The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) is organizing a virtual talk on the Role of Education in Climate Action. More information on this event can be found here, and further info is pasted from that site below:
Speaker: Dr. Ellen Field, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Lakehead University.
Title: Role of Education in Climate Action: Research-Informed Engagement
Abstract:
In this talk, Dr. Ellen Field will discuss how education is, and, has been an overlooked mitigation strategy and how education policy can be instrumental as part of a multi-pronged approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Gaps in current education policy at Canadian regional jurisdictions (provincial and territorial) and national levels will be discussed along with best practices of climate change education from empirical research studies. In addition, this talk will consider lessons the formal education system can learn from the youth climate justice movement, and possible pathways for responsive education systems that focus on transformative and transgressive pedagogies. Audience members will take away insights on how education is instrumental to climate action and suggested ways to engage various segments of the population in climate change education.
Ellen Field is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Lakehead University. Her research is focused on policy and practice of climate change education in formal and higher education systems. Ellen teaches Environmental Education (B.Ed) and Climate Change Education (M.Ed) in the Faculty of Education, and has engaged hundreds of teachers in professional development workshops in the last several years. Ellen is an Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, co-chair of the Canadian Regional Hub of Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Education (MECCE), and moderates a professional learning community called Climate Change Education Canada with over 1000 teachers.
LOCATION: Virtual presentation via Zoom.
TIME: Thursday, 21 April 2022, 11:45 AM, EDT
RSVP: Meeting will take place on Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting. If you have registered and lost your Zoom credentials, search your inbox or already-read mail for this exact phrase: CMOS Ottawa Centre Luncheon Meeting in the subject line.