Informal report on the conference by Peter Lenton

Daily Schedule and Time-Table !! (including some full papers)

Newspaper article on the conference

Conference Theme

Storytelling has always been important to northern peoples. And now the narrative voice is being rediscovered. Today many practitioners and researchers think of their work as "telling stories." The three conference strands link themes central to the "northerness" of the conference location and the teaching and learning of traditional forms of communication. Come and share your stories.

Canadian Journal of Environmental Education
Environmental Education Association of the Yukon

Other sponsors:
Yukon Convention Bureau, Yukon Department of Education, Yukon Renewable Resources, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society-Yukon, Raven Recycling, Yukon Conservation Society

Conference Strands

Environmental Education with a Northern Flavour
Consider education and wild places, the role of experiences and natural history, and circumpolar perspectives.

Narrative
Storytelling has always been important to northern peoples. Explore narrative aspects of traditional knowledge, drama, music, dance, and "narrative as research."

Research
Examine emerging research trends in philosophy, participatory inquiry, feminist critique, historical interpretation, phenomenology, narrative inquiry, ethics, and more.

Featured Speaker

David Abram, author of The Spell of the Sensuous

Also watch for:
Remy Rodden, educator, performer, and producer of the CD Think About The Planet
Joyce Gilbert, SpeyGrian Project, Scotland
Rishma Dunlop, poet, novelist, and educator, York University
Meta Williams and Harold Johnson, Kwaday Dan Kenji (Long Ago People's Place)