Below you'll find feedback from various clients:
Specializing in the design and delivery of transformative, experiential education.
Testimonials
Awesome! A wall that was there before with the boys has been dropped. They expressed things that I assume are usually hidden from us. I saw them for who they were and I was honored to have shared the experience with them. I will strive to maintain this opening and create more opportunities to share with them.
Alyson Norden
Student Support Worker, VAST Alternate School, Port Alberni
The most important thing I’ve learned from this session is how important it is for the genders to be separated in the rites process so that both can be recognized and honored. This training helped me to see how youth create their own rites of passage in the absence of structured/formal ones, and how dangerous that can be.
City of Eugene
Department of Recreation, and Oregon Youth Authority, Oregon, USA
David Hatfield brings a fresh and new experience to professional development and methods of working with boys. Without the traditional power-point presentation methods, he is able to engage and motivate his participants. At our school, David connected with our needs and thoughts with his excellent facilitation skills. At the end, we not only had grown... read more
Jovo Bikic, Vice Principal
Maple Ridge Secondary School, BC
The best part was the deconstruction of conflict and principles of dealing with high stress situations.
Grade 11-12 session, SEED Alternate Secondary, Toronto
David is a leader in very important empowerment work with boys and men. I recommend him highly. A passionate teacher and facilitator, David Hatfield has a lot to offer: gender talk which is sophisticated but easily understood an ability to quickly establish a rapport with the group and truly engaging experiential programming.
Suzanna Cermak: Youth Program Coordinator
Evangel Hall, Toronto