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Colin Harris is the the founder and executive director of Take Me Outside, as well as a PhD candidate in educational research at the University of Calgary. In today's episdoe, you'll hear about Take Me Outside and Colin's run across Canada to promote the cause of taking kids outside to learn.

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Rebirth

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• Jennifer Engbrecht's Twitter - https://twitter.com/prairiemusik
• Get involved in citizen science with the Nature Conservancy of Canada!

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David Sobel's website

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Resources

• OutsidePlay.ca
• Outdoor Play Canada
• Brussoni Lab - Dr. Mariana Brussoni's Website
• Loose Parts Play Toolkit 2019 - Inspiring Scotland
• Risk-Benefit Assessment: A Canadian Toolkit
• Risk-Benefit Assessment Form - Play England
• Megan Zeni's website | Resources for teaching outside, referenced by Dr. Brussoni

Extra reading & research on the topic

• Kids more active, less depressed when playgrounds include natural elements
• Risky Play and Children’s Safety: Balancing Priorities for Optimal Child Development
• Risky-play at school. Facilitating risk perception and competence in young children
• Children's Expressions of Exhilaration and Fear in Risky Play
• Outdoor risky play and healthy child development in the shadow of the “risk society”: A forest and nature school perspective
• Ellen Sandseter

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Links from today's show:

Dr. Peter Gray's 'The Wisdom of Hunter-Gatherers'

Annette Taylor's Website - The Cavedweller Club Features in Psychology Today:

• Surviving Quarantine with a Smile
• Cellphones as Modern Weapons

Other articles:

• Mismatch Between Our Biologically Evolved Educative Instincts and Culturally Evolved Schools
• Why kids need risk, fear and excitement in play

Great Lake Erie Educators Exchange Network

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This episode, we take a look at the experience of queer youth at outdoor camps. With the help of Dr. Fenton Litwiller, Assistant Professor in the faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management at the University of Manitoba, and Elyse Rylander, founder of Out There Adventures, we aim to look at the role of outdoor camps in the lives of queer youth.

Links from today's episode:

• Dr. Fenton Litwiller
• ‘You can see their minds grow’: identity development of LGBTQ youth at a residential wilderness camp
•  When Bunks Become Closets and How to Open Them: Making Room for Queer and Trans Safe Space in Residential Summer Room for Queer and Trans Safe Space in Residential Summer Camps Camps 
•  LGBTQ Girl Scouts Reflect on Their Outdoor Experiences 
•  The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Outdoor Learning 
• The Avarna Group
• Connect with Elyse Rylander via Instagram
• Diversify Outdoors
• In Solidarity Project

The cover photo for today's episode was shot by Sharon McCutcheon, a photographer specializing in LGBTQIA+ themes who so graciously made her photo available free of royalties via Unsplash.com.

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Today's episode is a reflection on the upcoming school year. I'll be back with more interviews later, but today's episode is some food for thought as your prepare for the months ahead.

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3 Questions to ask youself before using an app in your lesson

1. Is it essential to achieving your learning outcome?
2. Does the app require an account to use?
3. Is it equitable?

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Check out the following links which we referred to during today's interview with Megan Zeni, the classroom gardener.

• Megan's 10 tips for teaching outside
• Megan Zeni's Blog
• National Wildlife Federation's Certify Your Garden Program
• Canadian Wildlife Federation's Certify Your Garden Program
• Space Tomatoes? Yes, check out the Tomatosphere

On today's episode, you heard the song Multiverse by Ketsa, use under the Creative Commons license

Background for the cover image for today's episode from Dirk Scheuble, from Unsplash.com.

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