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WILD ABOUT Outdoor Learning Festivals - 2023

TidalWAV’23 – Wild About Vancouver –- Community Event at Stanley Park

Ceperley Park / Second Beach -main field, beach, Park Ranger Station, Covered Picnic Area

May 27, 2023 9:30 am – 3:30 pm

Opening

Indigenous Acknowledgement by Audrey Siegl of the Musqueam Nation
C. government by Deputy Speaker andVancouver – West End MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert;
Carrie Froese – Executive Director – Wild About Outdoor Learning Society

Educational activities and information for people of all ages

ParticipACTION booth to register for draw prizes; sign up for the free ParticipACTION APP & June Community Challenge; Sign up for Wild About training
Second Beach Ever Being Yoga with Danielle Clarke (10:30 am; 1130 am; 12:30 pm)
Covered Picnic Area by the fire truck / Author Visits and Activity focussed on nature / outdoor learning. Special thanks to the BC Literacy Council of the International Literacy Association for sponsoring out these authors.
- Tiffany Stone (10:30 am; 11:30 am)
- Margriet Ruurs (11:00 am; 12 noon; 1:00 pm)
- Sheryl McFarlane (12:30 pm; 1:30 pm; 2:30 pm)
Nature Walks (1 hour ) – Sign Up and Meet at the Park Ranger Station beside the Second Beach Concession Stand)
Indigenous Plant Walks with Lori Snyder (10:15 am; 11:30 am)
A Walk in the Park with the Lead Park Ranger, Chris Penton ( 12:30; 1:45 pm)

Ceperley (Second Beach) Park Activities:

The Wild Moccasin Dancers – Powwow Dance Workshops(10:30 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm)
Bhangra Dancing with Monica from the Shan-E-Punjab Arts Club(2:00 pm; 2:45 pm)
Free Kick Soccer with Hall of Fame, Carrie Serwetnyk (2:00 pm)
Cooperative Gameswith Hart Banack and Ben Deware ( 10:30 am; 11:30 am; 1:30 pm)
Booth Activities on the beach side of the park
B.C. Literacy Council (BCLCILA) – Scavenger Hunt and Book give-away
Singing with Sandy
Better Birders – Spot local birds with help
United For Literacy – Books and More
Muddy Boot Prints – Activities for PreSchoolers
Take Me Outside – School Aged Initiative

#getOUTdoors #goOUTdoors #getINvolved

Wild About Burnaby – School Based Event – Maywood Elementary School – June 2023

Coordinator – Larkyn Froese

School based events throughout June

Adventure Smart Training – Hug a Tree and Survive;
Singing with Sandy– Sandy Murray went into two classes to solidify the connection between outdoor learning, music and literacy. Sandy is on faculty with SongWorks, an international music education organization. She came into the classroom to celebrate nature and time outdoors through singing and playing song experience games. Sponsored by the BCLCILA.
Donations of 90 books from Scholastic, Portage & Main Press, Saunder Books & Arsenal Pulp (facilitated by BL Literacy Council)
$1,000 of funding provided by the B.C.Literacy Council to purchases books from Vancouver Kidsbooks were available to educators, families, and children at Tidal WAV’23 for completing a scavenger hunt that she designed
ParticipACTIONin all things active and outdoors
Worm Bin – support and teachings from the Vancouver Demonstration Garden on the Arbutus greenway

Wild About Lheidli T’enneh / Prince George – Community Based Event – Caledonia Nordic Center

June 24th, 2023 9 am – 4 pm

FREE activities, demos, and information booths to celebrate being outdoors for health and wellness, to connect with more-than-humans, and learn experientially.

Prince George Search and Rescue will be there with the New Prince George Search and Rescue Mobile Search Command Centre! All activities are FREE. Activities will be lead key local experts and knowledge holders. Come and celebrate being outdoors with us on Saturday June 24

Acknowledging the traditional and unceded territory of the Lheidli T’enneh

In the words of Edler Edie Frederick- ‘Az inyalh – Go (walk) Outside

Opening / Acknoweldgement

· Elder Mike Bozoki

Activity

· Drumming with Khastan Drummers and Ann Bozoki (30 min)

· Survive Outside Presentation – Dave Branco (PG SAR)

· Poetree Walk with Al Rempel (SD 57) (60 min)

· Prince George Cycling Club

· Mountain Bike Social Ride *people need to bring bikes

· Outdoor Art with Jennifer Pighin (Lheidli T’enneh) (60 min)

· Birdwatching with Dr. Jennifer Wigglesworth

· RCABC “Canoeing” booth and safety demos

· Yoga with Chinook Yoga

· Soundwalk with Glen Thielmann

· Lunch and Booths

· Bird and Plant walk with the PG Naturalist Society

· Foraging with Dr. Hugues Massicotte (UNBC)

· Dakelh Language: Food and medicinal plant uses- Jess Field (SD 57)

· Geocaching with Eric Charest (SD 57)

· Poetree Walk with Al Rempel

· Team Building games with Dr. Hart Banack (UNBC) – ecology

· UHNBC Drum Group- Meet the drums

· UHNBC Drum Group Full Group Drum

Funding – HRI – Human Rights Internet, ParticipACTION and Personal Donors

Wild About Outdoor Learning Society wants to help you host your own, amazing Outdoor Learning Festival in your community in British Columbia. Attend the Training at the TidalWAV (Wild About Vancouver), Wild About Prince George or email wildaboutsociety@gmail.com to make online arrangements.

June 24, 2023- Wild About Outdoors-Lheidli T'enneh/Prince George

Join us at Caledonia Nordic on Saturday June 24, 2023 between 9 AM and 4 PM to share in FREE activities, demos, and information booths to celebrate being outdoors for health and wellness, to connect with more-than-humans, and learn experientially.

Acknowledging the traditional and unceded territory of the Lheidli T’enneh

In the words of Edler Edie Frederick- ‘Az inyalh – Go (walk) Outside

	Schedule

Time	Activity	Activity
9:00	Welcome Acknolwedgement-Elder Mike Bozoki (30 min)	Drumming with Khastan Drummers and Ann Bozoki (30 min)
9:30	Team Building games with Dr. Hart Banack (UNBC) – traps and shelters ? (30 min)	Sharing Lheidli T’enneh Outdoor Knowledge- Edler Edie Frederick (Lheidli T’enneh) (60 min)
10:00	Survive Outside Presentation – Dave Branco (PG SAR) (60 min)	Poetree Walk with Al Rempel (SD 57) (60 min)
10:30	Prince George Cycling Club Mountain Bike Social Ride *people need to bring bikes (60 min)	Outdoor Art with Jennifer Pighin (Lheidli T’enneh) (60 min)
11:00	Birdwatching with Dr. Jennifer Wigglesworth (UNBC) (60 min)	RCABC “Canoeing” booth and safety demos (60 min)
11:30	Yoga with Chinook Yoga (60 min)	Soundwalk with Glen Thielmann (UNBC) (60 min)
12:00	Lunch and Booths	Lunch and Booths
12:30	Bird and Plant walk with the PG Naturalist Society (60 min)
1:00	Foraging with Dr. Hugues Massicotte (UNBC) (60 min)	Dakelh Language: Food and medicinal plant uses- Jess Field (SD 57) (30 min)
1:30	Geocaching with Eric Charest (SD 57) (30 min)	Dakelh Language: Food and medicinal plant uses- Jess Field (SD 57) (30 min)
2:00	Poetree Walk with Al Rempel (SD 57) (60 min)	Team Building games with Dr. Hart Banack (UNBC) – ecology (30 min)
2:30	UHNBC Drum Group- Meet the drums (30 min)
3:00	UHNBC Drum Group Full Group Drum (30 min)
3:30	Group Clean Up (30 min)	Group Clean Up (30 min)
4:00	Conclusion and photo (10 min)	Conclusion and photo (10 min)

Address: 8141 Otway Rd, Prince George, BC V2M 7B4

No RSVP required. Share with friends.

Email: hart.banack@unbc.ca

May 27, 2023 Tidal WAV (Wild of Vancouver) Schedule

8:30 am set up - Reminder to table hosts and dancers / authors / activity leaders

Please register when you arrive at the ParticipACTION table close to the fire engine playground in Ceperley (Second Beach) Park; Vancouver Parks & Rec prohibits driving on grass or pathways ie. bike path; Power is not available to individual tables

9:30 am - Volunteers - Please report to the registration desk to complete volunteer form and sign up for duties.

9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Educational activities and information for people of all ages on the main field of Ceperley (Second Beach) Park, Second Beach, the Park Ranger Station (by the Second Beach Concession), and the covered picnic area. Join us.

Go to the main ParticipACTION booth to register for draw prizes; sign up for the free ParticipACTION APP & June Community Challenge; Sign up for Wild About training; to get information about the WILD ABOUT OUTDOOR LEARNING SOCIETY ; to participate in the Wild About YouTube Challenge – What are you WILD ABOUT when you’re outside?

10:00 am – Indigenous Acknowledgement by Audrey Siegl of the Musqueam Nation ; Welcome from the B.C. government by Deputy Speaker and Vancouver – West End MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert; Carrie Froese – Executive Director – Wild About Outdoor Learning Society

Second Beach Ever Being Yoga with Danielle Clarke (10:30 am; 1130 am; 12:30 pm)

Covered Picnic Area by the fire truck / Author Visits and Activity focussed on nature / outdoor learning. Special thanks to the BC Literacy Council of the International Literacy Association for sponsoring out these authors.

Tiffany Stone (10:30 am; 11:30 am)

Margriet Ruurs (11:00 am; 12 noon; 1:00 pm)

Sheryl McFarlane (12:30 pm; 1:30 pm; 2:30 pm)

Nature Walks (1 hour ) – Sign Up and Meet at the Park Ranger Station beside the Second Beach Concession Stand)

Indigenous Plant Walks with Lori Snyder (10:15 am; 11:30 am)

A Walk in the Park with the Lead Park Ranger, Chris Penton ( 12:30; 1:45 pm)

Ceperley (Second Beach) Park Activities:

The Wild Moccasin Dancers – Powwow Dance Workshops (10:30 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm)

Bhangra Dancing with Monica from the Shan-E-Punjab Arts Club (2:00 pm; 2:45 pm)

Free Kick Soccer with Hall of Fame, Carrie Serwetnyk (2:00 pm)

Cooperative Games with Hart Banack and Ben Deware ( 10:30 am; 11:30 am; 1:30 pm)

Booth Activities on the beach side of the park

B.C. Literacy Council – Scavenger Hunt and Book give-away
Singing with Sandy
Better Birders – Spot local birds with help
United For Literacy – Books and More
Muddy Boot Prints – Activities for PreSchoolers
Take Me Outside – School Aged Initiative

3:30 pm and beyond – Enjoy our amazing public Stanley Park, Second Beach, the Second Beach Pool (admission required), Seawall, Bike rentals, and nature. Grab a blanket, pack a picnic, or line up at the concession for fish and chips!Join your neighbours.

#getOUTdoors #goOUTdoors #getINvolved

Note: Certificates are available for volunteer hours upon request. Contact wildaboutsociety@gmail.com