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Welcome to the 2024 Outdoor Learning Conference
Friday, May 10 • 3:15pm - 4:30pm
Educating the hearts of youth to promote nature stewardship

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In our technology-driven world, we need to ensure that youth, our future leaders, are connected to nature. In this workshop, hosted by Outward Bound Canada in collaboration with the Nature Education Collective (NEC), participants will experience the immediate benefits of learning in nature through simple outdoor activities. They will learn about the many benefits of outdoor education for students, such as social-emotional skills and improved mental health, and recognize how important emotional connections to nature are for environmental conservation. They will also learn how to collect and analyze data to demonstrate the value of outdoor education and its impact.

Speakers
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Dr. Robert Wallis

Principal, Education Research and Impact, Outward Bound Canada
Robert Wallis is Principal, Curriculum and Education at Outward Bound Canada (OBC). He came to work in the outdoor industry relatively late after a PhD. in Genetics from Oxford, coming to Toronto as a Post-doctoral Fellow, then gaining his BEd. from OISE.Rob has focussed and resourced... Read More →


Friday May 10, 2024 3:15pm - 4:30pm MDT
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