We offered a variety of pre-conference sessions at the EECOM 2019 conference. Information on each of our workshops including dates, times, and costs can be found below.
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Session #1 |
Boreal Forest Eco-Tour |
Location | Bus Pick Up at University of Saskatchewan Education Building – East Doors |
Facilitator(s) | SunDogs Excursions, Prince Albert National Park, Glenn Sutter, & Joyce Belcher |
Date(s) | Wednesday, May 8 – Thursday, May 9 |
Start Time | 9:30 am on May 8: Bus to PA National Park |
End Time | 3:30 pm on May 9: Bus to Saskatoon |
# Participants | 17 |
Cost | $280, tax included |
Description | Join us for a pre-conference ecotour to Prince Albert National Park area. We will be staying at the iconic Elk Ridge Resort in cabins, located in a friendly luxurious setting in the heart of the boreal forest. Hike along the trails of the national park with park interpreter staff, participate in nature writing with True Nature writing, spend an entire morning on a climate change and nature focused program led by SunDogs Excursions, sing around a campfire with Glenn Sutter, a local musician. Arrive back in Saskatoon on Thursday evening in time for conference evening activities. |
Session #2 |
Sustainability Education Policy Forum |
Location | Room 2010, Education Building, University of Saskatchewan |
Facilitator(s) | Marcia McKenzie & Nicola Chopin (Sustainability Education Research Institute and Sustainability and Education Policy Network) |
Date(s) | Thursday, May 9 |
Start Time | 10 am |
End Time | 12 pm |
# Participants | 40 |
Cost | Free |
Description | This session is for administrators, policy-makers, and educators. Discuss key learnings from research conducted by the Sustainability and Education Policy Network in K-12 schools about the relationships between sustainability in education policy and practice. Participants will workshop sustainability engagement in their own setting, drawing on implications from the study. |
Session #3 |
Relational Healing, Climate Change, and Indigenous Land-based Learning |
Location | Tipi in The Bowl, Education Building, University of Saskatchewan |
Facilitator(s) | Jeff Baker & Kevin Lewis |
Date(s) | Thursday, May 9 |
Start Time | 1 pm |
End Time | 4 pm |
# Participants | 15 |
Cost | Free |
Description | In this session Drs. Kevin Lewis (Cree) and Jeff Baker (Métis) will lead participants in ceremony and land-based activities that provide teachings regarding our interconnectedness with the land, one another, and the cosmos; and discuss the importance of these understandings for addressing climate change and socio-ecological justice more broadly. |
Session #4 |
University of Saskatchewan Campus Sustainability Walking Tour |
Location | University Services Building entrance, University of Saskatchewan |
Facilitator(s) | Matt Wolsfeld, Office of Sustainability |
Date(s) | Thursday, May 9 |
Start Time | 1 pm |
End Time | 2:30 pm |
# Participants | 25 |
Cost | Free |
Description | Join the University of Saskatchewan’s Office of Sustainability on a walking tour that highlights sustainability initiatives and operations around the university’s beautiful campus, including gardens, green buildings, and cultural sustainability touchstones. |
Session #5 |
Project WET Canada 2019-2021 Implementation Strategy Workshop |
Location | Room 1020, Education Building, University of Saskatchewan |
Facilitator(s) | Lizabeth Nicholls, Project WET Canada |
Date(s) | Thursday, May 9 |
Start Time | 12 pm |
End Time | 4 pm |
# Participants | 20 |
Cost | Free |
Description | This workshop is for provincial and territorial Project WET Coordinators and senior Project WET Facilitators throughout Canada to provide input to an Implementation Strategy for 2019 – 2021 to best reach northern, Indigenous, and Francophone/French Immersion educators with Project WET 2.0, Projet WET- Module 1 (French) and Getting Little Feet WET (ECE) certification professional development workshops. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. |
Session #6 |
Helping Environmental Education Associations Build their Capacity – An EECOM Leadership Summit |
Location | Room 2002, Education Building, University of Saskatchewan |
Facilitator(s) | Alberta Council for Environmental Education (Gareth Thomson) & SaskOutdoors (Leah Japp) |
Date(s) | Thursday, May 9 |
Start Time | 12 pm |
End Time | 5 pm |
# Participants | 30 |
Cost | $25, tax included (includes morning coffee and tea, as well as lunch) |
Description | In this full day workshop, you will participate in organizational development activities to support your association, contribute to a change agenda to advance environmental education in Canada and where you live, and launch a national network. This workshop is designed for Canadians who work with their provincial or territorial environmental association, and will include a networking social from 4-5 pm. |
Session #7 |
Brewing Beer Naturally |
Location | 9 Mile Legacy Brewing, 229 20th Street West, Saskatoon |
Facilitator(s) | Barrett Miller |
Date(s) | Thursday, May 9 |
Start Time | 6:00 pm |
End Time | 10:00 pm |
# Participants | 20 |
Cost | $70, tax included |
Description | The 9 Mile Legacy is a story of two families- neighbours that have weathered hard times and celebrated good times together for the better part of a century. We are called “9 Mile Legacy” because we aren’t that original – we are simply carrying on generational tradition of working together. For this workshop, 9 Mile will be hosting Barret Miller, a home brewer from Forte Whyte Manitoba, who has been brewing his family beer since he was knee high to a grasshopper. In this workshop, Barrett will teach you how to brew a prairie beer, using a technique perfected by his grandfather.
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Session #8 |
Mapping out a Strategic Path to Advance Ocean Literacy in Canadian Classrooms and Communities |
Location | Room 3133, Education Building, University of Saskatchewan |
Facilitator(s) | Lisa (Diz) Glithero (Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition) and Danika Strecko (Ocean Wise) |
Date(s) | Thursday, May 9 |
Start Time | 9 am |
End Time | 1 pm |
# Participants | 40 |
Cost | Free |
Description | The health of the ocean is a global priority, signified by the UN’s Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). Making ocean literacy more prominent in Canadian K-12 classrooms is crucial element to developing an ocean literate society wherein citizens and stakeholders are “able to make informed and responsible decisions on ocean resources and ocean sustainability.” (Ocean Literacy for All: A Toolkit, UNESCO, 2017, p. 16.) The aim of this workshop is to convene interested education stakeholders to build off the work of CaNOE’s conference for ocean educators in July 2018 and to engage in critical discussions on developing more strategic and coordinated pathways to (better) embed ocean literacy into Canadian K-12 curricula. Although national interest in ocean health and conservation is increasing, many young Canadians (and teachers) have limited opportunities to engage in ocean literacy education opportunities that foster not only awareness but moreover, agency and action. This workshop will also enable ocean education leaders to a) collaborate on identifying key mobilization activities, joint initiatives and/or upcoming opportunities to co-leverage (e.g., National Science Literacy Week 2019 — ocean theme) and b) gather strategic input from the education sector to feed into the Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition’s efforts to develop a national ocean literacy strategy before the start of the UN decade. This pre-conference is being supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). |