Join Take Me Outside Day - October 22nd 2025

Bringing Learning Outdoors, Every Day

We believe in a future where spending time outside learning, playing and exploring is a regular and significant part of every learner's day.
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At Take Me Outside, we believe every student deserves the chance to learn, play, and explore the outdoors. That’s why we work hand-in-hand with educators, school leaders, and organizations to make outdoor learning a meaningful part of every day. Through seasonal initatives, programs, resources, and a growing community of passionate educators, we’re breaking down barriers to help embed outdoor and environmental education into teaching practices across Canada. Join us in creating a future where time spent outside is a core part of every learner’s journey.

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Outdoor Learning Gear Fund

Will you donate $12 to help more children and youth get outside?
Our goal is to build a fund of $12,000 to support educators who are working in lower income areas to purchase outdoor clothing and footwear to keep their learners prepared and comfortable in all weather.
Click here to learn more about this fund and to donate today!

Outdoor Learning Certification Program

Professional Development for K-12 Educators available in French and English. 
Learn how to integrate the outdoors into your teaching practice using effective strategies and resources in this interactive online course for K-12 educators. Enjoy hands-on activities for you and your class as you learn.
Learn More and Enroll Today!

2025 Outdoor Learning Leadership Conference

Exploring Place and Pedagogy - October 16-18, 2025 - Banff, AB
This conference will bring together 300 school system leaders and administrators at the world-renowned Banff Centre for 3 days of professional development, current research and growth around Outdoor Learning!
Learn more about the Outdoor Learning Leadership Conference

Educator Wellness Retreats

Restoration through deep nature connection. A new kind of professional development.
We’re excited to be hosting Educator Wellness Retreats in Ontario and BC for 2025!
Click here to learn more about upcoming retreat opportunities

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Take Me Outside hosts several annual events. Join us in our goal of promoting learning outdoors.
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Take Me
Outside Day

Take Me Outside Day is on Wednesday October 22nd 2025, with a full week of fun that happens along with it!

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Learning
Challenge

During the Learning Challenge, participating educators make a commitment to outdoor learning with their learners.
Outdoor Learning Conference

Outdoor Learning Conference

Join us at the world-renowned Banff Centre for 3 days of professional development, idea-sharing and growth around Outdoor Learning!

Show us why we have one of the best backyards in the world and how you like spending time in it.

The contest closes October 1st, 2025!

Thank you to all who submitted entries for the 2024 Student Video Contest!

Check out this year's Grand Prize Winner Aditi Vikram and Reya Dhami from Surrey, BC

Blog

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day

Photo: Elder Christopher Stock and his daughter Keana opening Take Me Outside’s Ontario Educator Wellness Retreat in a good way Tomorrow, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day, we invite non-Indigenous members of our Take Me Outside community to join in quiet reflection, self-education, and a re-commitment towards justice, as […]

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Pride Outside

Happy Pride Month! We have put together a Read, Watch, Listen guide featuring books, films, podcasts, resources, and accounts to explore. Plus some amazing outdoor opportunities to explore and celebrate Queer Ecology and creating safe spaces in the outdoors! Read For Educators Nature Needs a New Pronoun by Robin Wall Kimmer Evoluntion’s Rainbow by Joan […]

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June is National Indigenous History Month

June is National Indigenous History Month, and June 21st is Indigenous Peoples’ Day! Below you will find a collection of favourite resources for integrating Indigenous Knowledge, perspectives, and history into your classroom. In addition, our friends over at the Outdoor Learning School and Store have put together a list of 30 recommended resources and learning […]

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Take Me Outside is a charitable organization in Canada (Registration Number: 85069 5206 RR0001).