International Nature-Based Early Learning Conference
Click Here for information regarding World Of Wonder: 2018 International Nature-Based Early Learning Conference taking place in August!
Reading Group Details: February 5th
Reading: “Childhood, education and philosophy: a matter of time” by David Kennedy and Walter Omar Kohan (Published in: The Routledge International Handbook on Philosophy for Children. New York: Routledge, 2017, p. 46-52.) Suggested additional reading beforehand: “Plato and Socrates: From an Educator of Childhood to a Childlike Educator?” by Walter Kohan Date / Time: Monday February 5th, 10-11:30am Place: 4th Floor AMS Nest Patio (Outside) Please e-mail anniemontague@gmail.com if you need assistance accessing the article or have any questions!
Reading Group Details: January 8th
Reading: Practical Application of an Indigenous Research Framework and Two Qualitative Indigenous Research Methods: Sharing Circles and Anishnaabe Symbol-Based Reflection by Lynn F. Lavallée Date / Time: Monday January 8th, 10-11:30am Place: 4th Floor AMS Nest Patio (Outside) Please e-mail anniemontague@gmail.com if you need assistance accessing the article or have any questions!
Reading Group Details: December 5th
Reading: “Children, myth and storytelling: An Indigenous perspective” by Gregory A Cajete Date / Time: Tuesday December 5th, 11-12:30pm Place: 4th Floor AMS Nest Patio (Outside) Please e-mail anniemontague@gmail.com if you need assistance accessing the article or have any questions!
Reading Group Details: November 7th
Reading: “Education Indigenous to Place – Western Science Meets Native Reality” by A.O. Kawagley and R. Barnhardt Date / Time: Tuesday November 7th, 11-12:30pm Place: 4th Floor AMS Nest Patio (outside) Please e-mail anniemontague@gmail.com if you need assistance accessing the article or have any questions!
Online Professional Development Opportunity
Click Here for a link to information about Lethbridge College’s Early Childhood Education Professional Development Webinar Series 2017
The Reading Group Resumes!
Please join us for our next reading group on November 7th. It will be wonderful to reconnect with everyone, and hopefully welcome some newcomers into the mix. Check back to the blog in the coming weeks for the reading we will be discussing!
June 21st (Wedensday) Reading Group Meeting!
Hi everyone, We had a great time at Terra Nova Nature School in Richmond for our last reading group meeting. Thank you Kate for hosting us. What a neat area you and the kids get to know! And what a nice conversation we had as we explored the notion of building environmental identity. We’ll be walking for our next gathering 🙂 We’re meeting on Wednesday, June 21st from 11:00am-12:30pm, at UBC. We’ll get together at the garden behind Scarfe (Fac. of Ed). Then we’ll go on a walk to discuss…read more
May 31st reading group meeting details & announcements
Happy Spring, Our next reading group meeting will take place at Terra Nova Nature School, in Richmond. On Wednesday, May 31st, we’ll meet at 10:30am in order to be finished around noon. The address for the school is: 2680 River Road, Richmond, B.C. PLEASE PARK in the Adventure Play Space public parking lot, just west of the school, so that no vehicles come down the driveway while program is in session 🙂 Thanks! We plan to read: Carie Green, Darius Kalvaitis & Anneliese Worster (2016) Recontextualizing psychosocial development in young children:…read more
Current Events!
Lots of new stuff to share… spring is here and there are many activities happening outdoors: READING GROUP — April 22 (Saturday) 11:30-1:00pm; Everett Crowley Park ** see blog post below Let Them Eat Dirt w Dr. B. Brett Finley — April 24 (Monday) 6:30-7:30pm; AMS Nest 4th Floor Patio (UBC Campus) http://www.wildaboutvancouver.com/event/let-them-eat-dirt-with-dr-b-brett-finlay/ UBC Beach Walk Adventure — April 25 (Tuesday) 11:30am-1:00pm http://www.wildaboutvancouver.com/event/ubc-beach-walk-adventure/ Reading Group — May 31* (Wednesday) Time: TBD; *We hope that this May date will take place at Terra Nova Nature School. Reading Group — June 21 (Wednesday)…read more