Outdoor Learning Leadership Conference 2026

Four principals from British Columbia’s public education system come together to share hard-earned learning from their journeys toward nature-based education. This panel brings grounded, practical expertise from schools at very different stages: some still imagining what’s possible and laying essential groundwork, some newly immersed in full-school transitions, and others with more than a decade of lived experience in this work. Together, we’ll reflect honestly on what we wish we’d known at the beginning—offering concrete strategies for staff motivation, professional learning, safety practices, community buy-in and navigating systems in education. This session is designed to be practical, collegial, and hopeful. Come with your questions, curiosities, and challenges; leave with insights you can use right away and a growing network of support to carry your own work forward.