The West Coast Institute for Studies in Anthroposophy is a training institute which provides courses for individuals who wish to learn more about anthroposophy as expounded by Rudolf Steiner and others. The West Coast Institute for Studies in Anthroposophy was incorporated under the Society Act in British Columbia in 1998.

The West Coast Institute is a Developing Member of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA).

Currently the West Coast Institute offers a four year part time Waldorf Elementary Teacher Training programme, a two year part time programme in Waldorf Early Childhood Education, and Infant-Toddler Caregiver Summer courses.

What is anthroposophy?

"The consciousness of one's humanity," according to Rudolf Steiner, stands at the opening of the 21st Century as a way of knowing ourselves as human beings. Grounded in his understanding of human destiny, Steiner's life and work embraces the fields of education, the arts and sciences, medicine, the healing of social life, bio-dynamic agriculture and religious renewal. The courses offered by the West Coast Institute for Studies in Anthroposophy arise out of indications given by Rudolf Steiner in these various fields and are open to all who seek to widen and deepen their consciousness of what it means to be human in our time.