Become a Member
Learn, connect, and collaborate with educators who are passionate about outdoor and environmental education across Ontario!
Membership
Connections
As a COEO member, you build connections within your community in many ways…
Community
A vibrant and supportive professional community of educators and organizations dedicated to promoting meaningful outdoor and environmental learning.
Commitment to broadening our engagement with and learning from Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers
Pathways Journal
Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education is COEO’s respected journal, featuring articles on current practices, research, and emerging trends in outdoor and environmental education.
E-newsletter
Bi-monthly updates and promotion of events, job postings, and news from across the outdoor education community.
Conferences and Events
Opportunities to gather with peers, share ideas, and engage in meaningful professional learning and connection.
Advocacy and Leadership
Ongoing efforts to elevate outdoor and experiential education through public engagement, research sharing, and collaboration with partner organizations
Recognition and Celebration
Celebration of contributions to the field through COEO’s awards, which honour leadership, innovation, and emerging professionals.
Access and Inclusion
Bursaries supporting event accessibility for students, new professionals, and individuals from diverse and underrepresented communities
Support COEO
Your commitment matters!
Annual memberships - valid for 1 year from the date of purchase.
Individual
$65
Individual Supporter
with website recognition
$100
Student
$45
Family
2 members from same household
$90
Organization
up to 4 individuals within the same organization
$175
Organization Supporter
up to 4 individuals within the same organization and website recognition
$250
Membership
Categories
Enjoy member testimonials from our 50th anniversay conference!
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Conference and regional workshop attendance for one year
One annual subscription to Pathways
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Conference and regional workshop attendance for one year
One annual subscription to Pathways
Website Recognition (if requested)
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Conference attendance for one year
One annual subscription to Pathways
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Conference and regional workshop attendance for one year for 2 family members
One annual subscription to Pathways
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One annual subscription to Pathways
Four identified staff members qualify for member rates at conferences and regional workshops
Reduced rates in exhibit hall at COEO conferences
Web link for your organization on the COEO webpage (upon receipt of written request)
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One annual subscription to Pathways
Four identified staff members qualify for member rates at conferences and regional workshops
Reduced rates in exhibit hall at COEO conferences
Web link for your organization on the COEO webpage (upon receipt of written request)
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one annual subscription to Pathways
Your membership includes:
Pathways - The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education
Access to our four most recent issues!
FAQs
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COEO is a membership organization! Membership enables COEO to cover the many baseline organizational costs - conferences, insurance, website, legal and banking expenses, social media, our Newsletter and Pathways journal publication - to name a few!
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Your support matters! Your membership helps COEO to do all our good work promoting, celebrating, networking, building community and developing best practices in outdoor education. Even if you cannot attend conferences you are supporting the future of outdoor environmental education in Ontario. By supporting COEO you are having an impact on a learner … somewhere … and just might be changing their life!
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New in 2026 - COEO membership is renewable from date of purchase. Look for a reminder email in the month preceding your renewal date.
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Yes group memberships are called organizational memberships. Each organizational membership covers 4 attendees at conferences and enables one organizational vote at COEO’s AGM.