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For Classroom Teachers, Student Services Teachers, and Administrators

We come to you from the ancestral lands of the Anishnaabe, Ininew, Dakota and Dene peoples, who agreed to share this land with the signing of Treaty 1 in 1871.

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.

In the wake of the heart wrenching news of the remains of the 215 children found at the site of what was the Kamloops Residential School, we reach out to you, our community, to stand in solidarity with Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island, as we grieve for these children and their families and ancestors.

- Dr. Michael Yellow Bird, Dean of Social Work at the University of Manitoba

In art and expressive arts therapy training, we bring special attention to time and space for growth through relationships, discovering and living our life purpose, having a positive influence on social change, and expressing ourselves artistically and creatively.

Our global circumstances are concerning. Have you fallen into a pattern of waiting, worrying or grumbling? What would it feel like to turn off our news streams and get creative?

Let’s take our power back.

Expressive Arts Class

With different life experiences come different perspectives. I had the pleasure to speak to two former WHEAT students about their experiences in the Expressive Arts Certificate - one a lifelong artist and the other a lifelong educator.

"What I love most about the Arts, is together we are able to experience a powerfully transformative hands-on experience, where we are simultaneously able to create a healing space to acknowledge and release stored inter-generational trauma, and reawaken our Ancestral resiliency, while deepening our connection to Mother Earth creatively, ceremonially, practically and metaphorically.

"Since working on a project with WHEAT in Sioux Lookout, Ontario I saw the need for educating and giving our people the tools to help healing happen in their communities. I saw Art Therapy as a safe, yet powerful tool to begin the healing journey through our stories with ceremony, with song, and our language, to help them understand who they are and where they come from.

Photo provided by Kevin Lewis
Trickster Tales: Traditional Cree Stories for Beginning Cree Speakers
April 24th – May 29th, 2020
Friday evenings at 5 - 6 PM CDT (Manitoba time)
3 PM PST / 4 PM CST (Saskatchewan time) / 6 PM EST / 7 PM Maritimes
Online through Zoom
Instructor: Dr.

Dr. Christine Lummis

Registered Canadian Art Therapist

Trauma Specialist

Christine Lummis is an internationally recognized therapist and presenter with 25 years of clinical experience working both individually in her Private Practice as well as developing therapeutic programs for people of various ages.