Advanced Diploma Graduates

2004 – Calgary, Alberta
My work has expanded immensely since completing the program. I continue to use the arts in my private practice with children and adolescents.
- Carmen Richardson | [full version]


Fulltime Diploma Graduates

2006 - Beirut, lebanon
After finishing my VATI program, I started working in a refugee center in Montreal. A few months later I decided to go back home...Lebanon. VATI had given me a lot of confidence in my skills and myself.
- Rinade Ballan | [full version]

2006 - Saskatoon, SASKATCHEWAN
I want to tell everyone about my new job! I have a four month contract to work at a long-term care home (Parkridge Center) as an “artist in residency”.
- Laurel Boerma | [full version]

2004 – Dease Lake, Northern BC
Since graduating from VATI in May, 2004, I have found myself in Dease Lake, a northern rural community in the northwest corner of British Columbia.
- Anna Chadwick | [full version]

2003 - Abbotsford, bc
Since graduating from VATI, I have continued teaching in public schools. The first year, I worked four days a week at a middle school as a learning support teacher, helping students in grade 6 with difficulties in their classrooms.  
- Liz Mcknight | [full version]

2003 - Brazil
It’s been now 2 years since I am back to Brazil and since then I have an Art Therapy private practice that is going really well.  
- Maria Azevedo | [full version]

2003 - USA
After graduating from the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute November 2003, I moved back to my home country and settled in Northern Idaho where finding a practicing Art Therapist would be like finding rare treasure.
– Kendall Lewis | [full version]

2002 – United Kingdom
I am lucky enough to find myself in a full-time art therapy position (charity funded) in a deprived area in Plymouth, UK.
– Shellee Chisholm | [full version]

2001 – Edmonton, Alberta
Hello! It has been a few years since I graduated from VATI, but in some ways it feels like just yesterday.
- Carolyn Husky | [full version]

2001 – Pemberton, BC
My path as an art therapist has been deeply professionally and personally satisfying, meaningful, and challenging.
– Katrina Jenmori | [full version]

2000 – Toronto, Ontario
After graduating from the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute in 2000 I have been passionately working in the area of Women’s Health ever since. 
- Ann Bayly | [full version]

2000 - Vancouver
Since graduating from VATI in 2000, I have furthered my education by taking a Masters in Counselling Psychology at UBC and becoming a Registered Clinical Counsellor.
- Elana Sures | [full version]

1998 – Drumheller, Alberta
I was have been working as a fulltime art therapist in a Catholic School in Drumheller, Alberta for three years and I just love it!
- Amber Channel | [full version]

1998 – Kelowna, BC
I am delighted to be able to connect with you through our valuable Alma Mater, VATI. This is a wonderful profession that we have chosen. - Eve Stocker | [full version]

1998 – White Rock, BC
Upon graduation from VATI, I felt very fortunate to find employment at my second-year practicum placement at Brenson Family Program.
- Cora Li-Leger | [full version]

1996 - Manitoba
I graduated from VATI in 1996 and returned to Manitoba where I was fortunate to find full time work in Art Therapy!
- Lori Boyko | [full version]

1994 – Coquitlam, BC
In 1994 I ventured out on my own as a new art therapist in an industry that had not quite found a level of awareness about our profession yet. - Michelle Oucharek-Deo | [full version]

1990 – Ireland
My training at the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute has enabled me to work in a variety of disciplines...
- Pamela Whittaker | [full version]