{"id":2538,"date":"2026-05-29T19:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eecom.org\/?post_type=event_listing&#038;p=2538"},"modified":"2026-06-02T18:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:01:53","slug":"2026-outdoor-learning-conference","status":"publish","type":"event_listing","link":"https:\/\/www.eecom.org\/index.php\/event\/2026-outdoor-learning-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Outdoor Learning Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thank you to everyone who helped make the 2026 Outdoor Learning Conference a success!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>May 7-9, 2026 <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2026 Outdoor Learning Conference took place in the Banff Centre in Alberta. It sold out in 20 minutes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Over&nbsp;500&nbsp;participants from across North America attended the 2026 Outdoor Learning Conference, which was presented in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/takemeoutside.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Take Me Outside<\/a>,&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoec.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global Environmental and Outdoor Education Council<\/a> of Alberta (GEOEC), and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/outdoorlearningstore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Outdoor Learning Store<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The overarching theme for the Conference was \u201c<strong>Place and Pedagogy: Where Learning Happens<\/strong>\u201d. The Conference continued to focus on&nbsp;Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Health and Wellbeing and Environmental and Climate Change Education. We heard from experts in these fields through keynote presentations, panel discussions and hands-on, educational workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you to the Keynote Speakers:<\/strong>&nbsp;Sylvia Ann Fox, Leona Prince, Dr. Gillian Judson, Elin Kelsey, TIKA and Dr. Astrid Kendrick&nbsp;for sharing and creating insightful dialogue on topics of Indigenous Learning, Climate and the Environment, and Health and Wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2555,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"event_listing_category":[46],"event_listing_type":[19],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eecom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_listing\/2538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eecom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eecom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event_listing"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eecom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eecom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eecom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_listing_category?post=2538"},{"taxonomy":"event_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eecom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_listing_type?post=2538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}