Marianne Livant invited Amelia to teach at Prairie Dance Lab in Regina in 1980. Before long, Amelia was teaching at the Saskatchewan Summer School for the Arts in Fort Qu'appelle and for Maria Formolo and Keith Urban (formerly her colleague at Toronto Dance Theatre) at Regina Modern Dance Works, where she first encountered friend, student and colleague Ann Tutt. In 1981 Amelia was appointed acting artistic/educational director of Prairie Dance Lab Association in Regina.

She received another Canada Council grant, for full-time study with M. Cohen-Nehemia. She was awarded the Jacqueline Lemieux Prize for her work in integrating Mitzvah Technique into dance. By 1982, her teaching practice included guest teaching with Judy Jarvis (Toronto) and at Linda Rabin's studio (Montreal), in addition to her Saskatchewan teaching.

In 1983, the Canada Council granted further study funds with Cohen. Amelia paralleled these studies by integrating dance technique with Alexander and Mitzvah concepts into dance training at the National Ballet School and "pro-teams" of interested Modern and Ballet professionals. Amelia became certified as a teacher of Alexander Technique as taught by M. Cohen-Nehemia in 1984.

Amid this period of high productivity and travel, Amelia's mother, with whom she was close, died. Amelia was 37 years old.