Thank you to everyone who entered the 2022 Student Video Contest! This year’s entries really showcased the diversity of the country’s people and landscapes, and we are thrilled to be able to share these works with our audience. There are so many ways to spend time outside, and these short films will certainly inspire you to go explore your own backyard!
A huge congrats to students from Campus Regina Public in Regina, Saskatchewan for being the Grand Prize winners of the Take Me Outside Student Video Contest, in partnership with MEC and the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival! Their film askiy kikiskinwahamakonaw The Land Teaches Us is phenomenal, and will be highlighted as part of the internationally acclaimed festival this year!
Campus Regina Public, we raise our hands in acknowledgement of this master piece and are thrilled to celebrate you as our grand prize winner! Your film captures your schools commitment to cross curricular learning and truly celebrates the land and the relationships your students have with the land. View the full length film below or on their YouTube channel!
Feeling inspired? Enter the Student Video Contest and submit your very own creative film!
Have you seen all of the winners of the Take Me Outside Student Video Contest? We are amazed by all the talent and learning showcased in this year’s contest. Let us know in the comments what you think of these films!
Students from Arviligruaq Illiniarvik – Kugaaruk, Nunavut
Quinn Arrowsmith from Vancouver, BC
Ingrid Broten from Saskatoon, SK
Brielle Giesbrecht from Hinton, AB
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]