Video Recordings

Grounding Thoughts for Panicky Times: Indigenous Approaches to Teaching, Learning, Being and Knowing 

Dr. Shannon Leddy speaks to the importance of relational teaching and learning.

TEDx Talk: Teaching Science with Compassion and Wonder

Lee Beavington speaks to the power of place-based education.

Radio and Print

A new Oral Stories Series brings Indigenous teachings to life at KPU – Article in The Runner by Kristina Gardner

KPU community explores connections between the human body and geography at Wild Spaces event – Article in The Runner by Suneet Gill

KPU Wild Spaces hosts walks to connect learning and nature – Article in The Runner written by Mariia Potiatynyk

CKNW Interview – Importance of Learning Outdoors (Lee Beavington interviewed by Scott Shantz)

Meet KPU: Lee Beavington

Article in The Runner by Arts Practicum student Ahanya Tonse.

KPU’s agriculture department hosting next Wild Spaces event – Article in The Runner by Emma Bolzner

Wild Spaces at KPU promotes learning outdoors – Article in The Runner by Brylian Marin

Podcast

A Geography and the Environment program student at KPU, Yhanu Sivapalan, reflects on her time with KPU Wild Spaces as a student researcher. She shares her thoughts about ecological place-based education, and recounts August 2023 memories attending a five-day outdoor Wild Pedagogies Gathering conference in Enaforsholm, Sweden.

This interview of Yhanukshna Sivapalan was presented by Ahanya Tonse, a Journalism and Arts Practicum student, on November 2, 2023.
Nature-based group ritual workshop led by Zoe Theodosaki from Greece
Some of the participants that attended Yhanu’s KPU Wild Spaces Workshop
Attendees of Wild Pedagogies Gathering in Enaforsholm, Sweden 2023

Posters for KPU Wild Spaces events