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Reminder that the Place, environmental thought & education reading group is meeting this week. 12:00-1:00 Room 308A, Scarfe Building Some people have had a hard time downloading the readings. Here they are again. If this still doesn’t work, please contact … Continue reading →

Hello all, Please join us for our (rainy) February EE Caucus meeting.  This is the first meeting where we’ll be starting with a reading group discussion for one hour, then we’ll move into the business of the EE Caucus for … Continue reading →

Place, Environmental Thought & Education Reading Group Meeting: February 24th from 12-1 Room: 308A Students, faculty and staff welcome to join the Place & Education reading group, jointly hosted by the Quality of Life Committee and the EE Caucus. The … Continue reading →

Come one, come all!  There is a lot of new momentum in the Faculty of Education around EE and Sustainability. Please come and join us for our first meeting of 2011 where we’ll be discussion initiatives for the upcoming year … Continue reading →

Over the last several months, faculty and students from the EE Caucus have been working hard to spell out exactly how and why environmental / ecological education matters to our Faculty of Education and how it is that the Faculty … Continue reading →

Please join us for our next meeting on Sept. 21st from 2-4pm in SCARFE Room 304A On the agenda for the meeting: OLD BUSINESS – Outdoor Classroom update (Julia & Chessa) – Summer initiatives update Environmental Learning Across the Curriculum … Continue reading →

School communities are increasingly interested in building outdoor classrooms and school gardens; however, teachers have little to no professional experience in these unique educational spaces. To address this gap, the Faculty of Education and Faculty of Land and Food Systems … Continue reading →

In 2002, after extensive consultation with the public, the Canadian government introduced a Framework for Environmental Learning and Sustainability in Canada. Advocating for national ecological literacy, the framework provides recommendations for environmental and sustainability education at the K-12 and post-secondary … Continue reading →