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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.

Join us in congratulating all our Expressive Arts Certificate and Art and Expressive Arts Therapy Diploma graduates! We are so proud to present the class of 2023. Thank you, chi miigwech, kinanâskomitin for embarking on your art and expressive arts therapies journey with us at WHEAT!

Join us in heartful celebration, as we approach the 10-year anniversary of the WHEAT Institute: an honouring of community, art, and Mother Earth.

This celebration will be a wonderful occasion for you and your cohort to reunite and reminisce on the memorable experiences shared during your training, as we come together as a WHEAT community of Alumni, Students, and Faculty to celebrate the positive impact each of you has had on each other and the field of art and expressive arts therapy.

We are very excited about this dynamic offering which intends to support schools in accessing the power of the arts in supporting student engagement, inclusion, and sense of belonging, while also supporting teacher well-being.

Facilitated by Christina Manchulenko BA, B. Ed., RSME/T, YT500

What is the Tamalpa Life/Art Process?

This movement-based expressive arts therapy series is based on the Tamalpa Life/Art Process, an intermodal approach which explores the wisdom of the body as expressed through movement, dance, and imagination.

Here is a broad brushstroke describing the relationship, overlap, similarities, and differences between Art Therapy (AT), Expressive Arts (ExA), and Expressive Arts Therapy (ExAT) in Canada. In addition, we have included important information on the context of our AT/ExA/ExAT training within the field of therapeutic arts, and how we interface with the regulatory and non-regulatory bodies impacting our work, as well as the associations and organizations that actively represent therapists by building solid relationships with regulators and government.

Creating a Place for Everyone

PowHERhouse champions the changework of relational leaders and social impactors. Together, as allies, PowHERhouse and WHEAT are walking the path of truth and reconciliation for all our relations.

Creating a Place for Everyone

PowHERhouse champions the changework of relational leaders and social impactors. Together, as allies, PowHERhouse and WHEAT are walking the path of truth and reconciliation for all our relations.

Amanda co-facilitates our Cultural Awareness and Intersectionalities course in our new spring training program, Weaving Braids of Belonging: Enhancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion through Art, Movement, and Mindfulness Practices, and in our Harmonized and Rivers of Solidarity Art and Expressive Arts Therapy Diploma programs.

Bonface will be teaching Introduction to Expressive Arts in Conflict Transformation in our new spring training program, Weaving Braids of Belonging: Enhancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion through Art, Movement, and Mindfulness Practices.