Projects, Workshops, Partnerships & Commissioned Works

Community Projects & Programs

  • participants in this 1 year program build the rituals and routines needed to engage with solitude for 2 hours every week. they were introduced to therapeutic practices: labyrinth walks, forest bathing, collage, journaling, and ritual building.

    “solitude collective mostly helped me deal with shame and guilt. accidentally, along the way I learned that I really like spending time with myself.” - participant, 2026

  • That makes sense! Let us explain…

    Emberwood is solitude therapy.

    The idea is:

    1. How can I really know myself if I’m never alone to hear myself?

    2. Oh crap, I have to be alone.

    3. Oh double crap, it’s scary to be alone.

    ENTER EMBERWOOD—where we teach you all the skills to sit through the scary in order to hear your own needs, insights, and what feels authentic to you.

    We are experts in solitude for deeper knowing. Call it positive solitude, call it creative solitude, call it solitude therapy — it’s about meeting your true self again.

    How does it really look?

    We invite you out in nature, to a workshop event, or an overnight trip to the lake. We’ll give you all the tools we know to experience your solitude intentionally and make huge shifts on the things you care about most.

    Nearly all programs have no prerequisites. Have curiosity? You’re good to go!

  • This introductory program to eco-psychology, eco-therapy and solitude therapy provided program participants with the skills and knowledge increase their mental health and wellbeing through meaningful connection with nature.

  • A 2 day, intensive eco-therapy program where participants are guided through eco-therapy interventions in a silent retreat setting.

  • This adventure therapy program guides participants to complete a 24 hour wilderness solo. Program participants come away from the program with increased confidence in their backcountry camping skills, in addition to eco-therapy and eco-art therapy skills and knowledge.

Workshops

  • This commissioned eco-therapy workshop provided the staff at the Muttart Conservatory with their staff appreciation evening. Staff were introduced to skills to improve their mental health and wellbeing in the workplace and given practical eco-therapy tools for work.

  • This commissioned workshop provided the CASA Mental Health in Schools team with a psycho-educational workshop, experiential learning opportunity and case consults about their day-day work about the practicality and feasibility of eco-psychology and eco-therapy tools in the classroom.

  • This commissioned workshop was for the CASA Mental Health IDEA Day, a province wide staff training and appreciation day. Program participants engaged in a psycho-educational workshop, experiential learning opportunity and case consults about their day-day work about the practicality and feasibility of eco-psychology and eco-therapy tools in the workplace.

  • A two hour workshop for the guide unit in Gibbons, AB. Participants engaged with eco-therapy, forest bathing, and eco-art interventions.

  • This forest bathing workshops engaged participants in eco-therapy, eco-psychology and an outdoor labyrinth walk with the goal of building connections with community and nature.

  • This commissioned workshop provided the Maskwacis Education Counselling and Psychology team with a psycho-educational workshop, experiential learning opportunity and case consults about their day-day work about the practicality and feasibility of eco-psychology and eco-therapy tools in the classroom.

Partnerships

  • Edmonton Forest School Society and Emberwood partner in 2025 & 2026 to develop and provide a family wellbeing program that introduced families to eco-psychology for the caregivers and forest school for the children. The program was aimed at increased their skills around family based nature experiences.

    This program was supported by funds from the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Grant.

  • The Centre for Christian Studies (CCS) and Emberwood are currently partnering on a scholarship grant to develop and administer a post-secondary learning circle in eco-justice for the diaconal ministry students studying at CCS and their partner academic institutions.

    This partnership is supported in funding by the Rowantree Scholarship form the United Church of Canada Foundation.

  • The Waldorf Independent School of Edmonton and Emberwood have partner since 2019 to provide the graduating grade 9 students with a ‘rite of passage’ experience by developing and facilitating a 24 hour wilderness solo for graduating students.

  • Concordia University Edmonton and Emberwood partnered to provide the student in the applied psychology program with practicum placements and experiential learning opportunities.

  • Grant MacEwan University and Emberwood partnered to provide the student in the diploma of social work program with practicum placements and experiential learning opportunities.