Conference Sessions & Workshops
Program of Sessions: Morning (75 mins)
All times are PDT
| AM Sessions (10:45am – 12:00) | ||
| Session Title | Presenters/Facilitators | Organization |
| Ocean Sense: Local Observations, Global Connections | Monika Pelz | Ocean Networks Canada |
| Jennifer Putland
Lauren Hudson |
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| Teach the Columbia: A Curriculum Resource for our Watershed | Monica Nissen | Wildsight |
| Graeme Lee Rowlands | ||
| Ali Giesbrecht | ||
| Grace Broadfoot | ||
| Nurturing Ecological Citizenship: Children’s Participation in Environmental Curriculum and Research | Susan Jagger | Ryerson University |
| Breanna Ashdown | ||
| BC Tomorrow – Engaging Technology for Investigating Sustainability in your own Region | Dave Ramsey | BC Tomorrow |
| Karen Wilson | ||
| Nature as the Teacher: A Daily Practice | Bonnie Davison | Victoria Nature School Society |
| Facilitating Self-Expression in the Climate Crisis | Ascher Goodman | Sierra Club BC |
| Maps, Walks, and Sit Spots for all Learners (and teachers too!) | Alexa Charles | Independent |
| Not all Bees make Honey | Neill McCallum | Richmond School District |
| Discovering our Wild, Indigenous and Medicinal Plants | Lori Snyder | Earth and Company |
| Natural Curiosity: Importance of Indigenous Perspectives in Children’s Environmental Inquiry | Haley Higdon | Natural Curiosity |
| ȽÁU, WELṈEW̱ Tribal School Outdoor Immersion Kindergarten – SENĆOŦEN | Wenwonelwet (Katia) Olsen | W̱SÁNEĆ School Board |
| Northern Lessons | Tanya Margerm | SD 54 (Bulkley Valley) |
| Creative Writing to Cope with Stress and Build Resiliency | Alexis Marie Chute | Alexis Marie Productions Inc. |
| Supporting Students Through Trauma Using Place-Based Learning | Stella Fleming | Lighthouse Christian Academy |
| Nicole Haas | ||
| Cindy Erazo | ||
| Walking in Balance with Nature and the 4 Directions | Imani Miller | SD 57 (Prince George) |
| Community Connections: Working in Partnership with Schools and Municipalities | Katie Turner | Saanich Municipality |
| Gillian Petrini | ||
| Chris Filler | ||
| Amazing Salmon- Interactive Explorer Day | Christina Chowaniec | NatureKids BC |
| Rebecca Clapperton Law | ||
| Molly Cooperman | ||
| Rethinking and Unlearning Outdoor and Environmental Education | Colin Harris | Take Me Outside |
| Licensing Outdoor ECE programs | Enid Elliot | Camosun College |
| Suppose Your Mother Was a Redbird: Nourishing Your Wild Beauty | Hilary Leighton | Royal Roads University |
| Chloe Faught | ||
| Agricultural Literacy in the Classroom | Christopher Brown | SD 69 (Qualicum) |
| The Place of Environmental Education in the BC Curriculum | Jonathan Dyck | EEPSA, C2C, SFU, BC Ministry of Education, Climate Action Secretariat |
| Patrick Robertson | ||
| Selina Metcalfe | ||
| David Zandvliet | ||
| Devon McDonald | ||
| Amanda Broad | ||
| Tell Me a Story…Mapping Ourselves into Place | Maleea Acker | University of Victoria, Department of Geography |
| Ken Josephson | ||
| Pano Skrivanos | ||
| Nikki Wright | ||
| PM1 Sessions (1:00 – 3:15pm with break) | ||
| Session Title | Presenters/Facilitators | Organization |
| Taking Care of the Heart through Nature, Play, and Connection | Lindsay Coulter | Independent |
| My Butterfly Teacher: Connecting to Nature’s Cycles in the Schoolyard | Stephanie Aleksiuk | Royal Roads University |
| Overcoming Barriers to Outdoor Play and Learning in Schools | Megan Zeni | SD 38 (Richmond) |
| Sarah Regan | ||
| Anti-Racism Foundations in Place-Based Learning for White Educators | Margaret-Anne Enders | Awakenings Anti-Racism |
| Engineering and Sustainability in First Nations Fish Harvesting Traditions | Laura G. Funderburk | Cybera, SFU |
| Veselin Jungic | ||
| Cedric Chauve | ||
| Ochele Wilson | ||
| Develop and Implement a Meaningful Outdoor Watershed Education Experience for Your Students | Christine Slanz | SkeenaWild Conservation Trust |
| Invitation to Put on a New Pair of Glasses: Creating a Physical & VIrtual Space to Work towards Decolonizing our Conversations in Education | kQwa’st’not Charlene George | Sierra Club BC |
| Community Activated Aquatic and Riparian Restoration at SṈIDȻEȽ | Nikki Wright | SeaChange Marine Conservation Society; Seagrass Conservation Working Group; Saanich Peninsula Environmental Coalition, BC Marine Debris Working Group, Northwest Aquatic Marine Educators (NAME) |
| Maleea Acker | ||
| Ken Josephson | ||
| Richard Elliott | ||
| Zoe Cilliers | ||
| Pano Skrivanos | ||
| PM2 Sessions (1:00 – 2:00pm) | ||
| Session Title | Presenters/Facilitators | Organization |
| Nature-Based Physical and Health Education: Fostering Connections to Place | Jennifer Gruno | University of Victoria |
| Erika Sager | ||
| Two-Eyed Seeing on the Salish Sea | Asta Mail | Raincoast Conservation Foundation |
| Pete Underwood | ||
| Making the Case for ‘Curriculum for Bioregions’: Possibilities and Digital Curriculum Tools for the PNW | Cary Campbell | Simon Fraser University |
| Marion Benkaiouche | ||
| Learning from the Land – Resources and stories from K-12 schools to support engagement with Indigenous plants and pedagogy | Marcus Lobb | Farm to School BC |
| Risky Play! | Jarrett Krentzel | Hand-In-Hand Nature Education |
| An Introduction to Place-based Education in the BC Curriculum | Nick Townley | EEPSA |
| Laura Jackman | ||
| Connecting Classrooms to the Ocean through Place-based Intertidal Learning | Yuko Lin | World Fisheries Trust |
| Outdoor Education for our Youngest Learners | Chris Colley | LEARN |
| A Reasonably Radical Approach to Education: Systems Thinking in Schools | Katelyn Jmaeff | UBC |
| Jasmine Hare | ||
| Derek VanDeursen | ||
| Class Actions for Saving the World | Kiersten Brookes | SD 61 (Greater Victoria) |
| Beyond The Walls – Nature-based Learning In BC Parks | Natasha Ewing | BC Parks |
| Rike Moon | ||
| Connecting to Place, One Pull at a Time | Stephanie Weinstein | Invasive Species Council of BC |
| Sue Stanifoth | ||
| Microplastics in the Salish Sea: Inspiring Action through Data Collection | Tomo Nishizawa | Independent |
| Nicole Lorusso | ||
| Being and Learning Outdoors Viewed through the Core Competencies | Sylvie de Grandpre | SD 5 (SE Kootenay) |
| Dipping Toes into the Nechako Watershed: Students Co-leading the Learning | Deborah Koehn | UNBC |
| Mia Moutray | ||
| Escape The Mundane: Place-Based Environmental Education | Sidney Howlett | GreenLearning Canada |
| PM3 Sessions (2:15 – 3:15pm) | ||
| Session Title | Presenters/Facilitators | Organization |
| A Holistic Approach to Soundscaping | Sylvie de Grandpre | SD 5 (SE Kootenay) |
| Faye O’Neal | ||
| Voice of the River – Youth’s Connection to the Watershed | Sanne van der Ros | Independent |
| Jade Coast Learning: Exploring a Framework for Nature Connected Learning | Kirsten Dallimore | Independent |
| Adrianne Begg | ||
| Megan Grupe | ||
| Forest Smart: Exploring the Forest Literacy Framework | Danika Strecko | Sustainable Forestry Initiative |
| Forest Speaks through Human: Mythopoesis as Radical (Re)pair | Hilary Leighton | Royal Roads University |
| Exploring our Roles: Settlers Examining Colonization, Reconciliation, and Systemic Racism in Canada | Tobias Lemay | UBC |
| Jenna Dur | ||
| Meekyoung Jeung | ||
| Transitioning to a Fresh Air Classroom | Amy Flett | Independent |
| Empowering Students to Meet Today’s Eco-Social Issues through Authentic Learning | Maureen Jack-LaCroix | Be the Change Earth Alliance |
| Noticing Differently: Critically Reorienting to Place in Early Childhood Education | Nancy van Groll | University of British Columbia, Capilano University |
| Annie Montague | ||
| Finding Power and Hope Through Environmental Collaboration: The EEPSA Chapter Model | Chloe Faught | SD 63 (Saanich), EEPSA |
| Selina Metcalfe | ||
| Inspiring Youth Leadership in Metro Vancouver | Bruce Ford | Metro Vancouver |
| Cecilia Jaques | ||
| Serena Bonneville | ||
| Decolonizing or Indigenizing: Which is It? | Frances McCoubrey | SD 27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin), EEPSA |
| Tess Riley | ||
| Looking, Listening and Learning from Our Local Birds | Lauren McLean | SD 40 (New West) |
| Carly Eirikson | ||
| Connecting in Nature: Team Teaching Environmental Science in the Outdoors | Laura Verhoeven | SD 62 (Sooke) |
| Megan Bondurant | ||
| Dave Clark | ||
| Dayna Christ-Rowling | ||
| Everyone Belongs in Nature | Power to Be | Power to Be |