Accurate Employee Selection

An interview and a tour of the worksite isn’t much to base your hiring decision on.
A day with horses and practical experiences will teach you a lot about them and them a lot about you.

Employee Retention

Finding suitable staff is one thing, keeping them is another.
The key is the working relationship. Build it here.

Leadership in the Boardroom and Beyond

Describing effective leadership is easy. Being an effective leader is not.
Here you get to practice big skills and tiny ones and then help others do the same.

Teambuilding that Works

Teambuilding implies that teams are built. Building implies a deliberate, constructive process.
It’s practical, its’ fun, it works!

Teambuilding for Correctional Staff

Enjoy teambuilding with your team, some horses and your host who has worked as an officer, a chaplain and a psychologist in maximum security institutions.

Youth Program

Practical, Principled Ways to Help Youth Develop

The Julian Program

A Specialized Addictions Recovery Program for Young Men and their Families

The FASD Julian Program

Innovative and Unique Help for People with FASD, Autism or Aspergers Syndrome and their Caregivers

There are not many courses / workshops out there that make you really think, but this workshop achieved this, but at the same time, it was a very enjoyable experience.

L.C., Town of Rocky Mountain House, AB

“Some books are a ‘must read’, some films are a ‘must see’ but your Equine-Assisted Learning is a ‘must do’ for teams who are serious about improving their practical communication and problem solving skills. Thank you. You provided an experience I will never forget and practical, insightful lessons I will always use.”

Arlene Krivoshein, BA, LLB
Certified Mediator and Negotiator
Rocky Mountain House, AB

As a nurse with a background in psychology, a lawyer, and someone who has spent a life time with horses, I was intrigued with Jim Marland's insight in matching horses to participants. It was a fun and non-threatening opportunity to learn more about how our communication and behaviours impact our relationship with others.

He has an uncanny and highly skilled manner of observation and timely interventions that were enlightening and left both my friend/colleague and myself with a deeper understanding of ourselves, both individually and as a collaborative team to find solutions.

As a family lawyer, I can see the value of the equine facility therapy that Jim offers to empower families to communicate in a positive, effect way that offers children the benefit of both parents being actively involved in their lives, as they transform into a new family unit after the difficult process of divorce.

Thanks Jim - it was a pleasure meeting you and your beautiful horses. Sincerely,

Gayle A. Langford
Nurse and Lawyer, Red Deer, AB

“Wonderful to be able to take concrete learning and apply it to the more abstract nature of our work.”

G.H., Red Deer, AB

“Great experience. Really made me think about my own qualities.”

L.D., Red Deer, AB

The [practical] interaction and theory was the perfect mix for learning. Communication is key in every area of one’s life.

N.K., Rocky Mountain House, AB

“Thank you for your willingness to walk along on my journey. I appreciate your desire for all people to have this type of "human experience". This learning in the horse arena to be used in the human arena is fascinatingly simple and yet very complex!! Some might even say: Deep.”

M.H., Rocky Mountain House, AB