Past Events

Bob McDonald, the esteemed author, science journalist, CBC Radio Host and renowned environmental advocate, is our keynote speaker for this momentous occasion. The evening session, open to the general public, aims to educate the public about sustainable practices and inspire action within our community.
The event will showcase youth sharing their activities and ideas on why we need innovation, action and hope for a bright future. It also features an innovation fair showcasing local initiatives by organizations, businesses and industry.
This event is a collaboration between several organizations including Mount Baker Secondary School, Selkirk Secondary School, City of Kimberley, and Kimberley and District Chamber of Commerce, to raise awareness and foster dialogue on local initiatives and innovations working towards a resiliant and sustainable future.

The British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) will be hosting two New Teachers’ Conferences this year. One regional conference in Nelson and one Metro conference in Vancouver. The conferences are designed specifically for teachers and teachers teaching on call in their first five (5) years of teaching, as well as teacher candidates.

The overarching theme for the 2024 Outdoor Learning Conference is “Place and Pedagogy: Where Learning Happens”. This year’s Conference will continue to focus on Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Health and Wellbeing and Environmental and Climate Change Education.

The British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) will be hosting two New Teachers’ Conferences this year. One regional conference in Nelson and one Metro conference in Vancouver. The conferences are designed specifically for teachers and teachers teaching on call in their first five (5) years of teaching, as well as teacher candidates.

Calling all changemakers!

Whatever subject, grade, or course you teach, the climate emergency is connected. The Salish Sea Environmental Educators Provincial Specialist Association (SSEEPSA) is hosting a full day conference as part of this year’s Tapestry event. Join us for the full day!

Aims and Mean to Lesson Planning, using the BC curriculum to create lesson plans for teaching climate action.

For teaching resources from our partners as well as access to prior workshops, please see our website, under the ‘Resources for Climate Education’ section:

With Outdoor Learning Experts Mariana Brussoni & Megan Zeni

Join Mariana and Megan as they share the ‘BE OUT’ digital tool. BE OUT is a new tool for elementary (K-7) school teachers and includes exemplars of outdoor learning from a diversity of teachers organized in a digital format.

The tool is designed with very short (90 second) modules and targets teachers new to teaching outdoors with support in four key areas: understanding risky play in the school context; getting started teaching outdoors; teaching with an emergent curriculum; and assessment of learning. 

Hands on Praxis: Working with materials

Join Janice and Megan to learn about some fantastic resources for educating, engaging, and empowering students around patterns in nature – connecting to math, numeracy and other curricula.

Rachel will share tips, tricks, and strategies from Wild Learning: Practical Ideas for Bringing Teaching Outdoors. This book gives teachers practical activities they can immediately implement and helps educators overcome common barriers to outdoor instruction. These activities can be done in common outdoor spaces accessible to teachers in all school settings, and they are adaptable to their current curriculum—not an extra thing to try to fit into their day.

40 educational leaders form across the Columbia Basin and around British Columbia will come together for the Environmental Education Leadership clinic.

This leadership clinic provided representatives from 8 local chapters of EEPSA with the opportunity to come together to connect, collaborate, and plan for ways they can support outdoor and environmental learning in their region. These local chapters are supported at the Leadership clinic by non-profit organizations such CBEEN, KBEE, Wildsight, Take Me Outside, Classrooms to Communities, and Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation.

Thanks so much to all of our Local Chapter leaders for the hard work they do across the province to build EEPSA’s capacity.

Join educators, change makers and community partners from across B.C. for this 2-day, in-person conference as we reconnect with ourselves, each other, and the landscapes and waterways that nourish us. Find balance among the mountains and valleys of the Revelstoke area as we learn and celebrate together.

Participants will…

• Reconnect with inspiring colleagues, friends and community leaders
• Explore transformative approaches to place and land-based learning
• Engage in community-connected field experiences around the region
• Eat, drink, dance and rejuvenate in the mountain air

Program Highlights:

Friday, October 21, Revelstoke Mountain Resort

• Welcome & Plenary Gathering
• Engaging Workshops & Networking Sessions
• C2C Exhibitor Fair & Afternoon Social

Saturday, October 22, Revelstoke Mountain Resort & Area

• Inspiring Field Experiences around the Region
• Evening Celebration with Dinner & Live Music

September 23, 2022

Gibsons, BC

Unite, SEED 36, REED 38, B.Outside, Coquitlam, North Vancouver, and Langley are partnering to host a leadership clinic for local chapters within the metro Vancouver region! This is an opportunity for local groups to meet, collaborate and share resources to promote outdoor, place conscious and environmental learning in metro Vancouver school districts. Contact Elsa Medina for more information. mailto:[email protected]