Our Programs
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Healthy Relationships Program
Thriving Relationships Workshops
We run workshops over 8 sessions, for three hours per session for 8 weeks, where we will look at:
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Reconnecting
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Communication
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Managing conflict
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Forgiveness
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The impact of extended family/ third parties
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Managing money
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Sex is a gift
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Loving each other well
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Peer-to-Peer Support
Peer-to-peer support provides an opportunity to connect with others with a similar cultural
background to individuals of the same sex. It allows for the isolation that can be possible in
relationships to be removed, where people can connect with someone who can empathize with
their experience and provide a sense of community and understanding.
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Couples Community Support
Couples doing life together is based on the principle of "you start to become those you spend time
with the most". We will organize couples’ events like "sip and paint", couples bowling, etc. to give
couples an opportunity to do life with others while having positive experiences in their relationship.
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Expressive Arts
The arts have been the tool for communication within the African and Asian contexts. We use all five
disciplines of the arts (visual, dance/movement, music, drama/theatre, and writing/poetry) to
communicate our message in a culturally responsive manner, as a form of intervention, and to
improve mental health.
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Community Engagement Events
Some of the issues that individuals face in their relationships are not unique to any family. Because we do not often have these conversations in the open, it can feel like individuals are the only ones struggling with those issues. We want to engage our community in having open and honest communications about challenges in marriage and how to mitigate them.
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Referral to culturally responsive counselors
Referral to culturally responsive counselors: For couples that have specific relationship wounds to process their hurts and heal, we will make referrals to counselors that are culturally responsive and can relate to marital issues from diverse cultural perspectives
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Children/Youth Workshops
TMA Canada’s Children and Youth Program, part of the eight-week Thriving Relationships workshop, supports immigrant families by equipping parents and children with skills to build healthy, connected family bonds. Together, they create a supportive home environment.
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Children & the first impression
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Communication
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Managing conflict
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Forgiveness
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Relationship with family & friends
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Generosity & sharing
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Physical affection in the family
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Verbal affection & expression
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Healthy Relationships Program in French/Vietnamese
Thriving Relationships Workshops
Exciting news! The Thriving Relationships workshops will be available in French & Vietnamese in 2025. Stay tuned!
We believe that every community should have access to healthy relationship skills training in their languages, and we are open to collaborating with all communities who share the same vision to have our resources and programs translated and adapted for use in their communities