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).

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.

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 🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪🇫🇮🇨🇦.

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

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.

Excited 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.

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.

Fun 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.

Excited to see these promotional social posts popping up. Thanks @outdoor-learning.bsky.social for the invite. #GlobalOutdoorLearningDay #FollowTheSun

So beautifully simple!

IOERC11 registration is open! www.nih.no/english/abou... @taloeffler.bsky.social @aylward-tomas.bsky.social @drpatmaher.bsky.social @drheidismith.bsky.social @oe-munge.bsky.social @orlakelly5.bsky.social @katsgiorgos.bsky.social @drleather.bsky.social @drdavehills.bsky.social #ioerc11

A short piece on phone use while outdoors with others... @drjackreed.bsky.social @drheidismith.bsky.social @oe-munge.bsky.social @aylward-tomas.bsky.social @taloeffler.bsky.social @drpatmaher.bsky.social @bergfrua.bsky.social @nanced52.bsky.social

The past week feels like a whirlwind: 3 thesis defences (all online via 🇮🇸), teaching a 2-day intensive field course 🥾(all day, both days of the weekend), the start to a new semester-long course (excited at the potential slate of guests Zooming in), a 4:30am wake up to sit on a conference panel 🇬🇭...

I was up early this morning (at 4:30am), but it was well worth it. Pre-coffee, I was able to sit on a plenary panel at the 2025 SoTL Africa conference hosted by Ashesi University in Ghana. Thank you for the invitation. ashesi.edu.gh/sotl-africa-...

Join me online: www.outdoor-learning.org/news-events/... #GlobalOutdoorLearningDay #FollowTheSun

Always something interesting happening in Prince George: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ke...

Søk selv, eller del med andre: www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...

So many memories this week! Having my family with me in Ísafjörður🇮🇸 has been amazing🫶. We've seen Arctic foxes, puffins (and tomorrow maybe humpback whales); climbed mountains; enjoyed hot pools, watched football, and waved at cruise tourists as they take pictures all over town.

Honoured to be re-elected to the Board of @stlhesapes.bsky.social for the next 3 years, and then chosen as it's Chair 2025-2026. Saskatoon, SK was an amazing conversation and celebration of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - in Canada and further afield. See you next year in Hamilton, ON!

Such a small world! I left Iceland on Saturday, and on Sunday I was leafing through a Lonely Planet guide in Ptbo 🇨🇦 and found the house I will stay in with my Grímsson Fellowship @uwiceland.bsky.social. Then on Tuesday my cousin visited Ísafjörður 🇮🇸 via cruise ship.

Last cruise ship of this trip to Ísafjörður 🇮🇸. Back in 2 weeks🤪. Fun to find my latest @uarctic.bsky.social Shared Voices article on display at @uwiceland.bsky.social: www.uarctic.org/about-us/sha...

‘Call for abstracts’ now open! Information about the International Outdoor Education Research Conference in Oslo, Norway, in June 2026, can be found here 👇 www.nih.no/english/abou... #ioerc11 @beamingsimon.bsky.social

A bit of snow in June, some high winds, and more ships taking refuge in the harbour. The unpredictable, raw nature of the Westfjords. Love it!

What a fantastic day! Went into the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve for a hike. We had sun, we had rain, we saw Arctic Fox, humpback whales on the return boat journey...Wow! @uwiceland.bsky.social

Another busy day in Ísafjörður 🇮🇸. A top of the table clash in the 'Besta deild karla', top division of Icelandic Men's football ⚽: no. 2 Vestri vs. no. 1 Vikingur Reykjavik at Kerecis stadium. Plus two large cruise ships in town (over 5000 pax/crew in total) + Mark Getty's super yacht 'Talitha'.

Today there were no cruise ships in Ísafjörður 🇮🇸, but I did notice this amazing old Land Rover firetruck at Byggðasafn Vestfjarða (Westfjords Heritage Museum). They also have a fantastic accordion collection! @uwiceland.bsky.social @uarctic.bsky.social @lrfheritage.bsky.social

Day 1 of my Grímsson Fellowship and the Fridtjof Nansen is in port. Wonderful to be back in Ísafjörður 🇮🇸 for this opportunity + getting things organized for my @uarctic.bsky.social and @lrfheritage.bsky.social research + teaching with @uwiceland.bsky.social .

Announced this morning! Congratulations to all the 2025 recipients of the @desire2learn.bsky.social Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning: www.stlhe.ca/award_winner...

Congratulations to all the new 3M National Student Fellows!!! Introducing the 2025 cohort, announced this morning: www.stlhe.ca/award_winner...

Congratulations to all the new 3M National Teaching Fellows!!! Introducing the 2025 cohort: www.stlhe.ca/award_winner...

Thanks Banff for your amazing views and weather for 3 days of conversations at the National Outdoor Learning Conference (takemeoutside.ca/conference/). Excellent dialogue with colleagues old and new on topics of land-based learning, climate change, health and wellbeing, etc.

Join us in Saskatoon, SK. Early-bird registration and some special hotel blocks close on May 9th - that's this Friday! www.stlhe.ca/conferences/....

Reminder: Call for Nominations! SoTL Canada is seeking passionate leaders to join the executive team. Multiple positions are open. Help shape the future of #SoTL in Canada! Apply by May 6th. Learn more: www.stlhe.ca/deadlines/so...

Beauty story Beau Miles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV2N.... Really resonates for me today.

Anyone with spare time tonight, consider joining some fantastic colleagues for a webinar on 'Outdoor Learning Across the Curriculum': outdoorlearning.com/event/across...

Back from Europe - what an amazing trip! A few pics from the final days of the EOE (lots of great food - so many Piadinas; beautiful cultural landscapes of bridges and cobblestone alley ways; and then a super fast train to Milan).

Thanks EOE for the opportunity to give a keynote and share 20+ years of one Canadian's perspective on the changing landscape of OE: eventi.unibo.it/eoe-2025-con.... From the Paddling the Big Sky expedition @philmullins.bsky.social to the Pathways strategic planning exercise at NU.

Yup. That's become the no-brainer. Sadly (I miss friends and colleagues) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.

there is much to be sad and angry and horrified by about the U.S. right now, and about Canada / U.S. relations... but this one really hits (of course, for many academics - in Canada and internationally - travel to the U.S. has been an issue for awhile: getting visas etc) www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...

Made it to Rimini (the beach and Ferris Wheel). From Oslo, via Copenhagen, through the night in Germany (no pictures - just uncomfortable trains with no wifi), past lakes and stations of Northern Italy, then the Frecciarossa (the Ferrari of the trains I sampled). 51 hours on trains and in stopovers.

And so it begins! Travelling by train from Oslo 🇳🇴 to Rimini 🇮🇹 via Stockholm 🇸🇪, Copenhagen 🇩🇰, Hamburg 🇩🇪, Basel 🇨🇭, and Milan. The cross-continent adventure I need right now 🙃. On my way to the EOE. @beamingsimon.bsky.social @drheidismith.bsky.social @aylward-tomas.bsky.social @taloeffler.bsky.social

It was fantastic to present not once, but twice, at today's Innovative Education Conference, virtually hosted at the University of Rhode Island. Thanks @drmelhamilton.bsky.social, @anitaaphd.bsky.social, and @heathercarroll.bsky.social for collaborating! @stlhesapes.bsky.social @issotl.bsky.social

The best possible LEGO birthday gift for an Antarctic researcher 🇦🇶. Thanks to my family 🥳

Well that was a whirlwind trip - fantastic conversations with colleagues based across Europe 🇸🇪🇳🇴🇮🇸🇩🇰🇫🇮🇬🇧. I also celebrated my 48th birthday in the same country as I celebrated my 18th birthday. The world has changed in 30 years, but Denmark (København this time, Kolding last time) remains lovely .

Hello from Malmö 🇸🇪. Here for the kick-off meeting of the UArctic x LRF Research Fellowship. Looking forward to meeting the other project leads and discussing possible inter-project collaboration.

Honoured to be named to the Canadian Committee on Antarctic Research (CCAR) - the only social scientist. CCAR acts as an advisory group to Polar Knowledge Canada on Antarctic matters. www.canada.ca/en/polar-kno...

A wonderful day at the Kawartha Teaching and Tech conference (pedagogywithoutborders.sched.com). Thanks @greeneterry.bsky.social. Presenting on GenAI and SoTL with @anitaaphd.bsky.social and @heathercarroll.bsky.social; listening to keynote by Fiona Rawle.