What’s new? I got a new knee (MCL + ACL), I play in the forest for work, I’m studying to understand this world and I committed to life with my best friend!
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The mountains and community of the Bow Valley have always provided with me the greatest inspiration.
Check the archives for my days of spandex as a former xc ski racer.
Current as of Spring 2021: taking the momentum from my BA in Interdisciplinary Studies at Royal Roads University (focus on communicating Early Childhood Outdoor Education) into graduate studies in Environmental Education and Communications. My work with the natural world and children at Forest Play in Canmore makes me wonder: what does it mean to connect to nature? What might public education look like if we enabled more connection to self, community and the natural world? I am positively influenced by the work of the 8 Shields Institute, Take Me Outside and Elin Kelsey. I am hopeful for a future where nature connection is a greater part of our families, schools and communities.
Beginning in Fall of 2021, I will begin the process of my Major Research Project through RRU. My thesis research will use arts-based methodology to understand teacher well-being in the context of current/post COVID-19. Using intentional time in nature and art-expression, I will be researching how creativity and the natural world may influence well-being and pedagogies. With the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), I will update this blog as a way to share my research as it progresses! Please stay tuned for more or follow on Instagram @__naturenerd.