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Morris will be teaching Mindfulness & Movement classes in our new spring training program, Weaving Braids of Belonging: Enhancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion through Art, Movement, and Mindfulness Practices, and in our Rivers of Solidarity Expressive Arts Certificate launching this July 2023.

Christina will be teaching Movement classes in our new spring training program, Weaving Braids of Belonging: Enhancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion through Art, Movement, and Mindfulness Practices, and in our Rivers of Solidarity Expressive Arts Certificate launching this July 2023.

A Human Resource Certificate Program

April 2023 Update: We are open to creating a program that meets the needs of your community or organization. Contact us at info@wheatinstitute.com to book a call and learn more about what may be possible!

Lindsay Ashmore, Director of Art & Expressive Arts Therapies and Indigenous Community Outreach

We are in a time of transition of seasons, and with this comes an unsettling and revealing of what is needed next.

Bonface Beti, Expressive Arts for Social Change and Peacebuilding Director

As Director of Expressive Arts for Social Change and Peacebuilding at WHEAT, I bring a specialization in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding through the arts.

This occasion is a momentous one, as it honours the first students in Canada to graduate from an Indigenized Art Therapy program. It has not been an easy journey, but the results have been amazing, as our program has evolved into an Indigenous Art Therapy school called Life As Medicine, run by our collaborators, Dr.

Holiday Greetings to You!

The team at WHEAT is sending you warm thoughts of care, creativity, and belonging this holiday season as blizzards roar, lakes freeze over, and snow drifts form.

Without a single spoken word, 2022 Dual Art and Expressive Arts Therapy graduate, Connie Haw, tells a finely nuanced story of intergenerational communication that tugs gently at our hearts strings through image and song.

Growing Social Justice through Arts in Community

The Rivers of Solidarity: Expressive Arts for Social Transformation Certificate will engage participants in reflection, personal practice, and action on issues of identity, relationship, and social transformation.

The 2021 Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA) conference begins this Friday, November 12th. This year's virtual conference will explore the theme of Emergence: Cultivating Hope, Creating Change.

We encourage you to attend a number of sessions highlighting the work of our WHEAT Indigenized Program Faculty including Indigenized Program Lead, Dr.