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Our 1-day Summit on Connecting to Nature in an Urban World, April 19, features a morning plenary and roundtable sessions followed by interactive workshops and walkshops in the afternoon. Building on the Summit is our Conference, April 20-21, featuring keynotes speakers, hands-on workshops and networking opportunities.

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Wednesday, April 19 • 12:00pm - 3:30pm
Field Trip: Green School Grounds in Metro Vancouver FULL
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In this field trip, travel to recently-greened school grounds in West and North Vancouver for on-the-ground inspiration and understanding of what it takes to develop a successful green school grounds program. You will have an opportunity to see outdoor classrooms, playgrounds, and food gardens in action at three schools, hearing from the teachers, administrators, and parents who helped create them. You will learn about the process of greening school grounds from design to installation. Hosted by Evergreen’s Executive Director Cameron Collyer and design consultant Caron Cheng, we will visit the outdoor classroom at École Pauline Johnson, the nature and active playground at Highlands Elementary, and the school ground market garden at Sutherland Secondary. 

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Cam Collyer

Executive Director, Programs, Evergreen
Cam is the Executive Director, Programs at Evergreen, overseeing and developing Evergreen’s evolving national suite of programs that connect Canadians with nature. This includes the award-winning national school ground greening program—Toyota Evergreen Learning Grounds—as well as Evergreen’s programs that engage Canadians in restoring health to public lands and communities. He has overseen the establishment of a national network of school ground design professionals, the creation of a large suite of print and web-based publications, the esta... Read More →

Wednesday April 19, 2017 12:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
Field trip - Bus outside Westin
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