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Educator Stories
Below are a series of stories from phenomenal educators across Canada.
We hope their stories inspire you as much as they have inspired us.
Are you integrating environmental inquiry or bringing an Indigenous lens to your practice? Sharing stories is an integral part of our professional inquiry. To contribute your story to this growing library of educator stories, please contact naturalcuriosity@utoronto.ca
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Jennifer Baron & Towana Brooks' Story
2020 Grand Prize Winner, Natural Curiosity's National Edward Burtynsky Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education...
Aug 20, 202111 min read
Ellen Jamieson's Story
2021 Runner Up for Natural Curiosity's Dr. David Suzuki Award for Excellence in Pre-Service Environmental Education In reflecting on my...
Jun 8, 20213 min read
Taylor Simon's Story
2021 Runner Up for Natural Curiosity's Dr. David Suzuki Award for Excellence in Pre-Service Environmental Education Environmental...
Jun 8, 20213 min read
Georgia Hinton's Story
2021 Winner of Natural Curiosity's Dr. David Suzuki Award for Excellence in Pre-Service Environmental Education I have been fortunate to...
Jun 8, 20213 min read
Carmela Marshall's Story
Submitted on behalf of Carmela by Krista Kilian. 2021 Runner Up, Natural Curiosity's National Edward Burtynsky Award for Teaching...
Jun 8, 20216 min read
Matt Arsenault's Story
2021 Grand Prize Winner, Natural Curiosity's National Edward Burtynsky Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education I teach...
Jun 8, 20217 min read
Amanda and Lana's Story
2021 Runner Up, Natural Curiosity's National Edward Burtynsky Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education My name is Amanda...
Jun 7, 20217 min read
Marge & Sara's Story
Honourable Mention for Natural Curiosity's National Edward Burtynsky Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education Marge and...
Mar 10, 20217 min read
David Deyette's Story
2020 Honourable Mention for Natural Curiosity's National Edward Burtynsky Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education...
Feb 11, 20215 min read
Velvet Lacasse's Story
2020 Grand Prize Winner for Natural Curiosity's National Edward Burtynsky Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education Tell...
Feb 5, 20218 min read
Hetal Patel's Story
2020 Honourable Mention for Natural Curiosity's National Edward Burtynsky Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education Early...
Jan 30, 20214 min read
Mike Kumbhani's Story
2020 Honourable Mention for Natural Curiosity's National Edward Burtynsky Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education...
Jan 30, 20214 min read
Carol's Story
Senior Kindergarten, JICS Lab School Never in my wildest dreams - or nightmares, for that matter - had I ever imagined being in the...
Jan 30, 20212 min read
Krista's Story
Teacher Librarian, JICS Lab School I have been using ideas from Natural Curiosity 2nd Edition as a foundation for my work with elementary...
Jan 29, 20218 min read
David's Story
Grade 2, JICS Lab School Within the first few days of our distant learning adventures, the Grade Twos sent a flurry of questions my way...
Jan 29, 20213 min read
Raadiyah's Story
Grade 1, JICS Lab School Arriving to school after March Break is always a magical time of the school year. As a class, we would have...
Sep 27, 20204 min read
Miriam Snell's Story
This story was submitted by Miriam’s colleague, Anna Silverstein. 2020 Runner Up for Natural Curiosity's National Edward Burtynsky Award...
Sep 27, 20208 min read
Sybille Parry's Story
2020 Runner Up for Natural Curiosity's National Edward Burtynsky Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education Tell us about...
Sep 27, 20207 min read
Adrienne Rinne and Alberta Robinet's Story
2020 Runner Ups for Natural Curiosity's National Edward Burtynsky Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education Tell us about...
Sep 27, 20208 min read
Shanshan Tian's story
2019 Runner Up for Natural Curiosity's Suzuki Award for Excellence in Pre-Service Environmental Education About Shanshan Shanshan is a...
Jun 7, 20194 min read
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