C2C 2020 features over 40 sessions and workshops to choose from!

 

Program of Sessions: Morning, October 23, 2020

10:30 – 11:15 am
Session Title	Presenters/Facilitators	Organization
Exploring Nature with iNaturalist	Neill McCallum	Richmond School District
Incorporating Environmental Action into the Classroom	Kieryn Matthews	Science World
Ecology and Colour in 1m2: A Remotely Taught Place-based Activity	Lee Beavington & Amy Huestis	Kwantlen Polytechnic University/Simon Fraser University
Outdoor Learning Choice Boards: Offering Choice and Autonomy for the Remote and Hybrid Learner	Alexa Charles	School District 43 (Coquitlam)
Music Education through an Indigenous Lens	Corry Climenhage & Ellie Peters	School District 28 (Quesnel)
Elders’ Outdoor Education Camp	Carrie Krenzler & Kairyn Russell Janecke	School District 57 (Prince George)
Sharing Early Years Wisdom as a Community of Practice	Samantha Zaytsoff, Naomi Ross & Heather Broad	Kootenay Kids Society, West Kootenay Child Care Resource and Referral
Land Based Libraries: Our Stories Live Here	Mardelle Sauerborn	School District 5 (Southeast Kootenay)
Student-led Learning with the Land as the Teacher	Mia Moutray	School District 91 (Nechako Lakes)

 

11:30 – 12:15 pm
Session Title	Presenters/Facilitators	Organization
Place in Your Face: Place Based Learning in the Fraser Canyon	Teresa Farrell & Paula Waatainen	Vancouver Island University
Indigenous Youth Working with Invasive Species	Willie Poll	Invasive Species Council of BC
A Pedagogy in Place: Place-based Education in SD57	Vanessa Elton	School District 57 (Prince George)
Facilitating Outdoor, Place-based Learning through Clear yet Concise Planning and Policy Advocacy	Frances McCoubrey & Ryan Barfoot	School District 27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin), EEPSA
Environmental Stewardship in our Urban Forest: Walking the Talk	Bree Greve & Chantelle DesLauriers	City of Surrey
A Path for the Future to Reduce Fossil Fuel Emissions	Brian Pataky	School District 57 (Prince George); Al Gore Climate Leadership Group
Stories of Place- Connecting to Community and Land through Story	Gillian Petrini, Dayna Christ Rowling & Lisa Lockerbie	School District 61 (Greater Victoria)
An Introduction to Place-based Education in the New Curriculum	Jonathan Dyck & Laura Jackman	EEPSA
Risky Learning: the Significance of Practical Wisdom in Outdoor Learning	Megan Zeni & Hartley Banack	UBC Faculty of Education

 

10:30 – 12:15pm
Session Title	Presenters/Facilitators	Organization
Teachings from the Land: Exploring Ancient Technologies in Modern Classrooms	Janey Chang	Janey Chang Art + Ancestral Skills
Honouring Ways of Knowing in a Virtual Learning Environment	Lauren Hudson	Ocean Networks Canada
Imagining Innovative Watershed Learning Journeys: Lessons from the Columbia Basin	Graeme Lee Rowlands, Monica Nissen, Sanne van der Ros, Grace Broadfoot, Roger Warnatsch & Ali Giesbrecht	Wildsight
Design Thinking for a More Sustainable Future	Katarina Smith	UBC Geering Up Engineering Outreach
Place-Based Learning in a Pandemic: Hybrid Approaches to Facilitating High-Impact Experiences	Yvonne Dawydiak, Teresa Rowley & Patrick Robertson	UBC Faculty of Education
Balhats/Potlach System in Dakelh Territories: Roles and Responsibilities	Francois Prince	Neyu Professional Services
“How Do We Know?” – Taking Secondary Science Outside	Deneen Sawchuk & Sherrie Pearce	School District 57 (Prince George)

 

Program of Sessions: Afternoon, October 23, 2020

1:00 – 1:45 pm
Session Title	Presenters/Facilitators	Organization
Citizen Science in the Classroom	Christina Chowaniec	NatureKids BC
Taking the Elementary Science Curriculum Outside	Linda Out, Monica Nissen & Megan Jamison	School District 8 (Kootenay Lake)
Place-Based Learning as the Ecoguardian at Race Rocks Ecological Reserve	Nick Townley	TREK (VSB), EEPSA, C2C, and OCC
Wellness Wheel	Francois Prince	Neyu Professional Services
Integrating BC Indigenous Languages (&       Culture) into your Classrooms!	Jennifer Pighin	School District 57 (Prince George)
Beyond the Walls – Nature-based Learning In BC Parks	Natasha Ewing & Rike Moon	BC Parks
Ocean Literacy Stories from the Pacific Region	David Zandvliet & Lilia Yumagulova	SFU Education
Place-Based Mental Health:  Context Responsive Teacher Intervision Groups	Shirley Giroux	School District 57 (Prince George)
Online Approaches: Sparking Student Engagement through Online and Place-based Activities	Mike  Irvine	Live It

 

2:00 – 2:45pm
Session Title	Presenters/Facilitators	Organization
Local Chapters of EEPSA: Collaborating for Change	Selina Metcalfe	School District 36 (Surrey), EEPSA, C2C
Developing Salmon-based Educational Programs in the Shuswap	Molly Cooperman & Brenda Melnychuk	The Adams River Salmon Society
Empowering Students to Meet today’s Eco-Social Issues through Authentic Learning	Maureen Jack-LaCroix	Be the Change Earth Alliance
Conceptualizing, Theorizing and Disrupting the Individual-Collective Dialectic in Transformative Learning	Rob VanWynsberghe	UBC
Northern Lessons – Outdoor Kindergarten	Tanya Margerm	School District 54 (Bulkley Valley)
FPPL: Bring the Poster with You!	Sylvie de Grandpre	School District 5 (Southeast Kootenay); University of Lethbridge
Learning in the 4 Directions: Why Ceremony is Important For Right Relationship	Imani Miller	School District 57 (Prince George)
Place-Responsiveness: Connecting Place, Culture and Community to our Teaching Practice	Karen Andrews	School District 82 (Coast Mountain)
Guidelines to working with Dakelh Elders and Knowledge Holders in Education	Ruby Prince	Neyu Professional Service
Climate Change Action in Public Education – What do the students want?	Frances McCoubrey Ella Kruus Julia Zirnhelt Aja Hinecker Carter Sampson Caitlyn McCarville	School District 57 (Prince George)

 

1:00 – 2:45pm
Session Title	Presenters/Facilitators	Organization
Inspiring Student EnvironMentors, via Songwriting and Recording, Storytelling and Video-making!	Remy Rodden & Peter Lenton	Remy Rodden Music and Song & Puffin Productions
Connecting Kids to Place with Risky Play	Megan Zeni	School District 38 (Richmond)
Council of All Beings: Nature Identity and Environmental Awareness	Sanne van der Ros
Coming Back to Life: The Moral Imagination as Ethical Practice	Hilary Leighton	Royal Roads University
Acknowledging and Repairing Relations with our Wild, Native and Medicinal Plants	Lori Snyder	Earth and Company
Learning on the Land/Water: Territory, Culture, Community and K-12 Curriculum	Zahra Remtulla	Nature United
BC Tomorrow – Investigating Watershed Sustainability using Interactive Technology	Dave Ramsay & Karen Wilson	BC Tomorrow