Winter 25 Elder Member Share

Training includes the Palliative Skills Development Program, a six-term, 300 hour, 18 course curriculum, that integrates therapeutic touch, therapeutic trance, and the therapeutic arts into a common skill that improves relations between providers and clients through improved palliative skills.  Skills that are taught through 30 workshops in a ‘hands on’ approach. IMDHA Hypnotherapist certification requires successful completion of all program components which adds 120 hours of self-directed studies. 

Livelihood includes living wage, short-term contracts that are designed for people living on fixed incomes such as seniors or disability pensions.
Contracts run term to term with 2 terms per year – Summer (May to Sep) and Winter (Nov to Mar). April and October are non-working months. 
The 3 Mothers Medicine Camps, run on our member’s Community Service hours and managed by paid co-op members, and provide opportunities for both work and training.
The Ratio is your ‘ranking’ for the paid work opportunities. 
Regardless of the number of shares – all members have one vote in the co-op.

There are currently five types of memberships with different costs, benefits, and number of shares.