Outdoor Learning Conference 2024

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Outdoor Learning Conference 2024

Welcome to the 2024 Outdoor Learning Conference

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9:00am • Field Leader Hiking Certification (PT 1) LIMITED
3:00pm • Get outside! Access practical guides, tips and recognition for taking environmental education outside of the classroom through the EcoSchools Canada platform. LIMITED
8:30pm • Outdoor Learning Movie Night LIMITED

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9:00am • Juggling Into New Connections LIMITED

Banff’s Central Park Gazebo

9:00am • Learn to Carve Soapstone FULL

Bear

3:00pm • Climate Learning Takes Root in Climate Action LIMITED

Beaver

3:00pm • Decolonizing Maps, Indigenous Knowledge and Environmental Learning LIMITED

Butterfly

3:00pm • miskasowin askihk - finding oneself on the land FULL

Cascade Ponds, Banff

9:00am • Bringing Wetland Education to Life: A Hands-On Field Trip Experience for Educators FILLING

Chickadee

3:00pm • Forest for Change: Using School Yard Trees to Teach About Climate Change FILLING

Cougar

3:00pm • Whose Voice Is This?: Creating Accessible and Inclusive Outdoor Spaces through Storytelling FILLING

Deer

3:00pm • Puppets Sing! Connecting with the Land through Puppets, Stories and Songs LIMITED

Eagle

3:00pm • Perimeter Walks: Two laps around your schoolyard is just the beginning LIMITED

Îyâ Mnathka

9:00am • Land-based learning and Connection at Îyâ Mnathka FILLING

Kingfisher

3:00pm • Land-based Play and Co-learning through Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing FULL

Kinnear Centre

Kinnear Patio Firepit 1

Kinnear Patio Firepit 2

8:30pm • Fireside Gathering with Smores

McLab Bistro

8:30pm • Casual Drinks and Snacks (pay as you go)

Moose

3:00pm • First Nations Games and Environmental Connections FULL

Outdoor Amphitheatre

8:30pm • Admins and Access to Outdoor Learning Circle

Owl

3:00pm • Exploring Indigenous Ways of Knowing to Inspire Elementary Writing In/From Forest School FILLING

Professional Development Centre

9:00am • Forest Play FULL

Racoon

3:00pm • Design Thinking for Environmental Education LIMITED

Raven

3:00pm • Un projet interdisciplinaire fait par et pour les élèves LIMITED

Squirrel

3:00pm • Awe, Wellness, and Nature: Nurturing Connections for Healthier Outdoor Learning FULL

Toad

3:00pm • Taking Math Outside FILLING

Turtle

3:00pm • Empowerment through Risk FULL

Vistas Dining Room

5:30pm • Dinner (included with registration)

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2:00pm • A Meaningful Approach to Climate Change Education LIMITED

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6:00am • Wake Up Yoga and Functional Movement Class FILLING

Bear

Beaver

Bee

2:00pm • A Day in the Life of a NES Wild Student! LIMITED

Chickadee

Cougar

Deer

Eagle

Kingfisher

Kinnear Centre

Moose

Otter

3:15pm • Core Routines for Connecting and Learning with and on the Land FILLING

Owl

Porcupine

2:00pm • How Do I Teach This Outside? Outdoor Literacy Instruction Meets the Science of Reading Movement FULL

Racoon

Raven

Snail

2:00pm • Nature Journaling as a Tool for Connection & Conservation FILLING

Squirrel

Toad

Tunnel Mountain Trailhead (Lower Parking Area)

6:00am • Sacred Buffalo (Tunnel) Mountain Hike *Unguided*

Turtle

Vistas Dining Room

Wolf

11:00am • Engaging with Indigenous Authors to support outdoor experiences FULL

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6:00am • Wake Up Yoga and Functional Movement Class FULL

Banff Centre Accommodation

8:30am • Check Out (Accommodation) and Free Time!

Banff’s Central Park Gazebo

2:00pm • Learn to Carve Soapstone FILLING

Bear

9:45am • Outdoor Play-Based Learning FULL

Chickadee

9:45am • Land-based Learning: An inquiry about relationships, the environment and our students. FULL

Cougar

9:45am • Building capacity for outdoor play and learning: Introducing Teacher.Outsideplay.org as a professional development framework FULL

Deer

9:45am • Forest and Natue School for All FULL

Eagle

9:45am • Well-being, Climate Change and Physical Education : links, challenges and solutions LIMITED

Kingfisher

9:45am • Kapabamayak Achaak Healing Forest- Live, Learn, Heal FILLING

Kinnear Centre

Moose

9:45am • The Land Acknowledgement as a Seed for Engaging in Etuaptmumk FILLING

Outdoor Amphitheatre

12:00pm • Conference Closing

Racoon

9:45am • To love and protect: How land based learning leads to environmental stewardship FULL

Raven

9:45am • Camp Magic FULL

Squirrel

9:45am • No more playing Indian: Addressing the colonial legacy of Indigenous-themed summer camps in Canada FILLING

Toad

9:45am • Participatory research with children and educators to support the scaling of outdoor learning practice LIMITED

Turtle

9:45am • Walking Together through Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing FULL

Vistas Dining Room

7:00am • Breakfast (included)

Wolf

9:45am • One year in: Our journey launching the Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play LIMITED