Current & Upcoming Public Events:
Prince George Spring Fling, April 12, 2019
Loose Parts & Playful Inquiry Outdoors
Vancouver Master Gardeners General Meeting, April 15, 2019
Playing, Learning, and Growing in School Gardens
Floral Hall, Van Dusen Gardens: open to Master Gardeners & MG students. Wear your pin.
Farm To School, Grandview Learning Circle, April 15, 2019
Teaching Across The Curriculum In School Gardens
email to RSVP: vancouverregion@farmtoschoolbc.ca
UBC Investigating Our Practices (IOP), May 4, 2019
Playful Inquiry In School Gardens
UBC Spark Early Years Conference, May 10, 2019
Playful Inquiry & Loose Parts in Children’s Gardens
Recharge 2019 Conference: ACEE (Alberta Council For Environmental Education), May 23-25, 2019
No Child Left Inside
The Garden Classroom 6-part series~ Van Dusen Botanical Gardens 2018/ 2019 **SOLD OUT**
September 19, October 24, March 6, April 10, May 8, June 5 ~
2019 Conferences, Classes, Speakers & Workshops I’m attending and learning from:
UBC Coursework
EDCP 602- Doctoral Seminar
EDCP 508- Alternative education: methods & approaches
January
Richmond Garden Club: Border Free Bees
February
Richmond Garden Club: Pruning Fruit Trees
March
Coalition for Healthy School Food Roundtable
Richmond Garden Club: Healthy Soils
April
Wild About Vancouver Festival (Steering Committee Member)
Vancouver School Food Network quarterly meeting
Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network (CBEEN) Leadership Circle
Symbiosis Science World STEAM Network Leadership & Learning Ecosystem
May
UBC Investigating Our Practices (IOP)
UBC Spark Early Years Conference
June
Health, Outdoor & Physical Education (HOPE) Symposium at CSSE (Graduate Student Coordinator)
Canadian Society for Studies in Education 2019 Congress 2019, UBC
October
North American Association for Environmental Education, Lexington Kentucky
Speaking/ Workshop/ Facilitation Schedule 2019
January, 2019
Heart Of The Matter Conference, Surrey
February, 2019
BC Home & Garden Show, BC Place Stadium
New Westminster Teachers’ Conference, New Westminster
Garden City Elementary School, Richmond
McNeely Elementary School, Richmond
March, 2019
Circles Of Caring Conference, Richmond
Garden Classroom Series #3, Van Dusen Gardens
Garden Classroom Series #3, Richmond
Spul’u’kwuks Elementary School, Richmond
Cedardale Elementary, West Vancouver
April, 2019
Spring Fling, Prince George, British Columbia
Farm To School Grandview Learning Circle, Vancouver
Vancouver Master Gardeners General Meeting, featured speaker
Joint professional learning day, Homma, Cook & Anderson Elementary Schools, Richmond
Garden Classroom Series #4, Van Dusen Gardens
Garden Classroom Series #4, Richmond
Wild About Vancouver Festival, Vancouver
May, 2019
Investigating Our Practices (IOP), University of BC
Spark Early learning Conference, UBC
Recharge 2019 ACEE Conference, Canmore Alberta
Garden Classroom Series #5, Van Dusen Gardens
Garden Classroom Series #5, Richmond
Richmond Education Committee Presentation Report: June Chiba Sabbatical
June, 2019
Garden Classroom Series #6, Van Dusen Gardens
Garden Classroom Series #6, Richmond
November, 2019
Ecole Herbert Spencer, New Westminster
Past Speaking/ Workshop/ Facilitation Schedule 2018
January, 2018
Dr. A.R. Lord Elementary, VSB
February, 2018
Blessed Sacrament Elementary, Vancouver
Chilliwack District Teachers’ Conference, Chilliwack
March, 2018
Keynote Speaker: School Garden Summit, Saskatoon SK
Garden Classroom Series #3, Richmond
April, 2018
Garden Classroom Series #4, Richmond
Wowk Elementary, Richmond
Southlands Elementary, VSB
Diefenbaker Elementary, Richmond
May, 2018
London Farm Plant Sale, Master Gardener Clinic, Richmond
Garden Classroom Series #5, Richmond
Children & Nature Network Leadership Summit, Oakland CA
June, 2018
Garden Classroom Series #5, Richmond
Anderson Elementary, Richmond
Host Teacher: 3 week Community Field Experience (CFE) Student Teachers, Faculty of Education, UBC
McKinney Elementary, Richmond
July, 2018
Think & Eat Green at School (TEGS) Conference, Plenary Panel, UBC
Guest Lecturer ECED 565, Orchard Garden, UBC
August, 2018
école des Navigateurs, Richmond
September, 2018
école Cedardale, West Vancouver
Simon Fraser Elementary School, VSB
Spul’u’kwuks Elementary School, Richmond
Simon Fraser Elementary School, VSB
Blair & Woodward Elementary Schools, joint pro-d day, Richmond
Garden Classroom Series #1, Van Dusen Gardens
Garden Classroom Series #1, Richmond
October, 2018
UBC Farm School Garden Series, UBC
BC Primary Teachers Conference, Richmond
Garden Classroom series #2, Van Dusen Gardens
Garden Classroom Series #2, Richmond
November, 2018
Orchard Garden Workshop Series, UBC
December, 2018
UBC Teacher Candidate Conference, Faculty of Education, UBC
Manoah Steves Elementary, Richmond
