Programs
Our CanTRA, PATH Int. and EC certified instructors use adaptive teaching techniques and/or equipment to help individuals of all ages with (dis)abilities or unique needs learn the skills of equestrian and horsemanship.
We also offer summer and March break camps, fully day adult programming, a fully funded school program as well as therapy programs, in particular Physiotherapy and Therapeutic Recreation. See full descriptions below to see what suits your needs and goals the best.
Individuals with (dis)abilities or unique needs learn the skill of riding with the use of adaptive teaching techniques and equipment.
This unmounted program teaches how to care for, communicate with and exercise the horse from the ground or wheelchair.
Be a part of our Hope Haven Pegasus team! All skill levels of riders and horsemanship participants are welcome!
Program goals are recreation, leisure based and/or life skills based for individuals with (dis)abilities or unique needs.
Full day program for adults with (dis)abilities. Enjoy everything an equestrian farm has to explore!
Camp options for the basic summer camp enthusiast right up to the equine obsessed camper who can't get enough horse content.
A mounted treatment session with a physiotherapist who uses the horse’s unique movement to affect the client’s functional goals (hippotherapy).
Saddle Up for Success - Schools
A research-based program for elementary and high school students with (dis)abilities or unique needs.
Life at Hope Haven
Contact
545747 Sideroad 4A, RR #2
Markdale, ON N0C 1H0
(t) 519-986-1247
Directions
Located on Sideroad 4a between
7th Line and 9th Line.
Benoit Dube - Executive Director
execdir@hopehavencentre.org
Barb Sheperd - Development Officer
partnerships@hopehavencentre.org
Robyn Allen - Program Manager & Physiotherapist
program@hopehavencentre.org
Michelle Lemire - Volunteer Coordinator (Interim)
volunteer@hopehavencentre.org
Emma Houser - Volunteer Coordinator & Instructor (PATH Int. CTRI, EC Instructor of Beginners)
ehouser@hopehavencentre.org
Danielle Rose - Equine Manager & Instructor (PATH Int. CTRI, EC Competition Coach)
drose@hopehavencentre.org
Ann-Ida Beck - Instructor (CanTRA CTRSI, PATH Int. CTRI, EC Instructor of Beginners)
abeck@hopehavencentre.org
Gillian MacNeill - Instructor (CanTRA CTRII, PATH Int. CTRI)
gmacneill@hopehavencentre.org
Shannon Speer - Recreation Therapist
sspeer@hopehavencentre.org
Gretel Stanish - Property & Barn Manager
gstanish@hopehavencentre.org