Water Rangers believes that everyone has the right to learn about and help protect water bodies! You will learn how your students can help scientists gather water quality data using the Water Rangers testkits. After an introduction to participatory science and water quality testing, you will test water quality! While testing, we’ll discuss how to […]
Climate change is one of the most complex, interconnected challenges of our time. But we can’t lose sight of the impact we can make if we take collective action and look to nature for inspiration. In this workshop we will take a nature-based, solutions-focused approach by looking at circular economy and renewable energy as ways […]
This workshop will give practitioners and participants the opportunity to experience role-play pedagogy, through engagement with the more-than-human in the environment. This pedagogical strategy involves the activation of evolved, imaginative, ecological engagement and thinking-with or being-with the ‘other.’ The objective of this pedagogical approach is the intentional development of relational awakeness and the building of […]
In Project WET Canada’s Climate, Water, and Resilience Mini-Workshop participants will experience three engaging climate change activities from the educator guide. Each activity includes background information for the teacher, climate connections, STEM and career connections, and a climate resilience activity. The activities enable students to understand climate and climate change through accessing and analyzing reliable […]
Nature Saskatchewan and SaskOutdoors will share their experience of discovering their role in Truth and Reconciliation in their community through outdoor and place-based education programs. They will discuss cultural appropriation and the knowledge that was shared with them by Knowledge Keeper, Alphonse Obey from the Pasqua First Nation. Participants will learn about the cultural traditions […]
Kapabamayak Achaak Healing Forest (KAHF) is a living memorial to Indigenous children lost to or affected by the residential school system as a gathering place for families and communities for learning outdoors. In this place, land-based learning, and intergenerational learning programs, connect people to their histories and cultivate sustainability. The presenters will provide a brief […]
SIIT staff and students from the Mental Health and Wellness Diploma program will share some of their experiences and perspectives on how to incorporate Indigenous pedagogy into education. Through a hands-on immersive experience, participants will be guided land-based skills and how to co create knowledge with students to achieve learning outcomes. The activity is a […]
An invitation to see the world of two district Indigenous Education teachers and how they support school wide communities. This is done through showcasing practical examples of bringing land, experiential, play and project based learning to educator’s current practice. Their path is to build capacity by helping teachers find their gifts in self discovery by […]