“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” Maya Angelou
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
Read MoreLinks 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
Read MoreTransformative 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
Read More“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
Read MoreSaturday, 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
Read MoreHi 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
Read MoreOur 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
Read MoreCheck out this documentary by The F-You Project “When Young People Decide To Forgive.”
Read MoreThank 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
Read MoreDr. 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
Read MoreThank 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!
Read MoreWelcome 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
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