Outdoor Learning Conference 2025: Full Schedule

Welcome to the 2025 Outdoor Learning Conference

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6:00am MDT

60 min Gentle Movement & Mindfulness Session LIMITED

Friday May 9, 2025 6:00am - 7:00am MDT

Connect body, mind and spirit in this gentle all levels yoga and meditation class. We encourage you to bring your own mat or towel if you can.

Speakers

Sylvia Ann Fox

Elder in Residence

Sylvia Ann Fox, Ii’sts’pan’sts’aa’kee (Singing Alone from Above) has been the Traditional Wellness Coordinator at the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge for the past 8 years. She is the mother of three beautiful children and four grandchildren.Sylvia Ann studied Arts... Read More →

Heidi Davis

First Thunder Wellness

Heidi Davis - Iiniipoiakii, Buffalo Talking Woman, is a Recreation Therapist and Yoga Facilitator from Lethbridge (Sikookitoki), Alberta. She is passionate about offering inclusive, inspiring yoga, movement and art based programs that include story, connection, and options for all... Read More →

Friday May 9, 2025 6:00am - 7:00am MDT
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Social Event

11:00am MDT

askîhk kiskinohamâtowin Métis Land-Based Learning LIMITED

Friday May 9, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm MDT

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Askîhk Kiskinohamâtowin - Weaving Métis Ways of Knowing into Land-Based Learning: Land Based Learning is central to Métis ways of knowing and being. When we create relationships to the land, we have a responsibility to live in reciprocity by protecting and caring for the land and all that lives on it. Seeing the land as a relation is an important Métis worldview. Join Rupertsland Centre for Teaching and Learning in exploring what Land-Based Learning could look like in schools, what it is and resources to support this learning.

Speakers

Holly Brandsma

Rupertsland Institute

Holly Brandsma, is a proud Métis woman, Educator, mother and wife connected to the historical Métis community of mânitow sâkahikanihk - Lac Ste Anne and resides in amiskwaciy-wâskahikan - Edmonton. Holly has facilitated learning in various capacities such as consulting, as a... Read More →

Cheryl Devin

Rupertsland Institute

Cheryl is a proud Métis woman- otipemisiwak esquao- mother, and educator. She has over 30 years of teaching experience with Northern Lights School Division, Edmonton Public Schools and Elk Island Public Schools and the Alberta Teachers’ Association. She has recently retired from... Read More →

Friday May 9, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm MDT
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Indigenous Ways of Knowing Workshop

Outdoor Learning Conference 2025