Community Education and Support Services is a collaboration between Jodi Bergman Counselling and Thrive Tutoring Services. We are a tutoring, education support and counselling cooperative offering individualized programs, small group learning, after school homework help, and family-centred counselling services in person and online. At CESS we strive to meet the needs of each student, helping them identify their own unique learning style and personal education goals using relational connection as our base.

Community Futures Central Kootenay is a not-for-profit community economic development organization. We are committed to helping people in the Central Kootenay region who are either operating or are planning to start their own business.

We are a licensed childcare centre operating 2 programs.

2.5 – 5 yr olds – full and part-time care School Age Care – kindergarten – Grade 5

Hours of operation:  7:30-5:15.  We are open year round except for Christmas break

Air B &B Experience Packages

Come stay over- night in our tipi or beautiful wall tent healing studio and wake up to a welcoming, fun and warm environment. Guests always speak of the tranquility and peace they feel while staying on our 7- acre Cultural Education and Wellness Facility.

Enjoy a continental breakfast in preparation for a full day of cultural activities, healing and learning, or perhaps you’ll go for our ethnobotanical packages:

• Indigenous Cultural Package

 What you’ll do:

–meet and work with a Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Keeper

-learn how to build a primitive shelter with natural materials

-learn how to predict the weather using science as well as spiritual techniques

-learn

how to build a fire, using materials from nature

-learn techniques in how to cook a delicious meal over an open fire; creating up to 4 different temperature ranges on your fire!

-learn and practice traditional Indigenous drumming techniques

-listen to Indigenous Ghost stories around the campfire

What you’ll learn:

-perspectives on traditional Indigenous Worldviews and Ancient Ways of Knowing

-the Sacred Interrelated Laws of Mother Earth and how they pertain to Indigenous cultures and our Settler friends

-to be able to describe and identify animals and their habits indigenous to the Kootenay region

Positive and responsible social impact accomplished by staying with us!

*Twenty percent of the proceeds from your stay go toward sustaining our Traditional Cultural Outdoor Education and Wellness Centre

• Ethnobotanical Package

Come and learn about the ancient botanical knowledge and sustainable botanical practices of the Indigenous peoples of Canada.

What you’ll do:

-go on a nature walk and explore the botany of the region and the historical uses employed by Indigenous peoples

-collect food and medicinal plants and learn how to make herbal teas, tinctures, lotions, salves etc.

-experience a body care session with our professional health practitioner using ancient Indigenous Healing Techniques

-ancient herbal cleansing bath and river ceremony-feel good mind, body, spirit and emotions!

-enjoy traditional Indigenous healing songs around the campfire and learn how to drum

What you’ll learn:

-describe the traditional Indigenous Worldview and Ancient Ways of Knowing

-describe the Sacred Interrelated Laws of Mother Earth

-how to listen to plants to obtain specific knowledge about their use, how to prepare them, their medicinal properties etc.

-measure your intuitively acquired plant knowledge with herbal reference books and your teacher

-traditional hand drumming techniques

-ancient cleansing ceremonies

Positive and responsible social impact accomplished by staying with us!

*Twenty percent of the proceeds from your stay go toward sustaining our Traditional Cultural Outdoor Education and Wellness Centre

The Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (KATI) is dedicated to the belief that the creative process is healing and life enhancing and that the use of the expressive arts can contribute therapeutically to both individual and community health.

Education

KATI offers a two-year diploma program in art therapy.

Students can take the program in one of two formats: on-campus or blended distance. The curriculum uses a relational model which emphasizes the therapeutic needs of rural communities, the importance of Indigenous approaches to art therapy and research, and the value of maintaining a sense of connection with the natural world.

Community

KATI offers a host of art therapy services throughout the Kootenays through student clinical placements, the local school districts, and partnerships with local service agencies.

Make A Change Canada was established in 2005 as a national nonprofit and charitable organization that provides employment and skills training to Canadians who face challenges in finding or maintaining employment in today’s labour market.  We are accredited (since 2015) through the Imagine Canada Standards Program, one of just over 200 charitable organizations in Canada to have achieved this important standing.  Make A Change Canada is exempted from certification under the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB), Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training, and is a certified educational institution under Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC).  This means we are authorized to provide students with T2202A certificates to claim a tuition tax credit.  Make A Change Canada has assisted hundreds of individuals in the local community to attain the skills they need to move on to meaningful careers and increased earnings.  The net benefit extends to our clients’ families, to local businesses requiring employees with essential technology skills, and to the local economy.  Help us celebrate our upcoming 15-year anniversary when we host the Montreal Canadiens Alumni in a charity fundraising game this January 23, 2020.  We’ll be celebrating “The Canadian Way of Life!”

Welcome to Selkirk College, where your best future is within your reach, leading to destinations beyond your imagination. Selkirk College is the oldest and first, Regional College in British Columbia. With over 35,000 graduates Selkirk College is proud to be a part of our communities of life-long learning. Discover the Selkirk advantage as you explore your potential and learn in a natural environment. We nurture our students with small class sizes, free tutorials, competitive tuition fees and a lower cost of living.

Co-located childcare centre for children from birth to age 12. Lynx Program – infant toddler Bobcat Program – 3-5’s Wildcat Program – before & after school program.

Founded in 1973, The Whole School is an independent, elementary school offering an experienced-based curriculum aiming to foster the social, emotional, spiritual, physical, and intellectual growth of every child and a safe, non-competitive environment. Emphasis is placed on artistic expression, environmental stewardship, experiential learning and social justice.