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. Fyre Jean Graveline shares her art installation in class at WHEAT, Winnipeg, Summer 2019
Many of us instinctively know, we do receive healing energy from being out on Earth Mother, physically, spiritually and metaphorically.

Fyre Jean Graveline and WHEAT student at Saskatchewan summer launch, July 2019
Together, we can take time to shift the stressful energy that we are all currently walking with, through Connection with the Natural World, and ReAwakening all kinds of sensory awarenesses that we have been Gifted, like our Ancestors before us, to attune to Mother Earth.

Earth Mother Vision by Fyre Jean Graveline
Welcome to ReAwakening Ancestral Resiliency through Eco-Arts Therapy. This may well be one of the most hopeful, beautiful and inspiring journeys we can take at this important transitional time for Humanity and for Earth Mother.

We have developed a series of diverse and relevant online spring classes to reach out and support individuals and their communities. We are thinking of you during this time of social distancing and life adjustments resulting from the current global health concern.

tanisi! Cree language instructor Bill Cook is our fearless leader in sharing nêhiyawêwin. Take one hour out of your week to learn to speak Cree! Tuesdays 7:30CST beginning tonight. Taught via Zoom.

This weekend January 18-19, 2020, 9:00-5:00 at 580-70 Arthur St. ~ Explore poetry with celebrated poet Di Brandt through reading, writing and performance exercises, with attention to (inter)cultural and (inter)personal influences and resonances.

OEATA / CEATA Meeting held on January 4, 2020 in Winnipeg, MB

Present: Terri Roberton (OEATA President), Darci Adam (WHEAT Director), Kim Burgess, Miriam Duff, Lois Goertzen, Frieda Lepp-Kaethler and Stephanie Scott

Ontario Expressive Arts Therapy Association President Terri Roberton visited WHEAT over the holidays to share her perspective on our rapidly growing and evolving field and the move for this Toronto-based association to better reflect a national perspective.

Meet Kate Donohue

One of the Grandmothers of Expressive Arts, Kate Donohue (Ph.D., REAT) is a licensed psychologist and registered expressive arts therapist who has taught at many international universities. Kate is a co-founder of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA) and was awarded the IEATA Shining Star Award in 2005.

Learn cree with WHEAT Institute! We are pleased to present the “Cree Minute with BillieRose” series! We will be posting new videos on our YouTube channel and sharing the links below.

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WHEAT is the first and only institute of its kind that offers training in both Art Therapy and Expressive Arts on the central Canadian plains. We are thrilled to announce the launch of Art Therapy and Expressive Arts Diploma and Certificate programs in Saskatchewan!