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Scholarships & Awards
The Linda Manitowabi IBPOC Award
$21,290 for the Art Therapy or Expressive Arts Therapy Diploma
or $25,590 for the Dual Art & Expressive Arts Therapy Diploma
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The Linda Manitowabi IBPOC Award covers course tuition for one full WHEAT diploma program, excluding supervision, research, and fees*.
The Linda Manitowabi IBPOC Award was created to honour the ongoing contributions of Grandmother, Ojibwe Cultural and Language Teacher, and Art Therapist, Linda Manitowabi. Linda is an Anishnaabe-Kwe from Wikwemikong First Nation. Linda studied education and art therapy at the university level and applies her knowledge within the healing circles of Indigenous peoples. For many years she has been learning the traditional teachings and ceremonies of the Ojibwe Midewiwin Society. These teachings and art therapy help her connect Indigenous people with their healing journey. Linda has travelled and hiked extensively world-wide, learning from other Indigenous Nations on her travels.
Linda is Bear Clan and follows a matrilineal line of healers. Her gentle, humble spirit combines with extensive knowledge of her cultural and spiritual traditions, language, and community to provide an important foundation to the development of Indigenous perspectives on Art Therapy and Expressive Arts on Turtle Island. Linda teaches from a place of inclusion, thereby continuing to build bridges between people and peoples. Her walk in life honours a balanced medicine wheel with demonstrated strengths in the spiritual, emotional, physical and intellectual domains.
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The recipient of this award, an IBPOC ** individual, will display the strengths of a healer: empathy, compassion, kindness, and commitment to the ongoing journey of healing, which takes place over time. They will demonstrate a balance of capacities in the spiritual, emotional, physical and intellectual domains, as well as the commitment to follow through and complete tasks, resulting in the capacity to manifest positive outcomes. Their ongoing commitment to the arts and culture will be evident, as will their capacity to build bridges to unite different communities and people. Candidates will be required to demonstrate a need for the funding.
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Please contact us at info@wheatinstitute.com for further details. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. One award will be granted per cohort year. Open to IBPOC applicants to a Diploma program of their choice at WHEAT Institute.
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* The value of the Linda Manitowabi IBPOC Award is $21,290.00 for the Art Therapy or Expressive Arts Therapy Diploma, or $25,590.00 for the Dual Art & Expressive Arts Therapy Diploma. The student will be responsible for covering $4200.00 in supervision, research, and fees in the Art Therapy or Expressive Arts Therapy Diploma program, or $5900.00 in supervision, research, and fees in the Dual Art & Expressive Arts Therapy Diploma program.
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** * IBPOC is an acronym that stands for Indigenous Peoples, Black Peoples, and People(s) of Colour. This includes First Nations, Inuit, Métis, and Visible Minorities such as South Asian, Chinese, Black, Filipino, Arab, Latin American, Southeast Asian, West Asian, Korean, and Japanese.
Scholarships Available for 2025 through
The Winnipeg Foundation
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Bea Louise Anderson Memorial Scholarship, $500
Bea L. Anderson, Darci’s grandmother, was an artist. A lifetime of experimentation with watercolour, ink, pastels and oil began with a childhood fascination with shadows and a set of the three primary colours housed in tiny china cups. Bea’s artistic gift was nourished throughout public school as she chalked classroom murals, won art competitions and became known as “the Artist of the School.” Inspired by the prairie landscape and faces from diverse cultures, Bea was fascinated by the stories these images told. Over 2,000 of her works are hung throughout the world. Tutor and mentor, she was a founder of the North Regina Artists Guild, living her belief that everyone has an artistic, creative capacity.
The Bea Louise Anderson Memorial Scholarship will go to a student in high academic standing, with demonstrated artistic abilities, meeting program entrance requirements. Preference will be given to students of prairie origin from Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba. The successful candidate will show evidence of a commitment to bettering the lives of people from diverse cultures.
Applicants must already be accepted into their Diploma program of choice at WHEAT Institute. Please contact Stephanie at outreach@wheatinstitute.com for the Scholarship Application Form. Award recipients will be determined on or before June 30th. Funds will be applied to second term tuition.
Make an online contribution to this fund here.
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Elder Harry Bone Award, $450
The Elder Harry Bone Award was created in recognition of the ongoing work of Elder Harry Bone in promoting and protecting Indigenous culture, rights and worldview. Member, and former Chief and Director of Keeseekoowenin Ojibway, he has also worked as a CEO at the West Region Tribal Council and as a Director of the Manitoba Indian Education Authority. Federally, he was Director of Native Programs and Vice-President of Aboriginal Cultural Centres of Canada. He is currently a member and Chairperson of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Elders Council.
Elder Bone writes and speaks about the traditional laws and customs of Indigenous people from the perspective of Indigenous people, thus reclaiming words and injecting new power into them. To hear Elder Bone speak is to feel inspired by compassion, reason, humility and grace in the service of human dignity. His distinguished achievements in leadership, scholarship and public service reflect his tireless and trendsetting work in advancing Indigenous education in Canada. In the spirit of the life and ongoing work of Elder Harry Bone, the recipient of this award will be an Indigenous student with demonstrated excellence in leadership and/or scholarship, and/or public service, and/or arts and culture.
Applicants must already be accepted into their Diploma program of choice at WHEAT Institute. Please contact Stephanie at outreach@wheatinstitute.com for the Scholarship Application Form. Award recipients will be determined on or before June 30th. Funds will be applied to second term tuition.
Make an online contribution to this fund here.
Maria Campbell Indigenous Healing Arts Publishing Fund, $400
The Maria Campbell Indigenous Healing Arts Publishing Fund has been created by the generous support of WHEAT benefactor, Janine Tougas, through her development of a variety of expressive arts tools for use by therapists and teachers. These funds are specifically for Indigenous students as support in publishing research. WHEAT Art Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy, and Dual Diploma students may apply for the Maria Campbell Indigenous Healing Arts Publishing Fund based on intention to publish their final research projects. Consultant funds of $400 are available per student.
Eligibility requirements include:
- must be First Nations, Inuit, or Métis
- must be enrolled in the Art Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy, or Dual Diploma program with WHEAT Institute
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Please contact Stephanie at outreach@wheatinstitute.com for further details. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and award recipients will be notified by email. Funds may be allocated to a consultant(s) of the students’ choosing. Consultants may be any member of a students’ research circle, including community collaborators.