These free virtual workshops are offered monthly in partnership with the Outdoor Learning School & Store. Sessions are 60 minutes and will be recorded for those who can't attend live. Attendees can access a certificate of attendance, and will be entered to win draw prizes.
Our Fall 2026 workshop series has now been announced! You can scroll down for details on individual sessions, or register for the whole series here: https://outdoorlearning.com/event/virtual-workshops/
Tuesday, August 11 at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern Time
Join us for this FREE inspiring and practical virtual workshop to learn how we can teach about birds using a variety of tools, techniques, and technology.
Birds can be found in all learning environments, rural or urban. Join our panel of knowledgeable presenters who will share resources, both analogue and digital, for learning about birds in formal or informal education spaces. This workshop will also highlight the work of Joseph Pitawanakwat, Andrés Jiménez and Junaid Khan to support the regathering and the education of Anishinaabe bird names and significant Indigenous bird knowledge. Included in this are their Anishinaabe Bird Names Nature Guide and Anishinaabe Winter Bird Names Nature Guide.
Presented by: Julie Read, Junaid Shahzad Khan, and Marisa Saelzler
Tuesday, September 15 at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern Time
Join us for this FREE virtual workshop for an overview of how educators and healthcare practitioners can better understand and support kids’ mental health through outdoor activities and to learn practical, low-pressure ways to support both student and teacher wellbeing through simple outdoor routines and experiences.
This workshop will cover nature as co-therapist, benefits of sensory awareness activities, and how risk and challenge can be leveraged to reduce anxiety. With increasing demands, diverse learning needs, anxious students, and constant curriculum pressures, many teachers are looking for approaches that calm the classroom without adding more to their plate.
This workshop explores how outdoor learning can support regulation, focus, connection, and inclusion—for students and educators—through predictable routines, short activities, and flexible structures that work in real school settings. Participants will experience and plan Social Emotional Learning (SEL) focused outdoor practices that reduce stress, support diverse learners, and create space to breathe, reset, and reconnect with learning.
Presented by: Nevin Harper and Lauren MacLean
Tuesday, October 13 at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern Time
Join us for this FREE virtual workshop for an overview of the evolution of the active outdoor play movement over the past decade.
This workshop will highlight how this movement, together with emerging global, intersectoral challenges (i.e., climate change, digitalization, widening social inequities) prompted the Outdoor Play Canada team to lead a global update to the 2015 Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play. We will discuss the process, methodology, outcome, impact, and next steps of the 2025 Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play.
Presented by: Dr. Louise de Lannoy and Dr. Tremblay
Tuesday, November 10 at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern Time
Join us for this FREE virtual workshop that will offer clarity on what risky play is and is not, particularly when supervising other people’s children as a professional educator in group learning environments.
Drs. Brussoni and Zeni will offer guidance for creating conditions and building capacity for risky play in schools, which serves to support the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth of children. Bring your questions!
Presented by: Dr. Mariana Brussoni, Dr. Megan Zeni,
Tuesday, December 8 at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern Time
Join us for this FREE virtual workshop to hear author and expert Dr. elin kelsey explain the importance of being hopeful and offer tips on where to look for motivation in difficult times and how we can share this with students of all ages.
With the existential threat of climate change, it’s only natural to feel overwhelming emotions of anxiety, fear, or anger. But at the same time it is critically important to find sources of hope that can allow us to imagine a better future and work towards it.
Presented by: elin kelsey