Next Thursday. bccampus.ca/events/ #education #teaching #university #bccampus #BCTLC #westcoast

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

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

Amazing project: “The 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

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

Apply to our MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Place- & Nature-Based Experiential Learning program today! https://ow.ly/NIwI50XAo5C The program focuses on deepening ecological knowledge, weaving together holistic and Indigenous pedagogies and fostering social-emotional well-being.

Peter Gabriel being interviewed by a river in the pouring rain about life, the universe, and everything. youtu.be/ZUkCbHh5MqQ?... @itspetergabriel.bsky.social

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

A conversation between Robin Wall Kimmerer and Björk 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

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

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 ➡️ then go see them in person next time you’re on campus. Visit https://bit.ly/4ocF9bK to learn more about the initiative.

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

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

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

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

Fall Wild Spaces events: form.jotform.com/252744797551...

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...

🔥 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 up—help us hit 1,000!🌎 👉 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @johnvaillant.bsky.social #DrawTheLine #LaterIsTooLate #Seniorsforclimate

Kristina Gardner of The Runner wrote an article on my latest venture into music video creation for Peter Gabriel. runnermag.ca/2025/08/kpu-... #petergabriel #musicvideo #io #music #video #i/o

First Nation in B.C. says 41 more graves found by penetrating radar at school site #BritishColumbia 😓 halifax.citynews.ca/2025/08/15/c...

Yep, I made a music video for Peter Gabriel.

My profile on Peter Gabriel's 50:50 website: www.5050.dev/creators/lee... @itspetergabriel.bsky.social (photo by Justine Marie Photography) #petergabriel #musicvideo #io

A new music video released by @itspetergabriel.bsky.social was created by @kwantlenu.bsky.social instructor Dr. Lee Beavington. “I’m still processing this. I've been mega fan since I was nine years old and have a shelf dedicated to his albums,” he says. Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/07...

Peter Gabriel (@itspetergabriel.bsky.social) just released my music video for his song i/o. As an ecologist and nature photographer that researches and teaches about the interconnection of all life, this song was a perfect fit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Ic... #petergabriel #musicvideo #i/o

I made a music video for @itspetergabriel.bsky.social. He will release it tomorrow, July 17. Here’s a screenshot of the creative process from Final Cut Pro.

When you're a mega fan of Rivers, @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social, @stanleydonwood.bsky.social, and @fieldnotesbrand.bsky.social.

I wrote a tribute for Peter Gabriel's OVO album, for the occasion of its 25th anniversary. www.wildethic.com/ovo #petergabriel #ovo #millenniumdome

Stoked to have submitted our book draft to the publisher for Poetry as Environmental Geography. Thanks to co-editor Adam Vincent for the invite. He started this Poetic Inquiry Atlas series, which began with Vol 1, A Survey of Rigorous Poetics (linked here). vernonpress.com/book/2115 #poeticinquiry

This Climate+ Challenge blog post is inspired by Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass. This post outlines ways to incorporate Braiding Sweetgrass into five disciplines, including an activity for each. @kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social wordpress.kpu.ca/climateplusc...

Now online! Indigenous Pedagogies, today at noon. Join Shannon Leddy, author of Teaching Where you Are, for a talk on Weaving Indigenous and Slow Principles and Pedagogies. Open to all. Message me for link. #Indigenous #decolonize #education #university #teaching @kwantlenu.bsky.social

Article by The Runner, written by Mariia Potiatynyk, on Wild Spaces and our two upcoming walk and talks. The amazing artwork was made by Sofia Jain-Schlaepfer for Wild Spaces. runnermag.ca/2025/05/kpu-... @kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social #wildspaces #nature #education #placebased

I'm leading an online writing workshop next Tuesday. Open to everyone. Let's get creative together! This workshop is inspired by Felicia Rose Chavez' The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom Register here: www.kpu.ca/learningcent... @kwantlenu.bsky.social

Salish Sea Assembly, water defender event. Open to everyone! This great event is next Tuesday, May 27, at the Totest Aleng Indigenous Learning House in South Surrey: www.surrey.ca/arts-culture...

Some good news. Thanks to all my mentors and teachers for making me the educator I am today. Teaching is all about community. www.kpu.ca/news/2025/05... @kwantlenu.bsky.social

Land-based learning this Thu! Join us for a walk & talk with Sonya Ballantyne, KPU's Indigenous Filmmaker/Writer in Residence. Award-winning filmmaker, founder of Code Breaker Films & named a Barbie Role Model. Register: form.jotform.com/251115316175... @kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social

My new paper on Wild Pedagogies asks "How can nature be a co-teacher?" And ponders more-than-human methodologies, positionality of the natural world, embedded anthropocentrism and research implications for the natural world. @kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/aee....

Wild Spaces summer speaker series just announced! Full details and to register: form.jotform.com/251115316175... Open to the KPU community. If you are external to KPU and would like to join us please send me a note. @kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social @kpupolicystudies.bsky.social

Climate change matters to us all. I think there's a growing understanding among women that women's, bipoc, and lgbtq+ rights mean climate stability. Unfortunately, we've fought angrily for these rights, instead of lifting straight white men alongside us. We left them blinded by their disillusion.

There is some good news in the world: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

Summer course: Corporate Accountability and Historical Justice ⁨Study mechanisms developed to hold corporations accountable for their actions, particularly human rights violations and environmental degradation. Taught by Fabricio Telo. @kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social

Poilievre vows to grant oil and gas industry’s entire wishlist: thenarwhal.ca/oil-gas-wish...

Recently finished Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social. A profound book utterly relevant to the world today. Stunningly written and researched. Rivers run through everything, and we need to honour and protect them. I will read this again and bring this book into my teaching and research.