Outdoor Learning Conference 2025: Full Schedule

Welcome to the 2025 Outdoor Learning Conference

11:00am MDT

Integration of OneHealth, Two-Eyed seeing, and Ethical space in Environmental Education LIMITED

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

Educators become students in this innovative session that will strengthen your ability to meaningfully and respectfully engage with communities that are not your own, including local Indigenous Nations, organizations, and collectives. Using the TACARE (“Take Care”) approach for community-centered conservation initiatives, educators will embark on a Roots & Shoots journey to engage in community mapping, learning along the way how to meaningfully integrate Indigenous knowledge systems in their work. Attendees will learn how to address the intersection of biodiversity loss, climate change, and environmental inequity through the lens of OneHealth, two-eyed seeing, and ethical space with their students.

Speakers

Alison Cuffley

Senior Manager, Canada Programs, the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada

Alison has been with the Jane Goodall Institute since 2022, after a decade of working with SPCAs and Humane Societies across the country to improve and develop their decolonization and equity policies, especially as they relate to OneHealth and respectful relationships with Indigenous... Read More →

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

Indigenous Ways of Knowing Workshop

2:00pm MDT

Little Explorers, Big Discoveries: The Schoolyard Expedition" FULL

Friday May 9, 2025 2:00pm - 3:15pm MDT

Kingfisher

Ignite curiosity and adventure while becoming an explorer of your community! Join this hands-on session to discover practical tools and resources that make outdoor learning exciting and accessible. Packed with versatile activities spanning science, physical education, art, math, and language arts, this session will help bring exploration right to your schoolyard. You’ll learn how to use the included materials to engage students in meaningful, curriculum-connected experiences, and you’ll receive resources to get started—for free! Leave this session ready to foster your students’ love for nature and learning in every subject area

Speakers

Court Rustemeyer

President, GEOEC - Global, Environmental, & Outdoor Education Council

Court has been a full-time outdoor educator in Calgary, for over 17 years. He is President for the ATA Specialist Council - GEOEC. He is also an Executive Director for the Outdoor Council of Canada, serving as the Director of the Prairies. Court was the recipient of the 2020 EECOM... Read More →

Friday May 9, 2025 2:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
Kingfisher

Environmental and Climate Change Education Workshop

3:15pm MDT

Walking with Our Relations: Nature's Wisdom in Supporting Student Emotional Health LIMITED

Friday May 9, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm MDT

Kingfisher

Speakers

Marla Klyne

Marla Klyne Consulting

"Marla has spent her five decades gathering wisdom from both the land and the classroom. As a Métis educator, she looks to her ancestors when offering nourishment for the contemporary needs of today's educators and learners. Alongside her husband on their Manitoba ranch, the animal... Read More →

Friday May 9, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm MDT
Kingfisher

Indigenous Ways of Knowing Workshop

9:45am MDT

How to teach about Climate Change: Guiding Principles LIMITED

Saturday May 10, 2025 9:45am - 11:00am MDT

Kingfisher

Climate change can be a daunting subject to teach about and discuss in the classroom: not only is it a complex issue to understand and address, it can also feel heavy, leaving both students and educators with difficult thoughts and emotions. This workshop will dive into strategies, techniques, and activities for teaching about climate change which aim to leave both educators and students feeling as equipped as possible to face and work through the issue. Since climate change is holistic, this workshop will benefit educators from all subject matters and all grades.
This workshop assumes you already have a good understanding of climate change knowledge basics. If you are interested in this workshop but feel like you could use more background on the issue, please consider also attending “Climate Change 101”.

Speakers

Dr. Ellorie McKnight

Outreach Climatologist, Yukon Univeristy

Ellorie McKnight (PhD) (she/her) is a climate change researcher and educator. She currently works as Yukon University's Outreach Climatologist providing climate change education support to a variety of audiences including educators and students across the Yukon. Ellorie holds a degree... Read More →

Saturday May 10, 2025 9:45am - 11:00am MDT
Kingfisher

Environmental and Climate Change Education Workshop

Outdoor Learning Conference 2025