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  • Private Cabin Oceanfront – CAD $4,145.00
  • Single w/ensuite Oceanfront – CAD $3,145.00
  • Single w/ensuite – CAD $2,945.00
  • Single w/shared bathroom – CAD $2,520.00
  • Couple w/ensuite Oceanfront – CAD $4,875.00
  • Couple w/ensuite – CAD $4,480.00
  • Couple w/shared bathroom – CAD $4,085.00
  • Twin w/ensuite oceanfront – CAD $2,440.00
  • Twin w/ensuite – CAD $2,240.00
  • Twin w/shared bathroom – CAD $2,040.00
  • Three-share w/shared bathroom – CAD $1,835.00
  • Women Dorm – CAD $1,590.00
  • Male Dorm – CAD $1,590.00
  • Mixed Dorm – CAD $1,590.00
  • Tent Site Single – CAD $1,565.00
  • Tent Site Couple – CAD $2,880.00
  • Commuter – CAD $1,390.00
    • (All prices include CAD $1,265.00 base amount)

Date & Time Details:
Starts with dinner on September 8
Ends with lunch on September 13
Sample program schedule

Location: Cortes Island

Tuition: $775 CAD

Campus Rates: Campus rates include accommodations, meals, Hollyhock activities, use of hot tubs and campus facilities (does not include tuition). Click here for details.

Scholarships: Program experiences are enriched by having a multitude of voices and experiences that reflect global plurality. Our scholarship program is one of our key strategies to expand program access to underrepresented and marginalized communities.

A limited number of scholarships are available per program with awards ranging from partial to full tuition. We encourage applicants from those whose identities intersect with, but are not limited to: Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, 2SLGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, newcomers, youth, and elders.

Please apply for a scholarship within your program registration form. We ask for a 5% refundable deposit to apply. Contact us directly if you are unable to pay this deposit.

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Songs of The Open Road: Exploring The Practice of Pilgrimage

With Dawn Pemberton and Jenn Cianca

September 8 - 13, 2023

For centuries, across cultures, and around the world people have made pilgrimages—moving towards distant, unfamiliar and often sacred places. While the destination often promised spiritual or personal redemption, the journey itself became a means of personal transformation and social connection.

Today, pilgrimages continue to offer individuals unique opportunity to explore how space and place, creativity and song, walking and movement have an impact on our internal landscape. The practice of pilgrimage can be a way to cultivate tools that can be used to invite introspection and a deeper understanding of how we relate to and connect with one another and the world around us.

We will spend each day in joyful discovery and reflection as we navigate the concepts of journey and destination, how to continue to cultivate and incorporate the concepts of pilgrimage in our everyday lives, deepening our relationship to space and place, and using creativity and song as a means of self-reflection, comfort and companionship.

IMPORTANT NOTE: ‘Walking’ is a way of moving through our environment that is active, rather than passive, but by no means demands bipedal, self-propelled motion. If you have questions about this terminology as it pertains to accessibility and ability, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Schedule

A detailed schedule will be available 1-2 weeks in advance of the program. View sample schedule here.

Terms & Conditions

You may find our terms & conditions here.

Presenter

Dawn Pemberton
Vibrant, genuine and soulful, Dawn Pemberton has deep musical roots that take her powerful voice from gospel and soul to jazz, funk and world music. She has become a staple of the Vancouver music scene and can often be found tearin’ it up as a vocalist, pianist, teacher, adjudicator, choir…
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