PAST EVENTS
Learn more about ESE-TE’s previous programming below.
Exploring Ecojustice Ed in Teacher Education in Urban Environments 2025
Members of the ESE-TE Network gatherred for an afternoon of dialogue, place-based learning, and community-building as a pre-CSSE conference gathering in Toronot in May 2025. Two panels of scholars offered ways to re/consider the praxis of ecojustice education in urban environments to stimulate discussion on the critical role teacher education plays in helping our communities shift toward equitable, just and sustainable futures. Then an interactive walking tour invites all to participate in place-based learning activities to support transformative approaches to eco-justice concepts in the heart of Toronto.
ESE-TE Webinars 2023-2025
Working in collaboration with the Accelerating Climate Change Education in Teacher Education (ACCE-TE) project, members of our network were featured in a number of webinars focused on ESE-TE. Check out the webinar archive on the ACCE-TE site.
Certificate E-Course in ESE for Student Teachers 2022-24
In these national E-courses, student teachers from teacher education programs across Canada have explored the principles & practices of Environmental & Sustainability Education, bringing them together from across the country to learn from ESE experts and connect with K-12 and community educators engaged in ESE. A recent research study tracked the experiences of students in these courses.
ESE-TE National Research Symposium 2023
The ESE-TE Standing Committee hosted its biennial Research Symposium on ESE-TE in May 2023 at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto. The theme of this Symposium, “Teacher Education for a Sustainable Future: Call to Action for Climate Justice” shared presentations of scholarship focused on the critical role teacher education plays in helping society work toward an equitable, just and sustainable future. This hybrid symposium built on the momentum for more substantially integrating ESE into teacher education at Canadian universities, and considered how the launch of the Association of Canadian Deans of Education’s Accord on Education for a Sustainable Future promises to accelerate working towards these goals.
National Accord on Education for a Sustainable Future 2022
The launch for the Association of Canadian Deans of Education’s (ACDE) Accord on Education for a Sustainable Future took place in March 2022. The Accord directs faculties of education to help meet Canada’s commitment to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by integrating ESE and climate change education into preservice and inservice teacher education programs, establishing a new priority for teacher education across Canada, in line with Canada’s climate action targets. By implementing this new Accord in parallel with the ACDE’s Accord on Indigenous Education, students in faculties of education will benefit from a synergy that centres equity, justice and sustainability for all living beings at the heart of all levels of education. As a starting point, refer to this Primer on ESE in Teacher Education that can be shared with Deans, faculty and community partners interested in learning more about this critical work.
ESE-TE Research Symposium 2021
EECOM 2021 Conference – April 21-24, 2021
Researchers, educators and members of the ESE-TE network from across Canada shared their research at the EECOM Conference 2021.
Shifting ESE Online in Teacher Education 2020
Faculty from across Canada and the US discussed how they are pivoting environmental learning in teacher education to digital formats in the face of the pandemic. Recorded Webinar
ESE-TE Research Roundtable 2018
Research Roundtable at EECOM’s “Classrooms to Communities”
National Roundtable on ESE in Preservice Teacher Education 2016
June 14–16, 2016
The National Action Plan
Summaries of the Roundtable Presentations (and the list of Presenters)
The Roundtable Keynote Talks (videos)