

  • Deepen our understanding of power
    • Explore different types of power
    • Locate where power sits
    • Explore breaking the rules that keep us small
    • Bring awareness to how power affects group dynamics, and how to shift this
  • Connect to tools of personal and collective liberation
    • Connect to gratitude, joy, and a sense of wonder
    • Connect to our strength, courage, and vulnerability
    • Connect to our creativity
    • Connect to our individual and collective stories
    • Connect to ritual and reflection
    • Connect to nature as a repository of wisdom
    • Connect to embodied knowing
    • Connect to deep listening
  • Use creativity as a method of facilitation
    • Learn how creativity can be a means to meeting our individual and collective challenges
    • Explore how to weave connection with creative exercises
    • Apply creativity to team-building and group cohesion

Presenters

Khari Wendell McClelland
Khari Wendell McClelland is an award-winning musician and sought-after facilitator who uses the arts and experiential activities for transformational learning. Originally from Detroit, Khari made his way to Canada over a decade ago and is currently based in Vancouver, BC. Khari’s passion for community service is clear, both in his…
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Rebekka Goldsmith
Rebekka Goldsmith is a professional singer, group facilitator and coach who believes that when we have full access to our voices, we unlock our creativity, awaken to our full capacity and catalyze deep and lasting change in our communities. She has spent over 15 years guiding individuals and groups in…
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