In The Media
Celebrating the Success of the 1st National Outdoor Learning Conference! #OLConference23
Words contributed by Jade Berrill, 2023 Conference Co-Organizer.
Nestled amidst enchanting forests of lodgepole and aspen, beneath majestic pillars of gray limestone, 450 delegates embarked on an immersive journey where the convergence of place and pedagogy unfolded at the National Outdoor Learning Conference.
Spanning multiple days, the conference served as a transformative watershed, channeling three streams of learning: Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Health and Wellbeing, and Environmental and Climate Change Education. With 60 captivating outdoor workshops, ...
Nakoda Elementary Wild Program
https://youtu.be/ukWJDtzPTBU
The NES Wild program began in 2021 with grade 4 students from Nakoda Elementary, located in Mînî Thnî, Alberta, to help get them outside. Every afternoon, educators linked and Indigenized curriculum so students could embrace the land and their connection to it. Take Me Outside partnered with this program to create this short film to help inspire and show other educators what is possible when both teachers and administration are committed to students learning outside. This project was generously supported by the Pauw Foundation.
Times Colonist
Colin Harris ended his nine month, cross-Canada odyssey Tuesday by dipping his foot in the ocean at Royal Roads University, but it was just the beginning of the next episode in his quest to bring youth closer to the great outdoors.
The 36-year-old had plenty of company in the final metres of his run, which began in Newfoundland in January. Members of the cross-country team from Sangster Elementary School and Sooke school district superintendent Jim Cambridge ran with Harris through the Royal Roads campus, and still more students were at the shore to cheer the group ...
Royal Roads University
7,600 kilometers. Nine months. Three pairs of runners. One passion.
That's what has been driving Royal Roads University MA in Environmental Education and Communication student Colin Harris across Canada on a run that spans from St. John's, N.L. to Victoria, B.C. Harris combined a life-long dream to run across the country with his Take Me Outside campaign to help youth understand the value of being outdoors.
"You ask anyone over the age of 25 to 30 what their childhood was like and they will tell you most of their time was spent playing outside," Harris says. ...
Kamloops : The Daily News
Oct. 14, 2011. When Colin Harris learned that children today are likely to face a shorter lifespan than their parents, he knew he had a good reason to run across Canada.
Wearing a T-shirt that read, "Tell your teacher to take you outside," Harris brought that purpose to an assembly at Beattie School of the Arts Friday morning.
"I'm just trying to encourage that message of balancing time in front of the screen with time outside," he said. "I've worked in outdoor education for the last decade or so, so I think I've seen the benefits to children of spending time ...
Explore Online Magainze: Trail Mixings
Running nearly a marathon a day. Every day. From St. John's Newfoundland to Vancouver, BC.
Just typing those words leaves me... amazed? in awe? inspired? ... exhausted?
Yes, even thought of running each day, let alone running a marathon each day, exhausts me, yet that's what Colin Harris of Take Me Outside (TMO) has been doing each day since January 2011. And he's taken on this extraordinary challenge with the purest of intentions: To encourage the youth of today to get outside.
As he runs his way across the country, Colin is making appearances in schools and ...
Westman Journal
The Westman Journal just recently did a write-up about the TakeMeOutside project. Go and read the full article here. Let me know your thoughts in my comments section!
CBC Television Interview
My CBC Television interview was just televised. Here's a link to the video page. You'll want to jump to the 20:50 mark of the video in order to see my bit! Drop me a line in the comments section letting me know what you thought.
CityTV Breakfast Television
I recently had an interview with Breakfast Television in Winnipeg. I'm not able to embed it in our own website, so you'll need to follow the link in order to check it out! Let me know what you thought in the comments section!
The Haliburton Echo
Colin Harris loves the outdoors.
So much so that the outdoor education director for YMCA Camp Wanakita is running across the country encouraging students to get outside.
And so far it's working.
In January of this year Harris began his dream to run across Canada in St. John's, Nfld. During the past five months he has run through various cities and provinces, stopping at elementary schools along the way.
On June 16, Harris stopped in at Stuart Baker Elementary School to tell students in grades 2 and 3 just how important it is to enjoy all that nature has to ...
