3rd Interdisciplinary Conference on Educating for Sustainable Well-Being
Educating for Sustainability and Well-Being: An Exploration of Promising Practices and Challenges
The Education for Sustainable Well-Being Research Group would like to thank the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Education and the Canadian Society for the Study of Education for their financial support of this conference.
Educating for Sustainability and Well-Being: An Exploration of Promising Practices and Challenges
The Education for Sustainable Well-Being Research Group would like to thank the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Education and the Canadian Society for the Study of Education for their financial support of this conference.
Time and Place
The conference was held on Saturday, 22nd November 2014 at the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Keynote Presenter - AM
The conference was held on Saturday, 22nd November 2014 at the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Keynote Presenter - AM
Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair is Anishinaabe, originally from St. Peter’s (Little Peguis) Indian Settlement near Selkirk, Manitoba. He is an international commentator on Indigenous issues for outlets like Al-Jazeera, The Guardian, and national broadcasters like CTV, CBC, and The Globe and Mail. He is a co-editor of the award-winning Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water (Highwater Press, 2011), Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories (Michigan State University Press, 2013) and The Winter We Danced: Voices of the Past, the Future, and the Idle No More Movement (Arbeiter Ring Press, 2014). Currently at the University of Manitoba, Niigaan teaches courses in Indigenous literatures, cultures, histories, and politics.
Keynote Presenter - PM
Keynote Presenter - PM
Dr. Hilary Inwood leads the Environmental and Sustainability Education Initiative and teaches in the Teacher Education programs at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. She is currently collaborating with other Ontario faculty to deepen the praxis of environmental education in pre-service programs across the province. Her research focuses on the professional development of teachers in environmental and sustainability education, as well as on integrating art education with environmental education to develop learners’ environmental literacy in school and community settings. Her work as an educator, artist and researcher extends beyond the classroom to include school gardens, outdoor education centres, parks and galleries.
Presentations
There were several discussion papers presented and organized around sub-topics of the theme of the conference Education for Sustainability and Well-Being: An Exploration of Promising Practices and Challenges. The discussion papers were presented in a round-table format with opportunities for interactive discussions.
Presentations
There were several discussion papers presented and organized around sub-topics of the theme of the conference Education for Sustainability and Well-Being: An Exploration of Promising Practices and Challenges. The discussion papers were presented in a round-table format with opportunities for interactive discussions.
Discussion Papers
Theme : Education for sustainability and well-being (ESWB) in faculties of education: Reconceptualizing approach and curriculum in teacher education (Exploring the implementation of ESWD in faculties of education)
Moderator: Thomas Falkenberg
Laura Sims (USB)
Transforming my Pedagogy to Integrate a Learning-for-Sustainability Approach: A Practical Sharing of Ideas from the Université de St.-Boniface
Chris Beeman (Brandon University)
Teacher education: land-based, inquiry-based and experiential - changing ontological perception of humans in world and link to sustainability.
Gary Babiuk (U of M)
Inquiry: A pedagogical necessary for education for sustainability and well-being
Barbara McMillan (U of M)
Imagining New “Essential Aspects of Science” in Science Education
ESWB in one's own professional practice: Contemplation, mindfulness, and resistance
Moderator: Jennifer Watt
Thomas Falkenberg (UM)
Teaching as Contemplative Practice for Teacher Well-Being
Glen McCabe (UM)
Insulating Counselling Psychology Graduate Students from Vicarious Trauma: Professionally-Focused Mindfulness and Self-Awareness
Michael Fisher
Educating for Sustainability & Wellbeing in a Risk Society & Culture of Fear
Lark Gamey (UM)
Autobiography as Consciousness Work: Engaging Tensions, Discomfort and (In)action for Sustainability and Well Being
ESWB in K - 12 schools: An exploration of local educational initiatives linked to the "real world"
Moderator: Laura Sims
Simon Laplante (USB)
Implementing Education for Sustainable Development for the Long Run!
Ray Sokalski (Kelvin HS)
Awareness & Action: Experiences of an informal learning format in a public school -- HASTA (Hopeful Aware Students Taking Action) Kelvin High School, Winnipeg, Canada
Ira Udow (UW)
Engaging Youth in Local and International School Networks
ESWB in non-formal learning communities: Cross-cutting examples that highlight opportunities and challenges (Contexts include: Aboriginal community and youth, business, and lifelong learning)
Moderator: Lark Gamey
Barbara Borges (UM) & Kerstin Roger (UM)
Lifelong Learning as a Source of Well-Being and Successful Aging
Shirley Thompson (NRI)
Farming, Fishing and Food Programs as Sustainability and Well-Being Education in Canada's Boreal Forest
Justine Spearman (UM), Astitwa Thapa (UM), & Kristina Hunter (UM)
Personal Motivations for Sustainability in Business
Zack Gross (UW) & Ian Hall (UM)
Fair Trade: Sustainability & Well-Being At Home & Overseas
Theme : Education for sustainability and well-being (ESWB) in faculties of education: Reconceptualizing approach and curriculum in teacher education (Exploring the implementation of ESWD in faculties of education)
Moderator: Thomas Falkenberg
Laura Sims (USB)
Transforming my Pedagogy to Integrate a Learning-for-Sustainability Approach: A Practical Sharing of Ideas from the Université de St.-Boniface
Chris Beeman (Brandon University)
Teacher education: land-based, inquiry-based and experiential - changing ontological perception of humans in world and link to sustainability.
Gary Babiuk (U of M)
Inquiry: A pedagogical necessary for education for sustainability and well-being
Barbara McMillan (U of M)
Imagining New “Essential Aspects of Science” in Science Education
ESWB in one's own professional practice: Contemplation, mindfulness, and resistance
Moderator: Jennifer Watt
Thomas Falkenberg (UM)
Teaching as Contemplative Practice for Teacher Well-Being
Glen McCabe (UM)
Insulating Counselling Psychology Graduate Students from Vicarious Trauma: Professionally-Focused Mindfulness and Self-Awareness
Michael Fisher
Educating for Sustainability & Wellbeing in a Risk Society & Culture of Fear
Lark Gamey (UM)
Autobiography as Consciousness Work: Engaging Tensions, Discomfort and (In)action for Sustainability and Well Being
ESWB in K - 12 schools: An exploration of local educational initiatives linked to the "real world"
Moderator: Laura Sims
Simon Laplante (USB)
Implementing Education for Sustainable Development for the Long Run!
Ray Sokalski (Kelvin HS)
Awareness & Action: Experiences of an informal learning format in a public school -- HASTA (Hopeful Aware Students Taking Action) Kelvin High School, Winnipeg, Canada
Ira Udow (UW)
Engaging Youth in Local and International School Networks
ESWB in non-formal learning communities: Cross-cutting examples that highlight opportunities and challenges (Contexts include: Aboriginal community and youth, business, and lifelong learning)
Moderator: Lark Gamey
Barbara Borges (UM) & Kerstin Roger (UM)
Lifelong Learning as a Source of Well-Being and Successful Aging
Shirley Thompson (NRI)
Farming, Fishing and Food Programs as Sustainability and Well-Being Education in Canada's Boreal Forest
Justine Spearman (UM), Astitwa Thapa (UM), & Kristina Hunter (UM)
Personal Motivations for Sustainability in Business
Zack Gross (UW) & Ian Hall (UM)
Fair Trade: Sustainability & Well-Being At Home & Overseas