Take Me Outside

Kerry Crofton, PhD, is a public health educator, corporate wellness consultant, yoga and Chi Gong instructor, and mindfulness teacher.  She is the author of Less Screen More Green - Finding Freedom with The Mindful Tech Plans™ – foreword by Dr. Jane Goodall – and the founder and CEO of the Canadian nonprofit Global Health Alliance and the consulting company WellBeing International Ltd.  Kerry is honoured to be a "Fellow Traveler" with Harvard's Digital Wellness Lab.

Jacqueline L. Scott is a scholar, writer, and consultant on race and nature. She is a postdoctoral fellow at Queen’s University. Scott’s PhD thesis is called Being Black and Outdoors: The Perception of the Wilderness in the Canadian Imagination. She is a former fellow at the Safina Center, and a past community director at the Institute for Public Art and Sustainability, Evergreen Brickworks. Scott volunteers as a land steward, and as a hike and bike leader with outdoor clubs.

To open the National Outdoor Learning Conference in May 2025, we had a thought-provoking panel discussion on land-based learning from three Indigenous educators. The panelists (who introduce themselves right at the start), are deeply engaged in this work and explore the full spectrum of land-based learning, highlighting its key components and significance.