APRIL 2022
Greetings!
Annual General Meeting and Conference
June 24, 25 & 26, 2022
So, what does it mean to be

human now?
Annual General Meeting and Conference
June 24, 25 & 26, 2022


The goal of this year’s conference is to create a continuum in time whereby the theme and experience of the Conference is not an isolated event but rather one that builds and develops as we go from this year, into next year and towards the world-wide commemorative events of the fire on December 31,1922 and for the refounding of the Society at the Christmas Conference 1923/1924.

In person at Saugeen Academy Hanover and Glencolton Farm, Durham, Ontario.
Or in person with your local branch or group.
Keynote speaker

Christoph Wuerscher
Christoph Wuerscher was born in Kitchener, Ontario and grew up in the United States. His parents had been very active in a resistance movement known as the “Confessing Church” before leaving Germany in 1939. Conversations around the dinner table frequently touched on moral, social and spiritual issues. Although Christoph determined to become a psychologist in Grade 7, it took more than two decades before he received his license to practice.  While he was at Queen’s University in Kingston, pursuing his doctorate in Clinical Psychology, he was introduced to The Christian Community and the ideas of Rudolf Steiner. Both resonated deeply within him and greatly influenced his life and his work. As a clinical and organizational psychologist, he has learned a great deal from sharing in the lives of veterans, police officers, young offenders, executives, politicians, musicians, seminarians, and their spouses and partners. Recently retired, the question of what it means to be human in our times is near and dear to his heart, and he is looking forward to engaging with others on the topic.
ASC Expands Fundraising Capacity by Accepting Donations of Securities


Trillium Waldorf School is raising up to $2 million in Community Bonds as part of our Trillium Rising Campaign to purchase our school building.
Administrative Director Job Opening
West Coast Institute for Studies in Anthroposophy
British Columbia, Canada

Closing date: 22 April, 2022

The West Coast Institute is looking for an Administrative Director to start on May 1st, 2022. Duties will include tasks in the legal, financial, communication and marketing realms as well as registrar responsibilities.

We are looking for someone with a high level of administrative skills who enjoys working in a collaborative environment. The successful candidate would work alongside our current administrator for a period of several weeks.

Ideally we are looking for someone who lives in the Greater Vancouver area or on southern Vancouver Island.

For more information or to send an application contact: katereynolds@westcoastinstitute.org

The West Coast Institute for Studies in Anthroposophy, located in British Columbia, Canada, offers a 2.5-year, part-time Waldorf Grades Teacher Training, a 2-year, part-time Waldorf Early Childhood Educator Training with a 14 month, part-time Birth to Three option, and differing courses and workshops each summer for Waldorf teachers and others.
MEMBERSHIP UPDATE


NEW MEMBERS

Anja Betina Macmurchie, Duncan, BC

Christopher Roy, Quebec City, QC


Welcome!


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Upcoming Events
Anthroposophy CanadaWide
 
The Branch and Membership Development Mandate Group is inviting you to a 
cross-country Zoom call 
 
The 1923/1924 Christmas Conference as a Wellspring of Initiative for Contemporary Anthroposophists
 
With Robert McKay
Sunday, May 15th - 7 pm Eastern, 4 pm Pacific
 
At the 1923/1924 Christmas Conference, whose 100th anniversary we celebrate next year, Rudolf Steiner re-founded the Anthroposophical Society and united his karma with it. What does this mean for membership in the Society today and our relationship to this deed, the culmination of Rudolf Steiner’s life?
Robert McKay will speak about what happened at this conference, just under a year after the burning of the Goetheanum. As Dr. Steiner referred to the conference as “a turning point in time,” it can be seen as a mystery event that warrants careful and respectful study. A complex event, it needs to be assessed in its several facets in order to understand it. As we work with it, we can come to realize that it is the beginning of an ongoing process, not just a single event in time.
 
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Robert McKay is a student of Rudolf Steiner’s and has a special interest in the anthroposophical path of knowledge. He is a board member of Anthroposophy in Toronto, and the chair of the board of directors of Rudolf Steiner College Canada (RSCC). Robert works in healthcare management in Toronto. He is currently offering courses in meditation.
Caring for Earth’s Body in Three Parts

Venue: Our Celtic Heart
2367 Ridge Road, Hortonville, NS

A Series of three upcoming Weekend Workshops rooted in Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophical spiritual science
Offered by Duncan Keppie (retired geologist) and Maggie Keppie (retired educator), assisted by Margaret Osmond (long-time eurythmist).
Full Summer Festival Course Details Just Released

The big news this year is the return to an in person Summer Festival after two years of being limited to online learning over zoom. It will be great to welcome you again to our beautiful campus here in Thornhill which we share with the Toronto Waldorf School. Now of course there is an outside chance we may end up online again depending on Ontario Public Health requirements, but we are very much looking forward to an in person Summer Festival after those two years on zoom.
Below you will find a brief overview of courses offered in each of the three weeks. We strongly suggest you download the just-released Summer Festival brochure to read all the course descriptions and presenter bios. We sent it off to the printer late Thursday and hope to have it available in a print version by next Wednesday April 13th. And of course it's available right now, as a downloadable pdf. But to access the online registration link you will need to go to the Summer Festival page on the website.
Quick Summary of Courses
Week one - July 11-15 - features grade intensives for grades one through seven designed mainly for teachers. Week two - July 18-22 - features Indigenous Waldorf or Waldorf Essentials in the morning, and courses on nutrition and biography work in the afternoon.

If online learning suits you better, we are offering one online-only course titled "Cave Paintings to Post-Modernism: History of Art and Human Consciousness" with Larry Young in week two.

In week three - July 25-29 - you can choose between The Meditative Path of the Waldorf Teacher and Meaningful Movement for Children in the mornings, while in the afternoons it's Painting in Grades 1-4 or Veil Paintingor Felting Fun with Puppets or Biodynamic Gardening.

Detailed course descriptions and presenter bios for all these courses can be found on the Summer Festival page on the RSCC website, where there are links to the full course brochure and the online registration form.

Join Our Waldorf Grades Teacher Training in British Columbia: New cohort begins July, 2022

West Coast Institute for Studies in Anthroposophy

July session at Sunrise Waldorf School, Duncan, Vancouver Island; fall & spring at the Vancouver Waldorf School in North Vancouver, BC

Part-time program over 2.5 years*, comprised of 3 weeks in July for 3 years and a week in November and February for 2 years.

This two and a half year*, part-time program of professional Waldorf teacher education is offered to those who are seeking to teach out of an understanding of Waldorf Education and what it can contribute to children today. Throughout the program, studies in Anthroposophy and Waldorf Education are interwoven with artistic and practical subjects.

Students will study books on Anthroposophy, Waldorf Education and other relevant texts. The emphasis will be on understanding all aspects of child development. The artistic courses have a two-fold purpose; to enhance personal self-development and creativity, and to provide a basis for the work of the class teacher. Courses in painting, eurythmy, speech and drama, storytelling, singing, music, clay modeling, woodwork and Spacial Dynamics, amongst others, will be offered. A major aim of the training is to awaken independent thinking, ignite enthusiasm and foster creativity.

* Program duration change from 3 to 2.5 years pending approval from PTIB

 For further information and to apply, visit our website; if you have questions please contact Lisa Masterson: grades@westcoastinstitute.org.
Summer Intensive Birth to Three Completion Certificate and Introduction to the Pikler® Pedagogical Approach: Engaging with infants and toddlers through respectful and peaceful care 

July 16 to 22, 2022

West Coast Institute for Studies in Anthroposophy, Duncan, Vancouver Island, BC. 

With Pikler® USA President Elsa Chahin, and WCI Faculty and Pikler® USA Scientific co-chair, Dr. Debbie Laurin. 

This Birth to Three course explores a peaceful and respectful approach to caring for babies and toddlers inspired by the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, Dr. Emmi Pikler, and Ute Strub. Participants will deepen their knowledge about infant-toddler care and education to provide peaceful and respectful care to babies and toddlers. This course will use a variety of experiential activities, as well as discussion and lecture.

WCI Early Childhood alumni will receive a Birth to Three certificate recognized by WECAN.
Early registration, until April 15th, open to WCI Early Childhood alumni only.
Registration open to all Waldorf Early Childhood Educators on April 16th.

For further information and to register, visit our website; if you have questions please contact Ruth Ker: ece@westcoastinstitute.org.