our PEOPLE & PARTNERS 

Meet our 2021 SOCIRC YOUTH AMBASSADORS!

Said

Dai

Joshua

Abebe

 Our amazing 2021 ambassadors represented Toronto & SoCirC at the National Social Circus Gathering: CIRKASKINA  

... our 2021 team of people: circus, social, tech and jugglers of life ... 
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Jason J. Brown Video Production & Tech

Maya Hall - Circus facilitator -core member

Marsha Kennington-Consultant, facilitator, core member

Dee - Dance Facilitator, Core Member

Rachel -Founder , Lead Circus Facilitator & Coordinator

Abe -Circus Facilitator - core member

Jenn Macfarlane - Community & Tech Support

Bex - Circus Facilitator - core member

Sanyu Namata - Project Manager

Erin Ball - Access & Digital Lead - [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

Funmi Asolo - Community Support Worker

Louis. Circus Artist and social circus facilitator.

..our amazing board of directors... 

Keley - Secretary

Nicole - Director

Jean

Amy - Chair

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 2022 Funding Partners...

...our current and past school partners ...

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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.. we are thankful to all of our other community partners and friends who have supported and collaborated with us 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!

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.

Toronto company with an initiative, Talk to Youth Lately: a youth circus troupe formed specifically for youth who have had mental health experiences, with whom we have had many opportunities to collaborate with and appreciate all of their support and partnership!