Outdoor Learning Conference 2024

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Outdoor Learning Conference 2024

Welcome to the 2024 Outdoor Learning Conference

8:30am MDT

Conference Registration Kinnear Centre

9:00am MDT

*Pre Conference Field Experiences* Kinnear Centre Bringing Wetland Education to Life: A Hands-On Field Trip Experience for Educators Cascade Ponds, BanffJessy St Jean • Kate Belmore Building a Sense of Place Through Birds Kinnear CentreSusan Licher Field Leader Hiking Certification (PT 1) 203Jeff Stacey • Linda Leckie Forest Bathing Kinnear CentreRonna Schneberger Forest Play Kinnear CentreDave Verhulst Investigate Microplastics in the Environment with Ocean School 201Alyssa de Leon • Jacquelyn Narsing Juggling Into New Connections 205Tony Esteves Land-based learning and Connection at Îyâ Mnathka Îyâ MnathkaAndrea Barnes • Vicki Perkins Learn to Carve Soapstone Banff’s Central Park GazeboCristin “Lynx” Geestman

1:00pm MDT

Welcome from local Indigenous Elder Kinnear CentreTreffrey Deerfoot

1:30pm MDT

Indigenous Learning Keynote Kinnear CentreProfessor Louise Zimanyi • Elder Dr. Albert Marshall

2:30pm MDT

Coffee and Snack Break (Included) Kinnear Centre

2:59pm MDT

*Education Session A* Kinnear Centre

3:00pm MDT

Climate Learning Takes Root in Climate Action BearMeghan Owen Design Thinking for Environmental Education RacoonAmy Thompson • Nicole Chang Developing a Conservation Ethic: Service Work Meets Fun Adventures 201Michelle Harris Forest for Change: Using School Yard Trees to Teach About Climate Change ChickadeeNatalie Graveline • Kathryn Wagner Get outside! Access practical guides, tips and recognition for taking environmental education outside of the classroom through the EcoSchools Canada platform. 203Clara Luke • Theresa Ramirez Take Science Outside! Using Outdoor Education skills to teach K-8 Science Outcomes WolfColleen Lee • Braden Kelly Un projet interdisciplinaire fait par et pour les élève BeaverCarrie Antoniazzi (Elle/she/her) Awe, Wellness, and Nature: Nurturing Connections for Healthier Outdoor Learning SquirrelBridget McClarty Empowerment through Risk TurtleLeah Smith Perimeter Walks: Two laps around your schoolyard is just the beginning EagleEric Lindquist Puppets Sing! Connecting with the Land through Puppets, Stories and Songs DeerBridget O'Malley • Charlotte Soles Taking Math Outside ToadRachel Tidd Whose Voice Is This?: Creating Accessible and Inclusive Outdoor Spaces through Storytelling CougarIsabella Liu • Alison Katzko Decolonizing Maps, Indigenous Knowledge and Environmental Learning RavenCarly Hills Exploring Indigenous Ways of Knowing to Inspire Elementary Writing In/From Forest School OwlDr. Denise Heppner • Tirzah Reilkoff First Nations Games and Environmental Connections MooseJim Lovell Land-based Play and Co-learning through Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing KingfisherProfessor Bora Kim • Professor Maya Rose Simon miskasowin askihk - finding oneself on the land ButterflyKaren McIver

4:15pm MDT

Afternoon Social and Exhibitor Fair Kinnear Centre

5:30pm MDT

Dinner (included with registration) Vistas Dining Room

7:00pm MDT

TEDstyle Talks Keynote Kinnear CentreKaren Lai • Dr. Gillian Judson • Megan Zeni • Devon Karchut • Launa Payne • Sherrelle Anderson

8:29pm MDT

*Social Learning and Connection Spaces*

8:30pm MDT

Indigenous Storytime Kinnear Patio Firepit 1Launa Payne • Sherrelle Anderson Outdoor Learning Movie Night 203Jacob Rodenburg Admins and Access to Outdoor Learning Circle Outdoor AmphitheatreFranz Plagger Slow Networking: Creating Meaningful Connections at a Human Pace 201Tony Esteves Casual Drinks and Snacks (pay as you go) McLab Bistro Fireside Gathering with Smores Kinnear Patio Firepit 2Court Rustemeyer • Miranda Currie

6:00am MDT

Wake Up Yoga and Functional Movement Class 205 Sacred Buffalo (Tunnel) Mountain Hike *Unguided* Tunnel Mountain Trailhead (Lower Parking Area)

7:30am MDT

Breakfast at Vistas (included) Vistas Dining Room

8:45am MDT

Morning Gratitude Kinnear CentreTreffrey Deerfoot

9:00am MDT

Climate and Environment Keynote Speaker Kinnear CentreChúk Odenigbo

10:00am MDT

Coffee Break (Included) Kinnear Centre

10:15am MDT

Youth and Changemakers Keynote Kinnear CentreAlyssa Trick • Larissa Crawford • Leanne Sweeney • Maya Carr • Dr Sarah Brown

10:59am MDT

*Education Session B* Kinnear Centre

11:00am MDT

Active Hope: Practices to move through climate anxiety TurtleHeidi Widmer (she/her) Documenting Children’s “Worlding”: Towards the Development of Common Worlds Pedagogical Documentation Practices RacoonElizabeth Boileau (she/her) Games and Activities to Move You - Using Drama and Games to Enhance Nature Connection BeaverJacob Rodenburg We All Belong in Nature: Ecojustice in Outdoor Education ChickadeeJaclyn Angotti • Sheri Tarrington Hear and Now: Sound Mindfulness for Outdoor Learning Experiences CougarTamara Cottle Nature Knows No Limits: Promoting Inclusion and Accessibility in Our Outdoor Classroom SquirrelLauren MacLean Nurturing Nature's Joy BearMonique Lozeron Pivoting in Place RavenHillary Sawyer Reading into Belonging and Well-being with Children’s Literature ToadKimberly Squires • Kim Barton The Evaluation of a Nature-Based Childcare Program: Findings, Lessons Learned and Next Steps DeerDr. Maeghan James Bridging Communities: A Journey of Reconciliation 203Julie Gagnon Engaging with Indigenous Authors to support outdoor experiences WolfGraeme Smith Kakyosin- Blackfoot Ways of Knowing OwlMarni Hope • Lowell Yellowhorn Lessons From the Land: Indigenous Food Sovereignty as Climate Action 201Emily Parkin • Laurie LaBrecque Traditional Games in the Classroom MooseLamarr Oksasikewiyin • Dinah Oxebin

12:15pm MDT

Lunch (Included) Vistas Dining Room

1:59pm MDT

*Education Session C* Kinnear Centre

2:00pm MDT

A Workshop on Sharing Stories of Tiny Miracles ChickadeeProfessor Jenellen Good Engaging a Connection to Nature Through the Arts RacoonJennifer Engbrecht Environmental Awareness Games that work! TurtleJeff Stacey Foundations of Water Education: A Water Literacy Education Certification Workshop EagleMaxine Koskie Learning Outside in the Big City: Outdoor Environmental Learning for Urban Teachers BeaverKarrie Hui Good-bye binary: Creating Safe, Affirming spaces in outdoor programs for Trans and Nonbinary Children and Youth ToadLara Purvis Let’s Walk! More then getting from point A to B BearKelly Jokanovich Nurtured by Nature, connecting to the idea that we are Nature CougarKimberley Alice • Sherry Postma Overcoming the Barriers to Regularly Including Alternative Environment Activities in Physical Education Programs SquirrelDr. Nathan Hall • Natasha Kuehnen Placemaking as an approach to increase access to Outdoor Experiential Education. DeerJosephine Baran Creating Reciprocal Relationships in Nature: Spiritually, Emotionally, Physically & Mentally OwlNina Joseph • Ryan Saunders Decolonized Indigenous Outdoor Learning - A Culturally Responsive Pedagogy RavenMiranda Currie Tipi Teachings and Balanced Living MoosePhillip Campiou Walking Together through Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing KingfisherProfessor Louise Zimanyi • Elder Dr. Albert Marshall A Day in the Life of a NES Wild Student! BeeKatie Douglas • Landis Burr A Meaningful Approach to Climate Change Education 204Pamela Gibson A Walking Curriculum for the Early Years: Learn What It's All About 203Dr. Michelle McKay • Dr. Gillian Judson • Klara Redford How Do I Teach This Outside? Outdoor Literacy Instruction Meets the Science of Reading Movement PorcupineRachel Tidd How Does Vulnerability Show up in the Outdoors? 201Karen Lai Nature Journaling as a Tool for Connection & Conservation SnailSonya Rokosh • Kristi Gordon

3:14pm MDT

*Education Session D* Kinnear Centre

3:15pm MDT

Active Hope: Practices to move through climate anxiety ChickadeeHeidi Widmer (she/her) Co-Conspiring In Partnership To Bring More Than One Story to the Outdoors BeaverAmbika Tenneti • Jacqueline L Scott • Tanya Murray Designing activities that address Climate Change and Strategizing Sustainability KingfisherSangeeta Thomas • Dennis Chen Educating the hearts of youth to promote nature stewardship DeerDr. Robert Wallis Environmental Games: Bring the fun of outdoor learning into your classroom SquirrelMichelle MacMillan • Istafa Sufi Healing in Nature - Introducing The National Healing Forest Initiative CougarJanina M Carlstad Listening to the Land, Learning About the Self: A Relational Experience TurtleDr. Michelann Parr May We Be Peaceful: Inner Work for Systems Change RacoonDana Fedorchuk Nature-based physical activity: Fostering human-nature connectedness with young people in Kindergarten to Grade 12 ToadDr. Jennifer Gruno • Dr. Stephanie Field Playing in Dirt Builds Grit! - the importance of all types of play for the mind and body. BearJacqui Sneazwell Braiding Indigenous and Forest School Epistemologies on the Land OwlTiffany Smith • Dorothy Thunder Core Routines for Connecting and Learning with and on the Land OtterCam Denman • Sierra Downing Listen, Heart, Imagine, Reciprocate, Repeat! RavenSylvie de Grandpre Tetpawsuwakon - Living A Balanced Life EagleJustine Tremblay • Rebecca Ireland Traditional Games in the Classroom MooseLamarr Oksasikewiyin • Dinah Oxebin

4:30pm MDT

Afternoon Community Building and Exhibitor Fair Kinnear Centre

6:00pm MDT

Do Your Own Dinner Downtown!

8:00pm MDT

Friday Night Social and Connection Spaces Kinnear CentreDJ Palf • Miranda Currie

6:00am MDT

Wake Up Yoga and Functional Movement Class 205

7:30am MDT

Breakfast (included) Vistas Dining Room

8:30am MDT

Time to Check Out and Free Time Banff Centre Accommodation

9:30am MDT

Morning Gratitude Kinnear CentreTreffrey Deerfoot

9:44am MDT

*Education Session E* Kinnear Centre

9:45am MDT

Camp Magic WolfCourt Rustemeyer Climate Education in Teacher Education: aims to means to curriculum and pedagogy 203Dr. Hart Banack • Dr. Christine Ho Younghusband Land-based Learning: An inquiry about relationships, the environment and our students. ChickadeeDavid Barnum • Dr. Rea Postoloski To love and protect: How land based learning leads to environmental stewardship RacoonMeera Bandechha Well-being, Climate Change and Physical Education : links, challenges and solutions EagleHolly McIntyre Building capacity for outdoor play and learning: Introducing Teacher.Outsideplay.org as a professional development framework CougarDr. Mariana Brussoni • Megan Zeni Forest and Natue School for All DeerLukeisha Andrews • Jacqueline Bennett One year in: Our journey launching the Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play SquirrelLouise de Lannoy Outdoor Play-Based Learning BearMarnie Power Participatory research with children and educators to support the scaling of outdoor learning practice ToadLaurel Donison • Dr. Tanya Halsall Etaumptumk in the classroom ButterflyStephanie Bernard Kapabamayak Achaak Healing Forest- Live, Learn, Heal KingfisherKerry Saner-Harvey • Rachelle Calisle • Valerie Vint No more playing Indian: Addressing the colonial legacy of Indigenous-themed summer camps in Canada RavenDr Sarah Brown • Dr. Heather Bensler Red River Métis Environment and Climate Change Education 201Tayler LeClaire • Phoenix Combe • Amber Chambers The Land Acknowledgement as a Seed for Engaging in Etuaptmumk MooseAlanna Trines • Stephanie Sanders • Laurel MacDonald

11:15am MDT

Health and Wellbeing Keynote Kinnear CentreColleen Elep

12:00pm MDT

Conference Closing Outdoor AmphitheatreTreffrey Deerfoot

12:59pm MDT

*Guided Field Experiences* (Varied start and duration) Kinnear Centre

1:00pm MDT

Field Leader Hiking Certification (PT 2) 203Jeff Stacey • Linda Leckie

2:00pm MDT

Learn to Carve Soapstone Banff’s Central Park GazeboCristin “Lynx” Geestman Building a Sense of Place Through Birds Kinnear CentreSusan Licher Nature Journaling Kinnear CentreSonya Rokosh

2:30pm MDT

Gateway to the Rockies Museum - 2.30pm Tour Whyte Museum

3:00pm MDT

Gateway to the Rockies Museum - 3pm Tour Whyte Museum