Outdoor Learning Conference 2025

Outdoor Learning Conference 2025

Welcome to the 2025 Outdoor Learning Conference

7:59am MDT

*Pre Conference Field Experiences* Kinnear Centre

8:00am MDT

Connecting to the Land - A hike at Iya Mnathka Bus to go to Yamnuska TrailheadAlberta Parks - Kananaskis Country • Andrea Barnes and Vicki Perkins

9:00am MDT

Beading is Medicine Banff Centre - room TBDMountain Stek'lep • Theresa Westhaver Connecting Classrooms to Climate: Water Quality Testing at Bow River* Central Park parking lot -- We will walk along the trail to a safe spot along the Bow River!Water 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 Juggling Connections – Building Community through Play and Focus In a meeting room at the Banff Centre though we will move outside as well.Talk2MorePeople Clarity Coaching and Entertainment • Tony Esteves Learn to Carve Soapstone Banff Centre AmphitheatreNature Explorers Program • Cristin “Lynx” Geestman Listen to the Land: Sacred Buffalo Guardian Hike Kinnear CentreThe Howl Experience • Adam Mertens Wetland Field Trip for Educators Cascade Ponds 51°12'42.4"N 115°32'02.2"W - Google MapsDucks Unlimited Canada • Jessy St-Jean (she/her Who's at the bottom of the creek? The River Institute's Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology Program trail head near a creek or somewhere that we can set up a mini blow up poolRiver Institute • Emilie DeRochie

6:00am MDT

Sacred Buffalo (Tunnel) Mountain Hike *Unguided* Tunnel Mountain Trailhead (Lower Parking Area)

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

Outdoor Learning Conference 2025

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