WHEAT Institute - Winnipeg Holistic Expressive Arts Therapy Institute

WHEAT Institute - Winnipeg Holistic Expressive Arts Therapy Institute WHEAT Institute provides holistic diploma and certificate programs in Art Therapy and Expressive Arts Therapy. We can't wait to welcome you!

The Winnipeg Holistic Expressive Arts Therapy (WHEAT) Institute offers training in the therapeutic use of the arts in a gorgeous lakeside retreat immersion and Online classes. Through WHEAT's programs, students learn how the universal language of art allows healing, growth and justice to emerge from even the smallest brushstrokes, movements and words. WHEAT's holistic approach to education incorporates connections with history, nature, culture, and respect for Indigenous Ways of Knowing into its settings, philosophies, and curriculum. WHEAT is the only school of its kind to provide Indigenous language courses within all its programs, and was the first to offer a fully Indigenized Art and Expressive Arts Therapy program in Canada. WHEAT is pleased to offer Online classes through Zoom and in-person immersions at Painted Sky Studio on Lake Manitoba. The cozy, artsy essence of Painted Sky Studio inspires creativity and a sense of being at home.

We welcome those interested to join Elder Albert McLeod and our WHEAT community for a series of teachings exploring Indi...
10/07/2026

We welcome those interested to join Elder Albert McLeod and our WHEAT community for a series of teachings exploring Indigenous Worldviews and 2Spirit Identity.

Albert McLeod is a Status Indian with ancestry from Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and the Métis community of Norway House in northern Manitoba. He has more than 30 years of experience as a human rights activist and is one of the directors of the Two-Spirited People of Manitoba. Albert began his Two-Spirit advocacy in Winnipeg in 1986 and became an HIV/AIDS activist in 1987. He served as Director of the Manitoba Aboriginal AIDS Task Force from 1991 to 2001. In 2018, Albert received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Winnipeg. Albert lives in Winnipeg, where he works as a consultant specializing in Indigenous peoples, cultural reclamation, and cross-cultural training.

Tuesdays, October 13, 20, 27 & November 3, 2026

5:30–6:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time
6:30–7:30 PM Mountain Daylight Time (including Saskatchewan)
7:30–8:30 PM Central Daylight Time
8:30–9:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time

The teachings will take place online via Zoom following WHEAT's Cree Language classes. Participants must register for the full 4-hour class.

There will be time for questions and conversation around ceremonies, gifting, protocol, and any other wonderings you may be holding in relation to Indigenous worldviews at this time.

Come join us online and learn with us. To register or learn more, contact Stephanie at [email protected]

tânisi. nêhiyawêwin / Cree class begins next week. tawâw pîhtikwêk. Come join us! Perfect for beginners. And which one o...
10/06/2026

tânisi. nêhiyawêwin / Cree class begins next week.

tawâw pîhtikwêk. Come join us! Perfect for beginners.

And which one of these images is not like the other?

mwestas. See you later!

We’re honouring our Indigenous teachers: the places and learning spaces they lead us to; the materials we learn about an...
10/06/2026

We’re honouring our Indigenous teachers: the places and learning spaces they lead us to; the materials we learn about and utilize; the creating we do; the connection to the land and all our relations we experience - lakeside, fireside, in the woods, in the lodge, in the arbour; the invitation into life-changing, sacred ceremony that can burst the heart open; the things we learn about how healing happens from Indigenous worldview perspectives; the invitation to understand ourselves as spiritual beings having a material world experience. The stories, the teachings. On the heels of days to honour Indigenous peoples, we reflect and express our gratitude for our Indigenous teachers and our ongoing learning journeys. Hiy hiy.

Today we pause to acknowledge the lives lost, and the horror, torment and grief at the loss of loved ones, on this Natio...
10/05/2026

Today we pause to acknowledge the lives lost, and the horror, torment and grief at the loss of loved ones, on this National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Gender Diverse Relatives. It is abhorrent that a day of action and advocacy such as this is required. We have 231 Calls to Justice issued in Reclaiming Power and Place around Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse folks’ rights and sovereignty: rights to safety, culture, health and wellness, human security and justice. How is it that we require a national inquiry to assert demands for what should be a given in a country such as Canada. We take action through education, the arts, and social justice to create a more safe and just world for Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse relatives. It cannot happen soon enough.

Our popular Indigenous language courses are back for another term this October! Drop-ins are welcome, so come join us on...
10/01/2026

Our popular Indigenous language courses are back for another term this October! Drop-ins are welcome, so come join us online via Zoom and learn with us.

Michif Language and Culture with Natalie Pepin

🗓 October 20 - December 15, 2026
⏰ Tuesdays, 7:15 – 8:15 PM CDT (Manitoba)
💻 Online via Zoom

Contact Stephanie at [email protected] to register or learn more.

At this time, and every day, we are aware of the devastating impacts of the indian residential school system, the heartb...
10/01/2026

At this time, and every day, we are aware of the devastating impacts of the indian residential school system, the heartbreaking stories of survivors, their families and their communities, as well as the incomparable work of The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Mazina Giizhik, The One who Speaks of Pictures in the Sky, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, in ensuring that we never forget, and that we move forward in ways that honour, respect and learn from our Indigenous friends, family, community members, teachers, leaders and Elders: every orange shirt reminding us that truth and reconciliation is daily action, not just a day. Kinanâskomitin, chi miigwetch, masi cho to our inspiring teachers who show us different ways of being in relation with each other, the land, our ancestors, and all our relations. We will remember.

The Southern Chiefs' Organization (SCO) invites you to join them for the 6th Annual Orange Shirt Day Healing Walk and P...
09/29/2026

The Southern Chiefs' Organization (SCO) invites you to join them for the 6th Annual Orange Shirt Day Healing Walk and Pow Wow on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, in Winnipeg on Treaty One Territory.

This event takes place on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

The day begins with an opening ceremony at 9:30 AM at the Oodena Circle in The Forks. Following the ceremony, we will take a healing walk to the Canada Life Centre. Grand entry for the pow wow will take place at 1 PM.

Join SCO as they honour residential school survivors, remember the children who never came home, and support healing for all affected families.

For more information about the event, visit: https://scoinc.mb.ca/orangeshirtday2026/

Explore the power of creativity, connection, and self-expression through our Creative and Expressive Arts Certificate pr...
09/23/2026

Explore the power of creativity, connection, and self-expression through our Creative and Expressive Arts Certificate program.

The certificate program includes weekend classes, plus one summer and one spring immersion at beautiful Painted Sky Studio on Lake Manitoba.

Throughout the program, students explore creative modalities with goals such as:

🤝 Building group support and cohesion
😊 Finding enjoyment and connection
💭 Developing insight and self-awareness
🌱 Building self-esteem
🎨 Expressing and sharing your unique voice

The skills developed can be carried into both professional and personal life. Students may ladder into the Expressive Arts Therapy Diploma or Dual Art and Expressive Arts Therapy Diploma programs.

Email [email protected] to book your free consultation call with WHEAT Director, Darci Adam. Registration closes soon for the next Creative and Expressive Arts Certificate cohort launching October.

Celebrating the change of seasons with this convocation of eagles from the spring. Large flocks of geese, snow geese, pe...
09/23/2026

Celebrating the change of seasons with this convocation of eagles from the spring. Large flocks of geese, snow geese, pelicans and tundra swans, to name just a few, migrate up and down Lake Manitoba creating quite a spectacle in the spring and fall, and of course there’s the occasional bald eagle and blue heron drifting by, catching my attention. Recently I collected a beautiful gull and stunning hawk who had both passed on the grounds at Painted Sky a week apart. I was instructed to place them in the freezer in a plastic bag covered by a cloth bag with to***co and cloth inside until such time as the Elder can assist me with them. I am honoured by the presence of these relatives and feel such gratitude to be present in a lake ecosystem. My dogs also love the birds at the lake but display their reverence in a slightly different fashion. Happy Equinox everyone; let’s express our deep gratitude for the predictable seasonal shifts of Mother Earth, her beauty, tenacity and consistency in the midst of all that is erratic and destructive - birds touch the sky.

Art therapy diploma students at Painted Sky Studio with Dr. Katrina Plato. Making just feels like the right thing to be ...
09/20/2026

Art therapy diploma students at Painted Sky Studio with Dr. Katrina Plato. Making just feels like the right thing to be doing: leaning into the present moment, creative expression, joyful community, warm connections. This experience is healing, as students begin putting together the pieces of how art heals. This is what the world needs now.

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