The Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario Newsletter
November 2026
COEO News
Recap from our Annual Fall Conference
Thank you to all who attended our Annual Fall Conference, The Strength of Play: Living, Leading & Learning with Nature! We are filled with gratitude for the energy, ideas, and openness that everyone brought to the conference last weekend. We hope that the conversations and connections you made will help keep your cup full this fall and beyond.
Make Peace with Winter Conference from January 25 to 27, 2027
Save the date for our upcoming Make Peace with Winter conference, which will go from the evening of Friday, January 25th to the afternoon of Sunday, January 27th. Stay tuned for more information soon!
Call for COEO Professional Development and Community Event Proposals
COEO is looking to expand our conversations and connections. If you have an idea for a course, presentation, or community building activity that you would like to do with the COEO community, please consider submitting a proposal to us here.
News from COEO’s Members
The Outdoor Learning School has enhanced the 4 Seasons of Indigenous Learning Course and is offering Cycles of Indigenous Learning, starting in November.
This Indigenous-led course is open to everyone, and includes:
5 hours of self-paced online learning
7 monthly virtual Indigenous presentations (recorded, if you can’t join live)
A Certificate of Completion plus $25 for Indigenous resources upon completion
Access more information here: https://outdoorlearning.com/cycles/
Adventureworks! is hiring Program Facilitators to deliver adventure programs to school, youth, and community clients. Facilitators work at the Retreat and Learning Centre at Canterbury Hills in Ancaster, ON as well as at partner sites in the GTHA, and offer programming at schools. Most of their programs use High Ropes and Low Ropes courses to provide challenge and promote participant learning. Program Facilitators will work as members of the program team to meet client needs and make a lasting impact for participants.
See more information here: https://www.adventureworks.org/employment-opportunities
Other Outdoor & Environmental Education News
Pickering College has developed its 75-acre Blue & Silver Farm as a living laboratory for environmental education, sustainable agriculture and ag-tech, and they’re now welcoming students, educators and community members from beyond their own school. They’ve introduced two new programs:
Smart Farm Scientists – An immersive field experience where students use environmental sensors, agricultural technology and data collection to investigate real growing challenges and contribute to an ongoing farm research project.
Teacher Professional Development – A hands-on workshop exploring how environmental monitoring, technology and place-based investigations can create meaningful, curriculum-connected outdoor learning experiences.
More information can be found here: https://www.pickeringcollege.on.ca/discovery-programs/seasonal-experiences-at-blue-and-silver-farm/harvest-innovation
Outward Bound Canada has current openings for a variety of positions, including Urban Wild Seasonal Instructor, Urban Wild Evening & Weekends Instructor, Urban Wild Casual Instructor, and Outward Bound Canada Instructor. More information can be found here: https://www.outwardbound.ca/about/careers/
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