Five Key Elements of Transformation – The Philosophy of Restorative Justice

Five Key Elements of Transformation Within The Philosophy of Restorative/Transformative Justice and Transforming Individual and Community Trauma  “A great many people think they are changing when they are just rearranging their prejudices.” William James, Philosopher  “Why must anyone seek for new ways of acting? The answer is that in the long run the continuity of

CTSC in Media

Links to Articles Featuring the CTSC Transforming Trauma: Communities Experiencing Violence May 4, 2018 by Maria Barcelos, Executive Director The Gatehouse & Arthur Lockhart, Professor and Founder, The Gatehouse Humber collaborates with The Gatehouse to create Centre for Transformative Social Change April 03, 2017 by Alanna Fairey

5th Annual Transformative Social Change Symposium

Transformative Social Change Symposium Wed. Nov. 14, 2018 – The Centre for Transformative Social Change and The Gatehouse co-hosted the 5th Annual Transformative Social Change Symposium.  Our utmost and sincere gratitude to Humber College School of Social and Community Services for sponsoring the event. Over 100 persons took part in social justice and transformative community

April 30th Join us for Facilitating Transformative Social Change: A public health response to violence in communities

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James Baldwin “The greatest security we can have is created through healthy relationships.” Arthur Lockhart “Like the infectious diseases in our history, violence is better understood and more successfully treated as an epidemic.” Cure Violence Meeting: Facilitating Transformative Social

Transformative Social Change Symposium March 24, 2018

Saturday, March 24, 2018 –  60 people gathered at Humber College Lakeshore Campus to talk about social change. Thank you all to all guest speakers including: Dr. Alok Mukherjee Ardath Whynacht  Marcia Brown C/O Jay Williams for Trust 15 Sue Enberg Kelly Donovan Fit4Duty Leonard Benoit Zya Brown Elizabeth Correia Dr. Aqeel Saeid Professor Arun Dhanota

Sign Centre for Transformative Social Change Support Letter

Hi Everyone We need your support. We are a group of students, educators and community organizers, who have connected to pursue a common passion and hope to get your support. We have many goals that can be achieved with your help. Our primary goal is to create the Center for Transformative Social Change (CTSC) that can connect students

Transformative Social Change Symposium Nov. 4, 2017

Our 4th annual Transformative Social Change Symposium in partnership with Humber College will take place on Saturday, November 4th, 2017! Date: Saturday, November 4th Time: 9:00am to 3:30pm Location: Humber College Lakeshore Campus, Building G Cost: Free.  We are asking registrants to bring a canned food or another non-perishable food item which will be donated to

Check out The F-You Project Documentary

Check out this documentary by The F-You Project “When Young People Decide To Forgive.”

Stressed, anxious? Meditation may help!

Thank you Edison Yao, Unicorn Studios

Thank you, Edison Yao, Photographer, Unicorn Studios for sharing the two-day  Nov. 5 & 6, 2016 symposium experience through your creative vision in photography and film. Edison is donating money to support The Gatehouse, He is directing a percentage of his business profits to help The Gatehouse with their work with survivors of childhood sexual

Dr. Saeid, Research Team Lead

 Dr. Saeid is leading our research students! Aqeel is working on developing quantitative and qualitative measurement tools to evaluate and measure the outcomes of the main activates and services delivered by the Centre for Transformative Social Change. Aqeel is a full time professor at Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in the Criminal Justice Degree

Thank you to our students!

Thank you to our wonderful team of Humber College School of Social and Community Services students  (L to R): Stephanie Desrosiers, CYC, Diane Rafacz, Criminal Justice Alumni and Skyler Davis, Criminal Justice who helped to make the November 5 & 6th symposium a wonderful event!

Hello world!

Welcome to the Centre for Transformative Social Change Site We are based in Toronto as a collaborative project between The Gatehouse and Humber College, but our network spans the globe. The CTSC is a co-creative, collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach that focuses on facilitating student engagement in the area of social justice innovation by sharing knowledge and