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Welcome to the 2025 Outdoor Learning Conference
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Saturday, May 10
 

7:30am MDT

60 min Gentle Movement & Mindfulness Session 201Heidi Davis

8:30am MDT

Check Out (Accommodation) and Free Time! Banff Centre Accommodation

9:30am MDT

Morning Gratitude Kinnear CentreSylvia Ann Fox

9:44am MDT

*Education Session E* Kinnear Centre

9:45am MDT

Design Thinking for Environmental Education ButterflyAmy Thompson From Fear to Fact: A Balanced View on Microplastics and Chemicals OtterIsabella Liu • Zoë Ungku Fa'iz How to teach about Climate Change: Guiding Principles KingfisherDr. Ellorie McKnight Introduction to Nature Journaling and incorporating it as a Cross Curricular Tool OwlBillie Jo Reid Leaning into grief together TurtleDr. Sarah Brown Nature for All: Connecting Adaptive Learners Through Sensory Science ToadJo Joly • Heather Kuhlken Overcoming Barriers to Outdoor Learning: Building Solutions Together BeeSarah Deyoung • Haley Guest Terra Divina: A Practice of Mindful Wonder, Spirituality and Gratitude for an Era of Environmental Crisis EagleDr. Jenellen Good Building Connection and Resiliency Through Loose-Parts Play RacoonKait Lefaivre • Paula Hamilton Deepening the Connection to Nature Through Music and the Arts (French) ChickadeeJennifer Engbrecht Don't Stop Be-leafing: Games for Every Outdoor Enthusiast! RavenCourt Rustemeyer Exploring, Engaging, Journaling: Outdoor Learning to Cultivate Well-Being CougarKelly Fahey The Power of Play: Games in the Garden DeerTamika Whitenack • Sophia Maria Fox It Starts With Us: The Role Settler Teachers Must Play in Meaningful Reconciliation SnailJaime Groeller Reconciliation resources for French language educators Great Blue HeronJulie McLean • CYNTHIA LAPIERRE The Blanket Exercise BeaverJacenta Marina • Rosella Many Bears Traditional Games in the Classroom MooseLamarr Oksasikewiyin “Indigenous ways of BEING” PorcupineAnn Cummings • Sophie Pheasant

11:00am MDT

Break/ Reflection Time Kinnear Centre

11:15am MDT

Health and Wellbeing Keynote Speaker Kinnear CentreDr. Sabine Thomas

12:00pm MDT

Closing Ceremony Banff Centre Amphitheatre

1:59pm MDT

*Post Conference Field Experiences Kinnear Centre

2:00pm MDT

Connecting Classrooms to Climate: Water Quality Testing at Bow River* Banff CentreWater Rangers • Praise Osifo Engaging with the Land Through Birds and Technology Kinnear CentreCornell Lab of Ornithology • Susan Licher Forest Play PDC (professional development centre)Forest Play • Dave Verhulst Reflection Through Nature Journaling Start at Banff Centre & Walk Together down to RiverSonya Rokosh
 
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Banff Centre
Banff Centre - room TBD
Banff Centre Accommodation
Banff Centre Amphitheatre
Bear
Beaver
Bee
Bus to go to Yamnuska Trailhead
Butterfly
Cascade Ponds 51°12'42.4"N 115°32'02.2"W - Google Maps
Central Park parking lot -- We will walk along the trail to a safe spot along th
Chickadee
Chickdee
Choose your own adventure
Cougar
Deer
Eagle
Great Blue Heron
Huron
In a meeting room at the Banff Centre though we will move outside as well.
Kingfisher
Kinnear Centre
Kinnear Patio Firepit 1
Kinnear Patio Firepit 2
McLab Bistro
Moose
Otter
Owl
PDC (professional development centre)
Porcupine
Raccoon
Racoon
Raven
Snail
Squirrel
Start at Banff Centre & Walk Together down to River
Toad
trail head near a creek or somewhere that we can set up a mini blow up pool
Tunnel Mountain Trailhead (Lower Parking Area)
Turtle
Vistas Dining Room
Wolf
  • Break
  • Concurrent Sessions
  • Environmental and Climate Change Education Workshop
  • Health and Wellbeing Workshop
  • Indigenous Ways of Knowing Workshop
  • Meal
  • Optional Field Trip
  • Plenary
  • Social Event