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.
Please note: Schedules are now locked from being changed. If you would like to make changes to your schedule, please come see us at the registration desk. See you in Vancouver!
Limited Capacityfull Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.
"We know the why, what's the how?" Participants will get a primer on, participate in, and take a few minutes to work together on their own prototype of highly participatory, stimulating, ecological learning activities that can be conducted in a traditional schoolyard. Looking at the equipment, props and resources from the Calgary Board of Education's Outdoor Classroom 2.0 pilot program, we will address the the complexities and roadblocks that restrict students and school staff from leaving school property and cosider if the ethos of forest school can genuinely live in a schoolyard. This session focuses on mobile equipment and pedagogy necessary to create activities to make schoolyards come alive during the school day in any weather or season.
