https://www.academia.edu/42831092/Education_for_Reconciliation_Transitional_Justice_in_the_Aftermath_of_Canada_s_Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission?email_work_card=view-paper
As our climate changes, the Association of Canadian Educational Resources (ACER) supports communities with grass-roots initiatives to plant trees and educate participants in measuring, monitoring and reporting on tree health and growth.
An exploration of how (trans)formative places foster emotional, physical, spiritual and ecological connectedness
Leave No Trace is a national and international program designed to assist outdoor enthusiasts with their decisions about how to reduce their impacts when they spend time outdoors, based on their central Seven Principles (check out this short PDF version!). Their resource library includes stats, research, training methods, and a selection of options in French […]
Another tool to assist families in breaking the patterns of screen time!
History of forest schools beginning in Scandinavia, spreading throughout Europe and the United Kingdom and growth in Canada
Kids can learn (and teach) about climate change from this free book. Already a hit with families and schools around the world.
Free outdoor-based homework adaptable for children of all ages.
A resources intended to provide some ideas of how to take learning outdoors and at the same time, building connections to Indigenous ways of knowing and being.
The Resource Hub is your one-stop tool for finding new resources, programs, professional development, and grants to support environmental and energy education in your classroom in keeping with the 2019 K-12 Environmental Education Guidelines for Excellence, published by the North American Association for Environmental Education.
Programs and resources for learning about environmental issues through a variety of ecological monitoring projects
Active for Life is a Canadian not-for-profit social initiative founded by B2ten. They are a national initiative created to help adults give children the right start in life through the development of physical literacy. Resources can be filtered for use by either parents or professionals, and include lesson plans and log sheets.
Raising physically literate kids.
An article published on August 19, 2020 that advocates for outdoor play and provides tips & tricks for spending time away from screens.
Early childhood education resources to get children engaged in physically active play every day. Active play is essential in the early years for fostering physical literacy and child brain development.
Active Start, an initiative tailored for children under 4, is run through Active for Life, a Canadian non-profit. Signing up for Active Start provides a monthly newsletter tailored specifically to the child’s age and is filled with activities, games, ideas and tips designed to help children love being active as they grow and develop.
Advancing Early Childhood Education Outdoors Now, a roundtable funded by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS), engaged dialogue between researchers, practitioners and policymakers, to illustrate how outdoor early childhood education (ECE) might occur in BC.
Risk management and safety when taking groups of learners outside! They also offer programs catered for K-12 students.
