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 Kinnear Patio Firepit 1Colleen Lee • Braeden 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 • Maya Simon miskasowin askihk - finding oneself on the land ButterflyKaren McIver

4:15pm MDT

Exhibitor Speed Dating: Make Connections and Win Prizes with 21 Exhibitors! 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)

7:00am 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 • 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 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 ChickadeeJennifer Ellen (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 SquirrelNathan Hall 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 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

7:00am 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 SquirrelDr. Louise 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 Carlisle • Valerie Vint No more playing Indian: Addressing the colonial legacy of Indigenous-themed summer camps in Canada RavenSarah 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 Boucher

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