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Ending my travels to Ireland 🇮🇪 with a rainy day 7 in Dublin. Thanks @orlakelly5.bsky.social for a wet stroll in the local park - then I took a walk by Croke Park, Trinity College, and a variety of shops/signs in the City Centre. @icuf.bsky.social @aylward-tomas.bsky.social

A beautiful day in Dublin 🇮🇪. Discussed outdoor classrooms with faculty and place-based education with students. A spectacular blend of old and new spaces at Dublin City University - St. Patrick's campus @dublincityuni.bsky.social. Thanks @orlakelly5.bsky.social for hosting me. @icuf.bsky.social

Days 4 & 5 at Munster Technological University were a whirlwind of discussions and meeting many excellent people. I even managed to spend time in the Outdoor Classroom with a group of 16 years olds - weaving willow, making environmental art, and eating S'mores. @aylward-tomas.bsky.social

Day 3 in Ireland 🇮🇪 - a blustery day on the Corca Dhuibhne, Dingle Peninsula (still very beautiful though). Wind and waves, a visit to the Blasket Centre, chowder and ice cream, and ending with a podcast about landscapes, language and outdoor learning.

After a morning lecture discussing authentic OE in Canada vs. a standardized IKEA-esque model, it was off to Killarney National Park. Just stunning landscapes - in the sun or the mist!

An exceptional view on my first evening in Tralee, Éire. Thanks to my hosts at Munster Technological University (BA in Outdoor Learning): www.mtu.ie/courses/tlsh.... @aylward-tomas.bsky.social, JP and Tom Farrelly. Looking forward to the days ahead.

Excited to share our 'Year in Review': 2025 into 2026. Thanks to all our UArctic colleagues and partners for contributing to our work @uarctic.bsky.social. We couldn't share it all in 1 page. www.uarctic.org/activities/t...

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...

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). ❄️ ❄️ ❄️

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. unbc.njoyn.com/CL/xweb/xweb...

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.

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).❄️❄️❄️

It'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...

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 🙂.

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.

Some unreal auroras #icelandair on the way to some "bucket list" professional development. Excited to be in København 🇩🇰 all week.

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).

@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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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'.