Write to Breathe. Write to Remember. Write to Be Seen.
Our writing workshops are designed for people at every stage of their writing life, from caregivers who have never written a word, to seniors with a lifetime of stories, to corporate teams building connection through shared narratives. Our facilitators create a space where every voice is welcome.
Write to Breathe. A Space That Is Entirely Yours.
Caregiving leaves little room for yourself. Write to Breathe is a restorative creative writing break designed specifically for active caregivers. You write about anything that moves you: memories, dreams, family stories, imagined futures. Not caregiving, unless you choose it. Just your voice, on the page, in a space that is entirely yours.
Our general adult workshops welcome anyone who wants to write regardless of experience. Fiction, non-fiction, personal essay, poetry, family history. No experience required.
In person or virtually from home
No writing experience required
90-minute sessions, offered weekly or as intensive day workshops
Give Your Students a Voice.
Our youth creative writing workshops are curriculum-aligned and designed to meet Ontario Language expectations in Writing for a Purpose and Oral Communication across Grades 3 through 12. Fiction, poetry, personal narrative, and storytelling. We celebrate every student's voice, regardless of skill level.
One-off workshop session: 60 to 90 minutes
Multi-week program: 4 to 8 weeks
Author-in-residence: ongoing or semester-based
Literary arts festival programming
Grades 3 through 12, including ESL and ELL learners
Give Your Residents the Gift of Being Heard.
The Memoirs and Memories program is our signature storytelling experience for seniors and caregivers. Delivered in senior care settings in person or virtually. For many participants, this is the first time anyone has asked them to tell their whole story. The results are transformative.
Discover Stream (6 weeks):
Group storytelling, guided memory prompts, reflective sharing. Unlimited participants. Ideal for activity programming, social connection, and resident engagement.
Create Stream (12 weeks):
Up to 12 participants. Each participant receives a professionally bound memoir at the close of the program. A legacy artefact. A gift to their family. A reason to show up every week.
The Alzheimer Society of Canada recommends guided reminiscence as a meaningful non-pharmacological support for people living with dementia and their caregivers. Endorsed by the Harvard Medical School Advisory Council.
Hospice and palliative care organisations
Long-term care homes
Senior residences and retirement communities
Cultural and faith-based senior organisations
Community senior centres
Partnership pricing available for non-profits and hospice organisations. Letters of support for grant applications available on request.
Your Team Has a Story. Let's Help Them Tell It.
Storytelling is not a soft skill. It is a strategic one. Writing workshops build psychological safety, sharpen communication, strengthen team cohesion, and generate the kind of authentic organisational narrative that no brand consultant can manufacture.
For Corporations:
Executive memoir and legacy writing sessions
Team storytelling and narrative workshops
Corporate professional development writing days
Corporate retreat writing experiences
Custom facilitation for leadership teams
For Non-Profits:
Our writing programs are designed to be delivered within your existing programming model, with partnership pricing that reflects the reality of non-profit budgets. Outcomes include: increased participant engagement, meaningful legacy artefacts (bound memoirs, published stories), documented community impact for grant reporting, and alignment with funder priorities around mental health, aging, and cultural programming.
We work with hospice and palliative care organisations, long-term care homes, community health centres, settlement and newcomer support organisations, cultural organisations, caregiver support networks, and libraries.