The Circle Project

Our visit to the Circle Project was delightful - and we even made their website!

Here is their News story:

On Friday, October 23, 2015, Circle Project was thrilled to have five Australian nursing exchange students and their instructor join us and experience who we are and what we do at the Circle Project. The students were given a tour of Circle Project’s Infant and Toddler Centre, Children’s Centre and our main office the “Big Circle.” The nursing students learned a little bit about each centre—and we made new friends.

At the Infant & Toddler Centre, students were able to experience the calm and nurturing atmosphere, ask questions, and make comparisons between childcare and early childcare education in Australia and Canada.

At the Children’s Centre, students got a full tour of the centre and were surprised to hear our Children’s Centre is made of straw bales (enclosed in walls of course!). They had the chance to learn about the inclusive and holistic environment at the Children’s Centre and, in particular, the new “Marvelous Me” school age literacy program staff created for school aged children who are falling behind in reading and writing.

The last stop was Big Circle where students learned all about the programs and services offered at the Circle Project. They had the opportunity to interact with both program and administrative staff to learn more about “how it all works together.” They also learned about the how the medicine wheel and its teachings are incorporated into all our programs and services at the Circle Project and how, through holistic healing practices, we encourage people to help themselves.

At the end of the tour, staff and our visitors gathered, and each student and their instructor was gifted with a hand-beaded Circle Project key chain made by a staff member. The instructor accepted a piece of artwork, painted by a former Circle Project program participant, to take back to Australia. We then shared stories, experiences, and bannock! What a wonderful afternoon we shared, learning about how much we are the same and also how different we are!

At the “Big Circle” we love having visitors to our “home.” We were humbled by being invited to host these special guests and thrilled to make new friends from so far away.

(http://www.circleproject.ca/cp2015/australian-nursing-students-visit-circle-project/)


Here are some pictures from the day:

Love that their kids centre is built out of straw and clay - look at those thick walls!

The famous chilli challenge - go Circle Project!!!

The Circle Project is a registered not-for-profit charity supported by the City of Regina, Regina United Way, Provincial Departments, Service Clubs, and the community at large.

Since its beginning in 1988, the Circle Project has engaged and worked with the Aboriginal community, helping individuals and families reach their full potential. Individuals and families are given access to a broad range of programs and services delivered in a community setting by the Circle Project, an Aboriginal organization, so that they may enjoy the benefits that are a natural outcome of education, employment, and firm attachment to the economy.

With Saskatchewan leading the country in family violence, our interest is also in helping individuals who are at risk of detachment from the economy as a result of lifestyle or relationship issues or family violence. We have begun the work of identifying and responding to the risks that lead to economic detachment by individuals and families. We plan to continue working in this area because reattachment to the economy is more difficult to achieve and brings with it a whole different set of complex challenges for individuals and the community.