Presentation Abstract
The Redfish School of Change is a non-profit program designed for people who want to lead the way in creating ecological sustainability and social equity in their communities. Each student enters the program with a proposed Community Action Project (CAP) that they develop during the course of our unique field experience, and then work to implement after the program is over. As a participant in this intensive field school, participants kayak, cycle and hike through coastal communities in British Columbia and Washington State. They visit innovative sites and engage with experts in the field of environment and social justice. They explore the wilderness of Vancouver Island, and witness the unique ecology of the Salish Sea as they visit its diverse communities. They help complete service projects in the San Juan and Southern Gulf Islands and the communities of the Saanich Peninsula and Southern Vancouver Island. They learn critical skills for creating positive change, putting them into practice during and after the program. All the while, students use an inquiry process that engages them in asking deep questions of the communities they are travelling through and visiting. These are displayed on Storymaps, a GIS software, that allows them to use a ethnographic and mixed media process for knowledge mobilization. This presentation will describe the participatory story mapping projects engaged in by three seasons of students. The Redfish School of Change grew out of a shared passion for social and environmental change and experiential education as well as a strong belief in the capacity of young people to lead. A partnership between GreenLearning Canada , the University of Victoria School of Environmental Studies , Western Washington University's Huxley College of the Environment , and The Center for Canadian American Studies formed to make this unique program possible.
Session Title
Communication Tools to Accelerate Success
Keywords
Experiential education, Field school, International education
Conference Track
SSE6: Communication
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2018 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
SSE6-24
Start Date
6-4-2018 2:30 PM
End Date
6-4-2018 2:45 PM
Type of Presentation
Oral
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Environmental education--Activity programs--Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Environmental justice--Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Environmentalism--Study and teaching--Activity programs--Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Global environmental change
Geographic Coverage
Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Included in
Fresh Water Studies Commons, Marine Biology Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Commons
Redfish School of Change: an International field school focused on socioecological movements in the Salish Sea
The Redfish School of Change is a non-profit program designed for people who want to lead the way in creating ecological sustainability and social equity in their communities. Each student enters the program with a proposed Community Action Project (CAP) that they develop during the course of our unique field experience, and then work to implement after the program is over. As a participant in this intensive field school, participants kayak, cycle and hike through coastal communities in British Columbia and Washington State. They visit innovative sites and engage with experts in the field of environment and social justice. They explore the wilderness of Vancouver Island, and witness the unique ecology of the Salish Sea as they visit its diverse communities. They help complete service projects in the San Juan and Southern Gulf Islands and the communities of the Saanich Peninsula and Southern Vancouver Island. They learn critical skills for creating positive change, putting them into practice during and after the program. All the while, students use an inquiry process that engages them in asking deep questions of the communities they are travelling through and visiting. These are displayed on Storymaps, a GIS software, that allows them to use a ethnographic and mixed media process for knowledge mobilization. This presentation will describe the participatory story mapping projects engaged in by three seasons of students. The Redfish School of Change grew out of a shared passion for social and environmental change and experiential education as well as a strong belief in the capacity of young people to lead. A partnership between GreenLearning Canada , the University of Victoria School of Environmental Studies , Western Washington University's Huxley College of the Environment , and The Center for Canadian American Studies formed to make this unique program possible.
