Current & Upcoming Public Events:
Playing and Learning in the Outdoor Classroom Series
October 3, 2019/ November 28, 2019/ January 9, 2020
School District #67 & #53 Penticton & Oliver BC: District teachers, email Melia Dirk for registration details
The Garden Classroom 6-part series~ Van Dusen Botanical Gardens 2019/ 2020
This professional learning community fills up quickly! Registration details here.
Session dates: September 18, 2019/ October 9, 2019/ November 6, 2019/ March 4, 2020/ April 22, 2020/ May 20, 2020
Van Dusen Registration here **SOLD OUT**
The Garden Classroom 6-part series~ Hosted by the Richmond School District 2019/ 2020
Registration available to Richmond teachers and staff. Registration on the SD#38 portal.
Session dates: September 26, 2019/ October 24, 2019/ March 5, 2020/ April 16, 2020/ May 14, 2020/ June 11, 2020
** THIS SERIES IS FULL**
The Garden Classroom 6-part series~ Hosted by the Burnaby School District 2019/ 2020
Registration available to Burnaby district teachers and staff. Email Kristina Carley
Session dates: October 2, 2019/ November 7, 2019/ March 2, 2020/ April 9, 2020/ May 21, 2020/ June 8, 2020
The Garden Classroom 6-part series~ Hosted by the West Vancouver School District 2019/ 2020
Registration available to West Vancouver district teachers and staff. Email Shannon Gray
Session dates: October 10, 2019/ November 14, 2019/ March 9, 2020/ April 20, 2020/ May 28, 2020/ June 18, 2020
COMPLETE LISTING OF ALL 2019 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS LISTED BELOW
Speaking/ Workshop/ Facilitation Schedule 2020
January, 2020
Opportunities for risky play in schools, Penticton BC
February, 2020
Opportunities for risky play in schools, West Vancouver
March, 2020
Garden Classroom Series #3, Burnaby School District
Garden Classroom Series #4, Van Dusen Gardens
Garden Classroom series #3, Richmond School District
Garden Classroom Series #3, West Vancouver School District
Understanding risky play, Winnipeg MB
April, 2020
Garden Classroom Series #4, Burnaby School District
Garden Classroom Series #5, Van Dusen Gardens
Garden Classroom series #4, Richmond School District
Garden Classroom Series #4, West Vancouver School District
May, 2020
Garden Classroom Series #5, Burnaby School District
Garden Classroom Series #6, Van Dusen Gardens
Garden Classroom series #5, Richmond School District
Garden Classroom Series #5, West Vancouver School District
Opportunities for risky play in schools, Trail BC
June, 2020
Garden Classroom Series #6, Burnaby School District
Garden Classroom series #6, Richmond School District
Garden Classroom Series #6, West Vancouver School District
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, Science World, Vancouver
May, 2019
Investigating Our Practices (IOP), University of BC
Spark Early learning Conference, UBC
Recharge 2019 Alberta Council for Environmental Education (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
July, 2019
Canadian Association of School System Administrators Conference (CASSA), Richmond
Graduate Teaching Assistant EDCP 585 (Experiential Education in Health, Outdoor, and Physical Education) HOPE cohort, UBC
Graduate Teaching Assistant EDCP 530 (Curriculum Innovations in Physical Education) HOPE cohort, UBC
Graduate Teaching Assistant EDCP 531 (Health Promotion, Wellness, and Lifeskills in Outdoor Settings), HOPE Cohort, UBC
September 2019
Garden Classroom Series #1, Van Dusen Gardens
Garden Classroom Series #1, Richmond School District
Richmond Garden Club, Featured Speaker
école des Navigateurs, Richmond
October 2019
Garden Classroom Series #2, Van Dusen Gardens
Garden Classroom Series #2, Richmond School District
Garden Classroom Series #1, Burnaby School District
Garden Classroom Series #1, West Vancouver School District
Cross-curricular learning in the Outdoor Classroom, Penticton BC
Outdoor Nature Play and Environmental Learning With Loose Parts, NAAEE, Lexington, Kentucky.
Risk, Playful Inquiry, and Loose Parts Outdoors, C2C Conference UBC Vancouver
Plenary & Conference Storyteller, C2C Conference UBC Vancouver
Sustainable Pedagogies of Place: Growing and Learning in School Gardens, C2C Field Experience UBC Vancouver
November, 2019
Ecole Herbert Spencer, New Westminster
Growing and Learning in School Gardens, Van Dusen Gardens
Garden Classroom Series #2, Burnaby School District
Garden Classroom Series #3, Van Dusen Gardens
Garden Classrooms, Oliver BC
Vivo For Healthier Generations, Calgary, Alberta
December, 2019
Garden Classroom Series #2, West Vancouver School District
2019 Conferences, Classes, Speakers & Workshops I’m attending and learning from:
UBC Coursework
EDCP 602- Doctoral Seminar
EDCP 508- Alternative education: methods & approaches
EDCP 585E- Action Research
EDCP 556- Theory and Research in the social context of school science
January
Richmond Garden Club: Speaker Border Free Bees
February
Richmond Garden Club: Topic: Pruning Fruit Trees
March
Coalition for Healthy School Food Roundtable
Richmond Garden Club: Topic: 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
Richmond Garden Club: Margaret Nakahara- dried flowers, herbs and veggies
May
UBC Investigating Our Practices (IOP)
UBC Spark Early Years Conference
Bee Identification with Border Free Bees- Cameron Cartiere
Planting Habitats for Pollinators with Lori Weidenhammer author of Victory Gardens For Bees
June
Health, Outdoor & Physical Education (HOPE) Symposium at CSSE (Graduate Student Coordinator)
Canadian Society for Studies in Education 2019 Congress 2019, UBC
September
Outdoor Play Summit- Breath of Fresh Air, Ottawa, Ontario
October
North American Association for Environmental Education, Lexington Kentucky
Classrooms to Communities/ EEPSA Conference, UBC
Graduate Teaching Assistant for the following courses at UBC 2019/ 2020
EDCP 530 Curriculum innovations in physical education
EDCP 585 Experiential education in health, outdoor, and physical education
EDCP 531 Health and wellness promotion in outdoor settings
EDCP 467 Special topics in curriculum and pedagogy: junior science grades 8-10
EDCP 322 Physical education secondary: curriculum and pedagogy
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
