 Forsyth attended the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops in 1955, 1965, 1966 and 1967.During the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s, Forsyth attended many workshops at Emma Lake, Saskatchewan, studying with artists such as Jack Shadbolt, Jules Olitski, Lawrence Alloway, Harold Cohen, Frank Stella, Walter Darby Bannard, John McLean, Tim Hilton, and Terry Atkinson.Forsyth also attended the Banff Centre for the Arts and the Gimli Summer School in Gimli, Manitoba.