Art Therapy Offered to Students

Leanna Marshall, Confederation College Indigenous Counsellor, is completing Miyo Pimatisiwin, Canada’s First Fully Indigenized Art Therapy Program with the WHEAT (Winnipeg Holistic Expressive Arts Therapy) Institute. To fulfill her placement requirements, Leanna is offering art therapy to students of the Confederation College. You can book an appointment with her using the online booking system: www.confederationcollege.ca/appointments​.

The Healing Arts programs are designed around 4 central themes which are woven throughout our courses, and all terms:

Walking Our Talk: We honor our Gifts and resilience as Wounded Healers, and prioritize self-care as central to a sustainable life-long practice as a helper. We endeavor to model wellness, peace building and ethical behavior as necessary for a good life - miyo pimâtisiwin.

Embracing Cultural knowledge: We seek ways to embrace, restore, and revitalize cultural connections through embracing the power of Stories, Ceremonies and Indigenous Languages, and the Arts as Teachers; and acknowledge the fundamental necessity of land-based teachings to help us Reconnect, Respect and Protect Mother Earth.

Recognizing Collective Trauma: We recognize the interconnectedness of Personal, Historical, Ancestral, and Collective Trauma, and that healing through arts-based, trauma-informed, and strength-oriented perspectives necessarily includes enhancing personal wellbeing, addressing social inequities, and inspiring social change.

Restoring Relationality: We acknowledge the importance of restoring and rebuilding respectful Family, Community, Tribal, and Societal Relations, and embrace harmony with All Our Relations, as the core of integration and healing.

FUN FACT: Leanna was recently featured in an article on TVO, highlighting Indigenous artists and their work during the pandemic. Great work Leanna!