Events

The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Education would like to invite all teacher candidates to participate in a one-day Professional Learning Climate Action conference on February 22nd from 8:45am to 3:45pm! Join your colleagues for a day on the university’s campus to hear from expert educators, engage in hands-on activities related to climate change, and learn how to take the pledge to make a positive impact in the classroom when implementing climate (action) education. We are very fortunate to have Jacob Rodenburg (Environmental educator & Executive Director of Camp Kawartha) as our keynote speaker to kickstart the day, followed by various workshops from community partners around Ontario. Follow the link here to register for the event and to hand-select the workshops that are of interest and value to you. We look forward to seeing you there and we thank you for your continued commitment to climate action through education! French version: La Faculté d'éducation de l'Université d'Ottawa invite tous les futurs enseignants à participer à une conférence d'une journée à propos de l'action climatique le 22 février de 8 h 45 à 15 h 45! Rejoignez vos collègues pour une journée à écouter des éducateurs experts, participer à des activités pratiques liées sur le thème de l’action climatique et à prendre l'engagement d'avoir un impact positif en classe lors de la mise en œuvre de l'éducation et action climatiques. Nous sommes très chanceux d'avoir Jacob Rodenburg (éducateur en environnement et directeur général du Camp Kawartha) comme conférencier principal pour lancer la journée, suivi de divers ateliers par des partenaires communautaires venant de différents endroits en Ontario. Suivez le lien ici pour vous inscrire à l'événement et sélectionner manuellement les ateliers qui vous intéressent et qui vous intéressent. Nous avons hâte de vous y voir et nous vous remercions de votre engagement continu envers l'éducation et l'action climatique !
Location	LMX
Registration Deadline	2023-02-21 16:00:00

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Keynote: Pathways to Stewardship and Kinship. (LMX 203- Education Resource Centre) 2023-02-22 08:45 - 2023-02-22 09:45

Keynote: Pathways to stewardship and Kinship. Jacob Rodenburg. Long time environmental educator, Executive Director of Camp Kawartha - teach environmental education at Trent University, author of books on nature education/connection.

Keynote: Pathways to stewardship and Kinship.

LMX 203 (Education Resource Centre)
140

Session	Keynote: Pathways to Stewardship and Kinship. (LMX 203- Education Resource Centre)
Location	LMX 203 (Education Resource Centre)
Seats	140
Available seats	72
Presenter	Jacob Rodenburg. Long time environmental educator, Executive Director of Camp Kawartha - teach environmental education at Trent University, author of books on nature education/connection.

Workshops 10:00-11:00 2023-02-22 10:00 - 2023-02-22 11:00

Coding for Climate Action:

LMX 403
40

Session	Workshops 10:00-11:00
Location	LMX 403
Seats	40
Available seats	16
Description	Use the Climate Action Kit 'Life on Land' to solve global environmental issues through design and code. Jennifer Gauthier & Yolanta Krawiecki, OCSB.

Fostering Nature Connection:

Tabaret Hall Lawn
40

Session	Workshops 10:00-11:00
Location	Tabaret Hall Lawn
Seats	40
Available seats	26
Description	Join Nature Sommelier, environmental educator Jacob Rodenburg and discover practical and inspiring ways that nurture a positive connection to nearby nature. (This is an outdoor activity so please dress appropriately,)

Indigenous Perspectives in Education:

LMX 405
40

Session	Workshops 10:00-11:00
Location	LMX 405
Seats	40
Available seats	8
Description	This workshop will be introducing educators with an understanding of the significance of Indigenous ways of knowing and the decolonized history of Canada. They will also be provided with guidance and strategies to incorporate an Indigenous perspective into their teaching pedagogies in a respectful way. Stephanie Sanders, OCSB

Workshops 11:05-12:00 2023-02-22 11:05 - 2023-02-22 12:00

Truth, and then Reconciliation and Social Justice Education Interwoven within Ontario’s Social Studies Curriculum!

Virtual- Zoom
40

Session	Workshops 11:05-12:00
Location	Virtual- Zoom
Seats	40
Available seats	27
Description	In this presentation, I draw upon my master’s research completed in March 2021 to situate how social justice and reconciliation-based campaigns created by the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society (Caring Society) interweaves within Ontario curriculum expectations. Participating in reconciliation and social justice processes affords all learners the ability to fully understand First Nations, Inuit, and Métis historical and contemporary issues and make a difference toward ending Canada’s systemic discrimination against First Nations, as well as Métis and Inuit peoples. I will discuss the role of Canada’s discrimination in its relationship in how First Nations, Inuit, and Métis have been prevented from protecting their lands and the wellbeing of their children, and from celebrating their cultures. Madelaine Aydan Marie McCracken Join Zoom Meeting https://uottawa-ca.zoom.us/j/92433050934?pwd=RCsydTZPS3pjTlZWNFBmbmd1TWh3QT09 Meeting ID: 924 3305 0934 Passcode: 0c3R3t

Connections & Relationships to the Land: Indigenous Traditional Knowledge

LMX 422
25

Session	Workshops 11:05-12:00
Location	LMX 422
Seats	25
Available seats	16
Description	In this workshop facilitated by Fred Mcgregor, an Algonquin knowledge keeper from Kitigan Zibi, we will explore our collective responsibility for stewardship of the land.

EcoSchools Certification for Climate Action!

LMX 407
40

Session	Workshops 11:05-12:00
Location	LMX 407
Seats	40
Available seats	4
Description	Interested in bringing environmental action into your school, or future school? Join us for an introduction to the EcoSchools Canada program and learn how the program provides a clear, impactful and youth-focused framework for environmental and climate action in both curriculum and extracurricular areas of a school. The program is free for public schools and includes resource guides for over 50 actions. EcoSchools Canada, Clara Luke & Emilie Rayner

Puppeteering and playing for Climate Action!

LMX 339
40

Session	Workshops 11:05-12:00
Location	LMX 339
Seats	40
Available seats	29
Description	Glen Caradus is a long time Outdoor educator, eco puppeteer and climate activist from Peterborough. Glen will share with you a variety of climate games hands on activities and arts based ideas related to climate change. There will be a very short puppet show staring Captain Climate !

Workshops 12:30-1:30 2023-02-22 12:30 - 2023-02-22 13:30

Allyship for Climate Action in your building!

LMX 390
40

Session	Workshops 12:30-1:30
Location	LMX 390
Seats	40
Available seats	31
Description	Many staff members and administration are not aware that they can play an essential role in climate action. The stronger the support from these groups, the more effective climate action initiatives in schools and universities will likely be. This workshop will focus on ways that staff can get involved through finding allies amongst their peers, determining the issues to focus on that are important to them and their school, selecting appropriate activities to take action and raise awareness, and different ways they can incorporate climate action into their work. It will be applicable for future teachers in primary and secondary schools, as well as those that work for the University of Ottawa. Holly Gordon & Jonathan Rausseo, uOttawa’s Campus Sustainability Office.

Gardening for Climate Action!

LMX 339
40

Session	Workshops 12:30-1:30
Location	LMX 339
Seats	40
Available seats	10
Description	In this workshop, Zakir Virani from Genvironment, an organization that has been leading outdoor, place-based education programs across Ottawa, will be demonstrating the need for and successes of self-directed and experiential, outdoor approaches for effective climate-action discourse in educational spaces. Genvironment.

Let’s Talk Science workshop for Kindergarten to Grade 3

LMX 405
40

Session	Workshops 12:30-1:30
Location	LMX 405
Seats	40
Available seats	19
Description	In this hands-on workshop you will be doing a number of activities you can use in your Kindergarten to Grade 3 classrooms that are related to climate change. Activities will use inexpensive materials and be ones we have used in classrooms many times. Activities will include making greenhouse gas models with candy, making a balloon powered car, and an Ozobot beach clean up. Sue McKee, Let’s talk Science at uOttawa.

Natural Curiosity

Virtual- Zoom
Unlimited

Session	Workshops 12:30-1:30
Location	Virtual- Zoom
Seats	Unlimited
Available seats	Unlimited
Description	Join Natural Curiosity for a special session just for teacher candidates! In this online workshop, teacher candidates will learn how to facilitate environmental inquiry-based learning with appropriate integration of Indigenous perspectives. Alysse Kennedy & Megan Pham-Quan, Natural Curiosity. Join Zoom Meeting https://uottawa-ca.zoom.us/j/92433050934?pwd=RCsydTZPS3pjTlZWNFBmbmd1TWh3QT09 Meeting ID: 924 3305 0934 Passcode: 0c3R3t

Workshops 1:35-2:30 2023-02-22 13:35 - 2023-02-22 14:30

Bring a Greenspeaker to Your Class!

LMX 403
40

Session	Workshops 1:35-2:30
Location	LMX 403
Seats	40
Available seats	22
Description	Bring Environmental Expertise into Your Classroom for free! Learn about Greenspeakers Presentations on a variety of environmental topics K-12, presented virtually by experienced volunteers. Caroline Duncanson, Up4thechallenge.

Connections & Relationships to the Land: Indigenous Traditional Knowledge

LMX 422
25

Session	Workshops 1:35-2:30
Location	LMX 422
Seats	25
Available seats	11
Description	In this workshop facilitated by Fred Macgregor, an Algonquin knowledge keeper from Kitigan Zibi, we will explore our collective responsibility for stewardship of the land.

Fighting EcoAnxiety through journaling

LMX 390
40

Session	Workshops 1:35-2:30
Location	LMX 390
Seats	40
Available seats	30
Description	Our presentation revolves around the idea of using problem-focused coping through climate journaling to reduce eco-anxiety. It is based on our work with recycling journals that we have been incorporating into our Community Service Learning offerings for years. Holly Gordon & Jonathan Rausseo, uOttawa’s Campus Sustainability Office

Let’s Talk Science workshop for Grade 4-8

LMX 405
40

Session	Workshops 1:35-2:30
Location	LMX 405
Seats	40
Available seats	11
Description	In this hands-on workshop you will be doing a number of activities you can use in your Grade 4-8 classrooms that are related to climate change. Activities will use inexpensive materials and be ones we have used in classrooms many times, although one activity will use an Ozobot. Activities will include designing a ‘sustainable’ car, an activity to learn how climate change is affecting the movement of disease vectors (e.g. ticks) – this activity has both a human body and climate change focus, and an activity where an Ozobot is a ‘fish’ making its way through a series of threats to coral reefs/oceans to get to cooler waters. Sue McKee, Let’s talk Science at uOttawa.

Workshops 2:35- 3:35 2023-02-22 14:35 - 2023-02-22 15:35

Let’s Talk Science workshop for Grade 7-11

LMX 405
40

Session	Workshops 2:35- 3:35
Location	LMX 405
Seats	40
Available seats	13
Description	In this hands-on workshop we will present our Grade 10/11 Climate Change activity that introduces students to climate change in an escape room type game. Topics include climate change and permafrost, climate change and forests, climate change and thermal expansion, and climate change and ticks/disease vectors. We will also present the activity on how climate change is affecting the movement of disease vectors (the same one that will be presented in our Grade 4-8 workshop) as it can be used for Grades 7-10 as well as younger grades. Sue McKee, Let’s talk Science at uOttawa.

Rendre l’Action Climatique Amusante et Visible dans votre École!

LMX 360
40

Session	Workshops 2:35- 3:35
Location	LMX 360
Seats	40
Available seats	39
Description	Organiser l’heure de la terre, sortir avec votre classe pour apprendre dehors, mener des actions simples qui rendent l’écologie visible et amusante à l’école afin de donner espoir et ‘agency’ à nos élèves. Floriane Lévéder, OCSB.

STEM-Design for Climate Action

LMX 407
40

Session	Workshops 2:35- 3:35
Location	LMX 407
Seats	40
Available seats	2
Description	Teacher candidates will be introduced to human-centered design methods and challenged to design for climate action in this one-hour virtual workshop. They will also learn how to support their students in becoming social change agents in their communities, creating awareness about how science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) can help make meaningful change happen. Up4 The Challenge, Andrea Hemmerich

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