Expressive Arts Therapy > Faculty
Bonnie Nish
Instructor
PhD, MA, EXAT
Dr. Bonnie Nish (she/her) is Executive Director of Word Vancouver and Pandora’s Collective Outreach Society. Bonnie has a Masters in Arts Education from Simon Fraser University and a PhD in Language and Literacy Education from the University of British Columbia where she currently teaches in the department of education.
Bonnie is an Expressive Arts Therapist with a diploma from the Vancouver Expressive Arts Therapy program who has worked extensively with youth and adults in high-risk situations. She has conducted writing and expressive arts workshops for over 20 years across North America. Bonnie’s research interest is focused on how those recovering from trauma, specifically Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries (MTBI), are affected by the kind of care they receive in terms of recovery. Having used poetic inquiry and life writing for both her Masters and PhD research and studying under the supervision of Dr. Carl Leggo, one of the experts in the field, Bonnie Nish examines how poetic inquiry can change perspectives and deepen scholarly work.
Bonnie’s first book of poetry Love and Bones was released by Karma Press in 2013. Her next book Concussion and Mild TBI: Not Just Another Headline an anthology of concussion related stories, was published by Lash and Associates in 2016. Her latest book, Cantata in Two Voices, co-written with Jude Neal was released last fall by Ekstasis Editions in 2018. Bonnie lives in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada and is currently working on a new book of poetry.