our PEOPLE & PARTNERS 

Meet our 2020 - 2021 SOCIRC YOUTH AMBASSADORS!

Said

Dai

Joshua

Abebe

Our amazing ambassadors will be representing Toronto & SoCirC at the National Social Circus Gathering: CIRKASKINA leading SoCirC in creation, and into our 3 year growth project! 

... our 2020-2021 team of circus, social, and management people... 
click photo to learn more...

Jason J. Brown Video Production & Tech

Marsha Kennington-Consultant, facilitator, core member

Dee - Dance Facilitator, Core Member

Rachel :Founder -Coorinator -ED Lead Social Circus Facilitator

Abe -Circus Facilitator - core member

Jen - Community Volunteer, core team

Bex - Circus Facilitator - core member

Jaya -- -----Project Manager----- & Digital Transitions Coordinator

Erin Ball ----- Access Liaison ----- [A single rope hangs from the ceiling. Erin, white, is wrapped in the rope, mid-air. She wears a green skin tight bodysuit and has mid-length red hair in a side ponytail. Her lower legs end below the knees. Below her are mannequin legs with plants and vines flowing out of them from the top. She hangs, upside down, just above the mannequin legs, touching the plants with her hands.]

Samantha - social circus facilitator

--- Rebecca Leonard --- Head: Rigging/ Operations Lead Social Circus Facilitator

Maya Hall - Circus facilitator -core member

Louis. Circus Artist and social circus facilitator.

..our amazing board of directors... 

Keley - Director

Jean - Chair

Amy -Treasurer

Lee - Director

...our roster of amazing special guests facilitators...

Athena. Circus Artist, Yoga and Circus instructor.

Emma. Trauma Counselor (and circus aerialist )

Grace. Circus Artist and social circus facilitator.

Hayley. Social Circus Instructor.

Ilana. Social Worker (& recreational circus artist)

Angola . Circus Artist and social circus facilitator.

Ana. Circus Artist and social circus facilitator.

..Thank for the generous support from our 2020/2021 Funding Partners...

...our school partners over the years...

The Triangle Program

Contact Alternative

Central Tech. Special Needs Program

ODSS Special Needs and Dance Programs

The Aboriginal Education Centre

Quest Collegiate & Recovery Centre

Heydon Park Secondary School

Oasis Alternative: Arts and Social Change

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.. our community partners, funders, supporters and friends over the years...

Pedestrian Sunday's Kensington (Market) street festival has been hosting our youth street performances every summer for SoCirC's Red Light Project and community programming

Sketch hosted SoCirC's Red Light Project for 4 years for our drop in Social Circus programs for street involved and other marginalized youth 16-29, performing at Pedestrian sunday and Sketch showcases

Cirque du Monde (Cirque du Soleil's social action department), an official partner of SoCirC, hosted a benefit performance of Luzia their latest show to raise funding for SoCirC helping enable us to run The Red Light Project for our 3rd year!

The Art Gallery of Ontario hosted and funded our free drop in programing 2013-2015 at the Gallery with Syrus Ware! Read more on our projects page or click logo

Scarborogh's Warden Wood's program has brought in some of SoCirC team to provide Workshops for Warden Woods youth programs. See project section to check out more about this project!

We appreciate the discounted and donated equipment for our workshops from Higgins Brothers Juggling Equipment!

The Toronto Arts Council generously funded SoCirC's Red Light Project and community programming 2014-2020

Art Starts Art Starts is an award-winning charitable, not-for-profit organization that uses the arts as a vehicle to encourage social change and hosted SoCirC programs.

Lookup Theatre, a Toronto friend and partner has an initiative as part of their organization called Talk to Youth Lately: a youth circus troupe formed specifically for youth who have had mental health experiences, with whom we have done collaborative workshops and some SoCirC participants have performed with the TTYL group.