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B. Outside (Burnaby)
Contact Alisa Paul or Donna Morgan using district email Burnaby Local Chapter Constitution B. Outside Blog
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EKEEPSA (East Kootenay EEPSA)
Contact Kelly Henderson using district email East Kootenay Local Chapter Constitution
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KEEPSA (Kamloops EEPSA)
Contact Nancy Palson using district email Constitution: KEEPSA Constitution
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Kootenay Boundary Outdoor Educators
Kootenay Boundary Outdoor Educators Contact Jamie Stewart using district email Kootenay Boundary Outdoor Educators Constitution
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Kootenay Lake Environmental Educators
Contact the following people using district email: Brooke Jones Monica Nissen Bridget McCarty Kootenay Lake … Read more
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Kootenay-Columbia Environmental Educators
Contact the following people using district email: Myia Malakoff Charlotte Soles Bridget O’Malley Kootenay Columbia … Read more
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Langley
Contact Marlee St. Pierre using district email Langley constitution
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Outdoor Thinkers (Arrow Lakes)
Contact the following people using district email: Erika Momeyer Julia Greenlaw Anita Vibe Arrow Lakes … Read more
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qathet district
Contact Fil Krykorka using district email qathet (formerly Powell River) Local Chapter Constitution
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REED38 (Richmond)
Contact the following people using district email Megan Zeni Sarah Regan Anne-Marie Fenn
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Revelstoke
Contact Giselle Trepanned using district email Georgia McLay using district email Revelstoke Local Chapter Constitution
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River City Outdoor Educators (Campbell River)
Contact Sheldon Etheridge using district email River City Outdoor Educators Constitution
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Rocky Mountain Place Based Learning Network
Contact the following people using their district email: Jenn Meens Amanada Steadman Pascal Carrara Rocky … Read more
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Salish Sea EEPSA Chapter (Victoria, Sooke and Saanich)
Contact Chloe Faught using district email Salish Sea Constitution
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Sea2Sky (SD48)
Contact Heidi Lessman or Teresa Rowley using district email
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SEED36 (Surrey)
Contact Kristy Harrison using district email SEED36 Infographic SEED36 Constitution SEED36 Newsletter: Rooted: Winter 2021 (office.com)
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SHEEPSA Shuswap/Secwepemc
Contact Monique Richoux using district email Shuswap Constitution
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South Central BC Regional Specialist Association (Cariboo-Chilcotin, Quesnel and Prince George)
Contact Frances McCoubrey or Vanessa Elton using district email Central BC Constitution Bridges and Barriers resource
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UNITE (Urban Nature Inclusive Teaching Environment) in Vancouver
Contact Cara Laudon using district email Vancouver EEPSA-Local-Chapter-Constitution
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Vernon Eco Educators (VEE)
Vernon Eco Educators Contact local chapter president Andrea Harwood-Jones using district email
Forge Local Network Connections
Network and connect with environmental educators from around BC.
Are you interested in collaborating with teachers in your region on an environmental education initiative?
Do you need funding and support for a local initiative?
Do you have a group of like-minded teachers who want some support to meet and collaborate?
Do you have great environmental education happening in your classroom that you want to share?
Would you like to host an environmental education Pro-D in your region?
Join or form a Local Chapter!
Our amazing Local Chapters are doing great things across the province. They are a true testament to the power of local leadership.
Together We Are:
- Hosting conferences to connect Classrooms to Communities on the PSA Day
- Creating grab and go backpacks for each school in the district
- Leading Curriculum Implementation Days
- Hosting dinner meetings to collaborate with colleagues
- Re-wilding school grounds
- Creating place-based learning websites and newsletters for our districts
- Spreading the culture of outdoor education prep-teachers in our districts
- Hosting first aid and risk-assessment courses
- Meeting with senior district administration to advocate for place based learning
- Hosting lending libraries of teaching resources
- Building school gardens
- Hosting professional book clubs
- Compiling entry-level lessons for teachers new to place-based learning
- Hosting blogs
- Hosting professional development days
- Working with community partners to develop learning experiences in our local places
- Mentoring student teachers
- Enjoying evening paddles and professional conversations
- Hosting seed-sharing libraries for school gardens
- Providing mentorship to teachers who are new to outdoor learning
- Hosting listserves
- Sitting on district sustainability working groups
- Building outdoor classrooms
Kootenay Columbia grab and go backpacks for outdoor learning
Some of the teacher suggested books from the SEED36 list.
Advocacy Resources
EEPSA Position Statement on Education Outside the Classroom
Salish Sea Letter to Districts
Curriculum and Instruction Resources (created by Chapters)
Forming a Local Chapter
Step 1
A Local Chapter is a local, teacher-driven organization that helps teachers come together to collaborate, engage in professional development and influence curriculum. You can invite administrators and community educators to be involved, but it should be led by BCTF members. Local Chapters and PSAs exist under the auspices of the BCTF.
Bring a group of teachers together. EEPSA can support you with reimbursement for food and drink to make this happen.
Step 2
Elect/Appoint
- a president to set the agenda and chair the meetings
- a secretary to compile minutes and send them to our secretary
- a treasurer to submit your expenses for reimbursement
Step 3
Consider your goals and intentions for the year around meeting to collaborate, and whether you’d like to plan any professional development activities for your region.
From EEPSA’s perspective, we need:
- Each of your meetings to have an agenda and minutes. We’ll post your minutes to our website.
- The majority of your Local Chapter members to be active EEPSA members.
- Your president, secretary and treasurer to be active members of the BCTF (dues paying).
- A constitution for your Local Chapter. The Local Chapter Coordinator can guide you through that process.
