@drpatmaher.bsky.social
Father, husband, scholar. He/him. Full Professor of Physical and Health Education. Editor-in-Chief of the JAEOL, 3M NTF, FRCGS, TEC FI '04, ISSOTL Fellow, Grímsson Fellow, UArctic x LRF Research Fellow. Posts are my own.
Calling all educators & #SoTL scholars! Submit your proposals for ISSOTL26 in Saskatoon, Canada, from October 28-31, 2026. Proposals due March 30, 2026. Share your research & practice! Learn more on the ISSOTL website: issotl.com/issotl26/cal...
19.02.2026 16:16 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Quinzhees and Campfires (+ S'mores). The joys of winter camping - a Nipissing University BPHE practical course. Just glad it was only -11 C the weekend we camped out; unlike this past weekend (-35 C or so). ❄️ ❄️ ❄️
27.01.2026 16:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hey International Colleagues check this out: Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program at UNBC. Folks in Education have a strong interest in outdoor learning and climate change education. Connect with Hart Banack.
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All ready for my next research project: building and maintaining sustainable communities - an examination using the LEGO®️ SERIOUS PLAY®️approach. Took the facilitator's training in December and then the tools arrived today. Probably almost 10,000 bricks here.
12.01.2026 19:10 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Another excellent weekend of practical skills work - this time snowshoeing around the Duchesnay Falls trails just off campus. Some great winter physical activity, excellent peer teaching and beautiful conditions (Day 1 a bit icy and Day 2 an overnight snowfall made it a winter wonderland).❄️❄️❄️
11.01.2026 20:46 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It's a full circle moment. In both 2000 and 2005 I had Arctic paddling expeditions supported by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society @rcgssgrc.bsky.social, and now I've joined their Expedition Committee. The call for expedition support is now open (Deadline Jan. 7): rcgs.org/programs/exp...
18.12.2025 02:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What a fantastic two days of thinking and leading at the December STLHE | SAPES @stlhesapes.bsky.social in person Board meeting. Thanks to Yorkville University for hosting us - you might notice their President in the pic - joining us on Day 2 🙂.
17.12.2025 02:29 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Christmas season in Copenhagen 🇩🇰. Such a wonderful time of the year: skating, lights, markets, etc. Now that I've completed 4 days of training to be a certified facilitator in the LEGO®️ SERIOUS PLAY®️ method, I can relax and enjoy a Julebryg before I fly home.
11.12.2025 21:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Some unreal auroras #icelandair on the way to some "bucket list" professional development. Excited to be in København 🇩🇰 all week.
08.12.2025 17:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Then I hosted brilliant sessions by Cécile de Sérigny from Students on Ice and Colin Harris from Take Me Outside. I missed this morning's session, as 4am-7am felt a bit early 🤪. Full program (and soon recordings): www.outdoor-learning.org/news-events/...
22.11.2025 16:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
And that's a wrap! Very happy to give an opening keynote yesterday morning at the Institute for Outdoor Learning conference #GlobalOutdoorLearningDay. My talk was a global perspective on OL research (bouncing through the rapids).
22.11.2025 16:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
@uarctic.bsky.social story about my recent trip to London 🇬🇧:
www.uarctic.org/news/2025/11... @lrfheritage.bsky.social
Last set of pics from the London trip. Another boat trip on the Thames to take the train to Guilford for an afternoon/evening visit to the University of Surrey. Excellent convos with Christy Hehir - a long time polar tourism research collaborator🐧🐻❄️. @uarctic.bsky.social @lrfheritage.bsky.social
13.11.2025 00:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Final day in London🇬🇧. A morning boat ride down the Thames to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. Fantastic large ocean map from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Thanks @lrfheritage.bsky.social and @uarctic.bsky.social for organizing everything. Wonderful collaborations now and into the future.
12.11.2025 09:57 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Amazing day at the @lrfheritage.bsky.social! Examining the archives, interacting with some impressive artifacts, and meeting with staff and other invited guests. So much history on display in this formidable/newly renovated building @uarctic.bsky.social.
11.11.2025 12:45 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Just a quick trip to the UK for research meetings with @lrfheritage.bsky.social and @uarctic.bsky.social. Started with a beautiful Sunday morning walk across multiple bridges in central London and a visit to the Tate Modern. A fantastic exhibit by Sámi artist Máret Ánne Sara and an Andy Warhol!
11.11.2025 08:59 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks @uarctic.bsky.social for a wonderful story about our current project, funded by @globalaffairs.canada.ca, as well as our ongoing network collaboration (17 years and counting): uarctic.org/news/2025/10... @umeauniversitet.bsky.social @haskoliislands.bsky.social and many other partners.
31.10.2025 13:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Day 5 - the final morning of the seminar/field course @uarctic.bsky.social. Amazing presentations by the Masters students + an inspiring panel of Doctoral students. Followed up by a powerful national event in downtown Reykjavik - the 50th anniversary of the Women's Strike (lnkd.in/gV2UANSX).
25.10.2025 10:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks to @globalaffairs.canada.ca (GALI funding), as well as @nordregio.bsky.social (NAP 2025-2027 - napa.gl/en/arctic-co...) and NordPlus mobility funding.
24.10.2025 09:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Day 4 of the @uarctic.bsky.social seminar/fieldcourse. Morning meetings on the future plans of the Thematic Network on Northern Tourism. A short visit to Þingvellir National Park 🇮🇸. 🇨🇦 leading the way with that licence plate (Eh! and our 13 provinces/territories ). Then Hallgrimskirkja by night.
24.10.2025 09:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Day 3 of the seminar/field course was suitably AMAZING! It started with a visit to the Báran workers union, followed by trips to Eldhester, the Friðheimar food experience, and add on bucket-list attractions of Kerið crater, Gulfoss & Geysir. @uarctic.bsky.social 🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪🇫🇮🇨🇦.
23.10.2025 13:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Wow - day 2 was exceptional! A beautiful sunrise from the Héraðsskólinn Historic Guesthouse; an inspirational panel of experts from across the North 🇫🇮🇨🇦🇸🇪🇳🇴🇮🇸; ongoing construction at the geothermal baths of Fontana Laugarvatn; Brúarfoss at sunset. @uarctic.bsky.social
23.10.2025 10:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Amazing first day of our seminar/field course on 'Tourism Employment in the Arctic: Towards Decent Work'. Talking to unions and employer associations in Reykjavik, then travelling to Efstidalur farm and agri-tourism business. Farm to Table through only a window. @uarctic.bsky.social.
21.10.2025 09:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Excited to start our symposium/field course on "Tourism Employment in the Arctic: Towards Decent Work" in Laugarvatn 🇮🇸 tomorrow. 8 faculty/studentsfrom VIU, Yukon University, and Nipissing University 🇨🇦. 25 other colleagues/students from other schools in 🇳🇴🇸🇪🇫🇮🇮🇸 + industry and community leaders.
19.10.2025 23:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It has been really fun to be at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik 🇮🇸 this week. Showcasing my work as a Grímsson Fellow, thanking our hosts in Ísafjörður, meeting the former President himself, and scootering around the harbour.
18.10.2025 15:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Fun to host research partners from Telemark Research Institute🇳🇴 this week. They gave excellent insightful lectures, but we also found time to walk the trails to Duchesnay Falls, talk through potential journal manuscripts and brainstorm about our next funding applications together.
08.10.2025 01:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Excited to see these promotional social posts popping up. Thanks @outdoor-learning.bsky.social for the invite. #GlobalOutdoorLearningDay #FollowTheSun
24.09.2025 15:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0So beautifully simple!
22.09.2025 19:25 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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