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Sarah Van Norman (BA, MPhil, DVATI, CAGS)
Director
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Sarah Van Norman is an artist, art therapist, social researcher, and writer. Sarah came to art therapy from the social sciences. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and a Masters of Philosophy in Ethnic and Racial Studies. [more...]



Laura Worrall (DVATI, MC:AT, RCC, RCAT)
Distance Program Coordinator, Instructor
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I graduated from the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute in 1995. Since then I have specialized in using art therapy with children who have experienced trauma and loss. [more...]


  Trish Rapske
Program Administration / Student Registrar
(coming soon)


Darcy Bailey (MSW, RSW, RCC, DVATI)
Instructor

I remember being mesmerized when I first walked into the Toronto Art Therapy Institute and learned for the first time, about Art Therapy. [more...]


Shelley Dales (DVATI, MC:AT)
Project Advisor, Instructor

Shelley Dales’ professional experiences are varied and include working with public agencies and medium size companies as well as co-owning and running her own business. [more...]


Heather Dawson (B.A., DVATI, MA)
Instructor

I remember the day that I first heard of art therapy. I was working in an agency that provided services for young mothers where I was to create psycho educational groups to support parenting. [more...]


Leslie Fletcher (B.A., AOCA, DVATI, RCAT)
Child and Youth Care

Having graduated from the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute in 1987, I have had a long and varied career in art therapy. [more...]


Elise Gedig (VATI)
Instructor

I have worked with children and families for the past eleven years in the contexts of nursing and art therapy. My nursing career started out in pediatric oncology where I cared for children and families fighting childhood cancer. [more...]


Colleen Gold (MA, RCAT)
Instructor


Michael J. Haslam (MA, RCAT)
Instructor



Tatjana Jansen (DVATI, MC:AT)
Instructor

Tatjana Jansen graduated from the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute in 1992. Since then, she has worked extensively in a variety of agencies, with her area of specialization being trauma counselling. [more...]


Gretchen Ladd (B.A., BFA, DVATI)
Instructor

My work as an art therapist allows me to combine my passions for art, creative process, community and healing. [more...]


Patricia MacAulay (B.A., B.Ed., DVATI)
Instructor

I come from a small place (Prince Edward Island) but I have always had big ideas. I have travelled all over the world and have enjoyed countless work experiences. [more...]


Elana Sures (M.Ed, DVATI, RCC)
Instructor

Since graduating from the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute in 2000, Elana Sures has incorporated art therapy extensively into her counselling career. [more...]


Lois Woolf (B.Arch, DTATI, MA, RCAT, ATR, BCATR)
Director Emerita

I was fortunate enough to complete my training at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute in 1973 with my mentor, Dr Martin A Fischer, the Toronto psychiatrist. [more...]

 


 
 
 
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