Outdoor Learning Conference 2025: Grid

Welcome to the 2025 Outdoor Learning Conference

203 (Indoor Space)	205	Banff Centre Amphitheatre	Bear	Beaver	Butterfly	Cascade Ponds 51°12'42.4"N 115°32'02.2"W - Google Maps	Central Park, Public Washrooms	Chickadee	Cougar	Deer	Eagle	Great Blue Heron	Jenny Belzberg Theatre (Bus Area)	Kinnear Centre	Kinnear Patio Firepit 1	McLab Bistro	Moose	Otter	Outdoor Firepit 1 (Right side of Kinnear Patio facing the amphitheatre)	Outdoor Learning School & Store Exhibitor Booth	Owl	PDC (professional development centre)	Porcupine	Raccoon	Raven	River Institute Booth, Kinnear Centre	Snail	Toad	Turtle	Vistas Dining Room

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Beading is Medicine 9:00am - 11:30am

Ani to Pisi - Creating Community on the Land 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Indigenous Perspectives: Short Film Showcase on Environmental Is... 8:30pm - 9:30pm

60 min Gentle Movement & Mindfulness Session 8:30pm - 9:30pm

Learn to Carve Soapstone 9:00am - 11:30am

Land as Teacher-a settler perspective on incorporating Indigenous ways of knowin... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Taking The Lorax Outside as a Literacy Dramatic Activity to Highlight the Urgenc... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Challenging Social Constructs through Outdoor Learning 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Wetland Field Trip for Educators 9:00am - 11:30am

Connecting Classrooms to Climate: Water Quality Testing at Bow River* 9:00am - 11:30am

Relationship & ReconciliACTION: Weaving Reconciliation, Community & Land-Based L... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Fireside Songs and Smores 8:30pm - 10:00pm

Embrace This Place! Cultivate Your Own Place-Based Teaching Practice at the Banf... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Everyday Curriculum in the School Garden 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Land as Our Teacher: Learning From and With the Land, Guided by 4Rs of Indigenou... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Climate Change 101 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Connecting to the Land - A hike at Iya Mnathka 8:00am - 12:00pm

*Pre Conference Field Experiences* 7:59am - 11:30am

Conference Registration 8:30am - 12:30pm

Listen to the Land: Sacred Buffalo Guardian Hike 9:00am - 11:30am

Forest Bathing 9:00am - 11:30am

Engaging with the Land Through Birds and Technology 9:00am - 11:30am

Welcome and Conference Opening 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Slow Networking - Plenary Icebre... 1:30pm - 2:00pm

Indigenous Land-Based Learning Panel Keynote 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Coffee and Snack Break (Included... 2:45pm - 3:15pm

*Education Session A* 3:14pm - 4:30pm

Afternoon Social and Exhibitor Fair 4:30pm - 6:00pm

TEDtalk style Keynote 7:00pm - 8:30pm

*Social and Connection Spaces* 8:29pm - 10:00pm

Indigenous Fireside Storytime 8:30pm - 10:00pm

Mingle at McLab 8:30pm - 10:00pm

Empathy, Immunity and Nature: The Symbiotic Relationship Forged Through Play 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Relations and Resilience: Intra-connecting with Land and Place through Hands-on... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Juggling Connections – Building Community through Play and Focus 9:00am - 11:30am

Author Signing with Jacob Rodenburg 11:00am - 12:00pm

Author Signing with Lauren MacLean 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Author Signing with Rachel Tidd 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Author Signing with Jen Ball 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Dramatized Animal Hikes - Stories, Movement and Activities to help children conn... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Forest Play 9:00am - 11:30am

Playing Outside the Box: Building Boardgames with Found Objects in Nature 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Sitting With Nature: Weaving Together Curriculum, Nature, and Emergent Learning 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Building Readers and Writers Through Engaging with Place-based Sustainability Is... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Who's at the bottom of the creek? The River Institute's Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology Program 9:00am - 11:30am

Outdoor learning for students with complex needs: all you need is an open mind!... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Whispers of the Earth 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Nature through our senses 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Dinner (included with registration) 5:30pm - 7:00pm

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201 (Indoor Space)	203 (Indoor Space)	205	Bear	Beaver	Butterfly	Chickadee	Choose your own adventure	Cougar	Coyote	Deer	Eagle	Great Blue Heron	Kingfisher	Kinnear Centre	Kinnear Patio Firepit 1	Moose	Otter	Outdoor Learning School & Store Exhibitor Booth	Owl	Porcupine	Raccoon	Raven	Snail	Squirrel	Toad	Tunnel Mountain Trailhead (Lower Parking Area)	Turtle	Vistas Dining Room

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Branching Out: Exploring Forestry Education 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Empowering Schools: A Comprehensive School Health Approach to Climate Change 11:00am - 12:15pm

School Ground Solutions at The Intersection of Health, Education and Nature 2:00pm - 3:15pm

How Outdoor and Environmental Education Empowers Participants to Address Climate... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

60 min Gentle Movement & Mindfulness Session 6:00am - 7:00am

Building resilience through the cycle of the year 11:00am - 12:15pm

Nature's Path to Wellness - for you and your students 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Assessment of/as/for Learning, Environmental and Sustainability Education, and H... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Building Climate Literacy – Supporting the Climate Education Framework Through E... 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Deepening the Connection to Nature Through Music and the Arts (English) 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Teaching Climate Science and Salmon Education in the Outdoors 11:00am - 12:15pm

Charting the Future of Outdoor Learning: Emerging Trends and Transformative Prac... 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Indigenous and Land-Based Education at Akinomaagayegaamikoong: A Reciprocal Mode... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Indinawemaaganidog: Roots of Connection Honouring all our Relations 11:00am - 12:15pm

Unlocking the Power of Song for Environmental Learning 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Walking with Our Relations: Nature's Wisdom in Supporting Student Emotional Heal... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Dinner (NOT included with registration) 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Building communities of care 11:00am - 12:15pm

Because Biodiversity is a Matter of Belonging... 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Connecter l'esprit et le corps en nature: une approche immersive pour les éducat... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Getting grounded with nature journaling 11:00am - 12:15pm

Playful Literacy Routines 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Moving from truth to living reconciliation : A settlers journey integrating Indi... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Compost and Climate: The Environmental and Emotional Benefits of Community Engag... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Storied Landscapes: Strategies and activities for place-response teaching and le... 2:00pm - 3:15pm

A Curriculum of Connection: How Outdoor Education can help move the needle on Ca... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Beyond the Child: Exploring Land-Led Pedagogies in K-6 Outdoor Education 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Water Connects All Things: Combination Workshop Two Educator Guides! – Foundatio... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Relating to Place by Mapping with our Bodies: Indigenous Wayfinding and Decoloni... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Eels are Life: Following Katew Through Their Life Journey to Help Us Learn More... 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Bridging Land, Learning and Culture 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Integration of OneHealth, Two-Eyed seeing, and Ethical space in Environmental Ed... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Little Explorers, Big Discoveries: The Schoolyard Expedition" 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Morning Gratitude

Climate and Environment Keynote Speaker 9:00am - 10:00am

Coffee Break (Incl...

Break/ Reflection Time 10:15am - 11:00am

*Education Session B* 10:59am - 12:15pm

Break/ Reflection Time 1:30pm - 2:00pm

*Education Session C* 1:59pm - 3:15pm

*Education Session D* 3:14pm - 4:30pm

Afternoon Social and Exhibitor Fair 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Live Music and Dancing on the Patio 8:00pm - 11:00pm

Diverse Voices, Open Spaces: Storybook Adventures with Loose Parts 11:00am - 12:15pm

Walking the Labyrinth: A Journey of Mindfulness and Wellness in Nature 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Learning/teaching Indigenous games 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Leading through Land-based Learning 11:00am - 12:15pm

The Big Reconnect: How Innovative Outdoor Education Cultivates Connection to Sel... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Author Signing with Launa Purcell 10:00am - 11:00am

Author Signing with Karine Cere and Marie-Pascale Brown 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Forest Play: Curiosity Inspired Learning 11:00am - 12:15pm

Leading through Land-based Learning 2:00pm - 3:15pm

From Awe to Action: Inspiring Inquiry and Environmental Responsibility Through N... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Nature Journaling: A Tool for Conservation and Connection 11:00am - 12:15pm

Let's Meet Kakwa (Porcupine) 2:00pm - 3:15pm

“Scavenger Hunts, Compass Courses, Maps and More: Engaging Your Students with Cu... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Relationship with Land, Truth and Reconciliation 11:00am - 12:15pm

An exploration of how Celtic wisdom and nature connection can promote well-being... 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Nature-based learning and risky play in a public school setting 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Teaching Math Outdoors for K-5 Educators 11:00am - 12:15pm

Healing with the Land: Indigenous Perspectives on Forest Immersion and Children’... 2:00pm - 3:15pm

"Because I Wanted Everyone to Know We Need to Take Care of Our Lands": Exploring... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Turtle Island Time 11:00am - 12:15pm

Slowing Down: Connecting to Nature Right Where/Who You are 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Mastering the use of PHENOLOGY in your OUTDOOR classroom 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Our Stories, Our Land: Connecting Personal Narratives to the Land 11:00am - 12:15pm

When ¢ik̓ku (robin) connects you to Land: How to use your experience and weave I... 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Two-Eyed seeing and how to use your experience to weave Indigenous knowledge "in... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Taming the Anxious Brain with Nature in Mind 11:00am - 12:15pm

Celebrating and Sustaining Experiential and Outdoor Education Programs 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Connecting to place through writing outside. 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Sacred Buffalo (Tunnel) Mountain Hike *Unguided* 6:00am - 8:00am

Semer des graines: Le jardin scolaire pour entrer en relation avec le territoire... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Il était une fois en Antarctique... 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Principles for Transformative Learning With/In/For the More-Than-Human World: Ec... 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Breakfast at Vistas (included) 7:30am - 8:45am

Lunch (Included) 12:15pm - 1:30pm

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201 (Indoor Space)	205	Banff Centre	Banff Centre Accommodation	Banff Centre Amphitheatre	Bee	Butterfly	Chickadee	Cougar	Deer	Eagle	Great Blue Heron	Kingfisher	Kinnear Centre	Moose	Otter	Owl	PDC (professional development centre)	Porcupine	Raccoon	Raven	Snail	Start at Banff Centre & Walk Together down to River	Toad	Turtle

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The Blanket Exercise 9:45am - 11:00am

60 min Gentle Movement & Mindfulness Session 7:30am - 8:30am

Connecting Classrooms to Climate: Water Quality Testing at Bow River* 2:00pm - 4:30pm

Check Out (Accommodation) and Free Time! 8:30am - 9:30am

Closing Ceremony 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Overcoming Barriers to Outdoor Learning: Building Solutions Together 9:45am - 11:00am

Design Thinking for Environmental Education 9:45am - 11:00am

Deepening the Connection to Nature Through Music and the Arts (French) 9:45am - 11:00am

Exploring, Engaging, Journaling: Outdoor Learning to Cultivate Well-Being 9:45am - 11:00am

The Power of Play: Games in the Garden 9:45am - 11:00am

Terra Divina: A Practice of Mindful Wonder, Spirituality and Gratitude for an Er... 9:45am - 11:00am

Reconciliation resources for French language educators 9:45am - 11:00am

How to teach about Climate Change: Guiding Principles 9:45am - 11:00am

Morning Gratitude

*Education Session E* 9:44am - 11:00am

Break/ Reflection...

Health and Wellbeing Keynote Speaker 11:15am - 12:00pm

*Post Conference Field Experiences 1:59pm - 5:30pm

Engaging with the Land Through Birds and Technology 2:00pm - 5:30pm

Traditional Games in the Classroom 9:45am - 11:00am

From Fear to Fact: A Balanced View on Microplastics and Chemicals 9:45am - 11:00am

Introduction to Nature Journaling and incorporating it as a Cross Curricular Too... 9:45am - 11:00am

Forest Play 2:00pm - 5:30pm

Scavenger Hunts, Compass Courses, Maps and More: Engaging Your Students with Cur... 9:45am - 11:00am

Building Connection and Resiliency Through Loose-Parts Play 9:45am - 11:00am

Don't Stop Be-leafing: Games for Every Outdoor Enthusiast! 9:45am - 11:00am

It Starts With Us: The Role Settler Teachers Must Play in Meaningful Reconciliat... 9:45am - 11:00am

Reflection Through Nature Journaling 2:00pm - 5:30pm

Nature for All: Connecting Adaptive Learners Through Sensory Science 9:45am - 11:00am

Leaning into grief together 9:45am - 11:00am

Outdoor Learning Conference 2025