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Lee Beavington, PhD

@wildethic.bsky.social

Eco-social justice. Biologist, poet, place-based educator. Indigenous wisdom. Nature photographer. Neurodivergent-affirming. Peter Gabriel music video creator. My LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/leebeavington

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MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Place- and Nature-Based Experiential Learning Explore ways to integrate nature-based learning into your teaching practice.

Fantastic Masters of Education Program, west coast of Canada. Application details here: www.sfu.ca/education/pr... #Masters #education #Study #Canada

05.02.2026 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Next Thursday. bccampus.ca/events/

#education #teaching #university #bccampus #BCTLC #westcoast

23.01.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Events – BCcampus

I'm presenting alongside fellow award recipients Anki Lekhi and Sarah Yercich.

Award Showcase: Meet the Recipients of the 2025 West Coast Teaching Excellence Awards
Jan 29 @ 12:30–2 pm

Link (scroll to Jan. 29):
bccampus.ca/events/

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpumedia.bsky.social #BCcampus #BCTLC

14.01.2026 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sustainability Across the Curriculum: Sharing Ideas From a Cross‐Canada Community of Practice This chapter offers a β€œlook-back” oneΒ year after the formation of a Canadian sustainability education community of practice, and provides highlights of β€œsustainability across the curriculum” work tha...

This new article highlights the work of KPU Wild Spaces in section 4.4.

Sustainability in Higher Education Across Canada (SHEAC) published this in New Directions for Teaching and Learning.

Link:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpumedia.bsky.social #wildspaces

14.01.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a great place to be reinvented.

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Amazing project:

β€œThe River Knows What It Needs: Our Responsibilities to the Fraser,” documents a community dialogue about the health and revitalization of the Fraser Watershed, as situated within the laws of the Land since time immemorial.

salmonasfamily.ca/about/river/

#river #Indigenous #SFU

13.01.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Feel free to add me: @wildethic.bsky.social

Thanks!

05.01.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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KPU Surrey launches Indigenous oral storytelling series - Surrey Now-Leader Kwantlen wants to give students a chance to learn from Indigenous elders

Honoured to have played a part in this important project.
surreynowleader.com/2025/12/29/k...

@kpumedia.bsky.social

04.01.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Peter Gabriel's OVO β€” Lee Beavington

Ditto. www.wildethic.com/ovo

05.12.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Apply to our MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Place- & Nature-Based Experiential Learning program today!Β https://ow.ly/NIwI50XAo5CΒ The program focuses on deepening ecological knowledge, weaving together holistic and Indigenous pedagogies and fostering social-emotional well-being.

04.12.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It really is fantastic. A fellow Gabriel fan, I presume?

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The Red Couch - Peter Gabriel
YouTube video by Fine Art Biblio The Red Couch - Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel being interviewed by a river in the pouring rain about life, the universe, and everything.

youtu.be/ZUkCbHh5MqQ?...

@itspetergabriel.bsky.social

03.12.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Four people walking into a forest. Text: Wild Spaces. Awe & Nature Connection. Open to students, staff & faculty. Dec. 3, 12pm, online.

Four people walking into a forest. Text: Wild Spaces. Awe & Nature Connection. Open to students, staff & faculty. Dec. 3, 12pm, online.

The final Wild Spaces event of the year! An online webinar with Bridget McClarty on Awe, Relationship & Nature Connection.

Details:
www.kpu.ca/events/wild-...

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpumedia.bsky.social
#wildspaces #nature #education #natureconnection

01.12.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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River walk photos! With Cougar Creek Streamkeepers.

Next week: Awe, Relationship, and Nature Connection w/ Bridget McClarty
Wild Spaces registration: form.jotform.com/252744797551...

(Photos by Arts Practicum student Jenn Hayward)

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social @kpumedia.bsky.social

24.11.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Runner interviewed me on the Decolonizing Educational Practices website I created in collaboration with dozens of others, as well as our community of practice.

Link here:
linktr.ee/leebeavington

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpumedia.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social @kpupolicystudies.bsky.social

20.11.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A group of participants standing next to Cougar Creek. Text: Wild Spaces. A River Walk in a Salmon Forest. Open to students, staff and faculty. November 18th, 2pm, KPU Surrey.

A group of participants standing next to Cougar Creek. Text: Wild Spaces. A River Walk in a Salmon Forest. Open to students, staff and faculty. November 18th, 2pm, KPU Surrey.

My favourite Wild Spaces event of the year: our annual A River Walk in a Salmon Forest with Cougar Creek Streamkeepers!

This Tuesday. Session is full. You can put your name on the waitlist in case of last minute cancellations.

Register:
form.jotform.com/252744797551...

@kwantlenu.bsky.social

16.11.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Photos from the 41st event hosted by Wild Spaces! The Body as Geography with Parthi Krishnan.

Next week: A River Walk in a Salmon Forest.

(Photos by me and Arts Practicum student Jenn Hayward)

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social @kpumedia.bsky.social @kpupolicystudies.bsky.social

12.11.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is an unhinged assault on the future of the City of Vancouver

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Join us next week as we discuss the fascinating book Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social. How did a river in India get erased? How do cloud forests carry rivers in the earth, land and sky? What does it mean to be enrivered?

www.kpu.ca/library/book...

@kwantlenu.bsky.social #wildspaces

07.11.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Accessibility in the Wild – Wild Spaces

"Accessibility in the Wild" - I want to highlight this great post by Seanna Takacs. What does accessibility look like outdoors?

"Accessibility is the most genuine of human witnessing, being together as quintessential thinkers and feelers."

wordpress.kpu.ca/wildspaces/2...

@kwantlenu.bsky.social

04.11.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
To Live in a Place as if it Matters – Wild Spaces

A conversation between Robin Wall Kimmerer and BjΓΆrk inspired me to write this blog post. "If we want to address the climate emergency long-term, a foundational first step is for teachers and students to learn to live in a place as if it matters."

wordpress.kpu.ca/wildspaces/2...

#wildspaces

31.10.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A group of participants are walking over a grass field. Text: Wild Spaces. The Body as Geography. Open to students, staff and faculty. November 6th, 12pm, KPU Surrey.

A group of participants are walking over a grass field. Text: Wild Spaces. The Body as Geography. Open to students, staff and faculty. November 6th, 12pm, KPU Surrey.

Still a few spots left for next week's event, The Body as Geography with KPU geographer Parthi Krishnan!

Sign up here:
form.jotform.com/252744797551...

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social @kpumedia.bsky.social @kpupolicystudies.bsky.social

#wildspaces #geography #education #university

30.10.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A modern waiting area featuring a large picture of a forest on the wall, with a wooden panel background, a red sofa, and an analogue clock.

A modern waiting area featuring a large picture of a forest on the wall, with a wooden panel background, a red sofa, and an analogue clock.

A display of framed black and white photographs on a wooden slat wall, each accompanied by a descriptive plaque for the artist Emilee Stewart

A display of framed black and white photographs on a wooden slat wall, each accompanied by a descriptive plaque for the artist Emilee Stewart

Painting by Susan Pellaers showing a person standing at an open door inside a room, looking out.

Painting by Susan Pellaers showing a person standing at an open door inside a room, looking out.

All four KPU libraries just turned into art galleries with 49 original works by KPU students on display!

Swipe to see some of what students are creating ➑️ then go see them in person next time you’re on campus.
Visit https://bit.ly/4ocF9bK to learn more about the initiative.

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What a wonderful Fungi Forest Walk with KPU lab biology technician (and marvellous mycologist) Emily Betz!

Sign up for upcoming Wild Spaces events here:
form.jotform.com/252744797551...

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpumedia.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social

23.10.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Conservancy 2025 Speaker Series - Mayne Island Conservancy Series tickets on sale now! 2025 Speaker Events Maybe you’ve read their books, or seen them interviewed, but now’s your chance to hear from them in person! The Conservancy has an incredible line-up of...

The Mayne Island Conservancy is hosting three fantastic speakers this fall, starting with the wonderful Nancy Turner this Saturday. Check it out!

mayneconservancy.ca/event/three-...

#nancyturner #ethnobotany #mayneisland
#joniolsen #Thomashomer-dixon

16.10.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Poster showing a mushroom in hand. Text: Wild Spaces, Fungi Forest Walk. Open to students, staff & faculty. October 21, 3pm, KPU Surrey.

Poster showing a mushroom in hand. Text: Wild Spaces, Fungi Forest Walk. Open to students, staff & faculty. October 21, 3pm, KPU Surrey.

Only a couple spots left! Fungi Forest Walk next Tuesday at KPU Surrey.

Register:
form.jotform.com/252744797551...

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social @kpumedia.bsky.social @kpupolicystudies.bsky.social

#wildspaces #education #nature #university #fungi

15.10.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr. Lee Beavington: Holistic Teaching and Creative Exploration < See Change MAKERS Dr. Lee Beavington is a highly-rated professor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), known for his holistic-based teaching philosophy.

Dr. Lee Beavington: Holistic Teaching and Creative Exploration seechangemakers.ca/people/lee-b...

14.10.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fall Wild Spaces events:
form.jotform.com/252744797551...

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This semester's book club choice is very close to my heart: Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social.
www.kpu.ca/library/book...

06.10.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”₯ Sept 9 | 6:30pm ET: Join Seniors for Climate & author John Vaillant (Fire Weather) for a talk + Q&A on wildfires, fossil fuels & climate chaos. 700 signed upβ€”help us hit 1,000!🌎

πŸ‘‰ Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@johnvaillant.bsky.social
#DrawTheLine #LaterIsTooLate #Seniorsforclimate

04.09.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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