Summer Courses & Workshops

Summer courses and workshops are held at the Sunrise Waldorf School on Vancouver Island, in beautiful scenic British Columbia, Canada, or Online via Zoom

Summer Intensive Course

Deepening Your Watercolour Experience

Enriching and enhancing your painting skills
through imagination and creativity

with  Ko Hawkes

July 14 to 18, 2025
at Sunrise Waldorf School in Duncan, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Daily schedule 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

This course is open to all those with an interest in wet-on-wet watercolour painting.

Click here for more information and to register.
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Waldorf Early Childhood Educator Training Auditing

We are opening some of our Waldorf Early Childhood Educator Training courses to auditors. Courses are open to Waldorf educators and those interested in anthroposophy.

Land Acknowledgement

The West Coast Institute acknowledges that we live and gather on the traditional unceded territory of the Ktunaxa, Syilx (Okanagan), Sinixt Peoples, Coast Salish Peoples, the Quw’utsun (Cowichan) Tribes, the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

West Coast Institute is committed to establishing and maintaining an inclusive learning environment to welcome, celebrate, and understand differences. Integral to social justice, WCI embraces Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as a pathway to address existing implicit and explicit biases. It is an ongoing process of personal growth and respect for the dignity and individuality of each person. Anti-bias work is essential to create a healthy social life based on the insights of Rudolf Steiner and current research. We understand that a truly humanized education founded on the individuality of each person and the universal spirit living within every human being is integral to healing and for lives filled with purpose and meaning.

The West Coast Institute’s Purpose

• To serve as a Waldorf teacher training institute that provides programs and courses for individuals who wish to learn more about anthroposophy as described by the founder, Rudolf Steiner.
• To serve the world out of an anthroposophical understanding, specifically with Waldorf Teacher Training and other adult educational activities.
• To offer personal as well as community development in social, artistic, and academic realms including research and publication.
• To offer consulting and/or advisory services to other anthroposophical and related institutions within the intentions of the Society.

The West Coast Institute (WCI) is registered as having Designated Status with the Private Training Institutions Regulatory Unit (PTIRU) (formerly the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB)) within the System Integrity Branch (SIB) of the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills.

Certifications
PTIRU Duncan Location Certificate
PTIRU Lumby Location Certificate
PTIRU North Vancouver Location Certificate

Our certificates are accepted by the BC Ministry of Education, Independent Schools Branch (ISB); the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA); the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN) and the International Association for Steiner/Waldorf Early Childhood Education (IASWEC)

Students who wish to teach kindergarten in Waldorf Schools in BC must hold either a provincial teaching certificate or a degree accepted by the Independent Schools Branch of the BC Ministry of Education.

Students who plan to teach in a licensed Early Child Care Facility will require an Early Childhood Education Certificate (ECE), from the Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Registry.

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