Julie is an outdoor educator, elementary school teacher, Forest and Nature School practitioner and enthusiastic naturalist with over 15 years of leadership experience within non-profit organizations. Julie created the Fanshawe Nature School while working as the Community Education Supervisor for the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority and has previously worked as Community Programs Coordinator at the High Park Nature Centre in Toronto and as Program Manager at The Guelph Outdoor School. She loves helping people of all ages connect to nature and is deeply passionate about social justice, removing barriers and increasing equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility in outdoor learning. Julie also leads birding walks at the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO)’s Birding with Pride annual event and is a hike leader for the Festival of Birds at Point Pelee National Park, home of Caldwell First Nation. In addition, she is a Director-at-Large with The Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario (COEO).