Indigenous Speaker Series starts tomorrow! Open to the KPU community. Full details and to register: form.jotform.com/250496841196264 KwantlenU The Learning Centre @KPU_TLCommons KPU Faculty of Science KPUgeography @KPUEPT KPU News KPU Sustainability Challenge Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation KPU Journalism KPU EDST KPU Health Sustainable KSA

New book: Wilding Ecologies, Walking-with Glacier. Full online access. My piece "Grandmother Glacier" was inspired by my Grandma Norma. She passed shortly before I wrote this. On p. 67, 74 & 82. Editors: K. Malone, S. Blenkinsop, B. Jickling & M. Morse. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Decolonizing Educational Practices. Meaningful territorial acknowledgements, cultivating cultural safety, authentic Indigenous resources, relational and place-based teaching, and more. I created this website in collaboration with many others. KwantlenU wordpress.kpu.ca/decolonization

Watch my PechaKucha (20 slides, 20 sec/slide) presentation on "Sustainability and the 3 R's: Respect, Relevance & Reciprocity" Note: you may have to click "Load All Content" Sustainable KSA KPU Sustainability Challenge @KPU_TLCommons The Learning Centre KwantlenU KPU News app.pebblepad.ca/spa/#/public/4…

Our final session of the Indigenous Speaker Series is with the incredibly knowledgeable Robert Jago. The first three events filled up so sign up fast! Wed, Mar. 26, 1pm, outdoors at KPU Surrey Open to students, staff and faculty Details and to register: form.jotform.com/250496841196264

New course: Green Criminology. I wish this course existed when I was a student! Looking for an interesting class to take this summer? Care about nature, environmental justice, and getting outside of the classroom?

New Wild Spaces blog post: Gardening As a Way to Practice Environmental Wellness. Written by arts practicum student Iuliia Astashova. KPU News KwantlenU "Research has shown that our mental health is closely linked to the environment we live in." wordpress.kpu.ca/wildspaces/202…

Recently finished Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane. A profound book utterly relevant to the world today. Stunningly written and researched. Rivers run through everything, and we need to honour and protect them. This book will feature in my future teaching and research.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he’ll fast-track approvals and scrap key rules that protect the environment, climate and Indigenous Rights thenarwhal.ca/oil-gas-wishli…

Summer course: Corporate Accountability and Historical Justice ⁨We will study mechanisms developed in different countries to hold corporations accountable for their actions, particularly human rights violations and environmental degradation. Taught by Fabricio Telo. KPU News

Wild Spaces summer speaker series! Full details: form.jotform.com/251115316175045 Open to KPU community. External to KPU and want to join us? Send me a note. KwantlenU The Learning Centre @KPU_TLCommons KPU Faculty of Science KPUgeography @KPUEPT KPU News KPU Sustainability Challenge KPU Health Sustainable KSA Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation

My new paper on Wild Pedagogies asks "How can nature be a co-teacher?" And ponders more-than-human methodologies, positionality of the natural world, and embedded anthropocentrism. doi.org/10.1017/aee.20… KwantlenU KPU Faculty of Science KPUgeography @KPUEPT Sustainable KSA KPU News

Land-based learning this Thu! Join us for a walk & talk with Sonya Ballantyne, KPU's Indigenous Filmmaker/Writer in Residence. Award-winning filmmaker, founder of Code Breaker Films & named a Barbie Role Model. Register: form.jotform.com/251115316175045 KwantlenU Sustainable KSA The Learning Centre

Some good news. Thanks to all my mentors and teachers for making me the educator I am today. Teaching is all about community. kpu.ca/news/2025/05/0… KPU News

Salish Sea Assembly, water defender event. Open to everyone! This powerful event is next Tuesday, May 27, at the Totest Aleng: Indigenous Learning House in South Surrey: surrey.ca/arts-culture/t…

I'm leading an online writing workshop next Tuesday. Open to everyone. Let's get creative together! This workshop is inspired by Felicia Rose Chavez' The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom Register here: kpu.ca/learningcentre… KwantlenU

Article by The Runner, written by Mariia Potiatynyk, on Wild Spaces and our two upcoming walk and talks. The amazing artwork was made by Sofia Jain-Schlaepfer. runnermag.ca/2025/05/kpu-wi… KPU News Sustainable KSA The Learning Centre KwantlenU #wildspaces #nature #education #placebased

Now online! Indigenous Pedagogies, today at noon. Join Shannon Leddy, author of Teaching Where you Are, for a talk on Weaving Indigenous and Slow Principles and Pedagogies. Open to all. Message me for link. #Indigenous #decolonize #education #teaching KPU News KwantlenU

This Climate+ Challenge blog post outlines ways to incorporate Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass into five disciplines, including an activity for each. KwantlenU The Learning Centre KPU Faculty of Science KPU News Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation KPU Journalism KPU Creative Writing Sustainable KSA wordpress.kpu.ca/climatepluscha…

I have moved on to Bluer Skies. You can find me on my LinkTree: linktr.ee/leebeavington