34 results for group: block-c

Lessons From the Land: Indigenous Food Sovereignty as Climate Action

Kâpapâmachakwêw-Wandering Spirit School (TDSB) has seen students thrive through the implementation of a land-based learning program centred on Indigenous food sovereignty and traditional foodways. This presentation is designed for educators who are eager to either establish or further develop a similar program. Attendees will learn ways to provide students with rich and authentic learning experiences by taking inspiration for their lessons from the land. It will specifically discuss urban school farming and our experiences of incorporating traditional Indigenous food ways in our land-based learning program. Participants will collaborate to co-cre...

Foundations of Water Education: A Water Literacy Education Certification Workshop

Join our Foundations of Water Education Certification Workshop and receive your own copy of our Foundations of Water Education: A Water Literacy Education Guide. I will introduce participants to water literacy principles by taking them through a couple of activities directly from the Foundations of Water Education Guide with a focus on climate change, environmental justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Participants will be given the opportunity to participate in activity discussions related to embedding local knowledge and Indigenous Ways of Knowing. A ‘walk through the guide’ and an overview of supportive educational resources from Project ...

Learning Outside in the Big City: Outdoor Environmental Learning for Urban Teachers

Outdoor learning enthusiasts don’t need to be told about how spending time outdoors can improve our mental health and well-being. But what if we teach in urban areas with minimal access to green space? What if your school yard has artificial grass and 3 trees? How do we get “city kids” to start connecting with the Natural World so that they can begin developing a connection that could ultimately lead to stewardship? In this workshop, participants will engage in some beginner/city friendly outdoor learning activities and discuss possible cross curricular connections. We will also talk about the logistics of setting up and managing expectations. ...

A Workshop on Sharing Stories of Tiny Miracles

The stories we tell matter. Indeed, they are all that matter. And the stories of the earth as “natural resources” in the service of a growth economy abound. This is a workshop that shares the potential pedagogical power of reclaiming and sharing stories about the earth’s interwoven tiny miracles. The earth is sacred, and the miracles are everywhere. These miracles are not, however, usually in our story frames. As such, with wisdom from Joanna Macy and Molly Brown’s The Work that Reconnects: Coming Back to Life (2014), this workshop will ask participants to be with and share stories of the earth's interconnected miracles. We will gather to ...

Engaging a Connection to Nature Through the Arts

Participants will experience various ways to infuse the arts into outdoor experiences, to find a unique way to use other senses and ways of knowing to connect to the land around them. Using music, dance, drama, art and language arts, participants will learn about ways to inspire students to feel a deeper relationship with natural spaces around their own school yards or nearby natural areas by creating arts experiences that help give the learner an empathetic vantage point through role playing and creating movement and sound experiences, and more.

Environmental Awareness Games that Work!

Under the banner of Environmental and Climate Change Education, we’ll go over 2-3 easy to set up games/activities that can be played or adapted to pretty much any age. These games can help students solidify their understanding of biodiversity, environmental awareness, and a general understanding of the interconnectedness of nature. These games and activities require little to no props, are easy and fun to play, quick and easy to explain. Get students moving and learning quickly and reinforce ideas about any concept. We will play "The Tree Game", "The Potlatch Economy", "Wiffle Ball Food Webs" and more!

Good-bye binary: Creating safe, affirming spaces in outdoor programs for trans and nonbinary children and youth

"We step into the forest or out onto the land and many of us feel like we belong. But do our gender-creative, transgender and nonbinary children and staff experience that feeling of belonging too? In this workshop, participants will gain knowledge of the complex intersecting identities transgender, gender-creative and nonbinary children and staff hold, and how this impacts their experience in outdoor nature-based play and learning. Together, we'll discuss structural changes, inclusive and kind language, and how to navigate tricky questions and facilitate conversations with children. We'll re-imagine and share our strategies in play and story for ...

Nurtured by Nature, connecting to the idea that we are Nature

Blending Forest School and Forest Therapy pedagogies, delegates will take part in easily adaptable exercises prompting us to connect to the Land and each other. Focusing on animism and the senses, participants are invited to their own unique experience. Practical exercises that can be easily adapted to meet the needs of participants in the space in which it is offered. Fostering a sense of wellbeing with the intention that all people have connections and relationships to Land, with opportunities to nourish and support a sustainable and meaningful life on a flourishing planet.

Let’s Walk! More than getting from point A to B

Walks are a great way to get moving, self-regulate, and spend time with others. However, walks can be so much more. Learn how walks can be a tool for social-emotional learning, peer-to-peer relationship building, academic learning, empathy building, and more. Rain or shine, the simple act of walking can provide many opportunities to learn and grow, and those skills can then be applied to other aspects of learning and life. Whether you're a class walking to the playground, or spending time one on one with a child, you'd be surprised how much you can learn in 100 feet.

Placemaking as an approach to increased access to Outdoor Experiential Education

This workshop will explore the concept that "the outdoors" is a construct that has been designed, much like city spaces, by those who hold power. As a result Outdoor Experiential Education programs unwittingly continue to propagate systemic access barriers for equity-seeking groups. How can educators, organizations and program designers intentionally create spaces that are welcoming? This workshop explores the themes and origins of this exclusion and uses the tools of placemaking as a solution to design inviting spaces for all students. Workshops participants will be invited to actively engage in discussion and designing sample outdoor spaces.