Outdoor Learning Conference 2026

How does identity impact our relationship with nature and the land? How can we ensure as educational leaders that we bring our stories together, we model the kind of solidarity and intersectional leadership needed to transform education.
Using the First People’s Principles of Learning as a guide, we will invite leaders to see that Indigenous, Black and Racialized experiences are distinct yet intertwined. Both were shaped by colonialism, displacement, land theft, enslavement, and systems designed to dehumanize and erase.
‘Prior to colonization, education was relationship driven and connected to the land.